Ed Spiezio
Edward Wayne Spiezio
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 31, 1941 in Joliet, IL
High School: Joliet (Joliet, IL)
Schools: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lewis University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1964
Final Game: September 27, 1972
Relatives: Father of Scott Spiezio
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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
1965 STL NL 23 3B 3 3 25.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.9 43.2 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.88 2.67 .950 2.81 2.47
1966 STL NL 24 3B 19 19 162.1 52 14 32 6 3 .885 -1.4 -10.3 -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 0 2.55 2.42 .958 3.04 2.66
1967 STL NL 25 3B 19 16 142.0 52 15 35 2 4 .962 2.4 20.3 2.4 2.7 -0.3 0 3.17 2.63 .950 2.96 2.75
1967 STL NL 25 OF 7 5 45.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -37.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 -1 1.80 1.29 .978 2.02 1.81
1967 STL NL 25 RF 5 3 33.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -47.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 -1 1.36 1.00 .980 2.05 1.76
1967 STL NL 25 LF 2 2 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .950 1.72 1.50
1968 STL NL 26 OF 11 10 86.2 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 -2.2 -30.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -2 2.08 1.82 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 STL NL 26 RF 9 8 62.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -13.5 0.3 0.4 -0.2 -1 2.18 1.67 .980 2.02 1.77
1968 STL NL 26 LF 3 2 24.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -73.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 -1 2.19 2.00 .967 1.64 1.37
1968 STL NL 26 3B 2 1 12.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.75 2.50 .960 2.92 2.70
1969 SDP NL 27 3B 98 92 832.1 310 93 198 19 10 .939 -5.1 -7.4 -4.1 0.4 -4.5 -1 3.15 2.97 .946 2.92 2.63
1969 SDP NL 27 LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.70 1.30
1969 SDP NL 27 OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.80
1970 SDP NL 28 3B 93 83 742.1 256 66 178 12 10 .953 0.7 1.1 1.7 3.4 -1.6 -1 2.96 2.62 .945 2.91 2.58
1971 SDP NL 29 3B 91 87 729.0 234 57 168 9 12 .962 0.8 1.3 1.8 -0.8 2.6 -1 2.78 2.47 .948 2.80 2.32
1971 SDP NL 29 LF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -45.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.50
1971 SDP NL 29 OF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -45.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.36 1.90
1972 TOT MLB 30 3B 79 77 692.0 257 69 176 12 12 .953 -2.8 -4.9 -1.8 -0.7 -1.1 -1 3.19 3.10 .954 2.98 2.69
1972 SDP NL 30 3B 5 3 31.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -46.5 -1.2 0.0 -1.2 0 1.74 1.20 .950 2.87 2.56
1972 CHW AL 30 3B 74 74 661.0 251 67 172 12 11 .952 -1.6 -2.9 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 -1 3.25 3.23 .954 2.98 2.70
8 Seasons 3B 404 378 3337.0 1174 316 798 60 51 .949 -4.4 -1.6 -0.4 5.4 -5.7 -4 3.00 2.76 .949 2.91 2.57
4 Seasons OF 20 16 143.1 29 28 1 0 1 1.000 -4.1 -34.3 -1.1 -0.5 -0.7 -3 1.82 1.45 .976 2.03 1.82
2 Seasons RF 14 11 95.0 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -25.3 0.0 0.5 -0.6 -2 1.89 1.43 .980 2.03 1.76
4 Seasons LF 7 5 48.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -52.1 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 -1 1.49 1.14 .962 1.69 1.41
9 Seasons TOT 424 394 3480.1 1203 344 799 60 52 .950 -8.5 -2.9 -1.5 4.9 -6.4 -3 -4 2.96 2.70 .900 2.87 2.53
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

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
1964 STL NL 22 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1965 STL NL 23 10 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1966 STL NL 24 26 19 26 26 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1967 STL NL 25 55 21 55 55 0 0 0 0 19 0 2 0 5 7 30 0
1968 STL NL 26 29 11 29 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 9 11 17 0
1969 SDP NL 27 121 93 121 121 0 0 0 0 98 0 1 0 0 1 26 0
1970 SDP NL 28 110 83 110 110 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1971 SDP NL 29 97 87 97 97 0 0 0 0 91 0 1 0 0 1 7 0
1972 CHW AL 30 74 74 74 74 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SDP NL 30 20 3 20 20 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
9 Seasons 554 394 554 554 0 0 0 0 404 0 7 0 14 20 148 0
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 -- 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%
1965 STL NL 23 116 58% 72% 22% 8 100% 0 1 1 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 24 674 62% 77% 29% 47 85% 0 14 9 3 2 32 27 5 0 1 6 0 4 2 5 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
1967 STL NL 25 573 69% 80% 27% 52 88% 1 16 12 2 2 34 31 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 100%
1968 STL NL 26 57 68% 75% 21% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SDP NL 27 3545 62% 76% 25% 286 86% 2 84 64 9 11 181 150 24 2 4 19 0 15 4 14 11 8 1 10 1 1 0 15 60%
1970 SDP NL 28 3239 61% 76% 26% 255 86% 1 65 47 8 10 167 127 39 0 2 12 0 10 2 9 11 9 1 10 0 0 0 6 67%
1971 SDP NL 29 3059 61% 75% 28% 229 89% 2 58 42 9 7 163 129 26 2 4 9 0 8 1 8 11 9 0 9 2 0 2 8 63%
1972 CHW AL 30 2829 67% 78% 28% 258 88% 0 68 50 13 5 172 140 28 1 0 12 0 10 2 9 11 5 2 9 2 1 1 13 85%
1972 SDP NL 30 140 69% 71% 18% 9 67% 0 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0%
8 Seasons 14232 63% 76% 27% 1148 87% 6 310 227 45 38 764 618 125 5 15 60 0 49 11 45 52 35 5 44 7 2 4 45 69%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

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%
1967 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 142 77% 77% 25% 10 50%
1968 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0.0% 4 1 20.0% 0 245 67% 78% 26% 25 56%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 0 0.0% 8 1 11.1% 0 387 70% 77% 26% 35 54%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 62% 77% 26% 53%

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%
1967 STL NL 25 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 53 91% 53% 13% 8 25%
1968 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 124 62% 72% 19% 16 38%
1969 SDP NL 27 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 35 46% 74% 14% 2 0%
1971 SDP NL 29 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 12 58% 83% 33% 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 224 66% 68% 17% 26 31%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 26% 47%

* 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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