Chris Spurling

Christopher Michael Spurling

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: June 28, 1977 in Dayton, OH
High School: Northridge (Dayton, OH)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 41st round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed May 14, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2003
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Brewers 2003-2007
Final Game: September 29, 2007
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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
2003 26 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.68 66 0 18 0 0 3 77.0 78 42 40 9 22 1 38 3 0 2 326 92 1.299 9.1 1.1 2.6 4.4 1.73
2005 28 DET AL 3 4 .429 3.44 56 0 8 0 0 0 70.2 58 30 27 8 22 6 26 2 0 4 284 124 1.132 7.4 1.0 2.8 3.3 1.18
2006 29 TOT MLB 0 0 5.06 16 0 3 0 0 0 21.1 25 12 12 5 8 3 7 0 0 0 95 90 1.547 10.5 2.1 3.4 3.0 0.88
2006 29 DET AL 0 0 3.18 9 0 3 0 0 0 11.1 13 4 4 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 49 144 1.500 10.3 1.6 3.2 3.2 1.00
2006 29 MIL NL 0 0 7.20 7 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 12 8 8 3 4 1 3 0 0 0 46 63 1.600 10.8 2.7 3.6 2.7 0.75
2007 30 MIL NL 2 1 .667 4.68 49 0 21 0 0 0 50.0 63 31 26 6 14 3 28 2 0 4 225 95 1.540 11.3 1.1 2.5 5.0 2.00
4 Seasons 6 8 .429 4.32 187 0 50 0 0 3 219.0 224 115 105 28 66 13 99 7 0 10 930 101 1.324 9.2 1.2 2.7 4.1 1.50
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .429 4.32 68 0 18 0 0 1 80 81 42 38 10 24 5 36 3 0 4 338 101 1.324 9.2 1.2 2.7 4.1 1.50
DET (3 yrs) 4 7 .364 4.02 131 0 29 0 0 3 159.0 149 76 71 19 48 9 68 5 0 6 659 107 1.239 8.4 1.1 2.7 3.8 1.42
MIL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 5.10 56 0 21 0 0 0 60.0 75 39 34 9 18 4 31 2 0 4 271 87 1.550 11.3 1.4 2.7 4.7 1.72
AL (3 yrs) 4 7 .364 4.02 131 0 29 0 0 3 159.0 149 76 71 19 48 9 68 5 0 6 659 107 1.239 8.4 1.1 2.7 3.8 1.42
NL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 5.10 56 0 21 0 0 0 60.0 75 39 34 9 18 4 31 2 0 4 271 87 1.550 11.3 1.4 2.7 4.7 1.72

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 ROE
2003 26 DET AL 66 326 293 42 78 17 3 9 12 0 22 38 .266 .319 .437 .756 .275 128 11 3 3 5 1 5
2005 28 DET AL 56 284 252 30 58 11 0 8 2 1 22 26 .230 .292 .369 .661 .224 93 11 2 3 5 6 4
2006 29 DET AL 9 49 45 4 13 3 0 2 0 1 4 4 .289 .347 .489 .836 .282 22 2 0 0 0 2 1
2006 29 MIL NL 7 46 42 8 12 2 0 3 0 0 4 3 .286 .348 .548 .895 .250 23 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 29 TOT MLB 16 95 87 12 25 5 0 5 0 1 8 7 .287 .347 .517 .865 .267 45 2 0 0 0 3 1
2007 30 MIL NL 49 225 208 31 63 12 1 6 2 0 14 28 .303 .351 .457 .808 .326 95 5 2 0 1 3 2
4 Seasons 187 930 840 115 224 45 4 28 16 2 66 99 .267 .321 .430 .751 .271 361 29 7 6 11 13 12
162 Game Avg. 68 338 305 42 81 16 1 10 6 1 24 36 .267 .321 .430 .751 .271 131 11 3 2 4 5 4
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
2003 26 DET AL 66 66 18 1 3 6 3 3 50% 11 5 52 22 42% 8 .956 17 17 30 14 7 45 30 36 29 22 32 12 3.5 18
2005 28 DET AL 56 56 8 3 4 1 0 1 0% 12 11 46 12 26% 7 .762 15 12 25 15 9 32 25 31 25 16 28 15 3.8 18
2006 29 TOT MLB 16 16 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 7 50% .528 2 3 11 5 2 9 8 8 8 4 8 1 4.0 21
2006 29 DET AL 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 54% 8 .179 0 2 7 3 0 6 7 2 4 3 4 1 3.8 19
2006 29 MIL NL 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 6 .899 2 1 4 2 2 3 1 6 4 1 4 0 4.3 24
2007 30 MIL NL 49 49 21 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 22 11 50% 9 .599 10 3 36 13 6 30 13 36 11 16 12 10 3.1 16
4 Seasons 187 187 50 6 8 8 3 5 38% 27 18 134 52 39% .767 44 35 102 47 24 116 76 111 73 58 80 38 3.5 18

