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Bill Spiers
William James (III) Spiers
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 5, 1966 in Orangeburg, SC
High School: Wade Hampton Academy (Orangeburg, SC)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1989
Final Game: April 8, 2001
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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
1989 23 MIL AL 114 373 345 44 88 9 3 4 33 10 2 21 63 .255 .298 .333 .631 79 115 2 1 4 2 1 65/4D3
1990 24 MIL AL 112 389 363 44 88 15 3 2 36 11 6 16 45 .242 .274 .317 .591 66 115 12 1 6 3 0 *6
1991 25 MIL AL 133 464 414 71 117 13 6 8 54 14 8 34 55 .283 .337 .401 .738 106 166 9 2 10 4 0 *6/D8
1992 26 MIL AL 12 18 16 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 .313 .353 .438 .790 122 7 0 0 1 0 0 /645D
1993 27 MIL AL 112 386 340 43 81 8 4 2 36 9 8 29 51 .238 .302 .303 .605 65 103 11 4 9 4 2 4/9687D
1994 28 MIL AL 73 237 214 27 54 10 1 0 17 7 1 19 42 .252 .316 .308 .625 60 66 5 1 3 0 1 56/D93
1995 29 NYM NL 63 87 72 5 15 2 1 0 11 0 1 12 15 .208 .314 .264 .578 58 19 0 0 1 2 1 5/4
1996 30 HOU NL 122 242 218 27 55 10 1 6 26 7 0 20 34 .252 .320 .390 .709 93 85 3 2 1 1 4 5/43689
1997 31 HOU NL 132 355 291 51 93 27 4 4 48 10 5 61 42 .320 .438 .481 .919 145 140 4 1 1 1 6 56/34
1998 32 HOU NL 123 437 384 66 105 27 4 4 43 11 2 45 62 .273 .356 .396 .751 100 152 9 5 1 2 0 5/436
1999 33 HOU NL 127 444 393 56 113 18 5 4 39 10 5 47 45 .288 .363 .389 .752 91 153 10 0 3 1 2 576/9843
2000 34 HOU NL 124 409 355 41 107 17 3 3 43 7 4 49 38 .301 .386 .392 .777 92 139 8 1 2 2 3 564/79
2001 35 HOU NL 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 117 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 1251 3845 3408 477 922 158 35 37 388 97 43 355 496 .271 .341 .370 .711 90 1261 73 18 42 22 21
162 Game Avg. 162 498 441 62 119 20 5 5 50 13 6 46 64 .271 .341 .370 .711 90 163 9 2 5 3 3
HOU (6 yrs) 632 1891 1644 241 474 99 17 21 199 45 16 223 221 .288 .375 .408 .782 103 670 34 9 8 7 16
MIL (6 yrs) 556 1867 1692 231 433 57 17 16 178 52 26 120 260 .256 .306 .338 .644 78 572 39 9 33 13 4
NYM (1 yr) 63 87 72 5 15 2 1 0 11 0 1 12 15 .208 .314 .264 .578 58 19 0 0 1 2 1
NL (7 yrs) 695 1978 1716 246 489 101 18 21 210 45 17 235 236 .285 .372 .402 .774 101 689 34 9 9 9 17
AL (6 yrs) 556 1867 1692 231 433 57 17 16 178 52 26 120 260 .256 .306 .338 .644 78 572 39 9 33 13 4

Postseason Batting

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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
1997 31 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 3 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 1 0 0 0 0
1998 32 HOU NL NLDS SDP L 4 15 14 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .500 .833 7 1 0 0 0 0
1999 33 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 4 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 11 38 36 3 7 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .194 .237 .278 .515 10 2 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 11 38 36 3 7 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .194 .237 .278 .515 10 2 0 0 0 0

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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
1989 MIL AL 23 SS 89 78 705.2 418 138 264 16 57 .962 -6.3 -10.7 -5.3 -3.3 -2.0 -1 5.13 4.52 .971 4.79 4.11
1989 MIL AL 23 3B 12 10 87.1 34 10 20 4 1 .882 0.6 8.2 0.6 -0.5 1.1 0 3.09 2.50 .947 2.73 2.34
1989 MIL AL 23 2B 4 1 15.0 17 6 11 0 1 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 10.20 4.25 .982 5.22 4.50
1989 MIL AL 23 DH 4
1989 MIL AL 23 1B 2 1 10.0 11 10 0 1 3 .909 -1.2 -144.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 9.00 5.00 .991 9.81 8.35
1990 MIL AL 24 SS 111 104 929.2 497 159 326 12 72 .976 0.5 0.6 0.5 -3.8 4.3 0 4.70 4.37 .973 4.74 4.00
