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Karl
Spooner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 23, 1931 in Usa, NY, ORISKANY FALL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1959    1961    1965   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 23 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 10 10 10 6 4 5 6 6 6
1955 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 10 10 10 6 5 5 6 6 6
1956 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 6 5 5 6 5 5
1957 26 BSN NL $ 3,657,143 8 10 10 10 6 5 5 5 5 5
1958 27 BSN NL $ 3,657,143 8 10 10 10 7 5 6 6 5 5
1959 28 BRK NL $ 3,657,143 8 10 10 10 7 5 6 5 5 5
1960 29 BRK NL $ 8,750,000 8 10 9 10 6 5 5 4 4 4
1961 30 BRK NL $ 8,750,000 8 10 9 10 6 5 5 5 5 5
1962 31 BRK NL $ 8,750,000 8 10 9 10 6 5 5 4 4 4
1963 32 BRK NL $ 8,750,000 8 10 9 10 6 5 5 4 4 4
1964 33 BSN NL $ 6,000,111 8 10 9 10 6 5 5 4 4 4
1965 34 BSN NL $ 6,000,111 8 10 9 10 6 4 5 4 4 4
1966 35 BSN NL $ 6,000,111 8 10 8 9 5 4 4 3 3 3
1967 36 BSN NL $ 6,000,111 7 10 8 8 5 3 4 3 3 3
1968 37 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 10 8 8 4 3 3 3 3 3
1969 38 OAK AL $ 570,000 7 9 7 7 3 2 2 3 3 3
1970 39 OAK AL $ 570,000 6 9 7 7 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 9 7 7 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000 9 10 10 10 7 5 6 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 26 BSN NL $ 3,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 27 BSN NL $ 3,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 28 BRK NL $ 3,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 29 BRK NL $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 30 BRK NL $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 31 BRK NL $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 32 BRK NL $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 33 BSN NL $ 6,000,111   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 34 BSN NL $ 6,000,111   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 35 BSN NL $ 6,000,111   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 36 BSN NL $ 6,000,111   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 37 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 38 OAK AL $ 570,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 39 OAK AL $ 570,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1954 23 BSN NL 14 15 .483 37 37 8 2 0 262.7 209 136 36 146 231 4.66 .217 .321 .398 .719 11.1
1955 24 BSN NL 14 15 .483 41 41 4 0 0 291.0 245 144 45 145 292 4.45 .226 .324 .412 .736 12.4
1956 25 BSN NL 21 15 .583 44 44 6 1 0 325.3 238 143 41 153 334 3.96 .203 .299 .366 .665 18.5
1957 26 BSN NL 18 12 .600 43 43 9 2 0 321.3 257 142 47 122 347 3.98 .218 .293 .391 .685 18.2
1958 27 BSN NL 16 18 .471 43 43 6 0 0 314.7 275 160 50 128 337 4.58 .234 .315 .418 .733 15.5
1959 28 BRK NL 19 18 .514 41 41 10 0 0 293.3 212 118 51 123 342 3.62 .199 .288 .396 .683 18.1
1960 29 BRK NL 8 5 .615 22 17 5 0 0 136.7 103 49 18 36 145 3.23 .207 .267 .355 .622 10.4
1961 30 BRK NL 19 7 .731 39 39 6 2 0 286.7 194 93 34 105 299 2.92 .190 .269 .328 .597 24.8
1962 31 BRK NL 13 14 .481 33 31 3 0 0 232.0 166 83 30 83 226 3.22 .199 .275 .343 .618 15.3
1963 32 BRK NL 20 17 .541 40 40 5 0 0 300.0 228 114 41 117 280 3.42 .211 .292 .369 .661 22.0
1964 33 WAS NL 7 6 .538 20 20 4 0 0 147.3 125 51 13 50 155 3.12 .229 .293 .349 .642 10.8
  BSN NL 8 6 .571 21 21 4 0 0 156.0 111 52 12 50 139 3.00 .200 .266 .308 .574 13.0
  TOT   15 12 .556 41 41 8 0 0 303.3 236 103 25 100 294 3.06 .214 .279 .328 .607 23.8
