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Karl Spooner
Karl Benjamin Spooner

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 22, 1954
Final Game September 17, 1955
Born June 23, 1931 in Oriskany Falls, NY
Died April 10, 1984 in Vero Beach, FL

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 23 BRO NL   2   0   2   2   2   2   0  0   18.0    7    0    0   0    6   27   0   0    68       0  0.00  4.11  inf 0.722
 1955 24 BRO NL   8   6  29  14   2   1  10  2   98.7   79   50   40   8   41   78   5   1   420   1   0  3.65  4.08  112 1.216
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .625  10   6  31  16   4   3  10  2  116.7   86   50   40   8   47  105   5   1   488   1   0  3.09  4.08  132 1.140
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14   8  44  23   5   4  14  2  168.7  124   72   57  11   68  151   7   1   706   1   0  3.09  4.08  132 1.140
 Career High      8   6  29  14   2   2  10  2   98.7   79   50   40   8   41   78   5   1   420   1   0  3.65  4.08  112 1.216

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 23 BRO NL   2    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .167  .286  .333   59    2   0   0       0   0
 1955 24 BRO NL  29   28    3    8   3  1   0    4   0  0   2  14  .286  .333  .464  107   13   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       31   34    4    9   4  1   0    4   0  0   3  16  .265  .324  .441   98   15   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        178   21   47  21  5   0   21   0  0  16  84  .265  .324  .441   98   78  10   0   0   0   0
 Career High     29   28    3    8   3  1   0    4   0  0   2  14                          13   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 23 BRO NL    7    5    1   5.4   112| .167  .279| .286  .351| .333  .431| .619  .782|  59  .551  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1955 24 BRO NL   32   22    5   6.1   108| .286  .269| .333  .340| .464  .426| .797  .766| 107  .617   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        39   27    6   6.0   109| .265  .271| .324  .342| .441  .427| .765  .769|  98  .606  -0.1   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 23 BRO NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.85 0.50 2.05 2 18.0 1955 24 BRO NL P 29 9 11 0 0 1.000 .948 0.69 0.83 1.82 2.04 14 98.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 23 BRO NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.85 0.50 2.05 2 18.0 1955 24 BRO NL P 29 9 11 0 0 1.000 .948 0.69 0.83 1.82 2.04 14 98.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 31 10 11 0 0 1.000 .950 0.68 0.83 1.62 2.04 16 116.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 31 10 11 0 0 1.000 .950 0.68 0.83 1.62 2.04 16 117
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   2   1  13.50  0  1  0  0   3.1   4   5   3   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit Batsmen
1955 NL-5-9

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1957: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1957 minor league draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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