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Dan
Spillner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 27, 1951 in Usa, WY, CASPER
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 KCR AL   6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1975 23 DET AL   6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 24 DET AL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1977 25 DET AL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 26 DET AL   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1979 27 DET AL   5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1980 28 DET AL   5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1981 29 DET AL   5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
1982 30 DET AL   5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
1983 31 DET AL   5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
1984 32 DET AL   5 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1985 33 DET AL $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1986 34 DET AL $ 300,000 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1987 35 DET AL   3 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 22 AAA   11 13 .458 30 30 3 0 0 194.3 229 98 16 80 141 4.54 .292 .357 .417 .774  
1975 23 AAA   12 13 .480 29 29 4 0 0 190.0 183 89 12 79 138 4.22 .248 .320 .355 .675  
1976 24 AAA   5 9 .357 22 22 1 0 0 136.0 141 80 12 67 95 5.29 .267 .350 .400 .749  
    AA   1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 2 0 1 1 3.18 .227 .261 .227 .488  
1977 25 AAA   1 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 1 27.0 31 20 2 11 18 6.67 .284 .350 .431 .781  
    AA   1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 26.3 22 3 0 6 24 1.03 .227 .272 .278 .550  
1978 26 AAA   3 3 .500 53 4 0 0 1 92.3 94 32 7 29 60 3.12 .266 .321 .407 .728  
1979 27 AA   7 11 .389 48 17 1 0 2 143.7 127 45 9 44 149 2.82 .231 .288 .333 .622  
1980 28 AA   8 0 1.000 42 0 0 0 6 40.0 27 8 1 16 34 1.80 .197 .281 .241 .522  
1981 29 AA   5 3 .625 36 0 0 0 2 39.3 31 18 2 21 40 4.12 .223 .325 .338 .663  
1982 30 AA   2 2 .500 25 0 0 0 0 54.3 36 9 3 20 53 1.49 .186 .262 .268 .530  
1983 31 AA   3 5 .375 58 0 0 0 3 58.0 45 21 5 33 57 3.26 .217 .325 .319 .644  
1984 32 AAA   1 2 .333 12 0 0 0 0 24.0 23 15 3 17 22 5.63 .258 .377 .382 .759  
    AA   1 1 .500 56 0 0 0 7 46.7 30 9 1 24 46 1.74 .189 .295 .258 .553  
1985 33 DET AL 2 4 .333 33 0 0 0 4 49.0 41 20 6 30 35 3.67 .224 .333 .377 .710 3.1
1986 34 DET AL 1 6 .143 53 0 0 0 5 95.0 98 61 22 67 61 5.78 .269 .383 .508 .891 0.7
1987 35 AAA   0 1 .000 24 0 0 0 5 39.3 38 17 4 25 35 3.89 .268 .377 .380 .758  
    AA   0 1 .000 30 0 0 0 4 25.7 23 15 2 17 34 5.26 .232 .345 .303 .648  
2 Years Sim 3 10 .231 86 0 0 0 9 144.0 139 81 28 97 96 5.06 .254 .366 .464 .831 3.8
7 Years AAA 33 41 .446 199 85 8 0 7 703.0 739 351 56 308 509 4.49 .269 .343 .393 .736  
9 Years AA 28 24 .538 311 17 1 0 24 439.6 346 130 23 182 438 2.66 .216 .296 .302 .598  
16 Years Minors 61 65 .484 510 102 9 0 31 1142.6 1085 481 79 490 947 3.79 .249 .325 .359 .685  
Season Average 1 5 .167 43 0 0 0 4 72.0 69 40 14 48 48 5.06 .254 .366 .464 .831  
Career Highs 2 6 .333 53 0 0 0 5 95.0 98 61 22 67 61 5.78 .269 .383 .508 .891  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   68 43 17 46 51   .259 .369 .510 .878
vs LH   71 38 11 51 45   .250 .364 .423 .787
Home 3 3 .500 41 0 0 0 4 66.3 62 41 16 43 51 5.56 .250 .361 .500 .861
Away 0 7 .000 45 0 0 0 5 77.7 77 40 12 54 45 4.64 .258 .371 .435 .806
Mar/Apr 0 4 .000 13 0 0 0 4 31.3 32 19 7 24 18 5.46 .262 .384 .475 .859
May 0 3 .000 14 0 0 0 1 19.0 20 13 6 15 11 6.16 .260 .380 .558 .939
June 2 2 .500 23 0 0 0 3 38.3 33 18 4 25 24 4.23 .234 .349 .383 .732
July 0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 1 25.3 26 13 7 13 22 4.62 .271 .358 .531 .889
August 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 7 1 9 8 5.25 .220 .360 .366 .726
Sep/Oct 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 18.0 19 11 3 11 13 5.50 .271 .370 .471 .842
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1985 33 DET AL P 33 0 49.0 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.84    
1986 34 DET AL P 53 0 95.0 6 22 0 5 1.000 2.65    
Career Totals   86 0 144.0 10 28 0 6 1.000 2.38    
Career Highs   53 0 95.0 6 22 0 5 1.000 2.65    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns Allowed
1986-9-22
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Kansas City in 1974
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 2/1/1975 (Going to DET: RF Bob Watson, P Sandy Koufax, CF Leon Roberts, P Doc Medich, P Dan Spillner. Going to KCR: LF Boog Powell, P Jim Palmer, P John Morris)
Injured on 4/28/1975 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Earned first career win on 6/30/1985
Injured on 5/3/1986 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/19/1987 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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