1965 34 BSN NL 21 12 .636 42 42 9 2 0 305.7 210 97 19 113 318 2.86 .193 .279 .298 .577 25.2
1966 35 BSN NL 17 10 .630 36 36 2 0 0 259.7 223 110 38 88 258 3.81 .232 .298 .393 .691 14.9
1967 36 BSN NL 8 4 .667 55 17 0 0 2 118.3 96 46 16 60 114 3.50 .220 .320 .360 .680 8.7
1968 37 BSN NL 0 2 .000 66 0 0 0 11 36.3 36 18 5 20 36 4.46 .255 .348 .390 .738 2.0
1969 38 OAK AL 4 0 1.000 39 0 0 0 2 14.3 10 5 2 7 13 3.14 .192 .288 .346 .634 2.3
1970 39 OAK AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 1 1 1 0 13.64 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 0.0
    AAA   4 3 .571 30 7 0 0 0 79.0 84 43 17 42 84 4.90 .271 .358 .484 .842  
17 Years Sim 227 176 .563 666 512 81 9 15 3801.9 2939 1562 499 1547 3866 3.70 .212 .295 .370 .665 243.2
1 Years AAA 4 3 .571 30 7 0 0 0 79.0 84 43 17 42 84 4.90 .271 .358 .484 .842  
Season Average 13 10 .565 39 30 4 0 0 223.6 172 91 29 91 227 3.70 .212 .295 .370 .665  
Career Highs 21 18 1.000 66 44 10 2 11 325.3 275 160 51 153 347 13.64 .333 .500 1.333 1.833  
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   2235 1173 374 1125 2639   .223 .302 .385 .686
vs LH   704 389 125 422 1227   .183 .264 .332 .596
Home 109 91 .545 339 254 39 5 6 1897.9 1477 823 264 760 1978 3.90 .212 .290 .373 .663
Away 118 85 .581 327 258 42 4 9 1903.9 1462 739 235 787 1888 3.49 .212 .292 .367 .659
Mar/Apr 37 29 .561 108 94 13 0 1 692.6 535 300 90 305 682 3.90 .215 .300 .372 .672
May 43 27 .614 110 90 11 0 1 673.6 528 265 89 252 673 3.54 .215 .288 .370 .657
June 38 29 .567 112 76 12 1 2 568.3 425 245 77 243 611 3.88 .206 .290 .374 .664
July 41 24 .631 113 81 15 4 3 603.0 479 255 73 249 630 3.81 .216 .295 .367 .662
August 34 34 .500 118 82 18 3 4 611.6 459 232 82 235 623 3.41 .206 .282 .365 .647
Sep/Oct 34 33 .507 105 89 12 1 4 652.6 513 265 88 263 647 3.65 .214 .292 .373 .665
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 23 BSN NL 37 83 2 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .072 .082 .084 .167 -2.5 0.0
1955 24 BSN NL 41 90 2 12 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 24 .133 .141 .178 .319 1.4 0.0
1956 25 BSN NL 44 114 4 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 28 .123 .144 .132 .276 -0.3 0.0
1957 26 BSN NL 43 108 8 15 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 43 .139 .153 .139 .292 0.4 0.0
1958 27 BSN NL 43 99 8 20 1 1 2 6 0 0 2 37 .202 .225 .293 .518 6.9 0.0
1959 28 BRK NL 41 103 7 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 42 .126 .143 .155 .298 -0.9 0.0
1960 29 BRK NL 22 49 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .102 .137 .102 .239 -1.1 0.0
1961 30 BRK NL 39 96 3 12 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 37 .125 .152 .125 .277 -0.9 0.0
1962 31 BRK NL 33 84 4 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 35 .131 .141 .131 .272 -0.7 0.0
1963 32 BRK NL 40 97 2 12 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 32 .124 .124 .144 .268 -0.6 0.0
1964 33 WAS NL 20 46 2 10 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 11 .217 .234 .239 .473 2.6 0.0
  BSN NL 21 51 3 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 22 .118 .151 .196 .347 0.8 0.0
  TOT   41 97 5 16 1 2 0 3 3 1 3 33 .165 .190 .216 .406 3.4 0.0
1965 34 BSN NL 42 99 5 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 25 .162 .178 .172 .350 1.6 0.0
1966 35 BSN NL 36 86 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 35 .140 .149 .186 .335 0.6 0.0
1967 36 BSN NL 55 34 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 9 .176 .222 .235 .458 1.5 0.0
14 Years Sim 557 1239 60 170 11 6 3 73 4 3 23 422 .137 .154 .163 .317 8.7 0.0
