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Name	Team	Age
Cy Sperling	Retired (1970, Age 36)	Died (2008, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 24 (1953)	RF	B/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Branch Rickey League	0	11 years (27 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	C	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	2/8/1934
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.8 %)	D+ (20.6 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1953

Minors

62.00

3 / 6

9 / 11

3 / 5

13 / 14

6 / 8

9 / 10

8 / 8

51 / 62

1954

Minors

70.00

5 / 6

8 / 10

11 / 13

6 / 8

5 / 12

10 / 12

7 / 9

52 / 70

1955

Minors

64.00

1 / 7

9 / 15

3 / 8

6 / 11

1 / 11

5 / 9

0 / 3

25 / 64

1956

Minors

50.00

5 / 9

1 / 5

4 / 5

6 / 9

4 / 8

5 / 6

3 / 8

28 / 50

1957

Minors

56.00

2 / 4

3 / 9

3 / 6

4 / 10

1 / 8

5 / 14

1 / 5

19 / 56

1958

Minors

58.00

2 / 10

2 / 7

0 / 3

2 / 6

2 / 8

5 / 13

3 / 11

16 / 58

1959

Minors

14.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 3

3 / 14

1959

Majors

22.57

114

14

0

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 5

1 / 2

0 / 3

4 / 22

1960

Majors

66.72

157

149

5

1 / 7

0 / 10

5 / 12

0 / 12

0 / 8

3 / 10

0 / 7

9 / 66

1961

Majors

68.86

162

152

0

1 / 8

2 / 6

2 / 16

0 / 13

0 / 12

3 / 8

1 / 5

9 / 68

1962

Majors

62.58

162

135

0

1 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 13

0 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 7

2 / 62

1963

Majors

25.31

162

15

0

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 25

1964

Majors

20.28

162

8

0

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 20

1965

Majors

34.77

162

39

0

1 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 7

2 / 34

1966

Majors

16.90

70

21

23

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 16

1967

Majors

45.47

162

53

0

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 45

1968

Majors

64.66

162

152

0

-2 / 6

-5 / 13

-1 / 16

-5 / 5

-6 / 8

-1 / 9

-2 / 7

-22 / 64

1969

Majors

64.83

162

151

0

0 / 10

-1 / 12

-1 / 7

-3 / 5

-7 / 9

-4 / 12

-3 / 9

-19 / 64

1970

Majors

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

Date	Transaction
1970-11-01	Cy Sperling has retired from the Texas Rangers
1967-05-20	Trade #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).
1966-06-18	Cy Sperling of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1960-09-09	Cy Sperling of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1960-04-09	The Kansas City Prairie Princes have renamed Cy Shirley to Cy Sperling.
1959-05-25	Trade #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).