Spenser Watkins

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: August 27, 1992 in Phoenix, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 30th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Western Oregon University (Monmouth, OR).

High School: Horizon HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Glendale Community College (Glendale, AZ), Western Oregon University (Monmouth, OR)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.083 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Gaeta Sports Management

Full Name: Spenser David Watkins

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

ERA

5.97

164.1

102

WHIP

1.527

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2013	20	-0.8	Western Oregon	GNAC	NCAA		8	6	.571	3.19	3.93	13	13			1	0	84.2	75	37	30	5	34	0	88	5	1	7	366	1.287	8.0	0.5	3.6	9.4	2.59
2013	20	0.4	Kitsap	WCL	Summ		3	2	.600	3.26	3.81	9	9	0	1	1	0	49.2	35	21	18	4	13	0	54	2	0	9	194	0.966	6.3	0.7	2.4	9.8	4.15
2014	21	-0.2	Western Oregon	GNAC	NCAA		7	3	.700	3.50	4.48	14	13			0	0	82.1	66	41	32	6	35	0	83	3	0	6	356	1.227	7.2	0.7	3.8	9.1	2.37
2014	21	0.6	Tigers	GULF	Rk	DET	3	2	.600	3.83	4.25	10	8	0	0	0	0	42.1	38	20	18	4	20	0	43	0	0	5	177	1.370	8.1	0.9	4.3	9.1	2.15
2015	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	DET	5	4	.556	2.48	3.02	16	15	0	0	0	0	83.1	66	28	23	1	25	0	69	2	0	3	335	1.092	7.1	0.1	2.7	7.5	2.76
2015	22	0.1	West Michigan	MIDW	A	DET	0	0		3.38	3.38	4	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	21	7	7	0	6	0	14	1	0	0	80	1.446	10.1	0.0	2.9	6.8	2.33
2015	22	0.7	Connecticut	NYPL	A-	DET	5	4	.556	2.23	2.92	12	12	0	0	0	0	64.2	45	21	16	1	19	0	55	1	0	3	255	0.990	6.3	0.1	2.6	7.7	2.89
2016	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	DET	5	3	.625	3.97	4.20	14	13	0	1	0	0	79.1	86	37	35	7	25	0	70	1	0	4	340	1.399	9.8	0.8	2.8	7.9	2.80
2016	23	-1.5	Erie	EL	AA	DET	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	2.500	15.8	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
2016	23	1.3	West Michigan	MIDW	A	DET	5	3	.625	3.82	4.06	13	12	0	1	0	0	75.1	79	34	32	6	22	0	69	1	0	4	321	1.341	9.4	0.7	2.6	8.2	3.14
2017	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	DET	9	4	.692	3.53	4.35	22	18	1	0	0	1	109.2	116	53	43	10	41	2	83	3	0	12	476	1.432	9.5	0.8	3.4	6.8	2.02
2017	24	0.9	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	0	1	.000	4.87	6.64	6	2	1	0	0	1	20.1	27	15	11	2	9	1	17	0	0	2	96	1.770	12.0	0.9	4.0	7.5	1.89
2017	24	2.1	West Michigan	MIDW	A	DET	9	3	.750	3.22	3.83	16	16	0	0	0	0	89.1	89	38	32	8	32	1	66	3	0	10	380	1.354	9.0	0.8	3.2	6.6	2.06
2018	25		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	DET	10	7	.588	2.76	2.96	27	18	6	2	1	1	137.0	115	45	42	8	45	0	113	4	0	11	556	1.168	7.6	0.5	3.0	7.4	2.51
2018	25	-1.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	1	.500	4.66	4.66	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	5	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	41	1.345	7.4	1.9	4.7	5.6	1.20
2018	25	0.6	Erie	EL	AA	DET	1	2	.333	5.40	5.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	16	9	9	1	7	0	18	0	0	0	68	1.533	9.6	0.6	4.2	10.8	2.57
2018	25	2.0	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	8	4	.667	2.24	2.48	22	13	6	2	1	1	112.1	91	31	28	5	33	0	89	4	0	11	447	1.104	7.3	0.4	2.6	7.1	2.70
2019	26		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	DET	9	7	.563	6.07	6.13	27	24	1	0	0	0	138.0	159	94	93	26	44	0	121	5	0	5	608	1.471	10.4	1.7	2.9	7.9	2.75
2019	26	-0.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	5	6	.455	7.98	8.10	16	14	1	0	0	0	76.2	105	69	68	22	28	0	75	4	0	1	361	1.735	12.3	2.6	3.3	8.8	2.68
2019	26	1.7	Erie	EL	AA	DET	3	1	.750	4.25	4.25	8	7	0	0	0	0	42.1	41	20	20	3	10	0	32	1	0	4	173	1.205	8.7	0.6	2.1	6.8	3.20
2019	26	3.1	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	1	0	1.000	2.37	2.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	13	5	5	1	6	0	14	0	0	0	74	1.000	6.2	0.5	2.8	6.6	2.33

