Jack Spring

Jack Russell Spring

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 11, 1933 in Spokane, WA
High School: Lewis and Clark HS (Spokane, WA)
Schools: Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA), Washington State University (Pullman, WA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1955
Teams (by GP): Angels/Indians/Cubs/Senators/Phillies/... 1955-1965

Final Game: August 1, 1965
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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
1952	19	SPO	A	22	32	32		9	1	1	0						.281	.281	.375	.656		12							SPO · WINT
1953	20	PHI-min	A	27	64	64		7	0	0	0						.109	.109	.109	.219		7							SPO · WINT
1954	21	PHI-min	AAA	29	37	32	1	5	1	0	0	2	1		3	6	.156	.229	.188	.416		6		0	2	0			SYR · IL
1955	22	PHI-min	AAA	36	42	33	2	6	0	1	0	0	0		5	14	.182	.289	.242	.532		8		0	4	0			SYR · IL
1955	22	PHI	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1956	23	PHI-min	AAA	31	31	29	3	5	1	0	0	3	0		0	10	.172	.200	.207	.407		6		1	1	0			MIA · IL
1957	24	BOS-min	Opn	28	66	60	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	23	.100	.129	.100	.229		6	0	0	4	0			SFR · PCL
1957	24	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	25	CLE-BOS-min	AAA	32	28	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.036	.036	.036	.071		1	0	0	0	0	0		SDG,MNE · PCL,AA
1958	25	WSH	AL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1959	26	DAL	AAA	44	92	82	3	6	1	0	0	3	0		1	25	.073	.084	.085	.170		7		0	9	0	0		DAL · AA
1960	27	OAK-min	AAA	30	41	35	0	4	1	0	0	2	0		6	11	.114	.244	.143	.387		5							DFW · AA
1961	28	ANA-min	AAA	25	39	36	4	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	13	.111	.179	.111	.291		4							DFW · AA
1961	28	LAA	AL	18	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
1962	29	LAA	AL	57	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1963	30	LAA	AL	45	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	93	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	31	ANA-min	AAA	30	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.182	.250	.182	.432		2		0	1	0			HAW · PCL
1964	31	TOT	MLB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	31	TOT	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	31	LAA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	31	CHC	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	31	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	32	ANA-CLE-min	AAA	33	10	10	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800		4		0	0	0			SLE,POR · PCL
1965	32	CLE	AL	14	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	90	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1966	33	CLE-min	AAA	59	14	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.300	.417	.300	.717		3		0	2	0			POR · PCL
1967	34	CLE-min	AAA	69	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.250	.417		3		0	1	0			POR · PCL
1968	35	CLE-min	AAA	43	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.071	.143		1		0	0	0			POR · PCL
1969	36	LAD-min	AAA	52	11	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.273	.364		3		0	0	0			SPO · PCL
8 Yrs				155	35	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.107	.138	.107	.245	-32	3	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	37	29	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.107	.138	.107	.245	-32	3	0	0	5	0	0

LAA (4 yrs)				126	28	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.091	.130	.091	.221	-39	2	0	0	4	0	0
WSH (1 yr)				3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				14	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	90	1	0	0	1	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				144	34	27	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.111	.143	.111	.254	-30	3	0	0	5	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
1955	22	PHI	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1957	24	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1958	25	WSH	AL	3	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1961	28	LAA	AL	18	12	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1962	29	LAA	AL	57	13	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	1
1963	30	LAA	AL	45	3	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1964	31	LAA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$12,500	/1
1964	31	CHC	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1964	31	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1965	32	CLE	AL	14	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$10,000	1
8 Seasons				155	35	-7	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$22,500