1991 MIL AL 25 SS 128 125 1104.0 563 201 345 17 93 .970 -3.0 -3.3 -6.0 -1.6 -4.4 3 4.45 4.27 .971 4.67 3.95
1991 MIL AL 25 DH 2
1991 MIL AL 25 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1991 MIL AL 25 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1992 MIL AL 26 SS 5 1 16.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.12 0.40 .950 4.73 4.12
1992 MIL AL 26 2B 4 1 21.0 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.29 2.50 .980 5.23 4.60
1992 MIL AL 26 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1992 MIL AL 26 DH 1
1993 MIL AL 27 2B 104 92 804.0 448 209 226 13 53 .971 -12.7 -19.0 -11.7 -7.9 -3.8 -1 4.87 4.18 .981 5.15 4.54
1993 MIL AL 27 OF 7 1 17.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -28.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 2.12 0.57 .975 2.44 2.09
1993 MIL AL 27 RF 4 0 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 3.38 0.75 .967 2.25 1.85
1993 MIL AL 27 SS 4 1 13.0 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -9.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 3.46 1.25 .980 4.71 4.12
1993 MIL AL 27 CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.45
1993 MIL AL 27 LF 2 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.85
1993 MIL AL 27 DH 1
1994 MIL AL 28 3B 35 24 230.2 76 22 50 4 4 .947 2.6 13.5 2.6 2.9 -0.3 0 2.81 2.06 .949 2.64 2.34
1994 MIL AL 28 SS 35 22 213.2 131 48 79 4 23 .969 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 5.35 3.63 .969 4.64 4.22
1994 MIL AL 28 DH 3
1994 MIL AL 28 OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.10
1994 MIL AL 28 RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
1994 MIL AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.50
1995 NYM NL 29 3B 11 6 61.2 34 9 18 7 2 .794 -4.6 -89.5 -4.6 0.0 -4.6 0 3.94 2.45 .956 2.77 2.33
1995 NYM NL 29 2B 6 1 20.1 16 4 12 0 1 1.000 0.6 35.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 7.08 2.67 .981 5.22 4.58
1996 HOU NL 30 3B 77 38 386.0 121 22 94 5 9 .959 -2.4 -7.5 -1.4 -3.6 2.2 -1 2.70 1.51 .947 2.71 2.21
1996 HOU NL 30 2B 7 2 22.2 11 7 4 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -5.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.37 1.57 .982 5.08 4.40
1996 HOU NL 30 1B 4 0 7.0 10 9 1 0 2 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 12.86 2.50 .990 9.64 8.35
1996 HOU NL 30 SS 4 4 41.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 -1.5 -43.9 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 2.63 3.00 .967 4.61 4.00
1996 HOU NL 30 OF 2 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.38 1.50 .967 2.14 1.80
1996 HOU NL 30 CF 1 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 154.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.86 1.00 1.000 2.31 2.10
1996 HOU NL 30 RF 1 0 5.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 63.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.18 2.00 .950 2.06 1.70
1997 HOU NL 31 3B 84 48 496.0 185 44 129 12 12 .935 7.7 18.6 8.7 1.9 6.8 -1 3.14 2.06 .946 2.66 2.19
1997 HOU NL 31 SS 28 13 122.1 88 25 57 6 12 .932 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 0 6.03 2.93 .974 4.58 3.85
1997 HOU NL 31 1B 8 4 41.0 33 32 1 0 5 1.000 0.3 8.8 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 7.24 4.13 .994 9.53 8.16
1997 HOU NL 31 2B 4 2 16.2 16 3 13 0 3 1.000 1.7 122.4 1.7 1.6 0.1 0 8.64 4.00 .981 5.08 4.30
1998 HOU NL 32 3B 99 81 742.1 235 57 170 8 9 .966 -7.1 -11.5 -6.1 -3.5 -2.6 -1 2.75 2.29 .957 2.73 2.37
1998 HOU NL 32 2B 9 5 49.0 24 10 13 1 2 .958 -2.3 -56.3 -2.3 -2.1 -0.2 0 4.22 2.56 .983 5.09 4.38
1998 HOU NL 32 1B 7 3 30.2 35 34 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -27.4 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 10.27 5.00 .994 9.48 8.01
