Junior Spivey
Ernest Lee Spivey Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 28, 1975 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Douglass (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 36th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 2001
Final Game: September 27, 2005
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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
2001 26 ARI NL 72 195 163 33 42 6 3 5 21 3 0 23 47 .258 .354 .423 .778 94 69 3 2 6 1 0 4/6
2002 27 ARI NL 143 626 538 103 162 34 6 16 78 11 6 65 100 .301 .389 .476 .865 117 256 10 16 1 6 5 *4 AS,MVP-14
2003 28 ARI NL 106 408 365 52 93 22 2 13 50 4 3 33 95 .255 .326 .433 .759 90 158 7 7 0 3 1 4/8
2004 29 MIL NL 59 263 228 33 62 13 0 7 28 5 3 25 48 .272 .359 .421 .780 101 96 7 7 1 2 0 4/6
2005 30 TOT NL 77 293 259 37 60 15 1 7 24 9 3 29 83 .232 .315 .378 .693 82 98 3 3 1 1 2 4
2005 30 MIL NL 49 202 182 22 43 8 1 5 17 7 3 18 57 .236 .308 .374 .682 78 68 3 1 1 0 1 4
2005 30 WSN NL 28 91 77 15 17 7 0 2 7 2 0 11 26 .221 .330 .390 .719 92 30 0 2 0 1 1 4
5 Seasons 457 1785 1553 258 419 90 12 48 201 32 15 175 373 .270 .354 .436 .790 100 677 30 35 9 13 8
162 Game Avg. 162 633 551 91 149 32 4 17 71 11 5 62 132 .270 .354 .436 .790 100 240 11 12 3 5 3
ARI (3 yrs) 321 1229 1066 188 297 62 11 34 149 18 9 121 242 .279 .363 .453 .816 105 483 20 25 7 10 6
MIL (2 yrs) 108 465 410 55 105 21 1 12 45 12 6 43 105 .256 .337 .400 .737 91 164 10 8 2 2 1
WSN (1 yr) 28 91 77 15 17 7 0 2 7 2 0 11 26 .221 .330 .390 .719 92 30 0 2 0 1 1

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
2001 26 ARI NL 195 131 26 5.3 118 .330 .258 .278 .354 .350 .423 .455 .778 .805 94 .525 -1.7 -0.2 .782 .325 .166 3.8
2002 27 ARI NL 626 399 103 6.9 116 .341 .301 .278 .389 .354 .476 .443 .865 .797 117 .661 15.8 1.5 .872 .305 .175 13.0
2003 28 ARI NL 408 285 52 4.9 116 .308 .255 .278 .326 .351 .433 .446 .759 .797 90 .495 -6.2 -0.6 .706 .271 .178 6.1
2004 29 MIL NL 263 179 35 5.2 111 .314 .272 .270 .359 .341 .421 .437 .780 .778 101 .519 1.3 0.1 .739 .268 .149 5.8
2005 30 TOT NL 293 207 32 4.1 107 .312 .232 .267 .315 .338 .378 .426 .693 .764 82 .429 -6.8 -0.7 .663 .282 .147 7.9
2005 30 MIL NL 202 146 21 3.8 109 .317 .236 .270 .308 .340 .374 .430 .682 .770 78 .396 -6.5 -0.6 .628 .258 .137 5.8
2005 30 WSN NL 91 61 11 4.8 104 .300 .221 .263 .330 .332 .390 .418 .719 .750 92 .499 -0.3 -0.0 .750 .338 .169 2.0
5 Seasons 1785 1201 248 5.5 114 .324 .270 .275 .354 .348 .436 .441 .790 .789 100 .555 2.4 0.2 .767 .290 .166 38.4
162 Game Avg. 633 426 88 5.5 114 .324 .270 .275 .354 .348 .436 .441 .790 .789 100 .555 1 0 .767 .290 .166 14
ARI (3 yrs) 1229 815 181 5.9 117 .329 .279 .278 .363 .352 .453 .446 .816 .798 105 .589 7.9 0.8 .799 .296 .174 23.5
MIL (2 yrs) 465 325 56 4.6 110 .315 .256 .270 .337 .341 .400 .434 .737 .775 91 .468 -5.2 -0.5 .688 .263 .144 12.0