LAA (4 yrs)				126	28	-6	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$12,500
WSH (1 yr)				3	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
PHI (1 yr)				2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
STL (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				14	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$10,000
CHC (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1955	22	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.263	.000	.334	.000	.417	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1958	25	WSH	AL	2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.394	.000	.722	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1961	28	LAA	AL	12	11	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.111	.352	.000	.428	.111	.780	-68	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
1962	29	LAA	AL	13	11	0	0.0	100	.250	.091	.260	.091	.331	.091	.404	.182	.736	-50	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
1963	30	LAA	AL	3	2	0	0.0	90	1.000	.333	.248	.333	.314	.333	.384	.667	.697	93	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000

1965	32	CLE	AL	4	3	0	0.0	93	.500	.333	.252	.333	.322	.333	.386	.667	.708	90	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
8 Yrs				35	30	0	0.0	102	.250	.107	.262	.138	.335	.107	.407	.245	.741	-32	.000	-5.4	-0.5	.160	.036	.000
162 Game Avg.				37	31	0	0.0	102	.250	.107	.262	.138	.335	.107	.407	.245	.741	-32	.000	-5.4	-0.5	.160	.036	.000

LAA (4 yrs)				28	24	0	0.0	103	.250	.091	.264	.130	.337	.091	.410	.221	.747	-39	.000	-4.4	-0.4	.150	.045	.000
WSH (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.394	.000	.722	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.263	.000	.334	.000	.417	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CLE (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	93	.500	.333	.252	.333	.322	.333	.386	.667	.708	90	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

AL (7 yrs)				34	29	0	0.0	102	.273	.111	.262	.143	.335	.111	.406	.254	.741	-30	.000	-5.1	-0.5	.167	.037	.000
NL (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.263	.000	.334	.000	.417	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	22	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1958	25	WSH	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%

1961	28	LAA	AL	12	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	0.0%		5.00	1.6			5.00	25%
1962	29	LAA	AL	13	0.0%	53.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.6				31%
1963	30	LAA	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5				33%

1965	32	CLE	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				50%
8 Yrs				35	0.0%	45.7%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	16.00	1.8			14.00	34%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.60	6.4	38.3	8.5	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	22	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.32	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0

1957	24	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1958	25	WSH	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.50	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.21	-0.6	0

1961	28	LAA	AL	-2.1	-0.2	12	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.09	-0.3	-0.0	-3.8	-0.4	1.14	-3.1	0
1962	29	LAA	AL	-2.3	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.68	-0.3	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.91	-2.8	0
1963	30	LAA	AL	-0.0	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.49	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.31	-0.1	0
1964	31	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1964	31	TOT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1964	31	LAA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1964	31	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1964	31	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1965	32	CLE	AL	-0.1	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.73	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.01	-0.3	0
8 Yrs				-5.4	-0.5	35	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.93	-0.6	0.0	-8.3	-0.8	1.05	-7.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	22	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	25	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961	28	LAA	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	29	LAA	AL	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
1963	30	LAA	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1965	32	CLE	AL	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
8 Yrs				0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1955	22	PHI	NL	1	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

1958	25	WSH	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1961	28	LAA	AL	12	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	0	0%	6	2	33%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	29	LAA	AL	13	31%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	30	LAA	AL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1965	32	CLE	AL	4	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				35	37%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	9	0	0%	10	4	40%	26	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1955	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1956	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1957	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1958	25	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1959	26	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1960	27	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1961	28	24	15	11	0	1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76	0	3
1962	29	81	28	22	1	1	13	.045	.087	.045	.132	-63	1	4
1963	30	126	31	25	2	1	15	.080	.115	.080	.195	-46	2	4
1964	31	141	31	25	2	1	15	.080	.115	.080	.195	-46	2	4
1965	32	155	35	28	3	1	16	.107	.138	.107	.245	-32	3	5

Neutralized Batting

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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
1955	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1958	25	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1961	28	18	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	18
1962	29	57	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	57
1963	30	45	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	45

1965	32	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
6 Yrs		139	34	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.000	.034	.000	.034	0	139
162 Game Avg.		162	40	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.000	.034	.000	.034	0	139

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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