Jack Spring
Jack Russell Spring
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 11, 1933 in Spokane, WA
High School: Lewis & Clark (Spokane, WA)
Schools: Gonzaga University, Washington State University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1955
Final Game: August 1, 1965
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PHI NL 22 P 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.85
1957 BOS AL 24 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.90
1958 WSH AL 25 P 3 1 7.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.29 0.33 1.000 1.93 0.83
1961 LAA AL 28 P 18 4 38.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1.89 0.44 .956 2.06 0.83
1962 LAA AL 29 P 57 0 65.0 22 4 16 2 2 .909 2.77 0.35 .959 2.08 0.79
1963 LAA AL 30 P 45 0 38.1 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.82 0.27 .950 2.00 0.79
1964 TOT MLB 31 P 15 0 12.1 5 0 4 1 1 .800 2.92 0.27 .980 2.04 0.79
1964 TOT NL 31 P 9 0 9.0 5 0 4 1 1 .800 4.00 0.44 .980 2.10 0.84
1964 LAA AL 31 P 6 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.89 0.72
1964 CHC NL 31 P 7 0 6.0 4 0 3 1 1 .750 4.50 0.43 .975 2.10 0.84
1964 STL NL 31 P 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 0.85
1965 CLE AL 32 P 14 0 21.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.25 0.21 .933 2.04 0.75
8 Seasons P 155 5 186.0 52 9 39 4 4 .923 2.32 0.31 .958 2.04 0.79
8 Seasons TOT 155 5 186.0 52 9 39 4 4 .923 2.32 0.31 .881 2.04 0.79

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 PHI NL 22 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 24 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 25 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 28 18 4 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 29 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 30 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 31 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAA AL 31 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 31 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 32 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 155 5 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 PHI NL 22 11 73% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 24 3 33% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 25 45 82% 27% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1961 LAA AL 28 157 71% 18% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1962 LAA AL 29 291 78% 27% 20 75% 1 2 0 0 14 11 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 6 50%
1963 LAA AL 30 165 86% 33% 11 82% 0 2 0 1 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1964 CHC NL 31 25 88% 52% 4 75% 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1964 LAA AL 31 15 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 31 21 95% 38% 2 50% 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1965 CLE AL 32 95 80% 20% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 828 79% 27% 47 79% 3 7 0 4 37 27 6 4 0 3 1 2 4 4 4 0 15 53%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* 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.

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