You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > C Listing > Spud Chandler Statistics and History

Spud Chandler
Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: September 12, 1907 in Commerce, GA
Schools: University of Georgia (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1937
Final Game: September 26, 1947
Died: January 9, 1990 in S.Pasadena, FL
    About biographical information

Redesign Note: Due to the increased amount of data available for each player, tables such as postseason stats, all-star stats, neutralized stats, and now much more have been moved to separate pages for batting, pitching and fielding, you can reach these pages by clicking on "Pitching", "Batting" or "Fielding" in the gray navigation bar just above the player's biographical summary at the top of the page or clicking on "More Stats" links just below or beside the table headers below.

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1937 29 NYY AL 7 4 .636 2.84 12 10 0 6 2 0 82.1 79 31 26 8 20 31 1 0 1 336 156 1.202 8.6 0.9 2.2 3.4 1.55
1938 30 NYY AL 14 5 .737 4.03 23 23 0 14 2 0 172.0 183 86 77 7 47 36 2 1 0 737 113 1.337 9.6 0.4 2.5 1.9 0.77
1939 31 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 2.84 11 0 5 0 0 0 19.0 26 7 6 0 9 4 0 0 1 90 153 1.842 12.3 0.0 4.3 1.9 0.44
1940 32 NYY AL 8 7 .533 4.60 27 24 2 6 1 0 172.0 184 100 88 12 60 56 6 0 1 741 88 1.419 9.6 0.6 3.1 2.9 0.93
1941 33 NYY AL 10 4 .714 3.19 28 20 5 11 4 4 163.2 146 68 58 5 60 60 0 0 3 682 124 1.259 8.0 0.3 3.3 3.3 1.00
1942 34 NYY AL 16 5 .762 2.38 24 24 0 17 3 0 200.2 176 64 53 13 74 74 4 1 4 829 145 1.246 7.9 0.6 3.3 3.3 1.00 AS,MVP-27
1943 35 NYY AL 20 4 .833 1.64 30 30 0 20 5 0 253.0 197 62 46 5 54 134 4 1 3 989 197 0.992 7.0 0.2 1.9 4.8 2.48 AS,MVP-1
1944 36 NYY AL 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 24 78 1.167 9.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.00
1945 37 NYY AL 2 1 .667 4.65 4 4 0 2 1 0 31.0 30 16 16 2 7 12 0 0 1 127 75 1.194 8.7 0.6 2.0 3.5 1.71
1946 38 NYY AL 20 8 .714 2.10 34 32 2 20 6 2 257.1 200 71 60 7 90 138 1 1 3 1028 165 1.127 7.0 0.2 3.1 4.8 1.53 AS,MVP-16
1947 39 NYY AL 9 5 .643 2.46 17 16 0 13 2 0 128.0 100 41 35 4 41 68 0 1 2 519 145 1.102 7.0 0.3 2.9 4.8 1.66 AS
11 Seasons 109 43 .717 2.84 211 184 14 109 26 6 1485.0 1327 549 468 64 463 614 19 5 20 6102 132 1.205 8.0 0.4 2.8 3.7 1.33
162 Game Avg. 19 7 .717 2.84 36 32 2 19 4 1 256 228 95 81 11 80 106 3 1 3 1050 132 1.205 8.0 0.4 2.8 3.7 1.33

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1941 33 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 1.200 7.2 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
1942 34 NYY AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 1.08 2 1 1 0 0 1 8.1 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 30 0.720 5.4 0.0 1.1 3.2 3.00
1943 35 NYY AL WS W STL 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 17 2 1 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 72 1.111 8.5 0.0 1.5 5.0 3.33
1947 39 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
4 Seasons (4 Series) 2 2 .500 1.62 6 4 1 2 1 1 33.1 28 8 6 0 9 0 16 0 0 0 133 1.110 7.6 0.0 2.4 4.3 1.78
4 WS 2 2 .500 1.62 6 4 1 2 1 1 33.1 28 8 6 0 9 0 16 0 0 0 133 1.110 7.6 0.0 2.4 4.3 1.78
Redesign Note: Due to the increased amount of data available for each player, tables such as postseason stats, all-star stats, neutralized stats, and now much more have been moved to separate pages. You can reach these pages by clicking on "Pitching", "Batting" or "Fielding" in the gray navigation bar just above the player's biographical summary at the top of the page or clicking on "More Stats" links just below or beside the table headers below.

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1937 29 NYY AL 12 36 30 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 7 .133 .161 .133 .295 -25 4 0 5 1
1938 30 NYY AL 23 73 69 10 14 1 0 3 4 0 0 1 23 .203 .214 .348 .562 39 24 0 3 1
1939 31 NYY AL 11 6 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .600 1.100 181 3 0 0 0 1
1940 32 NYY AL 27 69 60 5 9 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 31 .150 .215 .267 .482 26 16 0 1 4 1
1941 33 NYY AL 28 64 60 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 18 .183 .197 .183 .380 1 11 0 0 3 1
1942 34 NYY AL 24 85 71 6 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 14 .211 .291 .239 .531 51 17 0 0 6 1 AS,MVP-27
1943 35 NYY AL 30 104 97 9 25 5 0 2 7 0 0 1 22 .258 .287 .371 .658 91 36 4 3 3 1 AS,MVP-1
1944 36 NYY AL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /1
1945 37 NYY AL 4 12 12 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 4 0 0 0 /1
1946 38 NYY AL 34 101 94 9 14 5 2 0 3 0 0 2 27 .149 .167 .245 .411 13 23 3 0 5 1 AS,MVP-16
1947 39 NYY AL 17 53 49 5 12 3 0 2 4 0 0 1 10 .245 .260 .429 .689 90 21 2 0 3 1 AS
11 Seasons 211 605 548 53 110 18 2 9 45 0 1 20 154 .201 .234 .290 .524 42 159 9 4 33
162 Game Avg. 162 465 421 41 84 14 2 7 35 0 1 15 118 .201 .234 .290 .524 42 122 3 25