1998 HOU NL 32 SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90
1999 HOU NL 33 3B 71 55 517.0 191 40 143 8 11 .958 3.7 8.6 3.7 4.4 -0.7 0 3.19 2.58 .953 2.68 2.30
1999 HOU NL 33 OF 31 25 209.0 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -1.2 -6.9 -2.2 0.9 -3.1 1 1.72 1.29 .980 2.26 1.86
1999 HOU NL 33 LF 25 14 124.1 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -1.7 -16.4 -2.7 -0.8 -1.9 1 1.52 0.84 .977 2.00 1.48
1999 HOU NL 33 SS 13 9 87.1 45 22 23 0 7 1.000 -0.4 -5.5 -0.4 -1.4 1.0 0 4.64 3.46 .967 4.42 3.80
1999 HOU NL 33 RF 9 7 51.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -2.4 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 0 1.94 1.22 .982 2.15 1.72
1999 HOU NL 33 CF 7 4 33.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 21.4 0.6 0.9 -0.3 0 2.14 1.14 .988 2.62 2.20
1999 HOU NL 33 2B 4 2 19.0 15 5 10 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.3 1.1 0.4 0.7 -1 7.11 3.75 .980 5.07 4.20
1999 HOU NL 33 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.00 7.60
2000 HOU NL 34 3B 51 36 340.0 123 33 85 5 9 .959 4.8 16.9 5.8 4.4 1.4 -1 3.12 2.31 .950 2.64 2.18
2000 HOU NL 34 SS 27 23 184.1 98 40 57 1 18 .990 -1.2 -7.8 -1.2 -1.8 0.6 0 4.74 3.59 .966 4.52 3.88
2000 HOU NL 34 2B 26 19 175.1 95 40 53 2 13 .979 -2.3 -15.7 -3.3 -1.6 -1.7 1 4.77 3.58 .982 4.96 4.34
2000 HOU NL 34 OF 10 1 24.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -10.0 -0.2 -0.7 0.5 0 2.25 0.60 .983 2.25 1.86
2000 HOU NL 34 LF 6 1 14.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -58.6 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.88 0.50 .967 1.88 1.42
2000 HOU NL 34 RF 4 0 9.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 62.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.79 0.75 .967 2.14 1.75
11 Seasons SS 446 380 3420.0 1859 638 1165 56 285 .970 -12.1 -4.2 -14.1 -11.0 -3.1 2 4.74 4.04 .971 4.69 4.00
9 Seasons 3B 441 298 2863.0 999 237 709 53 57 .947 5.3 2.2 9.3 6.0 3.3 -4 2.97 2.15 .951 2.69 2.27
9 Seasons 2B 168 125 1143.0 652 289 347 16 75 .975 -14.6 -15.3 -13.6 -9.3 -4.3 -1 5.01 3.79 .981 5.12 4.48
6 Seasons OF 53 27 263.0 54 51 2 1 0 .981 -1.6 -7.3 -2.6 0.2 -2.8 1 1.81 1.00 .980 2.27 1.90
3 Seasons LF 33 16 144.2 26 24 1 1 0 .962 -2.6 -21.6 -3.6 -1.5 -2.1 1 1.56 0.76 .977 2.00 1.49
6 Seasons 1B 23 8 91.2 92 88 3 1 11 .989 -1.1 -14.4 -1.1 -1.3 0.2 0 8.93 3.96 .993 9.54 8.16
5 Seasons RF 20 7 77.1 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.1 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 2.21 0.95 .974 2.15 1.77
4 Seasons CF 11 4 41.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 23.4 0.8 1.2 -0.4 0 1.98 0.82 .989 2.61 2.25
5 Seasons DH 11
13 Seasons TOT 1141 838 7780.2 3656 1303 2226 127 428 .965 -24.1 -3.7 -22.1 -15.4 -6.7 1 -3 4.08 3.09 .933 3.99 3.36
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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1090), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.

December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 25, 1994: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 14, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 3, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 25, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989Milwaukee Brewers$68,000
1990Milwaukee Brewers$135,000
1991Milwaukee Brewers$250,000
1992Milwaukee Brewers$750,000
1993Milwaukee Brewers$750,000
1994Milwaukee Brewers$450,000
1995New York Mets$425,000
1996Houston Astros$400,000
1997Houston Astros$600,000
1998Houston Astros$1,600,000
1999Houston Astros$1,600,000
2000Houston Astros$1,700,000
2001Houston Astros$1,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,428,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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