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 Pitching

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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
1955 22 PHI NL 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 59 1.125 6.8 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00
1957 24 BOS AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1958 25 WSH AL 0 0 14.14 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.0 16 11 11 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 43 27 3.286 20.6 1.3 9.0 1.3 0.14
1961 28 LAA AL 3 0 1.000 4.26 18 4 4 0 0 0 38.0 35 19 18 4 15 2 27 3 0 1 166 106 1.316 8.3 0.9 3.6 6.4 1.80
1962 29 LAA AL 4 2 .667 4.02 57 0 16 0 0 6 65.0 66 32 29 7 30 10 31 2 0 2 286 96 1.477 9.1 1.0 4.2 4.3 1.03
1963 30 LAA AL 3 0 1.000 3.05 45 0 17 0 0 2 38.1 40 18 13 3 9 0 13 0 1 0 161 112 1.278 9.4 0.7 2.1 3.1 1.44
1964 31 TOT MLB 1 0 1.000 4.38 15 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 15 15 6 2 6 2 1 0 1 1 59 83 1.703 10.9 1.5 4.4 0.7 0.17
1964 31 TOT NL 0 0 5.00 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 12 14 5 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 44 75 1.667 12.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.33
1964 31 LAA AL 1 0 1.000 2.70 6 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 121 1.800 8.1 2.7 8.1 0.0 0.00
1964 31 CHC NL 0 0 6.00 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 4 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 24 62 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50
1964 31 STL NL 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 127 3.000 24.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1965 32 CLE AL 1 2 .333 3.74 14 0 7 0 0 0 21.2 21 9 9 2 10 1 9 0 0 0 94 93 1.431 8.7 0.8 4.2 3.7 0.90
8 Seasons 12 5 .706 4.26 155 5 51 0 0 8 186.0 195 106 88 21 78 18 86 5 2 4 823 90 1.468 9.4 1.0 3.8 4.2 1.10
162 Game Avg. 5 2 .706 4.26 66 2 22 0 0 3 79 83 45 37 9 33 8 37 2 1 2 350 90 1.468 9.4 1.0 3.8 4.2 1.10
LAA (4 yrs) 11 2 .846 3.79 126 4 38 0 0 8 144.2 144 70 61 15 57 13 71 5 1 3 628 103 1.389 9.0 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.25
WSH (1 yr) 0 0 14.14 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.0 16 11 11 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 43 27 3.286 20.6 1.3 9.0 1.3 0.14
PHI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 59 1.125 6.8 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00
STL (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 127 3.000 24.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
CLE (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.74 14 0 7 0 0 0 21.2 21 9 9 2 10 1 9 0 0 0 94 93 1.431 8.7 0.8 4.2 3.7 0.90
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 4 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 24 62 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50
AL (7 yrs) 12 4 .750 4.18 144 5 48 0 0 8 174.1 181 90 81 18 74 17 83 5 1 3 768 92 1.463 9.3 0.9 3.8 4.3 1.12
NL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.40 11 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 14 16 7 3 4 1 3 0 1 1 55 70 1.543 10.8 2.3 3.1 2.3 0.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1955 22 PHI NL 2 11 10 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .800 1.073 .000 8 0 0 0 0 0
1957 24 BOS AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 3 43 35 11 16 7 0 1 2 0 7 1 .457 .535 .743 1.278 .441 26 1 0 0 1 3
1961 28 LAA AL 18 165 143 19 35 4 1 4 4 2 15 27 .245 .325 .371 .696 .272 53 1 3 2 2 2
1962 29 LAA AL 57 285 243 32 66 10 3 7 0 3 30 31 .272 .354 .424 .778 .285 103 6 2 8 2 10
1963 30 LAA AL 45 160 148 18 40 5 0 3 0 2 9 13 .270 .312 .365 .677 .280 54 2 0 3 0 0