2021	28	1.0	Norfolk	AAAE	AAA	BAL	1	2	.333	3.53	4.04	8	6	0	0	0	0	35.2	28	16	14	6	11	0	30	0	0	3	147	1.093	7.1	1.5	2.8	7.6	2.73
2021	28	-0.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	7	.222	8.07	8.23	16	10	4	0	0	0	54.2	74	50	49	14	19	0	35	2	0	4	255	1.701	12.2	2.3	3.1	5.8	1.84
2022	29	2.0	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	1	0	1.000	2.84	4.26	4	4	0	0	0	0	12.2	8	6	4	2	3	0	12	0	0	0	49	0.868	5.7	1.4	2.1	8.5	4.00
2022	29	0.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	6	.455	4.70	5.04	23	20	1	0	0	0	105.1	119	59	55	11	30	0	63	4	1	3	459	1.415	10.2	0.9	2.6	5.4	2.10
2023	30		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	HOU-OAK	3	7	.300	7.86	9.00	21	16	0	0	0	0	71.0	94	71	62	9	42	0	65	4	0	4	347	1.915	11.9	1.1	5.3	8.2	1.55
2023	30	3.1	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	2	1	.667	7.27	7.96	8	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	33	23	21	1	17	0	20	3	0	2	127	1.923	11.4	0.3	5.9	6.9	1.18
2023	30	2.7	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	3	.250	9.74	10.18	6	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	31	23	22	2	14	0	16	0	0	1	104	2.213	13.7	0.9	6.2	7.1	1.14
2023	30	2.7	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	3	.000	6.93	9.12	7	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	30	25	19	6	11	0	29	1	0	1	116	1.662	10.9	2.2	4.0	10.6	2.64
2023	30	1.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	1	.000	10.38	10.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	5	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	21	2.077	14.5	4.2	4.2	8.3	2.00
2024	31	4.0	Rochester	IL	AAA	WSN	7	7	.500	4.56	4.94	25	23	0	0	0	0	118.1	124	65	60	12	39	0	92	5	0	4	507	1.377	9.4	0.9	3.0	7.0	2.36
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (3 seasons)					Majors		7	14	.333	5.97	6.24	40	31	5	0	0	0	164.1	200	114	109	27	51	0	102	6	1	7	735	1.527	11.0	1.5	2.8	5.6	2.00
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		53	43	.552	4.29	4.73	174	145	8	3	1	2	827.1	834	435	394	85	295	2	698	24	0	51	3542	1.365	9.1	0.9	3.2	7.6	2.37
College (2 seasons)					College		15	9	.625	3.34	4.20	27	26			1	0	167.0	141	78	62	11	69	0	171	8	1	13	722	1.257	7.6	0.6	3.7	9.2	2.48
Other (1 season)					Other		3	2	.600	3.26	3.81	9	9	0	1	1	0	49.2	35	21	18	4	13	0	54	2	0	9	194	0.966	6.3	0.7	2.4	9.8	4.15
All Levels (11 Seasons)							78	68	.534	4.34	4.83	250	211	13	4	3	2	1208.1	1210	648	583	127	428	2	1025	40	2	80	5193	1.356	9.0	0.9	3.2	7.6	2.39

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		18	23	.439	5.92	6.44	76	65	1	0	0	0	324.0	367	232	213	53	128	0	280	13	0	12	1452	1.528	10.2	1.5	3.6	7.8	2.19
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		4	3	.571	4.70	4.70	12	11	0	0	0	0	61.1	64	32	32	5	20	0	51	1	0	4	260	1.370	9.4	0.7	2.9	7.5	2.55
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		9	5	.643	2.61	3.03	31	18	7	2	1	2	151.2	131	51	44	8	48	1	120	4	0	13	617	1.180	7.8	0.5	2.8	7.1	2.50
A (3 seasons)					Minors		14	6	.700	3.49	3.88	33	31	0	1	0	0	183.1	189	79	71	14	60	1	149	5	0	14	781	1.358	9.3	0.7	2.9	7.3	2.48
A- (1 season)					Minors		5	4	.556	2.23	2.92	12	12	0	0	0	0	64.2	45	21	16	1	19	0	55	1	0	3	255	0.990	6.3	0.1	2.6	7.7	2.89
Rk (1 season)					Minors		3	2	.600	3.83	4.25	10	8	0	0	0	0	42.1	38	20	18	4	20	0	43	0	0	5	177	1.370	8.1	0.9	4.3	9.1	2.15