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Al Spangler
Albert Donald Spangler (Spanky)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School Duke University

Debut September 16, 1959
  vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 12, 1971
Born July 8, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA

Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 25 MLN NL   6   12    3    5   0  1   0    0   1  0   1   1  .417  .462  .583  187    7   1   0   0   0   0
 1960 26 MLN NL 101  105   26   28   5  2   0    6   6  2  14  17  .267  .355  .352  101   37   1   1   1   1   1
 1961 27 MLN NL  68   97   23   26   2  0   0    6   4  2  28   9  .268  .432  .289  102   28   0   0   2   0   0
 1962 28 HOU NL 129  418   51  119  10  9   5   35   7  6  70  46  .285  .389  .388  117  162   6   2   6   3   1
 1963 29 HOU NL 120  430   52  121  25  4   4   27   5  8  50  38  .281  .355  .386  120  166   5   4   5   1   5
 1964 30 HOU NL 135  449   51  110  18  5   4   38   7  8  41  43  .245  .311  .334   86  150   6   5   1   4   6
 1965 31 TOT     89  208   35   49   2  1   1    8   5  1  22  17  .236  .307  .269   69   56   0   1   2   0   1
         HOU NL  38  112   18   24   1  1   1    7   1  1  14   8  .214  .299  .268   67   30   0   1   2   0   1
         CAL AL  51   96   17   25   1  0   0    1   4  0   8   9  .260  .317  .271   72   26   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 32 CAL AL   6    9    2    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .667  .727  .667  310    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 33 CHC NL  62  130   18   33   7  0   0   13   2  2  23  17  .254  .361  .308   90   40   0   2   4   0   1
 1968 34 CHC NL  88  177   21   48   9  3   2   18   0  1  20  24  .271  .343  .390  114   69   2   3   2   1   4
 1969 35 CHC NL  82  213   23   45   8  1   4   23   0  2  21  16  .211  .284  .315   60   67   2   1   0   1   1
 1970 36 CHC NL  21   14    2    2   1  0   1    1   0  0   3   3  .143  .294  .429   83    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 37 CHC NL   5    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .400  117    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     912 2267  307  594  87 26  21  175  37 32 295 234  .262  .347  .351   99  796  23  19  23  11  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        403   55  106  15  5   4   31   7  6  52  42  .262  .347  .351   99  141   4   3   4   2   4
 Career High    135  449   52  121  25  9   5   38   7  8  70  46  .285  .389  .388  120  166   6   5   6   4   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 25 MLN NL   14    8    4  13.4    98| .417  .260| .462  .325| .583  .403|1.045  .728| 187  .875   1.4   0.1 100%
 1960 26 MLN NL  122   82   15   4.9    93| .267  .255| .355  .320| .352  .391| .707  .711| 101  .555   0.9   0.1  75%
 1961 27 MLN NL  125   73   15   5.5   100| .268  .263| .432  .328| .289  .409| .721  .737| 102  .574   2.8   0.3  66%
 1962 28 HOU NL  499  314   69   5.9    97| .285  .261| .389  .328| .388  .397| .777  .724| 117  .614  13.2   1.3  53%
 1963 29 HOU NL  490  331   60   4.9    84| .281  .247| .355  .308| .386  .370| .741  .678| 120  .600  13.2   1.4  38%
 1964 30 HOU NL  505  364   48   3.5    89| .245  .258| .311  .315| .334  .382| .645  .697|  86  .434  -6.8  -0.7  46%
 1965 31 TOT     231  162   20   3.3    88| .236  .248| .307  .314| .269  .377| .576  .691|  69  .407  -7.8  -0.9  83%
         HOU NL  127   91   10   3.0    87| .214  .249| .299  .311| .268  .376| .567  .687|  67  .353  -4.3  -0.5  50%
         CAL AL  104   71   10   3.8    89| .260  .247| .317  .317| .271  .379| .588  .696|  72  .472  -3.5  -0.4 100%
 1966 32 CAL AL   11    3    5  44.9    87| .667  .245| .727  .311| .667  .378|1.394  .689| 310  .989   2.8   0.3   0%
 1967 33 CHC NL  155  102   16   4.2    94| .254  .264| .361  .327| .308  .387| .669  .714|  90  .530  -0.2   0.0  50%
 1968 34 CHC NL  203  139   24   4.7    87| .271  .260| .343  .319| .390  .366| .733  .685| 114  .620   3.8   0.4   0%
 1969 35 CHC NL  238  174   20   3.1   105| .211  .274| .284  .346| .315  .406| .599  .752|  60  .365 -12.4  -1.3   0%
