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 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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 NYY AL 21 OF 9 9 65.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 2.08 1.67 .980 2.22 1.91
1972 NYY AL 21 RF 9 9 65.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 2.08 1.67 .980 2.12 1.76
1973 CLE AL 22 OF 111 110 947.2 223 202 13 8 0 .964 -6.7 -8.5 -7.7 -2.5 -5.2 1 2.04 1.94 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 CLE AL 22 LF 91 90 794.0 191 174 10 7 0 .963 -2.9 -4.4 -3.9 -2.5 -1.4 1 2.09 2.02 .977 2.00 1.68
1973 CLE AL 22 DH 26
1973 CLE AL 22 RF 22 20 153.2 29 25 3 1 0 .966 -3.8 -29.7 -3.8 0.0 -3.8 0 1.64 1.27 .976 2.09 1.73
1974 CLE AL 23 OF 154 154 1287.2 310 284 16 10 3 .968 -8.0 -7.5 -6.0 -8.3 2.4 -2 2.10 1.95 .980 2.41 2.12
1974 CLE AL 23 RF 154 154 1287.2 309 282 17 10 3 .968 -8.0 -7.5 -6.0 -8.3 2.4 -2 2.09 1.94 .976 2.18 1.86
1975 CLE AL 24 OF 103 86 795.2 194 176 13 5 5 .974 -5.4 -8.1 -2.4 -3.2 0.8 -3 2.14 1.83 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 CLE AL 24 RF 73 59 556.2 127 117 7 3 5 .976 -5.6 -12.1 -2.6 -2.6 0.0 -3 2.00 1.70 .976 2.11 1.84
1975 CLE AL 24 LF 31 27 239.0 65 58 5 2 0 .969 0.2 1.0 0.2 -0.6 0.8 0 2.37 2.03 .977 2.18 1.80
1975 CLE AL 24 DH 2
1976 CLE AL 25 OF 98 90 808.2 195 185 7 3 0 .985 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.3 -1.8 0 2.14 1.96 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 CLE AL 25 RF 96 88 791.2 192 182 7 3 0 .984 1.0 1.5 1.0 2.5 -1.6 0 2.15 1.97 .980 2.21 1.92
1976 CLE AL 25 DH 2
1976 CLE AL 25 LF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -28.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 1.06 1.00 1.000 2.22 1.90
1977 CLE AL 26 OF 27 24 207.0 36 34 1 1 1 .972 -4.8 -27.8 -5.8 -2.3 -3.5 1 1.52 1.30 .978 2.34 2.03
1977 CLE AL 26 RF 27 24 207.0 36 34 1 1 1 .972 -4.8 -27.8 -5.8 -2.3 -3.5 1 1.52 1.30 .975 2.08 1.71
1977 CLE AL 26 DH 2
1978 DET AL 27 OF 9 9 63.0 11 9 1 1 1 .909 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.6 -0.4 1 1.43 1.11 .982 2.47 2.13
1978 DET AL 27 RF 9 9 63.0 11 9 1 1 1 .909 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.6 -0.4 1 1.43 1.11 .982 2.24 1.86
1979 ATL NL 28 OF 15 12 98.1 19 16 0 3 0 .842 -4.3 -52.5 -2.3 -1.1 -1.2 -2 1.46 1.07 .984 2.32 2.00
1979 ATL NL 28 LF 12 11 85.1 13 11 0 2 0 .846 -3.5 -49.2 -2.5 -1.1 -1.4 -1 1.16 0.92 .977 2.01 1.58
1979 ATL NL 28 RF 3 1 13.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.8 -73.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 -1 2.08 1.00 .975 2.22 1.87
1980 ATL NL 29 OF 7 1 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 1.80 0.57 .975 2.30 1.99
1980 ATL NL 29 RF 6 1 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 1.06 0.33 1.000 2.06 1.72
1980 ATL NL 29 LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
9 Seasons OF 533 495 4293.0 1007 924 52 31 11 .969 -28.5 -8.0 -24.5 -15.6 -8.8 -4 2.05 1.83 .980 2.38 2.10
9 Seasons RF 399 365 3154.2 725 668 37 20 11 .972 -21.9 -8.3 -17.9 -11.2 -6.6 -4 2.01 1.77 .977 2.16 1.85
5 Seasons LF 137 130 1138.1 272 246 15 11 0 .960 -6.6 -7.0 -6.6 -4.4 -2.2 0 2.06 1.91 .978 2.04 1.70
4 Seasons DH 32
9 Seasons TOT 533 495 4293.0 1007 924 52 31 11 .969 -28.5 -8.0 -24.5 -15.6 -8.8 -4 2.05 1.83 .949 2.38 2.10
