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Branch Rickey League
5-19-2229
Cy Sperling Right Field
Retired (1970, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .225 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/L
OPS .650 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
H 968 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 02-08-1934
HR 144 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(27 games)
RBI 546
SB 41
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (98.8%) Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D+ (20.6%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Minors 19 62.00 3 / 6 9 / 11 3 / 5 13 / 14 6 / 8 9 / 10 8 / 8 51 / 62
1954 Minors 20 70.00 5 / 6 8 / 10 11 / 13 6 / 8 5 / 12 10 / 12 7 / 9 52 / 70
1955 Minors 21 64.00 1 / 7 9 / 15 3 / 8 6 / 11 1 / 11 5 / 9 0 / 3 25 / 64
1956 Minors 22 50.00 5 / 9 1 / 5 4 / 5 6 / 9 4 / 8 5 / 6 3 / 8 28 / 50
1957 Minors 23 56.00 2 / 4 3 / 9 3 / 6 4 / 10 1 / 8 5 / 14 1 / 5 19 / 56
1958 Minors 24 58.00 2 / 10 2 / 7 0 / 3 2 / 6 2 / 8 5 / 13 3 / 11 16 / 58
1959 Minors 25 14.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 3 3 / 14
1959 Majors 25 22.57 114 14 0 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 3 4 / 22
1960 Majors 26 66.72 157 149 5 1 / 7 0 / 10 5 / 12 0 / 12 0 / 8 3 / 10 0 / 7 9 / 66
1961 Majors 27 68.86 162 152 0 1 / 8 2 / 6 2 / 16 0 / 13 0 / 12 3 / 8 1 / 5 9 / 68
1962 Majors 28 62.58 162 135 0 1 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 13 0 / 13 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 7 2 / 62
1963 Majors 29 25.31 162 15 0 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 25
1964 Majors 30 20.28 162 8 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 20
1965 Majors 31 34.77 162 39 0 1 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 7 2 / 34
1966 Majors 32 16.90 70 21 23 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 16
1967 Majors 33 45.47 162 53 0 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 45
1968 Majors 34 64.66 162 152 0 -2 / 6 -5 / 13 -1 / 16 -5 / 5 -6 / 8 -1 / 9 -2 / 7 -22 / 64
1969 Majors 35 64.83 162 151 0 0 / 10 -1 / 12 -1 / 7 -3 / 5 -7 / 9 -4 / 12 -3 / 9 -19 / 64
1970 Majors 36 65.33 162 150 0 -4 / 10 -6 / 8 -3 / 6 -5 / 9 -10 / 11 -1 / 12 1 / 9 -28 / 65
Total 1799 1039 28 17 / 120 22 / 134 29 / 134 25 / 148 -1 / 139 41 / 140 19 / 110 152 / 925
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Cy Sperling has retired from the Texas Rangers
1967-05-20Trade #1646264 has been completed between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Prairie Princes. The Kansas City Prairie Princes receive Scott Wiles, Darcy Meyerle, Donnie Jarvis, Draft Pick 1970 Round 3 TEX (Joe Guinn) from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Ed Head, Cy Sperling, Draft Pick 1970 Round 1 KC (Joe Curtright).
1966-06-18Cy Sperling of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1960-09-09Cy Sperling of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1960-04-09The Kansas City Prairie Princes have renamed Cy Shirley to Cy Sperling.
1959-05-25Trade #1638307 has been completed between the Kansas City Prairie Princes and the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Sox receive Wayne Geiss from the Kansas City Prairie Princes in exchange for Bobby Harley, Cy Shirley, Draft Pick 1962 Round 1 CHA (Irv Lewis).