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 33 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 34 NYY AL WS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 35 NYY AL WS STL W 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 6 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 6 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 1 0 0
Redesign Note: Due to the increased amount of data available for each player, tables such as postseason stats, all-star stats, neutralized stats, and now much more have been moved to separate pages. You can reach these pages by clicking on "Pitching", "Batting" or "Fielding" in the gray navigation bar just above the player's biographical summary at the top of the page or clicking on "More Stats" links just below or beside the table headers below.

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 NYY AL 29 P 12 32 9 23 0 1 1.000 2.67 .953 1.09
1938 NYY AL 30 P 23 68 18 50 0 3 1.000 2.96 .950 1.12
1939 NYY AL 31 P 11 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.73 .950 0.98
1940 NYY AL 32 P 27 56 4 50 2 3 .964 2.00 .955 1.05
1941 NYY AL 33 P 28 58 15 42 1 1 .983 2.04 .959 1.16
1942 NYY AL 34 P 24 73 25 46 2 8 .973 2.96 .956 1.30 AS,MVP-27
1943 NYY AL 35 P 30 76 10 63 3 4 .961 2.43 .963 1.27 AS,MVP-1
1944 NYY AL 36 P 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 1.10
1945 NYY AL 37 P 4 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.50 .950 1.27
1946 NYY AL 38 P 34 74 13 60 1 7 .986 2.15 .949 1.01 AS,MVP-16
1947 NYY AL 39 P 17 43 6 36 1 1 .977 2.47 .953 0.95 AS
11 Seasons P 211 501 106 385 10 28 .980 2.33 .955 1.12
11 Seasons TOT 211 501 106 385 10 28 .980 2.33 .935 1.12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942 (P)
1943
1946
1947

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1943-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1943-AL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-AL-27-1%
1943-AL-1-73%
1946-AL-16-4%
1 MVP
0.78 Career Shares (295th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 AL--3.189--7th
1942 AL--2.377--3rd
1943 AL--1.636--1st
1946 AL--2.098--2nd
Career--2.836--112th

Wins s c a p y
1942 AL--16--5th
1943 AL--20--1st
1946 AL--20--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1938 AL--.737--3rd
1942 AL--.762--4th
1943 AL--.833--1st
1946 AL--.714--4th
Career--.717--2nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1938 AL--1.337--5th
1941 AL--1.259--4th
1942 AL--1.246--8th
1943 AL--.992--1st
1946 AL--1.127--3rd
Career--1.205--137th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL--8.028--5th
1942 AL--7.894--5th
1943 AL--7.008--4th
1946 AL--6.995--3rd
Career--8.042--124th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 AL--2.459--4th
1943 AL--1.921--2nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL--4.767--5th
1946 AL--4.826--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1946 AL--34--10th

Saves s c a p y
1941 AL--4--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1943 AL--253.0--4th
1946 AL--257.3--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1943 AL--134--3rd
1946 AL--138--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1943 AL--30--4th
1946 AL--32--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1942 AL--17--7th
1943 AL--20--1st
1946 AL--20--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1937 AL--2--9th
1938 AL--2--5th
1941 AL--4--2nd
1942 AL--3--9th
1943 AL--5--1st
1946 AL--6--2nd
Career--26--161st

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL--13--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 AL--90--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1943 AL--2.482--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 AL--.366--2nd
1940 AL--.628--10th
1941 AL--.275--2nd
1943 AL--.178--6th
1946 AL--.245--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL--6--1st
1942 AL--4--8th
1943 AL--4--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1943 AL--989--5th
1946 AL--1028--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 AL--124--8th
1942 AL--145--4th
1943 AL--197--1st
1946 AL--165--2nd
Career--132--31st

Oldest s c a p y
1947 AL--born 1907-09-12--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 14 (153), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 90 (257), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 69 (166), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 32 (125), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Don Gullett (937)
  2. Tex Hughson (927)
  3. Doc Crandall (922)
  4. Gary Nolan (917)
  5. Russ Ford (916)
  6. Tiny Bonham (913)
  7. Charlie Ferguson (913)
  8. Orval Overall (912)
  9. Johan Santana (910)
  10. Fred Goldsmith (908)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Henry Schmidt (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Wright (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charlie Wagner (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Charlie Wagner (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carmen Hill (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sal Maglie (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sal Maglie (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sal Maglie (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sal Maglie (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Sal Maglie (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Jim Maloney (983)
  2. Ed Willett (983)
  3. Jim Rooker (981)
  4. Steve Renko (976)
  5. Russ Ford (975)
  6. Woody Williams (973)
  7. Dave Roberts (973)
  8. Patsy Flaherty (971)
  9. Milt Gaston (971)
  10. Gene Packard (971)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Curt Davis (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

April 12, 1948: Released by the New York Yankees.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     DeadBallEra Obituary     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Spud Chandler    

Viewed 76,181 times through July 5, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Spurgeon Ferdinand Spud Chandler

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.