Bill Spiers

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: June 5, 1966 in Orangeburg, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (13th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: Wade Hampton Academy (Orangeburg, SC)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: April 7, 1989 (Age 22-306d, 15,584th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 8, 2001 (Age 34-307d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: William James Spiers

Pronunciation: \spires\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.2

3408

922

.271

477

RBI

388

OBP

.341

SLG

.370

OPS

.711

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	GF	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 2	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
3	4 (1)	Apr 4	HOU		STL	W,3-2	GS	26	6.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
4	5	Apr 5	HOU		STL	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
5	6	Apr 6	HOU		STL	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B SS
6	8 (1)	Apr 9	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	17	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS 3B
7	9	Apr 10	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	11 (1)	Apr 12	HOU	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	28	5.2	2	4	0	6	2	2B
9	12	Apr 13	HOU	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
10	13	Apr 14	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
11	15 (1)	Apr 16	HOU		MON	W,10-2	GS	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	16	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	17	Apr 19	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
14	18	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
15	20 (1)	Apr 23	HOU	@	SDP	W,11-7	GS	30	6.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
16	21	Apr 25	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
17	23 (1)	Apr 27	HOU		SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
18	24	Apr 28	HOU		COL	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	28 (3)	May 2	HOU		FLA	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS 3B
20	30 (1)	May 4	HOU		FLA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	31	May 5	HOU		PHI	W,9-2	GS	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS 3B
22	36 (4)	May 10	HOU	@	FLA	W,4-2	GS	16	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
23	37	May 11	HOU	@	FLA	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B SS
24	39 (1)	May 13	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
25	40	May 14	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	GS	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B 3B
26	41	May 16	HOU	@	PHI	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
27	42	May 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
28	46 (3)	May 21	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	GS	58	14.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS 3B
29	47	May 23	HOU	@	COL	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
30	48	May 24	HOU	@	COL	W,7-0	GS	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS 3B
31	49	May 25	HOU	@	COL	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
32	51 (1)	May 27	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	54 (2)	May 31	HOU		SDP	L,5-12	GF	8	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	55	Jun 1	HOU		SDP	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	56	Jun 2	HOU		LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
36	57	Jun 3	HOU		LAD	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
37	58	Jun 4	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	59	Jun 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-6		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
39	63 (3)	Jun 9	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
40	65 (1)	Jun 11	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-10	GF	17	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	66	Jun 13	HOU		MIN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
42	68 (1)	Jun 15	HOU		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
43	69	Jun 16	HOU	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
44	70	Jun 17	HOU	@	KCR	W,10-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
45	71	Jun 18	HOU	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
46	72	Jun 20	HOU		CHC	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	73	Jun 21	HOU		CHC	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	74	Jun 22	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	75	Jun 23	HOU		PIT	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	76	Jun 24	HOU		PIT	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	77	Jun 25	HOU		PIT	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
52	78	Jun 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	79	Jun 27	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
54	80	Jun 28	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
55	82 (1)	Jun 30	HOU		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	83	Jul 1	HOU		CLE	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
57	84	Jul 2	HOU		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
58	86 (1)	Jul 4	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
59	87	Jul 5	HOU		CIN	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	88	Jul 6	HOU		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
61	89	Jul 10	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	91 (1)	Jul 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	9.2	1	4	0	5	1	3B
63	92	Jul 13	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
64	93	Jul 14	HOU	@	CHC	W,9-7	GF	29	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	3B
65	94	Jul 15	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
66	98 (3)	Jul 19	HOU	@	MON	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
67	102 (3)	Jul 24	HOU		MON	W,10-5	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	103	Jul 25	HOU		MON	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
69	104	Jul 26	HOU		MON	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
70	105	Jul 27	HOU		MON	W,7-2	GS	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS 3B
71	106	Jul 28	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
72	108 (1)	Jul 30	HOU		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	109	Aug 1	HOU		NYM	L,5-8	GF	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	110	Aug 2	HOU		NYM	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
75	111	Aug 3	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS
76	112	Aug 4	HOU	@	FLA	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
77	115 (2)	Aug 7	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
78	117 (1)	Aug 9	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
79	118	Aug 10	HOU	@	NYM	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	119	Aug 11	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
81	120	Aug 12	HOU		FLA	W,13-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
82	121	Aug 13	HOU		FLA	L,6-8	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	123 (1)	Aug 16	HOU		PHI	L,3-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
84	125 (1)	Aug 19	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	GF	11	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH SS
85	128 (2)	Aug 22	HOU		COL	W,9-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
86	129	Aug 23	HOU		COL	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
87	131 (1)	Aug 26	HOU	@	ATL	L,6-7	GF	16	4.2	0	1	1	2	1	PH SS
88	132	Aug 27	HOU	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	54	13.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
89	135 (2)	Aug 30	HOU	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	136	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	137	Sep 1	HOU		MIL	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
92	138	Sep 2	HOU		MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
93	140 (1)	Sep 4	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-2	GS	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B 2B
94	142 (1)	Sep 6	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	143	Sep 7	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
96	144	Sep 9	HOU	@	COL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	145	Sep 10	HOU	@	COL	L,7-9	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
98	146	Sep 12	HOU		LAD	W,10-3	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
99	147	Sep 13	HOU		LAD	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
100	148	Sep 14	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
101	149	Sep 15	HOU		SDP	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
102	150	Sep 16	HOU		SDP	W,15-3	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B 1B
103	151	Sep 17	HOU	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
104	152	Sep 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-12	GS	33	6.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
105	153	Sep 19	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
106	154	Sep 20	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	155	Sep 21	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
108	156	Sep 22	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 3B
109	157	Sep 23	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
110	158	Sep 24	HOU		CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
111	159	Sep 25	HOU		CHC	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
112	161 (1)	Sep 27	HOU		PIT	W,8-1	GF	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
113	162	Sep 28	HOU		PIT	L,4-5	GS	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
							124gm		676.0	104	200	18	322	32