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Dan Spillner

Daniel Ray Spillner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 27, 1951 in Casper, WY
High School: Federal Way HS (Federal Way, WA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1974
Teams (by GP): Indians/Padres/WhiteSox 1974-1985
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1974 22 SDP NL 30 50 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 .023 .067 .023 .090 -73 1 1 0 5 0 0 1
1975 23 SDP NL 37 59 45 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 25 .133 .264 .156 .420 22 7 0 0 6 0 0 1
1976 24 SDP NL 33 28 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .040 .143 .040 .183 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1977 25 SDP NL 76 21 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 .118 .286 .118 .403 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 26 TOT MLB 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1978 26 SDP NL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1978 26 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 27 CLE AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 28 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 29 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 30 CLE AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 31 CLE AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 32 TOT AL 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 32 CLE AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 32 CHW AL 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 33 CHW AL 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 559 161 130 9 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 73 .077 .195 .085 .279 -17 11 2 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 47 38 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 21 .077 .195 .085 .279 -17 3 1 0 3 0 0
CLE (7 yrs) 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (5 yrs) 193 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
CHW (2 yrs) 76 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 366 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 193 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1974 22 SDP NL 30 50 -11 -0 -0 0 5 -6 -0.7 1 -4 -0.7 .478 .496 -0.7 0.0 -5 $ 1
1975 23 SDP NL 37 59 -4 -1 0 0 6 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1976 24 SDP NL 33 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1977 25 SDP NL 76 21 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .501 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1978 26 SDP NL 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1978 26 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 27 CLE AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $80,000 1
1980 28 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1981 29 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 1
1982 30 CLE AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 1
1983 31 CLE AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $400,000 1
1984 32 CLE AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 1
1984 32 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 33 CHW AL 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $390,000 1
12 Seasons 559 161 -20 -1 0 0 17 -3 -0.4 5 1 -0.5 .499 .500 -0.5 0.4 1 $2,070,000
CLE (7 yrs) 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $1,680,000
SDP (5 yrs) 193 160 -20 -1 0 0 17 -4 -0.4 5 1 -0.5 .498 .499 -0.5 0.1 1 $
CHW (2 yrs) 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $390,000

Advanced Batting

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
1974 22 SDP NL 50 48 0 0.0 90 .067 .023 .256 .067 .328 .023 .371 .090 .698 -73 .000 -9.9 -1.0 .070 .047 .000
1975 23 SDP NL 59 45 3 1.8 91 .300 .133 .258 .264 .328 .156 .373 .420 .701 22 .168 -4.4 -0.4 .385 .200 .022
1976 24 SDP NL 28 25 0 0.0 85 .059 .040 .253 .143 .318 .040 .361 .183 .679 -44 .000 -4.6 -0.5 .160 .120 .000
1977 25 SDP NL 21 15 1 1.8 93 .400 .118 .256 .286 .322 .118 .390 .403 .711 19 .151 -1.7 -0.2 .400 .235 .000
1978 26 TOT MLB 2 1 0 0.0 1.000 .318 .000 0.4 0.0
1978 26 SDP NL 2 1 0 0.0 1.000 .318 .000 0.4 0.0
1985 33 CHW AL 1 0 0 1.000 .332 .000 0.3 0.0
12 Yrs 161 134 4 0.8 90 .175 .077 .256 .195 .325 .085 .372 .279 .697 -17 .045 -19.9 -2.1 .246 .154 .008
162 Game Avg. 47 39 1 0.8 90 .175 .077 .256 .195 .325 .085 .372 .279 .697 -17 .045 -19.9 -2.1 .246 .154 .008
SDP (5 yrs) 160 134 4 0.8 90 .175 .077 .256 .189 .325 .085 .372 .274 .697 -19 .045 -20.2 -2.1 .238 .146 .008
CHW (2 yrs) 1 0 0 1.000 .332 0.3 0.0
NL (5 yrs) 160 134 4 0.8 90 .175 .077 .256 .189 .325 .085 .372 .274 .697 -19 .045 -20.2 -2.1 .238 .146 .008
AL (8 yrs) 1 0 0 1.000 .332 0.3 0.0

