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Tim Spehr

Timothy Joseph Spehr

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 2, 1966 in Excelsior Springs, MO
High School: Richfield HS (Waco, TX)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1991 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Royals/Mets/Braves 1991-1999
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1999 (Age 33)
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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
1991 24 KCR AL 37 88 74 7 14 5 0 3 14 1 0 9 18 .189 .282 .378 .661 82 28 2 1 3 1 0 2
1993 26 MON NL 53 99 87 14 20 6 0 2 10 2 0 6 20 .230 .281 .368 .649 70 32 0 1 3 2 1 2
1994 27 MON NL 52 41 36 8 9 3 1 0 5 2 0 4 11 .250 .325 .389 .714 85 14 0 0 1 0 0 2/7
1995 28 MON NL 41 44 35 4 9 5 0 1 3 0 0 6 7 .257 .366 .486 .852 120 17 0 0 3 0 0 2
1996 29 MON NL 63 49 44 4 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 15 .091 .167 .182 .348 -9 8 1 1 1 0 0 2/9
1997 30 TOT MLB 25 52 49 5 9 1 0 2 6 1 0 2 16 .184 .231 .327 .557 43 16 0 1 0 0 0 2
1997 30 KCR AL 17 38 35 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 12 .171 .237 .257 .494 29 9 0 1 0 0 0 2
1997 30 ATL NL 8 14 14 2 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 .214 .214 .500 .714 79 7 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1998 31 TOT MLB 32 96 76 8 13 3 0 1 5 1 0 15 19 .171 .337 .250 .587 58 19 1 4 1 0 1 2/3
1998 31 NYM NL 21 60 51 3 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 7 16 .137 .267 .157 .424 16 8 0 2 0 0 1 2/3
1998 31 KCR AL 11 36 25 5 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 8 3 .240 .457 .440 .897 135 11 1 2 1 0 0 2
1999 32 KCR AL 60 187 155 26 32 7 0 9 26 1 0 22 47 .206 .324 .426 .750 89 66 2 6 2 2 0 2
8 Yrs 363 656 556 76 110 31 1 19 72 9 0 67 153 .198 .298 .360 .657 71 200 6 14 14 5 2
162 Game Avg. 162 293 248 34 49 14 0 8 32 4 0 30 68 .198 .298 .360 .657 71 89 3 6 6 2 1
KCR (4 yrs) 125 349 289 41 58 14 0 14 44 2 0 41 80 .201 .318 .394 .712 85 114 5 10 6 3 0
MON (4 yrs) 209 233 202 30 42 15 1 4 21 5 0 19 53 .208 .280 .351 .631 65 71 1 2 8 2 1
NYM (1 yr) 21 60 51 3 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 7 16 .137 .267 .157 .424 16 8 0 2 0 0 1
ATL (1 yr) 8 14 14 2 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 .214 .214 .500 .714 79 7 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 238 307 267 35 52 17 1 5 28 7 0 26 73 .195 .274 .322 .596 56 86 1 4 8 2 2
AL (4 yrs) 125 349 289 41 58 14 0 14 44 2 0 41 80 .201 .318 .394 .712 85 114 5 10 6 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1991 24 KCR AL 37 88 -2 -0 0 4 2 4 0.4 3 7 0.7 .511 .503 0.3 0.6 3 2
1993 26 MON NL 53 99 -3 0 1 -2 2 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .495 .498 0.2 0.0 3 $115,000 2
1994 27 MON NL 52 41 -1 0 1 0 1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .502 .501 0.2 0.1 2 $132,000 2/7
1995 28 MON NL 41 44 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .507 .502 0.3 0.2 3 $150,000 2
1996 29 MON NL 63 49 -7 -0 -0 -2 1 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.7 .488 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $150,000 2/9
1997 30 KCR AL 17 38 -4 -0 0 0 1 -4 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .480 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $260,000 2
1997 30 ATL NL 8 14 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $150,000 /2
1998 31 NYM NL 21 60 -7 -0 0 1 1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .479 .497 -0.4 0.2 -3 $285,000 2/3
1998 31 KCR AL 11 36 2 -1 -0 1 1 2 0.2 1 4 0.3 .518 .501 0.2 0.2 2 2
