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| Name | Team | Age |
| Spike Buster | Retired (2025, Age 34) | 57 |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 21 (2013) |
SP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Reggie Smith League | 0 | 10 years (28 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
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| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 11/3/1990 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year
|
Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | BS | IP | H | R | ER | HBP | BB | SO | WHIP | ERA |
| 2015 | CLE | 4 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 198.0 | 251 | 157 | 151 | 0 | 77 | 117 | 1.66 | 6.86 |
| 2016 | CLE | 8 | 23 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 253.0 | 314 | 183 | 173 | 4 | 88 | 165 | 1.59 | 6.15 |
| 2017 | CLE | 13 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213.2 | 238 | 128 | 120 | 2 | 67 | 131 | 1.43 | 5.05 |
| 2018 | CLE | 15 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 218.2 | 244 | 129 | 112 | 3 | 68 | 144 | 1.43 | 4.61 |
| 2019 | CLE | 15 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 192.2 | 184 | 85 | 75 | 1 | 44 | 137 | 1.18 | 3.50 |
| 2020 | CLE | 6 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 102.0 | 110 | 52 | 51 | 0 | 31 | 70 | 1.38 | 4.50 |
| 2021 | CLE | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 56 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 1.68 | 5.40 |
| 2022 | CLE | 9 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.2 | 72 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 46 | 1.22 | 3.50 |
| 2023 | CLE | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90.2 | 116 | 57 | 53 | 1 | 25 | 58 | 1.56 | 5.26 |
| 2024 | CLE | 11 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203.2 | 210 | 100 | 87 | 2 | 55 | 152 | 1.30 | 3.84 |
| 2025 | CLE-OAK-NYA | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 1.19 | 4.06 |
| 2048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 93 | 97 | 330 | 219 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1618.0 | 1824 | 963 | 889 | 13 | 493 | 1074 | 1.43 | 4.94 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2025-11-01 | Spike Buster has retired from the New York Dirty-Sox |
| 2025-10-23 | The New York Dirty-Sox have acquired Spike Buster from the waiver wire. |
| 2025-10-03 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have designated Spike Buster for assignment. The Oakland Farms Dairy have designated Sarge Cicero for assignment. |
| 2025-09-28 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have promoted Spike Buster to the major league team. The Oakland Farms Dairy have promoted Sarge Cicero to the major league team. |
| 2025-09-16 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have acquired Spike Buster from the waiver wire. |
| 2025-08-03 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have waived Spike Buster. |
| 2025-06-30 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have designated Spike Buster for assignment. |
| 2025-05-24 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have promoted Spike Buster to the major league team. |
| 2025-04-23 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have acquired Spike Buster from the waiver wire. |
| 2025-04-19 | The Cleveland Indians have waived Spike Buster. |
| 2025-04-15 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Sarge Cicero to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Spike Buster for assignment. |
| 2021-04-21 | The Cleveland Indians have removed Spike Buster from the trade block. |
| 2021-04-01 | The Cleveland Indians have placed Spike Buster on the trade block. |
| 2016-08-31 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Spike Buster to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Mal Miller to the minors. |
| 2016-08-30 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Ned Diaz to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Spike Buster to the minors. |
| 2015-10-03 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Spike Buster to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Abe Carlyle to the minors. The Cleveland Indians have sent Chris Gill to the minors. |
| 2015-09-07 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Abe Carlyle to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Spike Buster to the minors. |
| 2015-09-02 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Spike Buster to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Abe Carlyle to the minors. |
| 2015-08-26 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Abe Carlyle to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Spike Buster to the minors. |
| 2015-04-01 | The Cleveland Indians have renamed Spike Benitez to Spike Buster. |
| 2015-04-01 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Spike Benitez to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent John Decker to the minors. |
| 2015-04-01 | Trade #1263284 has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the Montreal Canadiens. The Montreal Canadiens receive Luke McIvor from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Spike Benitez. |
| 2014-06-15 | The Montreal Canadiens have placed Spike Benitez on the trade block. |