162 Game Average 360 17 49 3 1 0 21 1 0 6 122 .137 .154 .163 .317 2.5  
Career Highs 55 114 8 20 2 2 2 9 3 1 3 43 .202 .225 .293 .518 6.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   758 39 115 7 4 2 48 2 2 13 234 .152 .168 .179 .347 5.5
vs LH   481 21 55 4 2 1 25 2 1 10 188 .114 .134 .137 .271 -7.1
Home 278 558 28 77 6 3 0 30 3 0 16 199 .138 .162 .159 .321 1.2
Away 279 681 32 93 5 3 3 43 1 3 7 223 .137 .148 .166 .314 -2.8
RISP   316 0 48 3 1 1 69 0 0 8 102 .152 .173 .177 .350 3.1
Close/Late   108 4 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 37 .139 .155 .148 .303 -0.5
Mar/Apr 94 235 15 35 3 0 0 20 1 2 4 75 .149 .163 .162 .324 -0.1
May 90 231 9 28 3 1 0 8 1 0 3 80 .121 .132 .143 .275 -3.1
June 80 184 11 31 1 1 2 12 0 0 5 60 .168 .190 .217 .408 5.2
July 81 201 12 26 2 0 1 12 1 1 3 79 .129 .150 .154 .304 -1.5
August 83 186 9 25 1 2 0 8 1 0 2 69 .134 .142 .161 .303 -0.8
Sep/Oct 89 202 4 25 1 2 0 13 0 0 6 59 .124 .153 .149 .302 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 23 BSN NL P 37 37 262.7 13 51 2 0 .970 2.19    
1955 24 BSN NL P 41 41 291.0 15 46 1 1 .984 1.89    
1956 25 BSN NL P 44 44 325.3 9 40 0 3 1.000 1.36    
1957 26 BSN NL P 43 43 321.3 17 49 1 5 .985 1.85    
1958 27 BSN NL P 43 43 314.7 9 43 1 3 .981 1.49    
1959 28 BRK NL P 41 41 293.3 10 43 1 2 .981 1.63    
1960 29 BRK NL P 22 17 136.7 6 16 0 1 1.000 1.45    
1961 30 BRK NL P 39 39 286.7 13 41 2 5 .964 1.70    
1962 31 BRK NL P 33 31 232.0 12 27 0 2 1.000 1.51    
1963 32 BRK NL P 40 40 300.0 24 44 0 1 1.000 2.04    
1964 33 WAS NL P 20 20 147.3 6 26 0 0 1.000 1.95    
  BSN NL P 21 21 156.0 7 28 0 1 1.000 2.02    
  TOT   P 41 41 303.3 13 54 0 1 1.000 1.99    
1965 34 BSN NL P 42 42 305.7 15 42 0 4 1.000 1.68    
1966 35 BSN NL P 36 36 259.7 8 35 1 2 .977 1.49    
1967 36 BSN NL P 55 17 118.3 5 16 3 1 .875 1.60    
1968 37 BSN NL P 66 0 36.3 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.48    
1969 38 OAK AL P 39 0 14.3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.63    
1970 39 OAK AL P 4 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   666 512 3801.9 174 553 13 31 .982 1.72    
Career Highs   66 44 325.3 24 54 3 5 1.000 2.48    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1957 26 BSN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 14 7 2 4 9 5.73 .286 .340 .510 .850
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 14 7 2 4 9 5.73 .286 .340 .510 .850
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 26 BSN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1959-8-3.62
1961-7-2.92
1965-8-2.86
 Wins
1956-6-21
1957-9-18
1959-9-19
1961-8-19
1963-6-20
1965-6-21
CAR-45-227
 Losses
1954-10-15
1955-9-15
1956-8-15
1958-5-18
1959-6-18
1963-7-17
 Winning Pct
1961-6-.731
 Saves
1968-10-11
 Games Started
1955-7-41
1956-1-44
1958-5-43
1959-9-41
1964-8-41
1965-8-42
CAR-40-512
Complete Games
1959-10-10
 Shutouts
1954-4-2
1957-6-2
1961-4-2
1965-9-2
 Innings Pitched
1956-5-325.3
1957-6-321.3
1958-6-314.7
1959-9-293.3
CAR-46-3801.9
 Homeruns Allowed
1954-5-36
1955-2-45
1956-3-41
1957-4-47
1958-2-50
1959-1-51
1961-8-34
1962-10-30
1963-3-41
1966-5-38
CAR-5-499
 Strikeouts
1954-5-231
1955-4-292
1956-2-334
1957-1-347
1958-2-337
1959-1-342
1961-3-299
1963-2-280
1964-4-294
1965-1-318
1966-6-258
CAR-9-3866
 Walks Allowed
1954-5-146
1955-6-145
1956-3-153
1957-9-122
1958-3-128
1959-2-123
1961-5-105
1963-3-117
1964-6-100
1965-5-113
1966-10-88
CAR-21-1547
Hits per 9IP
1954-2-7.2
1955-7-7.6
1956-3-6.6
1957-6-7.2
1958-9-7.9
1959-4-6.5
1961-1-6.1
1962-1-6.4
1963-3-6.8
1964-5-7.0
1965-1-6.2
CAR-8-7.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1954-3-7.9
