Charlie Spikes
Leslie Charles Spikes
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 23, 1951 in Bogalusa, LA
High School: Central Memorial (Bogalusa, LA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1972
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Standard Batting

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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
1972 21 NYY AL 14 35 34 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 13 .147 .171 .176 .348 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1973 22 CLE AL 140 561 506 68 120 12 3 23 73 5 3 45 103 .237 .303 .409 .712 97 207 12 5 0 5 1 *7D9
1974 23 CLE AL 155 612 568 63 154 23 1 22 80 10 7 34 100 .271 .319 .431 .750 116 245 15 7 0 3 2 *9
1975 24 CLE AL 111 378 345 41 79 13 3 11 33 7 6 30 51 .229 .291 .380 .670 90 131 11 0 3 0 3 97/D
1976 25 CLE AL 101 365 334 34 79 11 5 3 31 5 6 23 50 .237 .294 .326 .620 84 109 4 5 1 2 3 9/D7
1977 26 CLE AL 32 109 95 13 22 2 0 3 11 0 2 11 17 .232 .321 .347 .668 86 33 4 2 0 1 0 9/D
1978 27 DET AL 10 32 28 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .250 .344 .286 .629 77 8 0 2 0 0 1 /9
1979 28 ATL NL 66 100 93 12 26 8 0 3 21 0 0 5 30 .280 .310 .462 .772 103 43 3 0 0 2 1 7/9
1980 29 ATL NL 41 40 36 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 18 .278 .350 .306 .656 83 11 0 1 0 0 2 /97
9 Seasons 670 2232 2039 240 502 72 12 65 256 27 25 154 388 .246 .304 .389 .693 97 793 49 22 4 13 13
162 Game Avg. 162 540 493 58 121 17 3 16 62 7 6 37 94 .246 .304 .389 .693 97 192 12 5 1 3 3
CLE (5 yrs) 539 2025 1848 219 454 61 12 62 228 27 24 143 321 .246 .305 .392 .697 98 725 46 19 4 11 9
ATL (2 yrs) 107 140 129 18 36 9 0 3 23 0 0 8 48 .279 .321 .419 .740 98 54 3 1 0 2 3
NYY (1 yr) 14 35 34 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 13 .147 .171 .176 .348 5 6 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 10 32 28 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .250 .344 .286 .629 77 8 0 2 0 0 1
AL (7 yrs) 563 2092 1910 222 466 63 12 62 233 27 25 146 340 .244 .303 .387 .690 97 739 46 21 4 11 10
NL (2 yrs) 107 140 129 18 36 9 0 3 23 0 0 8 48 .279 .321 .419 .740 98 54 3 1 0 2 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1972 21 NYY AL 35 30 1 0.9 81 .238 .147 .243 .171 .311 .176 .351 .348 .662 5 .072 -4.0 -0.4 .200 .029 .029
1973 22 CLE AL 561 406 62 4.1 96 .252 .237 .263 .303 .332 .409 .386 .712 .719 97 .474 -4.1 -0.4 .646 .265 .172 8.2
1974 23 CLE AL 612 439 74 4.5 88 .294 .271 .257 .319 .322 .431 .370 .750 .691 116 .542 9.5 1.0 .663 .225 .160 13.8
1975 24 CLE AL 378 286 35 3.3 92 .240 .229 .257 .291 .327 .380 .377 .670 .704 90 .379 -6.3 -0.6 .572 .241 .151 8.6
1976 25 CLE AL 365 268 32 3.2 84 .269 .237 .254 .294 .318 .326 .358 .620 .675 84 .403 -7.5 -0.8 .513 .156 .090 3.8
1977 26 CLE AL 109 80 10 3.4 96 .250 .232 .261 .321 .325 .347 .398 .668 .723 86 .355 -1.5 -0.2 .557 .211 .116 .0
1978 27 DET AL 32 21 3 3.8 96 .318 .250 .264 .344 .330 .286 .390 .629 .720 77 .444 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .107 .036
1979 28 ATL NL 100 72 13 4.9 105 .371 .280 .277 .310 .344 .462 .411 .772 .755 103 .544 0.3 0.0 .686 .237 .183 .0
1980 29 ATL NL 40 26 4 4.2 97 .556 .278 .270 .350 .333 .306 .392 .656 .725 83 .491 -0.7 -0.1 .577 .111 .028
