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George Spriggs

George Herman Spriggs

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 22, 1937 in Jewell, MD
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1965
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates 1965-1970

Final Game: October 1, 1970
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Standard Fielding

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
1965 PIT NL 28 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1965 PIT NL 28 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1967 PIT NL 30 OF 13 9 7 89.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.52 1.15 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 PIT NL 30 LF 10 8 6 73.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.23 1.00 .969 1.74 1.74
1967 PIT NL 30 RF 3 1 1 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 2.81 1.67 .976 2.02 2.03
1969 KCR AL 32 OF 6 4 4 39.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 34 1.62 1.17 .979 2.12 2.13
1969 KCR AL 32 LF 4 3 3 29.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 54 1.86 1.50 .978 1.99 2.00
1969 KCR AL 32 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1969 KCR AL 32 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 1.00 .970 1.90 1.90
1970 KCR AL 33 OF 36 32 26 276.2 64 57 4 3 0 .953 -3 -13 1.98 1.69 .980 2.14 2.13
1970 KCR AL 33 RF 36 32 26 276.2 61 54 4 3 0 .951 -3 -13 1.89 1.61 .975 1.98 1.97
4 Seasons OF 56 45 37 406.2 86 79 4 3 0 .965 -2 -5 1.84 1.48 .979 2.11 2.11
4 Seasons RF 41 34 28 303.2 67 60 4 3 0 .955 -3 -12 1.90 1.56 .975 1.98 1.97
2 Seasons LF 14 11 9 102.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1 15 1.41 1.14 .972 1.81 1.81
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
5 Seasons TOT 56 45 37 406.2 86 79 4 3 0 .965 -2 -5 1.84 1.48 .979 2.11 2.11
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1965 PIT NL 28 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 30 LF 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 30 RF 0 15 0 0 -0 0
1969 KCR AL 32 LF 1 54 0 0 0 1
1969 KCR AL 32 CF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1969 KCR AL 32 RF -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
1970 KCR AL 33 RF -3 -13 -2 -0 -2 -1
4 Seasons RF -3 -12 -2 -0 -2 -1
2 Seasons LF 1 15 0 -0 1 1
1 Season CF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
5 Seasons TOT -2 -5 -2 -0 -2 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 PIT NL 28 9 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8
1966 PIT NL 29 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1967 PIT NL 30 38 9 38 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 13 0 23 4
1969 KCR AL 32 23 4 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 6 0 16 3
1970 KCR AL 33 51 32 51 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 0 13 3
5 Seasons 130 45 130 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 41 56 0 60 20
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 PIT NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 33% 83% 33% 0
1967 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 72 81% 81% 24% 8 63%
1969 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 54% 81% 24% 2 50%
1970 KCR AL 33 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 21 7 1 15 3 2 6 2 1 2 0 0 4 2 0 48 14 29.2% 30 4 8.3% 0 1157 61% 83% 29% 127 46%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 22 7 1 15 3 2 6 2 1 3 0 0 5 2 0 51 14 27.5% 33 4 7.8% 0 1272 62% 83% 29% 137 47%
MLB Averages 40.1% 3.3% 64% 79% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 256 81% 72% 23% 18 44%
1969 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 121 74% 80% 31% 14 43%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 377 79% 75% 26% 32 44%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.9% 64% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 67% 17% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 67% 17% 0
MLB Averages 41.2% 2.3% 64% 79% 26% 56%

* 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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