Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > S Listing > Charlie Spikes Statistics and History

News: s-r blog:Team Starting Lineup & Pitching Staff Charts

 
Charlie Spikes

Leslie Charles Spikes

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 23, 1951 in Bogalusa, LA
High School: Central Memorial HS (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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Braves/Yankees/Tigers 1972-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 29)
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
    About biographical information

42
24
34
46
46
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Player News

Add Your Blog Posts Here · Player News Archive · Player News RSS Feed · Hide Stories

Standard Batting

More Stats

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 98 207 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 Yrs 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 99 725 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 97 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 97 54 3 1 0 2 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 21 NYY AL 14 35 -4 -0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.6 1 -3 -0.4 .461 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $5,100 /9
1973 22 CLE AL 140 561 -5 1 -0 -7 -7 -18 -1.8 20 2 0.1 .486 .488 0.8 -1.4 8 $9,000 *7D9
1974 23 CLE AL 155 612 9 -0 -1 -8 -6 -6 -0.6 22 16 1.6 .496 .496 2.5 -1.5 24 *9
1975 24 CLE AL 111 378 -4 -0 0 -5 -5 -14 -1.4 14 -0 -0.1 .486 .491 0.5 -1.0 5 97/D
1976 25 CLE AL 101 365 -7 -3 1 1 -4 -12 -1.4 13 1 -0.1 .486 .491 -0.1 -0.4 -0 9/D7
1977 26 CLE AL 32 109 -1 -1 -0 -5 -1 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .473 .495 0.0 -0.6 0 9/D
1978 27 DET AL 10 32 0 -1 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 -0.0 0 /9
1979 28 ATL NL 66 100 -1 -1 0 -4 -0 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.3 .490 .496 0.1 -0.5 2 7/9
1980 29 ATL NL 41 40 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .498 .499 0.0 0.0 0 /97
9 Seasons 670 2232 -14 -5 0 -29 -24 -72 -7.4 80 8 0.3 .488 .495 3.4 -5.5 36 $14,100
CLE (5 yrs) 539 2025 -8 -4 -0 -24 -23 -60 -6.0 73 13 1.0 .488 .492 3.6 -4.9 37 $9,000
ATL (2 yrs) 107 140 -2 -0 0 -4 -0 -7 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .493 .498 0.1 -0.5 2
NYY (1 yr) 14 35 -4 -0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.6 1 -3 -0.4 .461 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $5,100
DET (1 yr) 10 32 0 -1 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 -0.0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 NYY AL 21 OF 9 9 4 65.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.08 1.67 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 NYY AL 21 RF 9 9 4 65.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.08 1.67 .980 2.12 2.11
1973 CLE AL 22 OF 111 110 93 947.2 223 202 13 8 0 .964 -7 -8 2.04 1.94 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 CLE AL 22 LF 91 90 83 794.0 191 174 10 7 0 .963 -3 -4 2.09 2.02 .977 2.00 1.99
1973 CLE AL 22 DH 26 25
1973 CLE AL 22 RF 22 20 10 153.2 29 25 3 1 0 .966 -4 -30 1.64 1.27 .976 2.09 2.07
1974 CLE AL 23 OF 154 154 128 1287.2 310 284 16 10 3 .968 -8 -7 2.10 1.95 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 CLE AL 23 RF 154 154 128 1287.2 307 281 16 10 3 .967 -8 -7 2.08 1.93 .976 2.18 2.17
1975 CLE AL 24 OF 103 86 78 795.2 194 176 13 5 5 .974 -5 -8 2.14 1.83 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 CLE AL 24 RF 73 59 56 556.2 127 117 7 3 5 .976 -6 -12 2.00 1.70 .976 2.11 2.10
1975 CLE AL 24 LF 31 27 22 239.0 65 58 5 2 0 .969 0 1 2.37 2.03 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 CLE AL 24 DH 2 1
1976 CLE AL 25 OF 98 90 82 808.2 195 185 7 3 0 .985 1 1 2.14 1.96 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 CLE AL 25 RF 96 88 80 791.2 192 182 7 3 0 .984 1 2 2.15 1.97 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 CLE AL 25 DH 2 0
1976 CLE AL 25 LF 2 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -28 1.06 1.00 .980 2.22 2.25
1977 CLE AL 26 OF 27 24 20 207.0 36 34 1 1 1 .972 -5 -28 1.52 1.30 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 CLE AL 26 RF 27 24 20 207.0 36 34 1 1 1 .972 -5 -28 1.52 1.30 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 CLE AL 26 DH 2 1
1978 DET AL 27 OF 9 9 4 63.0 11 9 1 1 1 .909 -0 -2 1.43 1.11 .979 2.47 2.44
1978 DET AL 27 RF 9 9 4 63.0 11 9 1 1 1 .909 -0 -2 1.43 1.11 .978 2.24 2.22
1979 ATL NL 28 OF 15 12 6 98.1 19 16 0 3 0 .842 -4 -52 1.46 1.07 .979 2.32 2.32
1979 ATL NL 28 LF 12 11 5 85.1 13 11 0 2 0 .846 -4 -49 1.16 0.92 .970 2.01 2.00
1979 ATL NL 28 RF 3 1 1 13.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1 -74 2.08 1.00 .980 2.15 2.17
1980 ATL NL 29 OF 7 1 0 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 1.80 0.57 .980 2.30 2.31
1980 ATL NL 29 RF 6 1 0 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 1.06 0.33 .975 2.06 2.07
1980 ATL NL 29 LF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.10
9 Seasons OF 533 495 415 4293.0 1007 924 52 31 11 .969 -29 -8 2.05 1.83 .980 2.38 2.37
9 Seasons RF 399 365 303 3154.2 723 667 36 20 11 .972 -22 -8 2.01 1.76 .977 2.16 2.16
5 Seasons LF 137 130 112 1138.1 272 246 15 11 0 .960 -7 -7 2.06 1.91 .977 2.04 2.04
9 Seasons TOT 533 495 415 4293.0 1007 924 52 31 11 .969 -29 -8 2.05 1.83 .980 2.38 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  10 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (4th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  154 (1st)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  281 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  16 (2nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  10 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  3 (2nd)
1975 AL  5 (2nd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1974 AL  154 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1973 AL  13 (4th)
1974 AL  16 (3rd)
1975 AL  13 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1974 AL  10 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1974 AL  3 (4th)
1975 AL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1973 AL  2.09 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  2.02 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2384), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (444th), 0.3 career WAR/1.2 7yr-peak WAR/0.8 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Tom Grieve (971)
  2. Andy Kosco (968)
  3. Lou Johnson (964)
  4. Clyde Vollmer (963)
  5. Damon Buford (962)
  6. Eric Anthony (961)
  7. Jeremy Hermida (959)
  8. Roman Mejias (958)
  9. Lou Clinton (958)
  10. Mike Young (957)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Ron Swoboda (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ron Swoboda (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ron Swoboda (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ron Swoboda (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Anthony (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eric Anthony (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Eric Anthony (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Shelby (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197221New York Yankees$5,100Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197322Cleveland Indians$9,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,100
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     WahooSam.com     WhatIfSports: Charlie Spikes    

Viewed 12,322 times through May 25, 2013.
Name and misspellings: Leslie Charles charley Charlie charly Spikes

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.