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1972 NYY AL 21 14 9 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 5 0
1973 CLE AL 22 140 135 140 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 22 111 25 4 0
1974 CLE AL 23 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 1 0
1975 CLE AL 24 111 87 111 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 73 104 1 21 1
1976 CLE AL 25 101 90 101 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 96 98 0 8 1
1977 CLE AL 26 32 25 32 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 1 7 0
1978 DET AL 27 10 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 1 0
1979 ATL NL 28 66 12 66 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 15 0 52 0
1980 ATL NL 29 41 1 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 0 34 0
9 Seasons 670 522 670 539 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 399 534 27 133 2
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 -- 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%
1972 NYY AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 5 45.5% 5 1 9.1% 0 282 52% 84% 26% 34 41%
1973 CLE AL 22 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 7 2 0 5 1 0 5 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 21 6 28.6% 14 1 4.8% 2 719 52% 76% 19% 73 38%
1974 CLE AL 23 10 0 9 1 3 17 0 5 2 7 64 22 1 40 8 4 15 8 2 17 1 1 23 14 1 159 53 33.3% 97 9 5.7% 8 5615 58% 82% 27% 542 54%
1975 CLE AL 24 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 2 0 1 32 10 0 18 1 0 4 1 1 5 1 0 7 6 1 66 19 28.8% 45 2 3.0% 5 2497 59% 77% 27% 227 52%
1976 CLE AL 25 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 4 52 22 1 22 3 3 9 3 1 7 2 0 11 7 0 101 37 36.6% 59 5 5.0% 2 3491 57% 76% 25% 367 52%
1977 CLE AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 5 0 8 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 5 4 1 28 14 50.0% 13 1 3.6% 0 971 56% 76% 22% 90 38%
1978 DET AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 0 280 47% 83% 25% 20 50%
1979 ATL NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 56 46% 77% 18% 4 75%
1980 ATL NL 29 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 66 44% 79% 24% 4 50%
9 Seasons 20 0 19 1 4 37 0 11 5 14 175 65 3 99 17 7 36 17 5 36 5 2 49 34 3 395 138 34.9% 237 20 5.1% 17 13977 57% 79% 26% 1361 51%
MLB Averages 42.8% 3.1% 59% 79% 26% 52%

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%
1973 CLE AL 22 7 0 7 0 1 10 0 5 3 0 32 20 2 35 8 0 14 10 1 9 3 0 13 12 0 103 53 51.5% 47 3 2.9% 7 3619 56% 78% 23% 404 46%
1975 CLE AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 9 7 0 9 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 29 16 55.2% 13 0 0.0% 5 1038 66% 76% 27% 126 50%
1976 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 76 54% 78% 30% 9 22%
1979 ATL NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 379 52% 82% 22% 25 44%
1980 ATL NL 29 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 14 29% 100% 21% 3 33%
5 Seasons 11 0 11 0 2 15 0 8 5 0 44 29 2 50 12 0 19 12 1 11 3 0 18 17 0 142 73 51.4% 66 3 2.1% 12 5126 57% 78% 24% 567 46%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.7% 59% 79% 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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