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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 HS (Dayton, OH)
Schools: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH), Sinclair Community College (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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Brewers 2003-2007

Final Game: September 29, 2007 (Age 30)
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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 92 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 49 146 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 65 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 Yrs 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 88 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 88 1.550 11.3 1.4 2.7 4.7 1.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2003 26 DET AL 77.0 66 0 42 4.91 4.92 -0.18 -0.37 95.6 4.53 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 0.4 6 .495 .498 $305,000
2005 28 DET AL 70.2 56 0 30 3.82 4.69 0.17 -0.35 98.2 4.09 2 0.2 1.0 -0.2 0.7 10 .503 .501
2006 29 DET AL 11.1 9 0 4 3.18 5.26 0.28 -0.39 100.4 4.61 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.2 3 .518 .501 $725,000
2006 29 MIL NL 10.0 7 0 8 7.20 4.82 0.06 -0.35 99.4 4.38 -3 -0.3 .8 0.0 -0.2 -2 .458 .498
2007 30 MIL NL 50.0 49 0 31 5.58 4.76 -0.10 -0.34 100.0 4.52 -6 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .489 .497
4 Seasons 219.0 187 0 115 4.73 4.83 -0.02 -0.36 97.9 4.39 -9 -0.8 .9 -0.4 1.0 15 .496 .499 $1,030,000
DET (3 yrs) 159.0 131 0 76 4.30 4.85 0.01 -0.36 97.1 4.34 0 0.0 .9 -0.4 1.3 18 .500 .500 $1,030,000
MIL (2 yrs) 60.0 56 0 39 5.85 4.77 -0.07 -0.34 99.9 4.50 -9 -0.9 .7 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .485 .497

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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
2003 26 DET AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 28 DET AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 TOT MLB 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 DET AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 29 MIL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 30 MIL NL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 187 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2003 26 DET AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $305,000 1
2005 28 DET AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 1
2006 29 DET AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $725,000 /1
2006 29 MIL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
2007 30 MIL NL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
4 Seasons 187 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $1,030,000
DET (3 yrs) 131 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $1,030,000
MIL (2 yrs) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2003 DET AL 26 P 66 0 0 77.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 0.94 0.12 .958 1.73 1.71 12 0 0% 30% 0
2005 DET AL 28 P 56 0 0 70.2 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 2 6 1.53 0.21 .954 1.71 1.68 2 1 33% 30% 0
2006 TOT MLB 29 P 16 0 0 21.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.84 0.13 .960 1.65 1.62 0 1 100% 30% 0
2006 DET AL 29 P 9 0 0 11.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.59 1.54 0 1 100% 30% 0
2006 MIL NL 29 P 7 0 0 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.29 .960 1.71 1.71 0 0 0
2007 MIL NL 30 P 49 0 0 50.0 12 7 4 1 0 .917 0 0 1.98 0.22 .966 1.67 1.67 2 0 0% 24% 0
4 Seasons P 187 0 0 219.0 34 12 21 1 2 .971 1 0 1.36 0.18 .959 1.70 1.68 16 2 11% 29% 0
4 Seasons TOT 187 0 0 219.0 34 12 21 1 2 .971 1 4 1.36 0.18 .959 1.70 1.68 16 2 11% 29% 0
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200326Detroit Tigers$305,000*
200427Detroit Tigers$325,0004/7/04 AP
200629Detroit Tigers$725,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,355,000
Disputed Salaries
*2003 - $300,000 - 4/3/03 AP -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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