1955-3-9.0
1956-2-9.2
1957-1-9.7
1958-1-9.6
1959-1-10.5
1961-2-9.4
1962-4-8.8
1963-3-8.4
1964-4-8.7
1965-1-9.4
1966-4-8.9
CAR-5-9.2
 WHiP
1956-4-1.20
1957-6-1.18
1959-5-1.14
1961-6-1.04
1962-5-1.07
1965-5-1.06
CAR-33-1.18
 OAVG
1954-2-.217
1955-7-.226
1956-3-.203
1957-5-.218
1958-9-.234
1959-4-.199
1961-1-.190
1962-1-.199
1963-4-.211
1964-5-.214
1965-1-.193
CAR-9-.212
 OOBP
1956-6-.299
1957-6-.293
1959-7-.288
1961-7-.269
1962-7-.275
1965-6-.279
CAR-40-.295
 OSLG
1961-4-.328
1964-9-.328
1965-3-.298
OOPS
1956-9-.665
1959-10-.683
1961-5-.597
1962-9-.618
1964-10-.607
1965-3-.577
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 156    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Don Sutton (900)
  2. Gus Keriazakos (887)
  3. Masanori Murakami (880)
  4. Pat Malone (865)
  5. Don Newcombe (853)
  6. Eduardo Rodriguez (852)
  7. Jim Brewer (848)
  8. Billy Pierce (847)
  9. Rollie Fingers (837)
  10. Johnny Vander Meer (836)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Gus Keriazakos (990)
  2. Johnny Vander Meer (989)
  3. Lefty Gomez (987)
  4. Ramon Monzant (986)
  5. Cliff Fannin (986)
  6. Ralph Terry (985)
  7. Paul Dean (985)
  8. Ted Gray (984)
  9. Hugh Mulcahy (983)
  10. Robin Roberts (981)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1954
Had first career hit (double) on 4/7/1954, off George O'donnell (SEM)
Earned first career win on 4/12/1954
Injured on 6/4/1954 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Struck out 15 batters against Montreal on 7/30/1954
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 326 on 9/26/1956
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 332 on 9/30/1956
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,657,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1957, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 341 on 9/26/1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,657,143 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1958, off Jack Meyer (NYA)
Struck out 16 batters against Pittsburgh on 6/24/1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,657,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Brooklyn on 2/1/1959 (Going to BRK: P Karl Spooner. Going to BSN: 1B Tom Alston)
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
10/3/1959: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $8,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/13/1960 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Injured on 8/3/1961 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Struck out 15 batters against Seattle on 8/30/1961
Injured on 5/16/1962 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/7/1962 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Struck out 15 batters against Worcester on 8/19/1962
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/2/1964 to a 4-year deal worth $6,000,111 per year
Traded from Washington to Boston (N) on 7/1/1964 (Going to WAS: P Ray Culp, P Ron Taylor, P Bill Kelso, P Claude Osteen. Going to BSN: P Karl Spooner)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1965, going 6-0, 1.01
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Pitched NO-HITTER against Colorado on 8/7/1965, striking out 9
4/2/1967: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Injured on 5/27/1967 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/4/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $570,000 per year
Injured on 5/18/1970 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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