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Ralph Kiner League
6-1-2064
Rod Spies Shortstop
Retired (1969, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .783 Status Deceased (2013) Option Years 0  
H 2362 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 06-12-1932
HR 362 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(99 games)
RBI 1310
SB 169
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity C+   Mentor vR
Speed B- Bunt B- Control B-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B (60.8%) CF (1.9%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 6
3B (90.7%) RF D+ (24.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1958 SS BOS 152 152 1377.1 746 271 473 2 98 +7 4.86 .997
1959 SS BOS 153 153 1344.2 741 296 442 3 110 +10 4.94 .996
1960 SS BOS 152 152 1363.1 773 298 470 5 130 +17 5.07 .994
1961 SS BOS 144 143 1241.0 672 260 409 3 87 +17 4.85 .996
3B BOS 1 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1962 SS BOS 129 129 1148.0 619 220 397 2 94 +4 4.84 .997
1963 SS BOS 73 73 643.2 384 115 269 0 42 +15 5.37 1.000
1B BOS 20 20 178.2 191 187 3 1 20 -2 9.57 .995
2B BOS 11 11 98.0 61 26 34 1 7 -1 5.51 .984
3B BOS 6 6 56.2 18 5 11 2 2 -1 2.54 .889
1964 SS BOS 55 55 487.0 254 108 144 2 33 +2 4.66 .992
3B BOS 45 45 406.2 129 29 99 1 10 0 2.83 .992
2B BOS 14 14 121.0 60 28 31 1 8 -4 4.39 .983
RF BOS 7 7 61.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1.48 1.000
1B BOS 4 4 36.0 39 38 1 0 3 0 9.75 1.000
LF BOS 2 2 17.0 7 6 0 1 0 0 3.18 .857
CF BOS 2 2 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 3.18 1.000
1965 3B BOS 111 108 975.1 310 71 236 3 13 +5 2.83 .990
SS BOS 2 2 18.0 7 3 4 0 2 0 3.50 1.000
1966 3B BOS 143 142 1301.1 400 108 291 1 10 +4 2.76 .998
1967 3B BOS 81 77 693.0 222 52 164 6 8 +6 2.81 .973
2B BOS 8 8 69.0 44 20 24 0 9 -1 5.74 1.000
SS BOS 5 5 45.0 28 7 20 1 3 0 5.40 .964
CF BOS 2 2 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
RF BOS 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1968 LF BOS 151 151 1357.1 333 330 1 2 1 0 2.19 .994
1969 LF BOS 34 28 261.0 62 62 0 0 0 0 2.14 1.000
3B BOS 17 16 141.1 42 9 33 0 0 -4 2.67 1.000
2B BOS 10 10 84.0 51 13 36 2 5 -2 5.25 .961
RF BOS 3 3 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.42 1.000
CF BOS 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
Pos Total SS 865 864 7668.0 4224 1578 2628 18 599 +72 4.94 .996
3B 404 395 3584.1 1121 274 834 13 43 +10 2.78 .988
LF 187 181 1635.1 402 398 1 3 1 0 2.20 .993
2B 43 43 372.0 216 87 125 4 29 -8 5.13 .981
1B 24 24 214.2 230 225 4 1 23 -2 9.60 .996
RF 11 11 96.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
CF 5 5 42.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.000
Total 1539 1523 13612.1 6219 2588 3592 39 695 +72 4.09 .994
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1969-11-01Rod Spies has retired from the Boston Scribes
1954-04-01The Boston Scribes have promoted Rod Spies to the major league team. The Boston Scribes have designated Butch Coolidge for assignment.
1953-04-01The Boston Scribes have promoted Oad Palmer to the major league team. The Boston Scribes have sent Rod Spies to the minors.
1952-07-25A trade has been completed between the Washington Writers and the Baltimore CSI. The Baltimore CSI receive Rod Spies, Greg Beazley from the Washington Writers in exchange for Mike Cenci.
1951-08-01A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Spartans. The Washington Spartans receive Juan Singleton, Bob Brown, Rod Spies from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Roy Fitzke, Alan Johns, Kevin Allen.
1950-04-01The Cincinnati Snappy Tomatoes have promoted William Hoffman to the major league team. The Cincinnati Snappy Tomatoes have sent Rod Spies to the minors.