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Karl Spooner

Karl Benjamin Spooner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 23, 1931 in Oriskany Falls, NY
High School: Oriskany Falls HS (Oriskany Falls, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1954
Team: Dodgers 1954-1955

Final Game: September 17, 1955
Died: April 10, 1984 in Vero Beach, FL
Buried: Crestlawn Cemetery, Vero Beach, FL
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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
1954 23 BRO NL 2 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .333 .619 59 2 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 24 BRO NL 29 32 28 3 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 14 .286 .333 .464 .798 106 13 0 0 2 0 0 1
2 Yrs 31 39 34 4 9 4 1 0 4 0 0 3 16 .265 .324 .441 .766 97 15 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 204 178 21 47 21 5 0 21 0 0 16 84 .265 .324 .441 .766 97 78 0 0 10 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
1954 23 BRO NL 2 7 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .520 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1955 24 BRO NL 29 32 1 -0 0 0 3 4 0.3 1 5 0.3 .512 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
2 Seasons 31 39 0 -0 0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.3 .513 .501 0.4 -0.0 5 $

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
1954 23 BRO NL 7 5 1 5.4 113 .250 .167 .279 .286 .351 .333 .431 .619 .782 59 .551 -0.3 -0.0 .600 .333 .167
1955 24 BRO NL 32 22 5 6.1 109 .571 .286 .270 .333 .342 .464 .428 .798 .770 106 .618 0.2 0.0 .750 .250 .179
2 Yrs 39 27 6 6.0 110 .500 .265 .272 .324 .344 .441 .428 .766 .772 97 .606 -0.1 -0.0 .720 .265 .176
162 Game Avg. 204 141 31 6.0 110 .500 .265 .272 .324 .344 .441 .428 .766 .772 97 .606 -0.1 -0.0 .720 .265 .176

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1955 24 BRO NL WS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1954 23 BRO NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 14.3% 100% 2.00 3.0 0.50 57%
1955 24 BRO NL 32 0.0% 43.8% 6.3% 12.5% 50% 7.00 2.0 7.0 3.00 44%
2 Yrs 39 0.0% 41.0% 7.7% 12.8% 56% 5.33 2.1 8.5 1.75 46%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.0% 9.5% 6.5% 28% 1.16 8.0 40.3 8.2 0.96 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 23 BRO NL -0.3 -0.0 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .64 -0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.92 -0.5 0
1955 24 BRO NL 0.2 0.0 32 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 .88 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.95 0.7 0
2 Yrs -0.1 -0.0 39 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .83 0.0 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.95 0.2 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
1954 23 BRO NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 24 BRO NL 1 0 30% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 1 0 33% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

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
1954 23 BRO NL 7 29% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1955 24 BRO NL 32 3% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 5 2 40% 21 4 19% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
2 Yrs 39 8% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 25 4 16% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 49% 83% 11% 32% 14% 50% 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
1954 23 2 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .333 .619 59 2 0 0 0 0
1955 24 31 39 34 4 9 4 1 0 4 0 0 3 16 .265 .324 .441 .766 97 15 0 0 2 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
1954 23 2 7 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .333 .619 1 2
1955 24 31 33 29 3 8 3 1 0 4 0 2 15 .276 .323 .448 .771 4 29
2 Yrs 33 40 35 5 9 4 1 0 4 0 3 17 .257 .316 .429 .744 5 31
162 Game Avg. 162 196 172 25 44 20 5 0 20 0 15 83 .257 .316 .429 .744 25 31

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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