Chris Spurling

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 240lb (198cm, 108kg)

Born: June 28, 1977 in Dayton, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 41st round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sinclair Community College (Dayton, OH).

High School: Northridge HS (Dayton, OH)

Schools: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH), Sinclair Community College (Dayton, OH)

Debut: April 2, 2003 (Age 25-278d, 18,224th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2007 (Age 30-093d)
vs. SDP 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Full Name: Christopher Michael Spurling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.32

187

219.0

WHIP

1.324

Summary of 28 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 4 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	19
MIL	9

Platoon
vs RHB	14
vs LHB	14

Home/Road
Away	16
Home	12

Outs
1	11
0	9
2	8

16 Opps
CHW	5
BOS	3
ARI	2
COL	2
SFG	2
OAK	2
KCR	2
HOU	2
MIN	1
TBD	1
STL	1
SDP	1
SEA	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
TOR	1

27 Batters
Juan Uribe	2
Willie Harris	1
Barry Bonds	1
Emil Brown	1
Richie Sexson	1
Tony Clark	1
Lance Berkman	1
Todd Helton	1
Marcus Giles	1
Aaron Guiel	1
José Reyes	1
Scott Rolen	1
Eric Hinske	1
Kevin Millar	1
Justin Morneau	1
Luke Scott	1
Sandy Alomar	1
Aubrey Huff	1
Xavier Nady	1
Robby Hammock	1
Jason Varitek	1
Eric Chavez	1
David Ortiz	1
Mark Ellis	1
Marquis Grissom	1
Paul Konerko	1
Joe Crede	1

13 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	7
Am Fam Field (MIL)	5
Guaranteed (CHI)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	14
9	8
8	3
89	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	6
4	5
3	5
2	5
7+	4
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	25
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
1--	5
12-	3
-2-	3
--3	1
1-3	1

45 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	15
1 on	9
2 on	4
Any on	13

Inning
4	1
5	1
6	7
7	7
8	6
9	5
Extra	1

4-6	9
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	10
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	2
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	6

Ahead	17
Tied	2
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-0	4
1-1	4
2-2	4
1-2	3
3-2	2
2-1	2
3-1	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
2B	4
LF	4
3B	4
C	2
RF	2
DH	2
SS	2
PH/DH	1
CF	1

OrderPos
4th	7
1st	5
9th	4
6th	4
3rd	3
5th	3
8th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-04-05	Sandy Alomar	CHW		DET	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	2%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2003-05-04	Aubrey Huff	TBD	@	DET	behind 2-7	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2003-06-07	Marquis Grissom	SFG		DET	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	17%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Benard Scores
4	4	4	1	2003-06-13	Juan Uribe	COL	@	DET	ahead 6-2	t 6	2	---	8,(3-2) CCBBFBFX	1	1	4	4%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2003-06-23	Kevin Millar	BOS		DET	ahead 2-0	b 8	2	---	9,(2-2) BSFFFFBFX	1	6	DH	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2003-06-29	Robby Hammock	ARI	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 10	1	--3	8,(2-2) >S.BCFFF*B.X	2	6	5	25%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Finley Scores
7	7	7	1	2003-07-11	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	DET	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	2	14%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	2003-07-25	Aaron Guiel	KCR	@	DET	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	12-	4,(1-2) CBFX	3	1	9	17%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Tucker Scores; C. Febles Scores
9	9	9	1	2003-08-06	Eric Chavez	OAK	@	DET	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) BF1X	2	3	5	10%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Guillén Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2005-06-26	Tony Clark	ARI		DET	ahead 11-0	b 6	1	1--	4,(1-2) FCBX	2	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Cintrón Scores
11	11	2	1	2005-07-18	Paul Konerko	CHW		DET	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	4	3	9%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	2	2005-07-18	Joe Crede	CHW		DET	behind 2-4	b 7	1	1-3	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	3	8	5	42%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Dye Scores; A. Pierzynski Scores
13	13	4	3	2005-07-18	Juan Uribe	CHW		DET	ahead 5-4	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	9	6	11%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	2005-07-27	Richie Sexson	SEA		DET	ahead 6-0	b 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ibañez Scores
15	15	6	1	2005-08-19	Eric Hinske	TOR	@	DET	behind 4-9	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	PH/DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	7	1	2005-08-28	David Ortiz	BOS		DET	ahead 9-3	b 8	1	1--	4,(2-1) .BBCX	2	3	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Cora Scores
17	17	8	1	2005-09-02	Willie Harris	CHW		DET	ahead 8-1	b 6	1	---	7,(3-2) FBFBBFX	1	9	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2006-04-05	Emil Brown	KCR		DET	behind 0-10	b 7	2	-2-	2,(0-1) .CX	2	6	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Mientkiewicz Scores
19	19	2	1	2006-04-19	Mark Ellis	OAK		DET	behind 2-10	b 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) .X	2	2	4	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Kendall Scores
20	20	3	1	2006-09-09	Luke Scott	HOU	@	MIL	ahead 8-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	4	1	2006-09-22	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	MIL	behind 8-10	t 6	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	7	34%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Winn Scores; S. Hillenbrand Scores
22	22	5	1	2006-09-28	Scott Rolen	STL		MIL	behind 1-9	b 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2007-05-05	Xavier Nady	PIT	@	MIL	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
24	24	2	1	2007-05-25	Marcus Giles	SDP		MIL	ahead 7-3	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	1	4	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	3	1	2007-06-17	Justin Morneau	MIN		MIL	tied 9-9	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	4	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	4	1	2007-08-02	José Reyes	NYM	@	MIL	ahead 10-3	t 9	2	-2-	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	1	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Anderson Scores
27	27	5	1	2007-08-07	Todd Helton	COL		MIL	ahead 8-3	b 8	2	12-	5,(2-2) CFBBX	3	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Baker Scores/unER; J. Carroll Scores/unER; T. Helton Scores/unER
28	28	6	1	2007-09-03	Lance Berkman	HOU	@	MIL	ahead 8-7	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .SBX	1	3	3	9%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)