Bob Spicer

Robert Oberton Spicer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: April 11, 1925 in Richmond, VA
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1955
Team: Athletics 1955-1956

Final Game: September 22, 1956
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Standard Pitching

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
1947	22	CHC-min	D	16	7	.696	3.18	24						198.0	182	87	70		55								1.197	8.3		2.5			LUM · TOBS
1948	23	CHC-min	B,AA	21	5	.808	3.48	38						230.0	264	104	89		71								1.457	10.3		2.8			FAY,NVL · TRIS,SOUA
1949	24	CHC-min	A	20	6	.769	2.73	33						231.0	201	86	70		77								1.203	7.8		3.0			MAC · SALL
1950	25	CHC-min	AAA	12	11	.522	3.44	35	26		11	1		191.0	190	93	73		69		64	2	0	5			1.356	9.0		3.3	3.0	0.93	SPF · IL
1951	26	CHC-min	AAA	17	13	.567	3.70	37	35		15	1		248.0	262	121	102		98		84	6	7	3			1.452	9.5		3.6	3.0	0.86	LOS · PCL
1952	27	CHC-min	Opn	6	7	.462	3.95	37	11		2	0		114.0	123	59	50		42		57	3	0	2			1.447	9.7		3.3	4.5	1.36	LOS · PCL
1953	28	CHC-min	Opn	12	10	.545	3.90	45	17		6	0		196.1	205	86	85	21	47		76	3	2	3			1.284	9.4	1.0	2.2	3.5	1.62	LOS · PCL
1954	29	CHC-min	Opn	13	16	.448	3.07	33	31		15	4		231.1	239	91	79	19	54		122	3	0	10			1.267	9.3	0.7	2.1	4.7	2.26	LOS · PCL
1955	30	OAK-min	A	0	0			2																									SAV · SALL
1955	30	KCA	AL	0	0		33.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	9	10	10	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	22	14	4.875	30.4	6.8	13.5	6.8	0.50
1956	31	OAK-min	AAA	12	4	.750	3.08	56	0		0	0		108.0	123	44	37	8	43		45	4	0	1			1.537	10.2	0.7	3.6	3.8	1.05	CLB · IL
1956	31	KCA	AL	0	0		19.29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	26	3.000	23.1	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.00
1957	32	OAK-min	AA	8	10	.444	4.64	37	18					163.0	187	96	84	15	48								1.442	10.3	0.8	2.7			LRK · SOUA
1958	33	OAK-min	AA	13	13	.500	3.91	40	29					237.0	254	123	103	18	82								1.418	9.6	0.7	3.1			LRK · SOUA
1959	34	OAK-min	AA	7	10	.412	4.10	37	16		4	0		147.0	156	87	67	15	62	3	58	4	0	13			1.483	9.6	0.9	3.8	3.6	0.94	SHV · SOUA
1960	35	PHI-min	A,AA	7	6	.538	5.31	54	0					76.1	89	49	45	7	32								1.585	10.5	0.8	3.8			AVL,CNG · SALL,SOUA
1961	36	PHI-min	B,A	2	2	.500	4.83	18	0					41.0	48	29	22	7	10								1.415	10.5	1.5	2.2			DMO,WPT · IIIL,EL
2 Yrs				0	0		27.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	15	15	15	3	5	0	2	2	0	0	35	18	4.000	27.0	5.4	9.0	3.6	0.40
162 Game Avg.				0	0		27.00	68	0	0	0	0	0	85	255	255	255	51	85	0	34	34	0	0	595	18	4.000	27.0	5.4	9.0	3.6	0.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1955	30	KCA	AL	2.2	2	10	33.75	4.87	-0.38	103.6	5.45	-8	-0.6	.0	0.3	-0.3	-8	.201	.496	$
1956	31	KCA	AL	2.1	2	5	19.29	4.93	-0.10	96.9	4.88	-4	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-4	.338	.498	$
2 Seasons				5.0	4	15	27.00	4.90	-0.25	100.5	5.18	-12	-0.9	.3	0.4	-0.5	-12	.269	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1955	30	KCA	AL	2	22	17	10	9	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	.529	.636	.882	1.519	.538	15	0	1	0	0	0	0
1956	31	KCA	AL	2	12	11	5	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.545	.615	1.091	1.706	.500	12	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				4	34	28	15	15	1	1	3	0	0	5	2	.536	.629	.964	1.593	.522	27	0	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	578	476	255	255	17	17	51	0	0	85	34	.536	.629	.964	1.593	.522	459	0	34	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.258	.332	.393	.725	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1955	30	KCA	AL	-7.6	-0.6	22	-0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.3	-0.1	-9.2	-0.7	0.03	-7.0	1
1956	31	KCA	AL	-3.3	-0.3	13	-0.0	-0.0	.07	-0.3	0.1	-3.9	-0.3	0.07	-3.6	1
2 Yrs				-10.9	-0.9	35	-0.0	-0.0	.04	-0.7	-0.0	-13.1	-1.1	0.04	-10.5	2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1955	30	KCA	AL	2	2	2	2	100%	5	.026	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	4.0
1956	31	KCA	AL	2	2	0	0			.066	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3.5
2 Yrs				4	4	2	2	100%		.040	2	3	1	2	2	1	3	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	30	KCA	AL	22	50%	9.1%	9.1%	18.2%	9.1%	22%	1.00	59%	5	0	0%
1956	31	KCA	AL	13	67%	8.3%	0.0%	8.3%	25.0%	50%	0.67	83%	3	0	0%
2 Yrs				35	56%	8.8%	5.9%	14.7%	14.7%	33%	0.83	68%	8	0	0%
MLB Averages					51%	2.5%	12.4%	10.0%	6.8%	28%	0.96	79%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1955	30	KCA	AL	22	9			2	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	31	KCA	AL	12	6			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2 Yrs				34	15			3	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
MLB Averages																		51%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1955	30	0	0		33.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	9	10	10	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	22	14	4.875	30.4	6.8	13.5	6.8	0.50	14
1956	31	0	0		27.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	15	15	15	3	5	0	2	2	0	0	35	18	4.000	27.0	5.4	9.0	3.6	0.40	18

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1955	30	30.00	3.0	9	11	10	2	4	2	1	4.333	27.0	12.0	6.0	0.50	6.0	2
1956	31	22.50	2.0	6	6	5	1	1	0	1	3.500	27.0	4.5	0.0	0.00	4.5	2
2 Yrs		27.00	5.0	15	17	15	3	5	2	2	4.000	27.0		3.6	0.40	5.4	4

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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