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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 23 BRO NL 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 2 2 0 18.0 7 0 0 0 6 27 0 0 0 68 0.722 3.5 0.0 3.0 13.5 4.50
1955 24 BRO NL 8 6 .571 3.65 29 14 10 2 1 2 98.2 79 50 40 8 41 1 78 5 0 1 420 112 1.216 7.2 0.7 3.7 7.1 1.90
2 Yrs 10 6 .625 3.09 31 16 10 4 3 2 116.2 86 50 40 8 47 1 105 5 0 1 488 133 1.140 6.6 0.6 3.6 8.1 2.23
162 Game Avg. 14 9 .625 3.09 45 23 14 6 4 3 169 124 72 58 12 68 152 7 0 1 706 133 1.140 6.6 0.6 3.6 8.1 2.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1954 23 BRO NL 18.0 2 2 0 0.00 4.24 0.10 0.00 102.0 4.23 9 0.8 -0.0 1.0 10 .923 .505 $
1955 24 BRO NL 98.2 29 14 50 4.56 4.46 0.40 0.00 100.5 4.08 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 0.5 6 .488 .498 $
2 Seasons 116.2 31 16 50 3.86 4.42 0.35 0.00 100.8 4.10 5 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.5 16 .516 .502 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1955 24 BRO NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 13.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 5 5 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 16 2.100 10.8 2.7 8.1 16.2 2.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 13.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 5 5 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 16 2.100 10.8 2.7 8.1 16.2 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1954 23 BRO NL 2 68 62 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 6 27 .113 .191 .113 .304 .200 7 0 0 0 0 1
1955 24 BRO NL 29 420 368 50 79 12 3 8 6 0 41 78 .215 .300 .329 .629 .250 121 5 5 4 2 1 9
2 Yrs 31 488 430 50 86 12 3 8 6 2 47 105 .200 .285 .298 .583 .245 128 5 5 4 2 1 10
162 Game Avg. 45 706 622 72 124 17 4 12 9 3 68 152 .200 .285 .298 .583 .245 185 7 7 6 3 14
MLB Averages .260 .333 .389 .722 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 23 BRO NL 8.3 1.1 69 1.2 1.8 -0.6 1.19 0.9 0.1 9.5 1.3 1.19 9.5 0 0 0
1955 24 BRO NL 2.8 0.3 427 0.7 7.6 -6.9 1.02 0.4 0.3 3.6 0.4 1.02 6.0 8 1 6
2 Yrs 11.1 1.4 496 1.9 9.4 -7.5 1.04 1.2 0.6 13.1 1.7 1.04 15.5 8 1 6

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 23 BRO NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 2 2 2 100% 90.5 93 88 0 0 1 1 2.3 2.3 9.0
1955 24 BRO NL 29 14 3 5 6 1 0 6 8 .429 2 2 2 1 3 21% 46.3 79 30 22 10 9 3 5.2 5.2 4.7
2 Yrs 31 16 5 5 6 1 0 8 8 .500 2 2 4 3 5 31% 52 93 30 22 10 10 4 4.8 4.6 5.3
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -2 4.5 4.4 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 24 BRO NL 29 15 10 5 1 2 2 0 100% 3 0 11 4 36% 8 1.017 8 1 6 5 3 7 7 8 11 3 11 0 6.5
1 Yr 29 15 10 5 1 2 2 0 100% 3 0 11 4 36% 1.017 8 1 6 5 3 7 7 8 11 3 11 0 6.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 23 BRO NL 68 21% 0.0% 39.7% 8.8% 0.0% 0% 0.44 51% 14 0 0%
1955 24 BRO NL 420 31% 1.9% 18.6% 9.8% 5.5% 29% 0.68 68% 90 5 6%
2 Yrs 488 29% 1.6% 21.5% 9.6% 4.7% 27% 0.65 65% 104 5 5%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 11.8% 10.1% 6.7% 27% 0.94 80% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 23 BRO NL 68 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 24 BRO NL 420 79 8 0 13 6 2 5 3 22 12 5 55% 9 1 0 157 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Yrs 488 86 8 0 14 6 2 5 3 22 12 5 55% 10 1 0 182 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MLB Averages 51% 54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 23 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 2 2 0 18.0 7 0 0 0 6 27 0 0 0 68 0.722 3.5 0.0 3.0 13.5 4.50
1955 24 10 6 .625 3.09 31 16 10 4 3 2 116.2 86 50 40 8 47 1 105 5 0 1 488 133 1.140 6.6 0.6 3.6 8.1 2.23 133

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 23 2 0 1.000 0.00 19.0 8 0 0 0 7 28 0 0.789 3.8 3.3 13.3 4.00 0.0 2
1955 24 6 5 .545 3.55 104.0 82 46 41 8 43 82 5 1.202 7.1 3.7 7.1 1.91 0.7 29
2 Yrs 8 5 .615 3.00 123.0 90 46 41 8 50 110 5 1.138 6.6 8.0 2.20 0.6 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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