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Jack Spring	Bats: Right Throws: Left Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 185   Born: March 11, 1933 in Usa, WA, SPOKANE

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1963

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1955	22	OAK	AL		6			4		3		3		6		6		6		6		5		5
1956	23	OAK	AL		6			4		3		3		6		6		6		6		5		5
1957	24	OAK	AL		6			4		4		4		6		6		6		6		5		5
1958	25	OAK	AL		6			4		4		4		6		6		6		6		6		6
1959	26	DET	AL	$ 300,000	6			4		4		4		6		6		6		6		6		6
1960	27	SDP	NL	$ 300,000	6			4		4		4		6		6		6		6		6		6
1961	28	SDP	NL	$ 300,000	6			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1962	29	SDP	NL	$ 300,000	6			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1963	30	SDP	NL	$ 300,000	5			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1964	31	SDP	NL	$ 960,000	4			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1965	32	SDP	NL	$ 960,000	4			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1966	33	SDP	NL	$ 960,000	4			4		3		3		7		7		7		7		7		7
1967	34	SDP	NL	$ 700,000	2			3		3		3		7		7		7		6		6		6
1968	35	SDP	NL	$ 700,000	2			3		2		2		7		7		7		5		4		4
1969	36	CLE	AL	$ 700,000	2			2		2		2		7		6		6		4		3		3
1970	37	CLE	AL	$ 800,000	2			2		1		1		6		6		6		3		3		3
1971	38	CLE	AL	$ 800,000	1			1		1		1		5		4		4		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					1			1		1		1		5		4		4		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 960,000	6			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1955	22	OAK	AL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1956	23	OAK	AL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1957	24	OAK	AL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1958	25	OAK	AL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1959	26	DET	AL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1960	27	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1961	28	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1962	29	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1963	30	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1964	31	SDP	NL	$ 960,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1965	32	SDP	NL	$ 960,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1966	33	SDP	NL	$ 960,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1967	34	SDP	NL	$ 700,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1968	35	SDP	NL	$ 700,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1969	36	CLE	AL	$ 700,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1970	37	CLE	AL	$ 800,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1971	38	CLE	AL	$ 800,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 960,000				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
1955	22	AA		4	3	.571	46	0	0	0	27	52.7	52	10	3	18	41	1.71	.261	.323	.337	.659
1956	23	AA		1	6	.143	37	0	0	0	22	44.3	47	11	3	20	29	2.23	.285	.362	.376	.738
1957	24	AA		5	9	.357	54	0	0	0	33	64.0	69	30	10	19	59	4.22	.275	.326	.442	.768
1958	25	AA		5	7	.417	48	0	0	0	26	59.7	53	22	8	19	56	3.32	.238	.298	.395	.692
1959	26	DET	AL	0	0	.000	3	0	0	0	1	3.7	5	1	0	2	5	2.46	.357	.412	.429	.840	0.4
		AAA		12	11	.522	26	26	3	0	0	181.7	162	64	21	59	141	3.17	.240	.301	.370	.671
1960	27	SDP	NL	0	0	.000	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	2	0	3.00	.182	.308	.455	.762	0.3
		AA		16	9	.640	30	30	6	2	0	223.0	169	45	11	53	206	1.82	.209	.258	.300	.557
1961	28	SDP	NL	2	0	1.000	17	0	0	0	0	22.0	22	11	2	8	13	4.50	.256	.316	.360	.676	1.4
1962	29	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	20	0	0	0	1	29.3	24	7	2	6	16	2.15	.224	.265	.336	.602	3.9
1963	30	SDP	NL	11	3	.786	58	0	0	0	6	70.0	62	24	4	22	28	3.09	.241	.309	.319	.628	9.0
1964	31	SDP	NL	1	3	.250	37	0	0	0	9	46.0	50	23	4	19	20	4.50	.275	.347	.390	.737	2.6
1965	32	SDP	NL	7	2	.778	35	0	0	0	2	40.3	41	16	4	12	20	3.57	.256	.314	.375	.689	4.0
1966	33	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	32	0	0	0	2	30.7	31	18	1	11	13	5.28	.256	.316	.322	.638	1.1
1967	34	SDP	NL	3	2	.600	42	0	0	0	3	48.7	54	17	5	16	22	3.14	.280	.335	.383	.718	3.7
1968	35	SDP	NL	0	0	.000	5	0	0	0	1	6.7	9	2	0	1	0	2.70	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.6
		AAA		1	1	.500	18	0	0	0	3	26.0	27	6	2	8	18	2.08	.267	.321	.356	.678
1969	36	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	33	0	0	0	1	67.3	58	16	5	23	22	2.14	.236	.300	.341	.641	7.3
1970	37	CLE	AL	6	3	.667	49	0	0	0	1	84.7	88	46	11	33	25	4.89	.276	.345	.451	.797	4.2
1971	38	CLE	AL	2	8	.200	53	0	0	0	7	65.3	89	44	8	30	20	6.06	.333	.399	.461	.859	0.1
13 Years Sim				39	24	.619	386	0	0	0	34	517.6	535	226	47	185	204	3.93	.269	.332	.384	.716	38.6
2 Years AAA				13	12	.520	44	26	3	0	3	207.7	189	70	23	67	159	3.03	.243	.303	.368	.671
5 Years AA				31	34	.477	215	30	6	2	108	443.7	390	118	35	129	391	2.39	.237	.292	.346	.639
7 Years Minors				44	46	.489	259	56	9	2	111	651.3	579	188	58	196	550	2.60	.239	.296	.353	.649
Season Average				3	1	.750	29	0	0	0	2	39.8	41	17	3	14	15	3.93	.269	.332	.384	.716
Career Highs				11	8	1.000	58	0	0	0	9	84.7	89	46	11	33	28	6.06	.357	.412	.461	.859

Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										355	152	32	108	128		.288	.345	.416	.761
vs LH										180	74	15	77	76		.238	.308	.332	.640
Home	28	16	.636	222	0	0	0	16	304.6	308	144	29	130	112	4.25	.266	.340	.385	.725
Away	11	8	.579	164	0	0	0	19	213.0	227	82	18	55	92	3.47	.273	.319	.382	.701
Mar/Apr	4	5	.444	65	0	0	0	5	76.6	79	36	11	28	24	4.23	.266	.329	.418	.747
May	10	2	.833	68	0	0	0	7	98.3	107	35	6	30	42	3.20	.281	.333	.381	.714
June	6	3	.667	49	0	0	0	2	68.0	86	39	5	32	29	5.16	.319	.391	.415	.806
July	4	5	.444	61	0	0	0	6	78.6	74	40	9	23	36	4.58	.248	.302	.379	.681
August	7	3	.700	60	0	0	0	10	80.3	80	28	6	27	25	3.14	.264	.324	.366	.691
Sep/Oct	8	6	.571	83	0	0	0	5	115.6	109	48	10	45	48	3.74	.247	.317	.361	.677

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
1955	22	AA		13	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0.4
1959	26	AAA		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3
1961	28	SDP	NL	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0
1962	29	SDP	NL	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0
1963	30	SDP	NL	58	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	0.0
1964	31	SDP	NL	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
1965	32	SDP	NL	35	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.600	1.200	1.4	0.6
1966	33	SDP	NL	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0
1967	34	SDP	NL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0
1968	35	SDP	NL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
		AAA		7	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.7
8 Years Sim				246	16	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.6	0.6
2 Years AAA				9	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.4
1 Years AA				13	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0.4
3 Years Minors				22	9	5	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.8
162 Game Average					10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.4
Career Highs				58	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.600	.600	.600	1.200	1.4

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		13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.231	.462	0.5
vs LH		3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.3
Home	135	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	0.3
Away	66	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	0.5
RISP		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
Close/Late		4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.8
Mar/Apr	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4
May	12	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.8
July	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
August	25	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.1
Sep/Oct	47	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1959	26	DET	AL	P	3	0	3.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.92
1960	27	SDP	NL	P	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1961	28	SDP	NL	P	17	0	22.0	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.86
1962	29	SDP	NL	P	20	0	29.3	1	8	0	0	1.000	2.76
1963	30	SDP	NL	P	58	0	70.0	5	11	1	1	.941	2.06
1964	31	SDP	NL	P	37	0	46.0	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.76
1965	32	SDP	NL	P	35	0	40.3	3	9	0	1	1.000	2.68
1966	33	SDP	NL	P	32	0	30.7	4	6	0	1	1.000	2.94
1967	34	SDP	NL	P	42	0	48.7	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.40
1968	35	SDP	NL	P	5	0	6.7	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.35
1969	36	CLE	AL	P	33	0	67.3	6	25	0	2	1.000	4.14
1970	37	CLE	AL	P	49	0	84.7	4	9	0	1	1.000	1.38
1971	38	CLE	AL	P	53	0	65.3	4	9	0	1	1.000	1.79
Career Totals					386	0	517.6	34	102	1	8	.993	2.36
Career Highs					58	0	84.7	6	25	1	2	1.000	4.92

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
1962	29	SDP	NL	0	0	.000	2	0	0	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500
1963	30	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0.00	.233	.303	.233	.536
1964	31	SDP	NL	0	0	.000	2	0	0	0	0	1.7	3	4	2	1	0	21.69	.429	.500	1.286	1.786
1965	32	SDP	NL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	1	1	0	9.00	.556	.600	1.000	1.600
1967	34	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	5	0	0	0	0	7.3	6	1	0	2	3	1.23	.207	.258	.207	.465
Career Post-Season Pitching				1	1	.500	13	0	0	0	1	21.0	22	7	3	7	8	3.00	.278	.337	.405	.742

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
1963	30	SDP	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1967	34	SDP	NL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Post-Season Batting				8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.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.

Saves 1964-10-9 Games Pitched 1970-10-49 1971-7-53

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)

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History

Drafted in 4th round, 59th overall pick, by Oakland in 1955

Injured on 8/2/1956 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks

Traded from Oakland to Detroit on 3/3/1959 (Going to OAK: P Billy Pierce, C Hank Foiles. Going to DET: P Jack Spring)

Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1960 (Going to DET: RF Bob Hazle, 2B Billy Gardner, 3B Dick Williams, 3B Rocky Krsnich. Going to SDP: CF Richie Ashburn, P Jack Spring)

Injured on 6/24/1960 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days

Earned first career win on 4/13/1961

Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game

Had first career hit on 8/16/1963, off Arnold Earley (PIT)

10/23/1963: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $960,000 per year, for 3 years

10/13/1966: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $700,000 per year, for 3 years

Injured on 6/3/1968 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days

Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1969 (Going to CLE: P Jack Spring, P Ron Tompkins. Going to SDP: P Ted Sadowski)

9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $800,000 per year, for 3 years

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