WSN (1 yr) 91 61 11 4.8 104 .300 .221 .263 .330 .332 .390 .418 .719 .750 92 .499 -0.3 -0.0 .750 .338 .169 2.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 27 ARI NL NLDS STL L 3 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 ARI NL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 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
2001 26 ARI NL 195 2.6% 24.1% 11.8% 7.2% 33% 2.04 3.5 32.6 7.8 1.00 1.50 57% 23% 10.6% 15%
2002 27 ARI NL 626 2.6% 16.0% 10.4% 9.0% 35% 1.54 5.4 33.6 6.9 0.68 0.84 68% 26% 7.3% 14%
2003 28 ARI NL 408 3.2% 23.3% 8.1% 9.1% 40% 2.88 3.8 28.1 7.3 0.67 0.87 64% 19% 9.0% 11%
2004 29 MIL NL 263 2.7% 18.3% 9.5% 7.6% 32% 1.92 4.8 32.6 8.1 0.73 1.17 67% 27% 7.6% 12%
2005 30 TOT NL 293 2.4% 28.3% 9.9% 7.9% 38% 2.86 3.1 37.0 10.8 0.63 0.75 58% 20% 7.2% 9%
2005 30 MIL NL 202 2.5% 28.2% 8.9% 6.9% 33% 3.17 3.2 36.4 10.7 0.69 0.86 59% 21% 7.9% 13%
2005 30 WSN NL 91 2.2% 28.6% 12.1% 9.9% 53% 2.36 3.0 38.5 11.0 0.49 0.52 55% 17% 5.9% 3%
5 Seasons 1785 2.7% 20.9% 9.8% 8.4% 36% 2.13 4.2 32.4 7.7 0.71 0.93 64% 23% 8.0% 12%
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
2001 26 ARI NL 0 0 45% 83 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 42% 16 11 5 2 2 0 8 2 6
2002 27 ARI NL 12 0 38% 274 11 6 65% 11 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 22 49% 44 25 18 10 4 6 24 9 14
2003 28 ARI NL 2 0 33% 141 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 9 50% 13 8 5 8 4 4 9 3 6
2004 29 MIL NL 2 0 30% 90 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 44% 16 8 8 4 3 1 3 2 1
2005 30 TOT NL 4 0 35% 119 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 6 55% 19 11 8 6 2 4 6 1 5
2005 30 MIL NL 4 0 30% 74 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 47% 11 8 3 5 2 3 3 0 3
2005 30 WSN NL 0 0 46% 45 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 67% 8 3 5 1 0 1 3 1 2
5 Seasons 20 0 36% 707 32 15 68% 32 14 0 0 0 1 9 4 20 49 48% 108 63 44 30 15 15 50 17 32
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
2001 26 ARI NL 195 42% 42 10 1 7 2 0 1 1.05 5 0 6 2 3 4 1 0 8 6 75% 32 3 9% 25 10 40% 113 16 14% 13 7 54% 16 7 44% 0
2002 27 ARI NL 626 34% 162 15 0 1 0 0 0 1.60 16 0 21 5 11 9 7 1 1 1 100% 138 10 7% 53 17 32% 403 65 16% 40 24 60% 41 14 34% 0
2003 28 ARI NL 408 35% 93 4 0 9 3 1 1 1.23 13 0 9 8 5 10 3 0 0 0 90 7 8% 48 7 15% 260 37 14% 20 11 55% 22 10 45% 0
2004 29 MIL NL 263 21% 62 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.88 7 0 8 4 3 4 3 0 1 1 100% 46 7 15% 28 8 29% 164 22 13% 24 8 33% 19 6 32% 0
2005 30 TOT NL 293 28% 60 1 0 4 0 0 0 1.32 7 0 9 3 4 4 3 0 4 1 25% 60 3 5% 27 7 26% 163 17 10% 9 3 33% 10 3 30% 0
2005 30 MIL NL 202 27% 43 1 0 3 0 0 0 1.37 5 0 9 2 3 2 3 0 4 1 25% 49 3 6% 19 6 32% 121 12 10% 4 1 25% 7 3 43% 0