9 Seasons 2232 1628 234 3.9 91 .273 .246 .259 .304 .326 .389 .377 .693 .703 97 .459 -15.1 -1.6 .603 .219 .143 38.2
162 Game Avg. 540 394 57 3.9 91 .273 .246 .259 .304 .326 .389 .377 .693 .703 97 .459 -15.1 -1.6 .603 .219 .143 9
CLE (5 yrs) 2025 1479 213 3.9 91 .266 .246 .258 .305 .325 .392 .375 .697 .700 98 .460 -10.0 -1.0 .608 .226 .147 37.6
ATL (2 yrs) 140 98 17 4.7 103 .413 .279 .275 .321 .341 .419 .406 .740 .746 98 .532 -0.4 -0.0 .656 .202 .140 .0
NYY (1 yr) 35 30 1 0.9 81 .238 .147 .243 .171 .311 .176 .351 .348 .662 5 .072 -4.0 -0.4 .200 .029 .029
DET (1 yr) 32 21 3 3.8 96 .318 .250 .264 .344 .330 .286 .390 .629 .720 77 .444 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .107 .036
AL (7 yrs) 2092 1530 217 3.8 91 .266 .244 .258 .303 .325 .387 .375 .690 .700 97 .454 -14.7 -1.5 .599 .220 .143 37.6
NL (2 yrs) 140 98 17 4.7 103 .413 .279 .275 .321 .341 .419 .406 .740 .746 98 .532 -0.4 -0.0 .656 .202 .140 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1972 21 NYY AL 35 0.0% 37.1% 2.9% 2.9% 20% 13.00 2.6 11.3 0.45 60%
1973 22 CLE AL 561 4.1% 18.4% 8.0% 6.8% 32% 2.29 4.9 22.0 6.9 1.18 69%
1974 23 CLE AL 612 3.6% 16.3% 5.6% 7.5% 30% 2.94 5.7 25.8 7.1 1.09 73%
1975 24 CLE AL 378 2.9% 13.5% 7.9% 7.1% 34% 1.70 6.8 31.4 10.5 1.53 75%
1976 25 CLE AL 365 0.8% 13.7% 6.3% 5.2% 24% 2.17 6.7 111.3 10.8 1.10 78%
1977 26 CLE AL 109 2.8% 15.6% 10.1% 4.6% 23% 1.55 5.6 31.7 8.6 1.11 70%
1978 27 DET AL 32 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 3.1% 14% 3.00 4.7 14.0 0.56 69%
1979 28 ATL NL 100 3.0% 30.0% 5.0% 11.0% 42% 6.00 3.1 31.0 4.4 1.39 62%
1980 29 ATL NL 40 0.0% 45.0% 7.5% 2.5% 10% 6.00 2.0 18.0 0.33 45%
9 Seasons 2232 2.9% 17.4% 6.9% 6.7% 30% 2.52 5.3 31.4 8.0 1.17 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1972 21 NYY AL 0 0 33% 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1973 22 CLE AL 4 0 31% 197 5 3 63% 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 9 46% 30 22 8 11 6 5 14 2 12
1974 23 CLE AL 5 0 24% 201 10 7 59% 10 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 9 45% 32 19 13 3 2 1 16 5 9
1975 24 CLE AL 7 0 31% 108 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 7 53% 15 10 4 5 3 2 10 0 10
1976 25 CLE AL 4 0 30% 116 5 6 45% 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 6 41% 26 13 11 4 2 2 7 4 2
1977 26 CLE AL 2 0 31% 36 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 63% 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 3
1978 27 DET AL 2 0 9% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0
1979 28 ATL NL 0 0 32% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 7 5 1 3 3 0 2 0 2
1980 29 ATL NL 0 0 43% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
9 Seasons 24 0 29% 722 27 25 52% 25 21 2 2 0 2 10 4 31 37 44% 119 75 40 29 18 10 55 13 39
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1972 21 NYY AL 35 77% 5 5 0 0 0 1.89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 20 3 15% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0
1973 22 CLE AL 561 34% 120 1 1 0 0 2.17 23 0 8 15 8 13 10 0 0 0 88 12 14% 41 11 27% 319 50 16% 24 13 54% 28 10 36% 0
1974 23 CLE AL 612 39% 154 1 0 0 0 5.92 22 0 11 13 9 12 10 0 0 0 114 15 13% 54 10 19% 389 64 16% 23 10 43% 35 10 29% 0
