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George
Spriggs		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 22, 1941 in Usa, MD, JEWELL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 5 2 4 3
1966 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 4 4
1967 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 4 4
1968 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 4 4
1969 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 7 4 4 4
1970 29 KCR AL $ 350,000   5 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 8 7 4 4 4
1971 30 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 8 7 5 5 5
1972 31 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5
1973 32 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 9 8 5 5 5
1974 33 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1975 34 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1976 35 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1977 36 PHN NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
1978 37 PHN NL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 6 4 4 4
1979 38 PHN NL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 5 2 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 9 8 5 5 5
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
1965 24 KCR AL 14 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 4 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.3 0.0
1966 25 KCR AL 68 10 26 3 0 0 0 0 29 8 0 4 .300 .300 .300 .600 3.5 0.2
1967 26 KCR AL 27 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.7 0.0
1968 27 KCR AL 47 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 13 7 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
1969 28 KCR AL 72 39 31 8 0 1 1 5 30 13 9 8 .205 .354 .333 .688 6.9 0.7
1970 29 KCR AL 52 16 21 4 1 0 0 0 24 7 2 6 .250 .333 .313 .646 3.9 0.4
1971 30 KCR AL 70 32 36 7 0 0 0 1 30 5 1 10 .219 .242 .219 .461 4.9 0.7
1972 31 KCR AL 64 41 30 7 1 0 1 12 19 11 6 12 .171 .277 .268 .545 2.7 0.0
1973 32 KCR AL 41 54 10 17 2 0 0 2 14 7 2 11 .315 .339 .352 .691 5.8 0.4
    AAA   56 197 24 53 8 2 3 22 8 5 28 39 .269 .360 .376 .736 27.7  
1974 33 KCR AL 48 51 20 10 0 0 1 3 14 5 7 10 .196 .293 .255 .548 5.1 0.1
    AAA   54 179 25 53 9 0 1 18 11 7 31 28 .296 .400 .363 .763 27.6  
1975 34 KCR AL 55 16 19 4 0 2 0 1 18 6 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 2.9 0.1
1976 35 KCR AL 41 13 15 2 0 0 0 0 15 7 2 5 .154 .267 .154 .421 1.1 0.0
1977 36 PHN NL 153 545 79 139 15 11 2 46 59 22 61 119 .255 .330 .334 .664 65.7 10.2
1978 37 PHN NL 53 194 26 45 4 0 3 10 24 5 17 52 .232 .297 .299 .596 20.9 3.1
    AAA   84 299 47 88 12 5 5 26 21 5 46 58 .294 .388 .418 .806 51.6  
1979 38 AAA   136 501 67 147 13 1 6 54 24 12 70 95 .293 .380 .359 .739 72.8  
14 Years Sim 805 1030 334 247 23 14 8 80 300 109 109 245 .240 .313 .313 .626 123.2 16.0
4 Years AAA 330 1176 163 341 42 8 15 120 64 29 175 220 .290 .383 .378 .760 179.7  
162 Game Average 207 67 49 4 2 1 16 60 21 21 49 .240 .313 .313 .626 24.8  
Career Highs 153 545 79 139 15 11 3 46 59 22 61 119 .315 .500 .500 .750 65.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   730 241 181 14 11 6 51 207 66 80 167 .248 .323 .322 .645 95.8
vs LH   300 91 66 9 3 2 29 89 38 29 78 .220 .289 .290 .579 29.7
Home 403 525 165 124 13 7 7 37 143 48 59 124 .236 .313 .328 .641 67.2
Away 392 505 167 123 10 7 1 43 155 59 50 121 .244 .313 .297 .610 57.8
RISP   220 0 57 9 3 2 69 0 0 27 49 .259 .337 .355 .692 27.5
Pinch Hitting   12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.4
Close/Late   193 115 42 6 2 2 12 0 3 31 47 .218 .329 .301 .629 20.4
Mar/Apr 140 223 54 44 6 1 4 11 44 18 21 56 .197 .268 .287 .555 19.7
May 152 256 58 59 8 3 2 17 63 16 26 68 .230 .301 .309 .610 30.9
June 124 158 60 42 2 3 2 24 43 16 15 33 .266 .331 .354 .686 21.5
July 91 127 47 31 1 2 0 5 46 12 17 25 .244 .333 .283 .617 17.8
August 120 122 56 36 3 3 0 12 50 17 14 30 .295 .368 .369 .736 20.3
Sep/Oct 115 144 43 35 3 2 0 11 35 21 16 33 .243 .319 .292 .610 13.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 24 KCR AL RF 1 0 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.2
    LF 4 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    CF 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1966 25 KCR AL LF 9 0 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    RF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 26 KCR AL LF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 27 KCR AL LF 8 0 15.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.57   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 28 KCR AL LF 12 0 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.2
    CF 3 2 20.0 7 0 1 0 .875 3.15    
    RF 6 1 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1970 29 KCR AL RF 11 0 26.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.04   0.0
    LF 7 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
1971 30 KCR AL RF 15 4 56.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.2
    LF 5 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    3B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1972 31 KCR AL RF 17 3 55.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1973 32 KCR AL RF 15 7 86.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.2
    LF 7 3 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1974 33 KCR AL RF 15 5 66.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.1
    LF 10 2 40.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1975 34 KCR AL RF 11 0 28.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    LF 9 0 20.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.89    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 35 KCR AL LF 7 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    RF 6 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
1977 36 PHN NL LF 153 150 1302.7 254 8 3 3 .989 1.81   2.7
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 37 PHN NL LF 52 50 442.7 111 3 0 1 1.000 2.32   1.0
  LF 288 206 1956.3 403 13 3 4 .993 1.91   4.1
  RF 105 20 384.0 73 0 1 0 .986 1.71   0.9
  CF 10 3 35.0 13 0 1 0 .929 3.34    
  SS 2 0 7.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.1
  2B 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
Career Totals   408 229 2389.0 494 16 5 6 .990 1.92   5.0
Career Highs   154 150 1305.7 254 8 3 3 1.000 3.00    
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
1968 27 KCR AL 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1970 29 KCR AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1971 30 KCR AL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 35 KCR AL 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 27 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1977-1-11
 Stolen Bases
1966-9-29
1969-7-30
1971-10-30
1977-3-59
CAR-47-300
 Caught Stealing
1969-10-13
1972-9-11
1977-3-22
 Strikeouts
1977-5-119
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Jake Powell (935)
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  6. Felix Mackiewicz (931)
  7. Bob Perry (930)
  8. Leon Culberson (929)
  9. Beau Bell (929)
  10. Omar Moreno (926)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 57th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1965
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 3/3/1965 (Going to KCR: RF George Spriggs, C Paul Casanova. Going to CLE: C John Bateman)
Had first career hit on 4/30/1966, off Mickey Lolich (OAK)
3/3/1967: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
Hit first career homerun on 6/26/1969, off Jay Ritchie (SEM)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
10/3/1970: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $300,000 per year, for 4 years
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
4/2/1975: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/16/1977 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 3/24/1979 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
 
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