Ratio Batting*

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
1974 22 SDP NL 50 0.0% 56.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 14.00 1.5 2.33 30%
1975 23 SDP NL 59 0.0% 42.4% 13.6% 1.7% 17% 3.13 1.8 2.50 34%
1976 24 SDP NL 28 0.0% 28.6% 10.7% 0.0% 0% 2.67 3.1 16.00 61%
1977 25 SDP NL 21 0.0% 57.1% 19.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 1.4 17.0 2.00 24%
1978 26 TOT MLB 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
1978 26 SDP NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
1985 33 CHW AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
12 Yrs 161 0.0% 45.3% 11.8% 0.6% 10% 3.84 1.8 130.0 3.43 35%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.55 6.8 45.4 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 22 SDP NL -9.9 -1.0 50 -0.9 0.2 -1.0 .90 -1.0 -0.0 -9.7 -1.0 0.92 -9.7 0
1975 23 SDP NL -4.4 -0.4 60 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 .92 -0.5 -0.2 -7.9 -0.8 0.97 -5.5 0
1976 24 SDP NL -4.6 -0.5 28 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 1.03 -0.5 0.0 -4.0 -0.4 0.84 -4.8 0
1977 25 SDP NL -1.7 -0.2 21 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .53 -0.1 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 0.89 -1.7 0
1978 26 TOT MLB 0.4 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.09 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 1.00 0.3 0
1978 26 SDP NL 0.4 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.09 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 1.00 0.3 0
1978 26 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979 27 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1980 28 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 29 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1982 30 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1983 31 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 32 TOT AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 32 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1984 32 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 33 CHW AL 0.3 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .02 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.61 0.4 0.02 0
12 Yrs -20.0 -2.1 162 -2.0 0.9 -2.9 .88 -2.0 -0.3 -22.6 -2.4 0.92 -20.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1974 22 SDP NL 0 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1975 23 SDP NL 1 0 29% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 0
1976 24 SDP NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1977 25 SDP NL 0 0 17% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 SDP NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 33 CHW AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 1 0 31% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12% 10 10 0 1 1 0 6 4 2

Situational Hitting*

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
1974 22 SDP NL 50 26% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 10 1 10% 11 1 9% 22 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1975 23 SDP NL 59 47% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 11 0 0% 12 4 33% 42 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1976 24 SDP NL 28 21% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 5 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1977 25 SDP NL 21 19% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 12 1 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1978 26 TOT MLB 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 SDP NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 33 CHW AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 161 34% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 23 12 52% 28 2 7% 30 5 17% 88 1 1% 5 0 0% 7 2 29% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1974 22 30 50 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 .023 .067 .023 .090 -73 1 1 0 5 0 0
1975 23 67 109 88 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 53 .080 .173 .091 .264 -23 8 1 0 11 0 0
1976 24 100 137 113 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 61 .071 .167 .080 .246 -27 9 2 0 11 0 0
1977 25 176 158 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 73 .077 .184 .085 .268 -21 11 2 0 11 0 0
1978 26 229 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
1979 27 278 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
1980 28 312 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
1981 29 344 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
1982 30 409 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
1983 31 469 160 130 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
1984 32 506 160 130 9 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 73 .077 .189 .085 .274 -19 11 2 0 12 0 0
1985 33 559 161 130 9 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 73 .077 .195 .085 .279 -17 11 2 0 12 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 22 30 50 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 .000 .044 .000 .044 0 30
1975 23 37 59 45 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 8 25 .133 .264 .156 .420 2 37
1976 24 33 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .000 .107 .000 .107 0 33
1977 25 76 24 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 76
1978 26 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 53
1985 33 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 53
6 Yrs 282 164 131 6 9 1 0 0 2 0 21 73 .069 .197 .076 .274 3 282
162 Game Avg. 162 94 75 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 12 42 .069 .197 .076 .274 2 282

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