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Dennis Springer
Dennis Leroy Springer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School California State University, Fresno

Debut September 13, 1995
  vs. MON 5.3 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game May 26, 2002
Born February 12, 1965 in Fresno, CA

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 21st round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1995 30 PHI NL   0   3   4   4   0   0   0  0   22.3   21   15   12   3    9   15   1   1    94   1   0  4.84  4.23   87 1.343
 1996 31 CAL AL   5   6  20  15   2   1   3  0   94.7   91   65   58  24   43   64   6   1   413   0   0  5.51  4.90   89 1.415
 1997 32 ANA AL   9   9  32  28   3   1   0  0  194.7  199  118  112  32   73   75  10   7   846   0   0  5.18  4.66   90 1.397
 1998 33 TBD AL   3  11  29  17   1   0   8  0  115.7  120   77   70  21   60   46  12   6   517   1   0  5.45  4.75   87 1.556
 1999 34 FLA NL   6  16  38  29   3   2   3  1  196.3  231  121  106  23   64   83   7   2   855   3   0  4.86  4.34   89 1.503
 2000 35 NYM NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0   11.3   20   11   11   2    5    5   1   2    59   0   0  8.74  4.45   51 2.206
 2001 36 LAD NL   1   1   4   3   0   0   1  0   19.0   19    7    7   3    2    7   3   2    75   0   0  3.32  3.97  120 1.105
 2002 37 LAD NL   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.3    1    1    1   0    2    1   0   0     7   0   0  6.75  3.79   56 2.250
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .333  24  48 130  98   9   4  16  1  655.3  702  415  377 108  258  296  40  21  2866   5   0  5.18  4.57   88 1.465
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  14  38  29   2   1   4  0  195.3  209  123  112  32   76   88  11   6   854   1   0  5.18  4.57   88 1.465
 Career High      9  16  38  29   3   2   8  1  196.3  231  121  112  32   73   83  12   7   855   3   0  4.86  4.90   90 1.397

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 30 PHI NL   4    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .125  .125  .125  -34    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1997 32 ANA AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 33 TBD AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 34 FLA NL  36   50    2    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  17  .120  .118  .140  -33    7   3   1   0   0   0
 2000 35 NYM NL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 36 LAD NL   4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons       72   72    2    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  30  .097  .096  .111  -46    8   4   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        162    5   16   2  0   0    5   0  0   0  68  .097  .096  .111  -46   18   9   2   0   0   0
 Career High     36   50    2    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  17                           7   3   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 30 PHI NL    8    7    0   0.0   107| .125  .271| .125  .340| .125  .421| .250  .761| -34  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1997 32 ANA AL    3    3    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .343| .000  .433| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1998 33 TBD AL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .342| .000  .434| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1999 34 FLA NL   54   48    1   0.6   109| .120  .267| .118  .341| .140  .430| .258  .771| -33  .016  -9.9  -0.9   0%
 2000 35 NYM NL    4    4    0   0.0   113| .000  .268| .000  .345| .000  .438| .000  .784|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2001 36 LAD NL    7    7    0   0.0   104| .000  .259| .000  .329| .000  .424| .000  .753|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        77   70    1   0.4   109| .097  .267| .096  .340| .111  .429| .207  .769| -46  .008 -15.6  -1.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 30 PHI NL P 4 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 0.50 1.21 1.86 4 22.3 1996 31 CAL AL P 20 5 7 1 0 .923 .960 0.60 0.52 1.14 1.77 15 94.7 1997 32 ANA AL P 32 12 25 2 3 .949 .956 1.16 0.49 1.71 1.71 28 194.7 1998 33 TBD AL P 29 7 11 0 2 1.000 .957 0.62 0.50 1.40 1.78 17 115.7 1999 34 FLA NL P 38 12 30 4 5 .913 .950 1.11 0.48 1.93 1.72 29 196.3 2000 35 NYM NL P 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 0.50 2.39 1.75 2 11.3 2001 36 LAD NL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.45 0.95 1.75 3 19.0 2002 37 LAD NL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.50 6.92 2.08 0 1.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 30 PHI NL P 4 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 0.50 1.21 1.86 4 22.3 1996 31 CAL AL P 20 5 7 1 0 .923 .960 0.60 0.52 1.14 1.77 15 94.7 1997 32 ANA AL P 32 12 25 2 3 .949 .956 1.16 0.49 1.71 1.71 28 194.7 1998 33 TBD AL P 29 7 11 0 2 1.000 .957 0.62 0.50 1.40 1.78 17 115.7 1999 34 FLA NL P 38 12 30 4 5 .913 .950 1.11 0.48 1.93 1.72 29 196.3 2000 35 NYM NL P 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 0.50 2.39 1.75 2 11.3 2001 36 LAD NL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.45 0.95 1.75 3 19.0 2002 37 LAD NL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.50 6.92 2.08 0 1.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 130 41 77 8 10 .937 .955 0.91 0.49 1.62 1.74 98 655.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 130 41 77 8 10 .937 .955 0.91 0.49 1.62 1.74 98 655
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Comp. Games
1999 NL-3-9

Shutouts
1996 AL-1-6
1997 AL-1-9
1999 NL-2-2

Home Runs Allow.
1997 AL-32-3

Hits Allowed
1999 NL-231-8

Losses
1999 NL-16-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1997 AL-112-4
1999 NL-106-10

Hit Batsmen
1997 AL-10-7
1998 AL-12-6

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 21st round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

May 19, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

December 21, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 18, 1997: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Anaheim Angels as the 26th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

November 3, 1998: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

January 29, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

October 6, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 4, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

May 11, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Philadelphia Phillies$109,000
1996California Angels$150,000
1997Anaheim Angels$195,000
1998Tampa Bay Devil Rays$245,000
1999Florida Marlins$335,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,034,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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