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Spiropoulos
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 3, 1909 in Branson, MO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD 1936   
All-Star Selections 1940    1942    1943   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1931 22 AAA   4 5 .444 13 13 2 0 0 77.7 75 45 8 68 27 5.22 .260 .402 .410 .811  
    AA   5 7 .417 15 15 5 2 0 115.0 89 29 8 74 55 2.27 .214 .333 .310 .643  
1932 23 AAA   2 3 .400 7 7 0 0 0 40.7 44 32 5 50 15 7.08 .275 .448 .413 .860  
    AA   13 7 .650 22 22 5 2 0 168.7 118 47 7 89 83 2.51 .192 .294 .264 .558  
1933 24 AA   10 13 .435 25 25 6 1 0 190.3 163 69 6 98 83 3.26 .236 .331 .311 .642  
1934 25 AAA   4 4 .500 8 8 1 0 0 55.3 53 22 2 38 31 3.58 .249 .363 .347 .710  
    AA   10 7 .588 19 19 4 0 0 149.3 115 45 3 73 87 2.71 .215 .310 .300 .609  
1935 26 CHN NL 0 0 .000 2 1 0 0 0 1.7 6 1 0 2 0 5.29 .545 .615 .727 1.343 0.0
  PHA AL 4 5 .444 15 10 5 0 0 86.3 95 60 1 58 45 6.26 .284 .392 .377 .769 1.4
  TOT   4 5 .444 17 11 5 0 0 88.0 101 61 1 60 45 6.24 .293 .399 .388 .787 1.4
1936 27 PHA AL 23 10 .697 40 40 24 6 0 340.0 292 118 9 151 219 3.12 .233 .319 .341 .660 33.5
1937 28 PHA AL 22 15 .595 40 40 28 5 0 337.3 301 131 13 147 206 3.50 .239 .319 .338 .656 28.4
1938 29 PHA AL 18 15 .545 41 41 20 6 0 335.7 253 120 7 195 241 3.22 .209 .321 .289 .611 28.6
1939 30 PHA AL 21 17 .553 40 40 30 1 0 329.7 305 159 10 174 218 4.34 .244 .339 .341 .679 19.7
1940 31 PHA AL 24 7 .774 33 33 28 6 0 281.3 181 65 6 139 208 2.08 .185 .286 .244 .530 33.1
1941 32 PHA AL 24 13 .649 40 40 21 4 0 319.3 234 102 4 196 207 2.88 .207 .326 .275 .601 29.9
1942 33 PHA AL 24 12 .667 39 39 31 7 0 339.3 239 82 9 150 243 2.18 .195 .284 .262 .546 29.0
1943 34 PHA AL 16 17 .485 39 39 24 3 0 319.3 278 137 16 144 193 3.86 .236 .321 .339 .660 17.3
1944 35 PHA AL 18 17 .514 38 38 25 0 0 311.0 276 122 11 147 180 3.53 .237 .323 .318 .642 19.9
1945 36 PHA AL 9 15 .375 33 28 12 3 0 207.0 200 103 12 115 134 4.48 .255 .346 .356 .702 7.6
1946 37 PHA AL 6 15 .286 30 30 0 0 0 173.7 170 112 18 138 109 5.80 .258 .385 .389 .774 0.1
12 Years Sim 209 158 .569 430 419 248 41 0 3381.6 2830 1312 116 1756 2203 3.49 .228 .324 .317 .641 248.5
3 Years AAA 10 12 .455 28 28 3 0 0 173.7 172 99 15 156 73 5.13 .260 .401 .390 .792  
4 Years AA 38 34 .528 81 81 20 5 0 623.3 485 190 24 334 308 2.74 .215 .316 .295 .612  
7 Years Minors 48 46 .511 109 109 23 5 0 797.0 657 289 39 490 381 3.26 .225 .337 .317 .654  
Season Average 17 13 .567 35 34 20 3 0 281.8 235 109 9 146 183 3.49 .228 .324 .317 .641  
Career Highs 24 17 .774 41 41 31 7 0 340.0 305 159 18 196 243 6.24 .293 .399 .389 .787  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1717 782 80 1211 1209   .232 .340 .320 .660
vs LH   1113 529 36 545 994   .221 .298 .312 .610
Home 104 72 .591 203 200 117 22 0 1642.6 1341 627 47 851 1066 3.44 .223 .319 .305 .624
Away 105 86 .550 227 219 131 19 0 1739.0 1489 684 69 905 1137 3.54 .232 .327 .328 .655
Mar/Apr 17 19 .472 44 43 25 2 0 336.6 302 133 12 185 241 3.56 .240 .337 .329 .666
May 39 28 .582 78 78 48 10 0 636.3 510 239 25 331 385 3.38 .220 .318 .317 .635
June 37 32 .536 79 78 49 5 0 645.0 489 238 20 350 430 3.32 .209 .312 .295 .607