1964 31 LAA AL 6 14 11 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 .273 .429 .545 .974 .200 6 1 0 0 0 1
1964 31 TOT NL 9 44 37 14 12 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 .324 .366 .568 .933 .306 21 3 0 3 1 1
1964 31 CHC NL 7 24 20 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .261 .350 .611 .200 7 2 0 1 1 0
1964 31 STL NL 2 20 17 9 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .471 .500 .824 1.324 .438 14 1 0 2 0 1
1964 31 TOT MLB 15 58 48 15 15 4 1 2 0 1 6 1 .313 .382 .563 .944 .283 27 4 0 3 1 2
1965 32 CLE AL 14 94 81 9 21 6 1 2 1 0 10 9 .259 .337 .432 .769 .268 35 1 0 2 1 1
8 Seasons 155 819 711 106 195 36 6 21 7 8 78 86 .274 .347 .430 .777 .285 306 15 5 18 7 18
162 Game Avg. 66 348 302 45 83 15 3 9 3 3 33 37 .274 .347 .430 .777 .285 130 6 2 8 3 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1958 25 WSH AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 10 10 10 0 0 0 1 9.0 2.3 4.0
1961 28 LAA AL 18 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 4 100% 56 61 53 12 2 3 1 6.2 5.4 6.5
2 Seasons 21 5 3 0 2 0 0 4 1 .800 0 3 0 0 4 80% 47 61 10 12 2 3 2 6.8 5.0 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 22 PHI NL 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.543 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 4.0
1957 24 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.267 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1958 25 WSH AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.478 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1961 28 LAA AL 18 14 4 0 0 2 0 2 0% 3 1 17 9 53% 7 1.022 5 3 6 4 2 8 10 4 3 7 3 3 2.6
1962 29 LAA AL 57 57 16 4 2 9 6 3 67% 22 8 69 20 29% 8 1.410 29 12 14 25 9 22 36 20 20 22 25 11 3.4
1963 30 LAA AL 45 45 17 3 0 4 2 2 50% 10 5 54 16 30% 8 0.912 15 10 19 12 7 26 28 17 9 25 12 13 2.6
1964 31 TOT MLB 15 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 9 45% 0.722 6 3 5 1 2 12 9 6 4 8 4 2 2.5
1964 31 TOT NL 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 0.416 0 3 5 0 0 9 3 6 3 4 3 0 3.0
1964 31 LAA AL 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 5 36% 6 1.683 6 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 4 1 2 1.7
1964 31 CHC NL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0.299 0 2 4 0 0 7 3 4 2 4 2 0 2.6
1964 31 STL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.556 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1965 32 CLE AL 14 14 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 9 4 44% 8 1.301 4 5 5 3 3 8 6 8 8 4 9 4 4.6
8 Seasons 155 150 51 9 5 15 8 7 53% 38 17 171 58 34% 1.110 60 33 53 45 24 80 90 59 46 67 56 33 3.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1955 22 PHI NL 11 55% 18.2% 18.2% 9.1% 18.2% 100% 0.50 55% 1 0 0%
1957 24 BOS AL 3 67% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 33% 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 43 58% 2.3% 2.3% 16.3% 18.6% 50% 1.22 79% 7 1 14%
1961 28 LAA AL 165 69% 2.4% 16.4% 9.1% 5.5% 26% 0.81 69% 33 1 3%
1962 29 LAA AL 285 63% 2.5% 10.9% 10.5% 7.0% 30% 1.28 73% 65 6 9%
1963 30 LAA AL 160 50% 1.9% 8.1% 5.6% 5.0% 20% 1.28 83% 37 2 5%
1964 31 TOT MLB 58 62% 3.5% 1.7% 10.3% 12.1% 47% 2.18 79% 17 4 24%
1964 31 TOT NL 44 66% 2.3% 2.3% 6.8% 13.6% 50% 3.33 82% 12 3 25%
1964 31 LAA AL 14 50% 7.1% 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 33% 0.80 71% 5 1 20%
1964 31 CHC NL 24 58% 0.0% 4.2% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 3.25 83% 5 2 40%
1964 31 STL NL 20 75% 5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 20.0% 50% 3.50 80% 7 1 14%
1965 32 CLE AL 94 62% 2.1% 9.6% 10.6% 9.6% 43% 0.62 76% 18 1 6%