1999 32 KCR AL 60 187 -2 -0 0 -2 3 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .498 .499 0.8 0.1 8 $330,000 2
8 Seasons 363 656 -23 -2 2 2 12 -8 -0.8 22 14 1.3 .498 .499 1.1 1.4 12 $1,572,000
KCR (4 yrs) 125 349 -6 -3 1 3 6 1 0.2 13 14 1.4 .501 .500 1.1 1.0 11 $590,000
MON (4 yrs) 209 233 -10 1 1 -3 5 -6 -0.6 7 1 0.1 .497 .499 0.3 0.1 4 $547,000
NYM (1 yr) 21 60 -7 -0 0 1 1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .479 .497 -0.4 0.2 -3 $285,000
ATL (1 yr) 8 14 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $150,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1991 KCR AL 24 C 37 27 16 230.1 212 190 19 3 3 .986 4 21 8.17 5.65 .990 6.49 6.48 5 2 13 14 52% 34% 0
1993 MON NL 26 C 49 26 14 241.2 197 166 22 9 3 .954 -2 -10 7.00 3.84 .989 6.74 6.69 0 5 39 16 29% 31% 0
1994 MON NL 27 C 46 1 0 99.2 108 102 6 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.75 2.35 .991 7.11 7.05 2 1 7 1 13% 32% 0
1994 MON NL 27 LF 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 6.00 1.00 .980 1.80 1.90
1994 MON NL 27 OF 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 6.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.25
1995 MON NL 28 C 38 7 4 110.0 105 92 12 1 3 .990 1 11 8.51 2.74 .989 7.40 7.37 0 3 14 6 30% 30% 0
1996 MON NL 29 C 58 7 3 142.1 130 121 7 2 0 .985 -2 -17 8.09 2.21 .989 7.50 7.45 1 3 16 2 11% 28% 0
1996 MON NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
1996 MON NL 29 RF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1997 TOT MLB 30 C 24 14 7 130.0 123 110 11 2 1 .984 1 9 8.38 5.04 .991 7.30 7.24 0 5 14 8 36% 32% 0
1997 KCR AL 30 C 17 12 5 94.0 85 78 7 0 1 1.000 0 0 8.14 5.00 .991 7.15 7.09 0 3 12 4 25% 32% 0
1997 ATL NL 30 C 7 2 2 36.0 38 32 4 2 0 .947 1 33 9.00 5.14 .990 7.68 7.61 0 2 2 4 67% 32% 0
1998 TOT MLB 31 C 32 26 20 240.0 192 180 12 0 1 1.000 2 10 7.20 6.00 .990 7.36 7.33 1 8 17 9 35% 31% 0
1998 NYM NL 31 C 21 15 12 147.0 128 118 10 0 1 1.000 1 8 7.84 6.10 .990 7.51 7.47 1 6 12 7 37% 32% 0
1998 NYM NL 31 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .995 9.90 9.40
1998 KCR AL 31 C 11 11 8 93.0 64 62 2 0 0 1.000 1 13 6.19 5.82 .990 7.13 7.05 0 2 5 2 29% 31% 0
1999 KCR AL 32 C 59 53 38 454.2 288 274 11 3 4 .990 -2 -5 5.64 4.83 .991 6.98 6.87 3 8 35 8 19% 33% 0
8 Seasons C 343 161 102 1648.2 1355 1235 100 20 16 .985 2 1 7.29 3.89 .990 7.04 7.05 12 35 155 64 29% 32% 0
2 Seasons OF 3 0 0 3.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 33 4.91 0.67 .980 2.21 2.20
1 Season LF 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 6.00 1.00 .980 1.80 1.90
1 Season RF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .995 9.90 9.40
8 Seasons TOT 347 161 102 1653.1 1359 1239 100 20 16 .985 2 2 7.29 3.86 .990 7.03 7.01 12 35 155 64 29% 32% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1993 NL  9 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1991 AL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1994 NL  9.75 (1st)

             

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199326Montreal Expos$115,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199427Montreal Expos$132,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199528Montreal Expos$150,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199629Montreal Expos$150,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199730Kansas City Royals$260,0001997 AP surveyReleased midseason
30Atlanta Braves$150,0001997 postseason AP surveyReleased midseason by KC
199831New York Mets$285,0004/3/98 USA Today
199932Kansas City Royals$330,0004/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,572,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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