1975 24 CLE AL 378 51% 79 17 7 1 5 2.13 11 0 9 2 9 5 6 0 3 3 100% 89 11 12% 30 7 23% 256 23 9% 10 3 30% 16 6 38% 0
1976 25 CLE AL 365 40% 79 7 0 0 0 1.62 3 1 4 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 83 4 5% 24 9 38% 246 29 12% 14 8 57% 22 10 45% 0
1977 26 CLE AL 109 35% 22 6 1 0 1 0.89 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 22 4 18% 13 4 31% 71 9 13% 7 5 71% 10 1 10% 0
1978 27 DET AL 32 88% 7 0 0 0 0 3.98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0% 4 0 0% 32 2 6% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0
1979 28 ATL NL 100 58% 26 47 16 2 9 1.88 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 34 3 9% 14 2 14% 92 18 20% 11 8 73% 10 5 50% 0
1980 29 ATL NL 40 78% 10 31 10 0 2 1.61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 24 2 8% 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 0
9 Seasons 2232 43% 502 115 35 3 17 1.81 65 1 39 35 30 36 29 0 4 4 100% 452 49 11% 187 43 23% 1449 200 14% 97 49 51% 131 42 32% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 21 14 35 34 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 13 .147 .171 .176 .348 5 6 0 0 0 0 0
1973 22 154 596 540 70 125 13 3 23 76 5 4 46 116 .231 .295 .394 .690 92 213 12 5 0 5 1
1974 23 309 1208 1108 133 279 36 4 45 156 15 11 80 216 .252 .307 .413 .720 104 458 27 12 0 8 3
1975 24 420 1586 1453 174 358 49 7 56 189 22 17 110 267 .246 .303 .405 .709 100 589 38 12 3 8 6
1976 25 521 1951 1787 208 437 60 12 59 220 27 23 133 317 .245 .301 .391 .692 97 698 42 17 4 10 9
1977 26 553 2060 1882 221 459 62 12 62 231 27 25 144 334 .244 .303 .388 .691 97 731 46 19 4 11 9
1978 27 563 2092 1910 222 466 63 12 62 233 27 25 146 340 .244 .303 .387 .690 97 739 46 21 4 11 10
1979 28 629 2192 2003 234 492 71 12 65 254 27 25 151 370 .246 .303 .390 .694 97 782 49 21 4 13 11
1980 29 670 2232 2039 240 502 72 12 65 256 27 25 154 388 .246 .304 .389 .693 97 793 49 22 4 13 13

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1972 21 15 36 35 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 14 .143 .167 .171 .338 1 14
1973 22 140 569 512 73 126 13 3 24 79 5 47 103 .246 .313 .424 .737 67 140
1974 23 155 626 579 73 165 25 1 24 93 11 36 100 .285 .334 .456 .790 86 155
1975 24 112 380 349 46 81 13 3 11 37 7 31 51 .232 .295 .381 .676 39 111
1976 25 102 380 346 41 89 12 6 3 37 6 26 50 .257 .318 .353 .671 38 101
1977 26 32 111 96 15 23 2 0 3 12 0 12 17 .240 .333 .354 .687 11 32
1978 27 10 33 29 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 .276 .364 .310 .674 3 10
1979 28 66 98 91 11 24 7 0 3 20 0 5 30 .264 .296 .440 .735 12 66
1980 29 41 41 37 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 3 18 .297 .366 .324 .690 4 41
9 Seasons 673 2274 2074 268 532 75 13 68 286 29 163 389 .257 .316 .404 .720 261 670
162 Game Avg. 162 547 499 65 128 18 3 16 69 7 39 94 .257 .316 .404 .720 63 670

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1974 AL--22--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1973 AL--103--8th
1974 AL--100--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 AL--7--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1974 AL--13.8--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1973 AL--22.0--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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