 1970 36 CHC NL   17   12    2   4.5   112| .143  .279| .294  .354| .429  .427| .723  .781|  83  .483  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1971 37 CHC NL    5    3    1   9.0   102| .400  .274| .400  .342| .400  .401| .800  .743| 117  .809   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     2615 1767  299   4.6    92| .262  .258| .347  .321| .351  .385| .698  .706|  99  .542  10.4   1.0  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1959 25 MLN NL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.90 2.28 2.20 2 23.7 CF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.23 1.23 2.62 2 22.0 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.60 15.88 2.12 0 1.7 1960 26 MLN NL OF 92 88 4 1 1 .989 .978 1.00 1.92 2.60 2.20 22 318.7 LF 90 86 2 1 1 .989 .975 0.98 1.55 2.51 1.99 22 315.7 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1961 27 MLN NL OF 44 56 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.32 1.86 2.32 2.16 19 225.3 LF 23 19 0 0 0 1.000 .974 0.83 1.50 2.27 1.88 3 75.3 CF 21 38 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.90 2.28 2.45 2.63 16 147.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1962 28 HOU NL OF 121 183 7 8 2 .960 .974 1.57 1.79 1.78 2.07 109 960.3 LF 92 137 5 5 2 .966 .968 1.54 1.37 1.78 1.82 82 718.0 CF 29 50 2 3 0 .945 .979 1.79 2.27 1.93 2.47 27 242.3 1963 29 HOU NL OF 113 215 5 3 1 .987 .977 1.95 1.75 2.04 2.01 110 970.0 LF 87 154 4 2 1 .988 .971 1.82 1.38 2.06 1.80 77 689.0 CF 32 60 1 1 1 .984 .982 1.91 2.09 2.18 2.37 31 252.3 RF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.60 0.94 1.82 2 28.7 1964 30 HOU NL OF 127 185 3 7 1 .964 .973 1.48 1.72 1.67 1.99 112 1013.0 LF 106 138 2 5 1 .966 .965 1.32 1.34 1.55 1.71 89 812.7 CF 25 51 1 2 1 .963 .977 2.08 2.10 2.34 2.35 23 200.3 1965 31 TOT OF 57 76 3 3 0 .963 .977 1.39 1.76 1.73 2.02 43 410.7 TOT LF 35 43 3 2 0 .958 .966 1.31 1.39 1.60 1.73 26 258.7 TOT CF 18 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 1.44 2.03 2.05 2.40 12 114.0 TOT RF 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.59 1.89 1.87 5 38.0 HOU NL OF 33 40 3 2 0 .956 .975 1.30 1.75 1.57 2.00 25 246.7 LF 31 39 3 2 0 .955 .966 1.35 1.38 1.56 1.72 25 242.7 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 CAL AL OF 24 36 0 1 0 .973 .978 1.50 1.78 1.98 2.04 18 164.0 CF 17 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 1.53 2.03 2.07 2.40 12 113.0 RF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.17 1.57 1.80 1.85 5 35.0 LF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.50 2.25 1.86 1 16.0 1966 32 CAL AL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 1.83 1.92 2 19.7 1967 33 CHC NL OF 41 71 0 1 0 .986 .977 1.73 1.81 2.07 2.03 33 308.0 RF 34 59 0 1 0 .983 .975 1.74 1.76 2.00 2.04 29 265.3 CF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.00 2.04 1.48 2.30 4 42.7 1968 34 CHC NL OF 48 71 2 2 1 .973 .975 1.52 1.82 1.85 2.02 39 354.7 RF 42 62 2 2 1 .970 .982 1.52 1.77 1.88 2.02 33 305.7 CF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 2.19 1.57 2.38 5 40.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.40 2.00 1.60 1 9.0 1969 35 CHC NL OF 58 75 1 4 0 .950 .973 1.31 1.75 1.54 2.02 52 445.3 RF 57 74 1 4 0 .949 .975 1.32 1.59 1.52 1.87 52 444.3 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1970 36 CHC NL OF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.78 3.00 2.04 0 15.0 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.37 5.40 1.80 0 5.0 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.67 1.80 1.98 0 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 25 MLN NL CF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.23 1.23 2.62 2 22.0 1960 26 MLN NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1961 27 MLN NL CF 21 38 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.90 2.28 2.45 2.63 16 147.0 1962 28 HOU NL CF 29 50 2 3 0 .945 .979 1.79 2.27 1.93 2.47 27 242.3 1963 29 HOU NL CF 32 60 1 1 1 .984 .982 1.91 2.09 2.18 2.37 31 252.3 1964 30 HOU NL CF 25 51 1 2 1 .963 .977 2.08 2.10 2.34 2.35 23 200.3 1965 31 TOT CF 18 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 1.44 2.03 2.05 2.40 12 114.0 HOU NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 CAL AL CF 17 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 1.53 2.03 2.07 2.40 12 113.0 1967 33 CHC NL CF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.00 2.04 1.48 2.30 4 42.7 1968 34 CHC NL CF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 2.19 1.57 2.38 5 40.0 