2005 30 WSN NL 91 30% 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.18 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 8 1 13% 42 5 12% 5 2 40% 3 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 1785 32% 419 32 1 22 5 1 2 1.33 48 0 53 22 26 31 17 1 14 9 64% 366 30 8% 181 49 27% 1103 157 14% 106 53 50% 108 40 37% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 26 ARI NL 195 757 3.88 449 59% 36% 16% 21% 27% 64% 0% 38% 75% 21% 6% 12 0 16% 32 7 13% 25 14 30% 0 0 0
2002 27 ARI NL 626 2470 3.95 1490 60% 27% 14% 28% 30% 73% 2% 44% 80% 24% 7% 44 4 19% 121 51 11% 67 36 30% 0 0 0
2003 28 ARI NL 408 1623 3.98 989 61% 29% 18% 26% 28% 71% 1% 43% 75% 26% 5% 20 1 14% 59 19 12% 47 25 18% 0 0 0
2004 29 MIL NL 263 1007 3.83 609 60% 25% 17% 28% 30% 75% 0% 45% 77% 28% 4% 11 1 16% 42 21 11% 28 15 23% 0 0 0
2005 30 TOT NL 293 1186 4.05 733 62% 26% 20% 30% 24% 74% 2% 46% 73% 29% 6% 18 1 16% 48 19 10% 30 17 22% 0 0 0
2005 30 MIL NL 202 812 4.02 501 62% 25% 19% 32% 25% 75% 1% 47% 75% 29% 6% 12 0 18% 37 16 10% 21 15 25% 0 0 0
2005 30 WSN NL 91 374 4.11 232 62% 29% 22% 27% 22% 71% 3% 44% 69% 31% 7% 6 1 12% 11 3 10% 9 2 15% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1785 7043 3.95 4270 61% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 1% 44% 77% 25% 6% 105 7 17% 302 117 11% 197 107 24% 0 0 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
2001 26 72 195 163 33 42 6 3 5 21 3 0 23 47 .258 .354 .423 .778 94 69 3 2 6 1 0
2002 27 215 821 701 136 204 40 9 21 99 14 6 88 147 .291 .381 .464 .844 112 325 13 18 7 7 5
2003 28 321 1229 1066 188 297 62 11 34 149 18 9 121 242 .279 .363 .453 .816 105 483 20 25 7 10 6
2004 29 380 1492 1294 221 359 75 11 41 177 23 12 146 290 .277 .362 .447 .809 104 579 27 32 8 12 6
2005 30 457 1785 1553 258 419 90 12 48 201 32 15 175 373 .270 .354 .436 .790 100 677 30 35 9 13 8

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
2001 26 72 187 162 29 41 6 3 5 18 3 22 47 .253 .348 .420 .767 23 72
2002 27 143 619 534 93 158 33 6 16 70 11 63 100 .296 .383 .470 .853 93 143
2003 28 106 401 360 46 88 21 2 12 44 4 31 95 .244 .314 .414 .728 46 106
2004 29 59 262 228 31 62 13 0 7 27 5 25 48 .272 .359 .421 .780 33 59
2005 30 77 296 262 37 63 16 1 7 24 9 30 83 .240 .324 .389 .714 33 77
5 Seasons 457 1765 1546 236 412 89 12 47 183 32 171 373 .266 .350 .431 .781 228 457
162 Game Avg. 162 626 548 84 146 32 4 17 65 11 61 132 .266 .350 .431 .781 81 457

* 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

All-Star Games
2002 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 NL (14, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2002 NL  103 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL  16 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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