Karl Spooner

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: June 23, 1931 in Oriskany Falls, NY us

Died: April 10, 1984 in Vero Beach, FL

Buried: Crestlawn Cemetery, Vero Beach, FL

High School: Oriskany Falls HS (Oriskany Falls, NY)

Debut: September 22, 1954 (Age 23-091d, 11,184th in major league history)
vs. NYG 9.0 IP, 3 H, 15 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 17, 1955 (Age 24-086d)
vs. NYG 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Karl Benjamin Spooner

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1955 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

ERA

3.09

116.2

105

WHIP

1.140

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-14 / in Starts: 6-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 7

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	3	30	May 15(2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-11	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.1	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	15.43	4.08	13	6	4	2	0	0	30			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.219	4.16	-0.57%	-2.84	1b start tie	3b -23 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	4	49	Jun 5(2)	BRO		STL	W,10-6	GS-4		20	4.0	4	4	1	2	6	0	0	7.11	2.05	20	4	8	4	0	0	48			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	.94	-0.187	3.84	-0.46%	-1.89	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
3	5	55	Jun 12(1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-9	6-6		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.43	1.80	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.28	6t --- 1 out d8	6t 3 out d8
4	6	58	Jun 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.50	1.37	10	3	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	0.011	.16	0.02%	1.60	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
5	7	62	Jun 19	BRO	@	STL	W,7-4	5-GF	W(1-1)	3	4.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	1.55	18	4	13	5	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	0.240	3.78	0.39%	1.54	5b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 3
6	8	65	Jun 23	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-4	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.55	1.07	10	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.214	2.57	0.33%	1.52	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
7	9	67	Jun 25	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	0.98	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	0.089	9.14	0.14%	0.43	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
8	10	69	Jun 28	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS-7	W(2-1)	2	6.1	7	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.33	1.30	29	4	17	8	0	0	45			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.057	1.91	0.06%	0.76	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
9	11	71	Jun 30	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	8-9		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.08	1.42	6	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.131	1.91	0.14%	1.45	8t 1-- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	12	74	Jul 3(1)	BRO		PIT	L,5-7	GS-3		2	2.2	2	4	3	6	3	1	0	3.72	2.37	17	3	5	1	0	0	37			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.304	2.89	-0.37%	-3.21	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out a1
11	13	78	Jul 5	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6	L(2-2)	1	5.1	4	3	3	5	5	0	0	3.93	2.51	25	4	11	3	0	0	48			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.102	1.91	0.08%	1.08	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
12	14	83	Jul 9	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-10	GS-2	L(2-3)	3	2.0	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.46	3.03	10	2	6	1	0	0	36			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.197	1.36	-0.15%	-1.97	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
13	15	85	Jul 14	BRO		STL	L,1-6	8-GF		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.46	3.10	10	4	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.007	.09	-0.01%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
14	16	90	Jul 18	BRO		CIN	L,5-9	GS-5	L(2-4)	3	4.1	7	5	4	1	3	1	0	4.85	3.26	23	8	11	3	0	0	33			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	2	.69	-0.266	.67	-0.16%	-3.30	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
15	17	95	Jul 23	BRO		MLN	L,6-11	GS-6		4	5.1	8	3	3	0	3	1	1	4.88	3.37	25	7	14	5	0	0	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.132	.90	-0.07%	-0.77	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
16	18	101	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.83	3.50	25	9	11	1	0	0	51			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.057	.58	-0.03%	0.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	19	104	Aug 1	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-3	8-9	W(3-4)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.66	3.42	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.240	1.01	0.09%	0.98	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
18	20	107	Aug 4	BRO	@	MLN	W,11-10	5-7		2	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.68	3.39	6	0	6	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.055	.26	0.01%	0.78	5b -2- 2 out d3	7b 1-- 1 out a1
19	21	112	Aug 10	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	5-GF(7)	W(4-4)	5	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.48	3.28	9	4	3	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.227	.21	0.02%	1.32	5t 123 0 out a3	7t end a 1
20	22	114	Aug 14(2)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	13-GF(13)	W(5-4)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	3.23	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.143	.05	0.00%	0.53	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
21	23	115	Aug 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4.26	3.30	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.039	.02	0.00%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
22	24	117	Aug 18	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-5	GS-4		1	3.1	2	4	2	3	3	1	0	4.32	3.49	16	3	7	1	0	0	44			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.090	.06	-0.01%	-2.37	1b start a 3	4b -23 1 out a5
23	25	124	Aug 25(2)	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	8-9	L(5-5)	6	1.1	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.50	3.57	8	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.77	0.030	.28	0.00%	0.12	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
24	26	127	Aug 28	BRO		STL	W,6-1	CG	W(6-5)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	9	1	1	4.09	3.44	34	9	14	3	0	0	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.400	.30	0.08%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	27	132	Sep 2	BRO		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.66	3.40	33	10	16	2	0	0	78			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.592	.02	0.01%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	28	138	Sep 8	BRO	@	MLN	W,10-2	4-GF	W(8-5)	5	5.2	0	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.44	3.21	19	1	7	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.171	.00	0.00%	3.61	4b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 8
27	29	143	Sep 11(2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	3.18	2	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.66	8b -2- 2 out d2	8b end d 3
28	30	144	Sep 13	BRO	@	STL	L,2-8	GS-4	L(8-6)	1	3.1	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.68	3.12	16	6	5	4	0	1	34			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-2.18	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d2
29	31	148	Sep 17	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	GS-4		3	3.1	4	4	1	1	1	1	0	3.65	3.24	17	8	7	2	0	0	42			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-2.83	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out tie
							15-14		W-L:8-6,Sv:2	2.9	98.2	79	50	40	41	78	8	5	3.65	3.24	420	0.59		18%	0%	1	46	11	36%	6	0	0	368	12	3	1	5	2	9	1.02	0.709	1.19	-0.43%	3.56

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