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%
2003 26 DET AL 326 44% 2.8% 11.7% 6.8% 8.9% 37% 0.70 1.00 77% 22% 7.2% 18% 67 11 16%
2005 28 DET AL 284 39% 2.8% 9.2% 7.8% 6.7% 33% 0.89 1.18 79% 13% 7.0% 7% 56 11 20%
2006 29 TOT MLB 95 46% 5.3% 7.4% 8.4% 10.5% 40% 0.63 0.65 79% 11% 12.2% 16% 15 2 13%
2006 29 DET AL 49 35% 4.1% 8.2% 8.2% 10.2% 39% 0.64 0.61 80% 10% 9.5% 16% 10 2 20%
2006 29 MIL NL 46 59% 6.5% 6.5% 8.7% 10.9% 42% 0.63 0.69 78% 13% 15.0% 17% 5 0 0%
2007 30 MIL NL 225 45% 2.7% 12.4% 6.2% 8.4% 30% 1.02 1.22 78% 19% 7.6% 10% 42 5 12%
4 Seasons 930 43% 3.0% 10.7% 7.1% 8.3% 34% 0.82 1.06 78% 17% 7.8% 13% 180 29 16%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2003 26 DET AL 326 1173 3.60 739 63% 24% 11% 29% 36% 76% 0% 48% 85% 57% 6% 18 12 18% 59 25 2 29% 6 5 0 0 0
2005 28 DET AL 284 1014 3.57 644 64% 23% 11% 30% 36% 77% 5% 49% 86% 55% 5% 15 5 22% 63 34 5 31% 6 4 0 0 0
2006 29 TOT MLB 95 334 3.52 214 64% 25% 10% 28% 37% 75% 10% 48% 86% 67% 6% 6 2 15% 14 6 2 29% 1 1 0 0 0
2006 29 DET AL 49 169 3.45 112 66% 25% 9% 29% 37% 75% 14% 50% 88% 71% 6% 3 1 14% 7 2 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0
2006 29 MIL NL 46 165 3.59 102 62% 25% 12% 25% 38% 75% 6% 47% 84% 63% 7% 3 1 15% 7 4 2 33% 0 1 0 0 0
2007 30 MIL NL 225 768 3.41 514 67% 28% 11% 25% 35% 72% 5% 48% 84% 60% 3% 7 4 24% 54 31 3 46% 7 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 930 3289 3.54 2111 64% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 4% 48% 85% 58% 5% 46 23 20% 190 96 12 34% 20 10 0 0 0
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
2003 26 DET AL 326 78 5 1 9 0 11 5 4 6 3 22 12 1 55% 5 2 0 139 12 0 100% 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2005 28 DET AL 284 58 8 1 8 0 18 4 4 1 7 28 13 3 46% 4 4 0 85 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
2006 29 TOT MLB 95 25 2 0 5 0 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 41 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 DET AL 49 13 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 MIL NL 46 12 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 MIL NL 225 63 14 3 6 0 11 2 4 3 3 14 8 1 57% 2 4 0 86 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
4 Seasons 930 224 29 5 28 0 43 14 14 12 16 66 34 5 52% 12 10 0 351 16 2 89% 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 32 0
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+
2003 26 1 3 .250 4.68 66 0 18 0 0 3 77.0 78 42 40 9 22 1 38 3 0 2 326 92 1.299 9.1 1.1 2.6 4.4 1.73 92
2004 27 1 3 .250 4.68 66 0 18 0 0 3 77.0 78 42 40 9 22 1 38 3 0 2 326 92 1.299 9.1 1.1 2.6 4.4 1.73 92
2005 28 4 7 .364 4.08 122 0 26 0 0 3 147.2 136 72 67 17 44 7 64 5 0 6 610 105 1.219 8.3 1.0 2.7 3.9 1.45 105
2006 29 4 7 .364 4.21 138 0 29 0 0 3 169.0 161 84 79 22 52 10 71 5 0 6 705 103 1.260 8.6 1.2 2.8 3.8 1.37 103
2007 30 6 8 .429 4.32 187 0 50 0 0 3 219.0 224 115 105 28 66 13 99 7 0 10 930 101 1.324 9.2 1.2 2.7 4.1 1.50 101

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2003 26 3 5 .375 5.05 73.0 80 46 41 9 23 36 3 1.411 9.9 2.8 4.4 1.57 1.1 66
2005 28 4 3 .571 3.76 67.0 59 31 28 8 22 25 2 1.209 7.9 3.0 3.4 1.14 1.1 56
2006 29 1 1 .500 4.71 21.0 24 12 11 5 8 7 0 1.524 10.3 3.4 3.0 0.88 2.1 16
2007 30 2 3 .400 4.41 49.0 61 27 24 6 14 27 2 1.531 11.2 2.6 5.0 1.93 1.1 49
4 Seasons 10 12 .455 4.46 210.0 224 116 104 28 67 95 7 1.386 9.6 4.1 1.42 1.2 187

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 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.

Similarity Scores

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