1969 35 CHC NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1959 25 MLN NL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.60 15.88 2.12 0 1.7 1960 26 MLN NL LF 90 86 2 1 1 .989 .975 0.98 1.55 2.51 1.99 22 315.7 1961 27 MLN NL LF 23 19 0 0 0 1.000 .974 0.83 1.50 2.27 1.88 3 75.3 1962 28 HOU NL LF 92 137 5 5 2 .966 .968 1.54 1.37 1.78 1.82 82 718.0 1963 29 HOU NL LF 87 154 4 2 1 .988 .971 1.82 1.38 2.06 1.80 77 689.0 1964 30 HOU NL LF 106 138 2 5 1 .966 .965 1.32 1.34 1.55 1.71 89 812.7 1965 31 TOT LF 35 43 3 2 0 .958 .966 1.31 1.39 1.60 1.73 26 258.7 HOU NL LF 31 39 3 2 0 .955 .966 1.35 1.38 1.56 1.72 25 242.7 CAL AL LF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.50 2.25 1.86 1 16.0 1968 34 CHC NL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.40 2.00 1.60 1 9.0 1970 36 CHC NL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.37 5.40 1.80 0 5.0 1959 25 MLN NL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.90 2.28 2.20 2 23.7 1960 26 MLN NL OF 92 88 4 1 1 .989 .978 1.00 1.92 2.60 2.20 22 318.7 1961 27 MLN NL OF 44 56 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.32 1.86 2.32 2.16 19 225.3 1962 28 HOU NL OF 121 183 7 8 2 .960 .974 1.57 1.79 1.78 2.07 109 960.3 1963 29 HOU NL OF 113 215 5 3 1 .987 .977 1.95 1.75 2.04 2.01 110 970.0 1964 30 HOU NL OF 127 185 3 7 1 .964 .973 1.48 1.72 1.67 1.99 112 1013.0 1965 31 TOT OF 57 76 3 3 0 .963 .977 1.39 1.76 1.73 2.02 43 410.7 HOU NL OF 33 40 3 2 0 .956 .975 1.30 1.75 1.57 2.00 25 246.7 CAL AL OF 24 36 0 1 0 .973 .978 1.50 1.78 1.98 2.04 18 164.0 1966 32 CAL AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.83 1.37 2.10 2 19.7 1967 33 CHC NL OF 41 71 0 1 0 .986 .977 1.73 1.81 2.07 2.03 33 308.0 1968 34 CHC NL OF 48 71 2 2 1 .973 .975 1.52 1.82 1.85 2.02 39 354.7 1969 35 CHC NL OF 58 75 1 4 0 .950 .973 1.31 1.75 1.54 2.02 52 445.3 1970 36 CHC NL OF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.78 3.00 2.04 0 15.0 1960 26 MLN NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1961 27 MLN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1963 29 HOU NL RF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.60 0.94 1.82 2 28.7 1965 31 TOT RF 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.59 1.89 1.87 5 38.0 HOU NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 CAL AL RF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.17 1.57 1.80 1.85 5 35.0 1966 32 CAL AL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 1.83 1.92 2 19.7 1967 33 CHC NL RF 34 59 0 1 0 .983 .975 1.74 1.76 2.00 2.04 29 265.3 1968 34 CHC NL RF 42 62 2 2 1 .970 .982 1.52 1.77 1.88 2.02 33 305.7 1969 35 CHC NL RF 57 74 1 4 0 .949 .975 1.32 1.59 1.52 1.87 52 444.3 1970 36 CHC NL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.67 1.80 1.98 0 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 714 1034 27 29 6 .973 .975 1.49 1.79 1.89 2.04 543 5064.3 438 144 152# LF* 438 585 16 15 5 .976 .969 1.37 1.41 1.87 1.80 300 2885.0 RF* 152 213 3 7 1 .969 .977 1.42 1.68 1.74 1.95 123 1116.7 CF* 144 243 6 7 2 .973 .980 1.73 2.15 2.11 2.43 120 1062.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 714 1034 27 29 6 .973 .975 1.49 1.79 1.89 2.04 543 5064
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1962 NL-9-5

Bases on Balls
1962 NL-70-10

Caught Stealing
1964 NL-8-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1964 NL-10.4-9

Oldest Player
1971 NL-37-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 14, 1954: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1961 expansion draft.

June 1, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros to the California Angels for Don Lee.

April 1, 1966: Released by the California Angels.

May, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

February 13, 1967: Released by the California Angels.

February 16, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

March 24, 1970: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

June 29, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

September 9, 1970: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

August 30, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 16, 1971: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Albert Al Spanky Donny Donnie Donald alphonse allen allan alberto alan Spangler spanlger

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