8 Seasons 819 61% 2.6% 10.5% 9.5% 7.7% 32% 1.12 75% 178 15 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1955 22 PHI NL 11 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 24 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 43 16 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 21 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 28 LAA AL 148 35 4 0 8 4 0 3 1 17 9 5 53% 1 1 0 48 4 2 67% 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 17
1962 29 LAA AL 285 66 7 1 17 6 1 3 4 36 15 6 42% 4 2 0 111 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1963 30 LAA AL 160 40 3 0 10 1 2 0 3 18 8 3 44% 3 0 0 65 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 31 TOT MLB 58 15 2 1 6 1 1 1 1 10 8 0 80% 3 1 0 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1964 31 TOT NL 44 12 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 8 6 0 75% 3 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1964 31 LAA AL 14 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 31 CHC NL 24 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 133% 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 31 STL NL 20 8 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 40% 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 32 CLE AL 94 21 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 0 60% 1 0 0 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 802 195 21 2 43 14 7 11 10 88 45 14 51% 12 4 0 312 7 8 47% 6 6 1 1 0 1 2 0 20 17
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1955 22 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 59 1.125 6.8 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00 59
1956 23 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 59 1.125 6.8 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00 59
1957 24 0 1 .000 4.91 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 2 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 14 81 0.818 4.9 4.9 2.5 9.8 4.00 81
1958 25 0 1 .000 10.97 6 1 4 0 0 0 10.2 18 13 13 3 8 3 5 0 0 0 57 35 2.438 15.2 2.5 6.8 4.2 0.63 35
1959 26 0 1 .000 10.97 6 1 4 0 0 0 10.2 18 13 13 3 8 3 5 0 0 0 57 35 2.438 15.2 2.5 6.8 4.2 0.63 35
1960 27 0 1 .000 10.97 6 1 4 0 0 0 10.2 18 13 13 3 8 3 5 0 0 0 57 35 2.438 15.2 2.5 6.8 4.2 0.63 35
1961 28 3 1 .750 5.73 24 5 8 0 0 0 48.2 53 32 31 7 23 5 32 3 0 1 223 76 1.562 9.8 1.3 4.3 5.9 1.39 76
1962 29 7 3 .700 4.75 81 5 24 0 0 6 113.2 119 64 60 14 53 15 63 5 0 3 509 86 1.513 9.4 1.1 4.2 5.0 1.19 86
1963 30 10 3 .769 4.32 126 5 41 0 0 8 152.0 159 82 73 17 62 15 76 5 1 3 670 90 1.454 9.4 1.0 3.7 4.5 1.23 90
1964 31 11 3 .786 4.33 141 5 44 0 0 8 164.1 174 97 79 19 68 17 77 5 2 4 729 90 1.473 9.5 1.0 3.7 4.2 1.13 90
1965 32 12 5 .706 4.26 155 5 51 0 0 8 186.0 195 106 88 21 78 18 86 5 2 4 823 90 1.468 9.4 1.0 3.8 4.2 1.10 90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1955 22 0 0 6.00 3.0 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 1.000 6.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 6.0 2
1957 24 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 1
1958 25 0 0 15.43 7.0 17 13 12 1 7 1 0 3.429 21.9 9.0 1.3 0.14 1.3 3
1961 28 2 2 .500 3.69 39.0 33 18 16 4 14 28 3 1.205 7.6 3.2 6.5 2.00 0.9 18
1962 29 3 3 .500 4.35 62.0 67 33 30 7 30 30 2 1.565 9.7 4.4 4.4 1.00 1.0 57
1963 30 2 2 .500 3.75 36.0 43 17 15 3 10 12 0 1.472 10.8 2.5 3.0 1.20 0.8 45
1964 31 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 16 8 7 2 6 1 0 1.833 12.0 4.5 0.8 0.17 1.5 15
1965 32 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 22 11 10 2 10 9 0 1.524 9.4 4.3 3.9 0.90 0.9 14
8 Seasons 8 9 .471 4.57 181.0 200 102 92 21 78 85 5 1.536 9.9 4.2 1.09 1.0 155

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL--57--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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