Rob Sperring
Robert Walter Sperring
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 10, 1949 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Lodi (Lodi, CA)
School: University of the Pacific
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1974
Final Game: October 2, 1977
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CHC NL 24 2B 35 27 238.2 147 55 85 7 16 .952 0.3 1.5 1.3 3.3 -2.0 -1 5.28 4.00 .973 5.47 4.64
1974 CHC NL 24 SS 8 5 54.0 28 9 16 3 0 .893 -2.6 -57.8 -1.6 -0.9 -0.7 -1 4.17 3.13 .964 4.97 4.26
1975 CHC NL 25 3B 22 15 153.2 56 10 43 3 2 .946 0.7 5.5 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 3.10 2.41 .945 2.98 2.58
1975 CHC NL 25 2B 17 11 105.0 55 22 32 1 4 .982 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 0 4.63 3.18 .975 5.54 4.92
1975 CHC NL 25 SS 16 11 90.0 74 27 40 7 12 .905 -2.1 -28.0 -2.1 -0.1 -2.1 0 6.70 4.19 .965 4.99 4.21
1975 CHC NL 25 OF 8 5 42.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -0.4 -11.4 0.6 0.1 0.4 -1 2.36 1.38 .983 2.29 2.01
1975 CHC NL 25 RF 5 5 38.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.3 -9.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 -1 2.37 2.00 .973 2.06 1.74
1975 CHC NL 25 LF 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0 2.25 0.33 1.000 2.02 1.70
1976 CHC NL 26 3B 20 15 141.1 22 10 11 1 1 .955 -3.4 -28.9 -3.4 -1.9 -1.5 0 1.34 1.05 .950 2.93 2.61
1976 CHC NL 26 SS 15 5 70.1 34 11 23 0 4 1.000 -1.7 -29.0 -0.7 -1.1 0.4 -1 4.35 2.27 .962 5.04 4.48
1976 CHC NL 26 2B 4 2 25.0 13 7 6 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -48.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 4.68 3.25 .977 5.47 4.92
1976 CHC NL 26 LF 3 1 24.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 50.0 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 2.62 2.33 .971 2.03 1.60
1976 CHC NL 26 OF 3 1 24.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 50.0 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 3.00 2.67 .975 2.33 2.03
1977 HOU NL 27 SS 22 12 125.1 50 18 29 3 9 .940 -3.3 -31.6 -3.3 -0.2 -3.1 0 3.38 2.14 .964 5.02 4.30
1977 HOU NL 27 2B 20 17 141.2 93 34 56 3 6 .968 2.1 17.8 2.1 1.5 0.6 0 5.72 4.50 .977 5.24 4.47
1977 HOU NL 27 3B 11 2 45.0 18 5 13 0 0 1.000 2.6 69.3 2.6 0.2 2.3 0 3.60 1.64 .956 2.98 2.54
4 Seasons 2B 76 57 510.1 308 118 179 11 26 .964 1.3 3.1 2.3 4.0 -1.7 -1 5.24 3.91 .975 5.42 4.67
4 Seasons SS 61 33 339.2 186 65 108 13 25 .930 -9.7 -34.3 -7.7 -2.3 -5.5 -2 4.58 2.84 .964 5.01 4.32
3 Seasons 3B 53 32 340.0 96 25 67 4 3 .958 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -1.9 1.7 0 2.44 1.74 .948 2.96 2.58
2 Seasons OF 11 6 66.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 0.6 10.9 1.6 0.4 1.1 -1 2.59 1.73 .980 2.30 2.02
2 Seasons LF 6 1 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 38.6 0.9 0.2 0.6 0 2.57 1.33 .975 2.03 1.65
1 Season RF 5 5 38.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.3 -9.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 -1 2.37 2.00 .973 2.06 1.74
4 Seasons TOT 201 128 1256.0 610 227 354 29 54 .952 -7.9 -7.5 -3.9 0.2 -4.4 -1 -3 4.16 2.89 .920 4.48 3.87

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 CHC NL 24 42 32 42 42 0 0 0 35 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 CHC NL 25 65 42 65 61 0 0 0 17 23 16 3 0 5 8 0 2 8
1976 CHC NL 26 43 23 43 40 0 0 0 4 20 16 3 0 0 3 0 3 3
1977 HOU NL 27 58 31 58 51 0 0 0 19 11 24 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
4 Seasons 208 128 208 194 0 0 0 75 54 64 6 0 5 11 0 17 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 CHC NL 24 1078 63% 76% 31% 113 86% 0 53 18 21 14 86 73 12 0 0 7 1 6 0 5 16 4 2 6 2 14 8 6 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 25 469 52% 80% 30% 45 93% 0 22 11 7 4 34 30 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1976 CHC NL 26 125 54% 76% 30% 9 100% 0 7 4 1 2 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 27 665 52% 79% 29% 63 95% 0 33 7 17 9 56 50 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 6 2 0 3 1 6 4 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2337 57% 78% 30% 230 90% 0 115 40 46 29 182 158 22 0 1 11 1 10 0 8 26 8 3 10 3 24 13 11 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 CHC NL 24 277 49% 73% 27% 25 84% 0 9 5 4 0 16 12 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 25 410 51% 78% 32% 54 80% 0 27 10 15 2 40 30 9 0 1 7 0 6 1 7 12 3 1 5 1 0 11 4 6 1 0 1
1976 CHC NL 26 328 63% 77% 27% 32 91% 0 11 7 4 0 24 15 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 27 568 58% 78% 25% 46 80% 0 19 9 8 2 32 23 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 9 4 0 2 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 2
4 Seasons 1583 56% 77% 28% 157 83% 0 66 31 31 4 112 80 29 0 3 13 0 12 1 13 25 10 1 7 3 0 22 11 10 3 0 3
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 CHC NL 25 695 52% 80% 31% 55 91% 0 10 9 0 1 41 39 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1976 CHC NL 26 614 42% 79% 33% 24 71% 0 10 7 2 1 11 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 75%
1977 HOU NL 27 182 66% 82% 31% 18 100% 0 5 3 2 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1491 50% 80% 32% 97 88% 0 25 19 4 2 66 61 3 1 1 4 0 4 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 8 88%
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 20 55% 95% 40% 5 20%
1976 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 57% 78% 35% 9 78%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 115 57% 81% 36% 14 57%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.9% 59% 79% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 160 47% 83% 32% 16 63%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 160 47% 83% 32% 16 63%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.9% 59% 79% 26% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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