July 35 33 .515 79 78 46 9 0 622.0 519 268 32 341 433 3.88 .227 .327 .327 .654
August 39 20 .661 70 67 40 6 0 544.0 457 190 16 262 362 3.14 .230 .319 .320 .639
Sep/Oct 42 26 .618 80 75 40 9 0 597.6 553 243 11 287 352 3.66 .247 .333 .319 .651
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1935 26 CHN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  PHA AL 15 30 6 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 .167 .161 .300 .461 1.3 0.0
  TOT   17 31 6 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 .161 .156 .290 .447 1.2 0.0
1936 27 PHA AL 40 118 7 11 7 0 0 14 0 0 6 20 .093 .135 .153 .287 -0.4 0.0
1937 28 PHA AL 40 119 5 15 8 1 0 7 1 1 5 20 .126 .160 .210 .370 2.3 0.0
1938 29 PHA AL 41 115 8 11 7 0 0 7 0 0 9 30 .096 .161 .157 .318 -0.9 0.0
1939 30 PHA AL 40 116 12 12 9 0 0 6 0 1 9 20 .103 .163 .181 .344 2.1 0.0
1940 31 PHA AL 33 104 4 8 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 26 .077 .094 .135 .229 -2.6 0.0
1941 32 PHA AL 40 113 8 10 2 2 0 6 0 0 4 24 .088 .120 .142 .261 -1.8 0.0
1942 33 PHA AL 39 121 6 11 7 0 0 12 0 0 9 28 .091 .153 .149 .301 0.7 0.0
1943 34 PHA AL 39 107 7 8 4 1 0 5 0 0 10 24 .075 .158 .131 .289 1.0 0.0
1944 35 PHA AL 38 109 5 8 7 0 0 7 0 0 6 27 .073 .122 .138 .259 -1.7 0.0
1945 36 PHA AL 33 67 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 15 .045 .135 .075 .210 -1.2 0.0
1946 37 PHA AL 30 61 4 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 19 .098 .154 .164 .318 -0.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 430 1181 75 108 65 5 0 77 1 2 71 260 .091 .142 .155 .297 -1.7 0.0
162 Game Average 444 28 40 24 1 0 29 0 0 26 97 .091 .142 .155 .297 -0.6  
Career Highs 41 121 12 15 9 2 0 14 1 1 10 30 .161 .163 .290 .447 2.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   736 42 60 38 1 0 48 1 1 49 160 .082 .138 .136 .273 -9.5
vs LH   444 33 48 27 4 0 29 0 1 22 100 .108 .151 .187 .338 1.2
Home 203 549 42 53 33 2 0 34 1 1 25 128 .097 .136 .164 .300 -4.4
Away 227 631 33 55 32 3 0 43 0 1 46 132 .087 .148 .147 .295 -3.8
RISP   314 0 36 21 1 0 68 0 0 17 71 .115 .157 .188 .345 2.3
Close/Late   107 7 16 10 1 0 12 0 0 10 21 .150 .220 .262 .482 5.4
Mar/Apr 43 123 5 13 9 0 0 8 0 1 8 23 .106 .160 .179 .339 0.3
May 78 208 17 25 16 2 0 19 0 0 10 37 .120 .158 .216 .375 2.9
June 79 226 17 15 10 2 0 9 0 0 13 63 .066 .116 .128 .245 -5.1
July 79 220 12 18 10 0 0 11 1 0 12 45 .082 .133 .127 .260 -3.9
August 69 196 12 20 12 0 0 16 0 1 17 45 .102 .172 .163 .335 1.2
Sep/Oct 80 207 12 17 8 1 0 14 0 0 11 47 .082 .126 .130 .257 -3.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1935 26 CHN NL P 2 1 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  PHA AL P 15 10 86.3 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.04    
  TOT   P 17 11 88.0 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.02    
1936 27 PHA AL P 40 40 340.0 13 44 1 4 .983 1.51    
1937 28 PHA AL P 40 40 337.3 24 46 2 4 .972 1.87    
1938 29 PHA AL P 41 41 335.7 17 40 0 3 1.000 1.53    
1939 30 PHA AL P 40 40 329.7 17 33 0 3 1.000 1.37    
1940 31 PHA AL P 33 33 281.3 14 32 1 2 .979 1.47    
1941 32 PHA AL P 40 40 319.3 13 38 3 1 .944 1.44    
1942 33 PHA AL P 39 39 339.3 13 40 3 3 .946 1.41    
1943 34 PHA AL P 39 39 319.3 20 30 0 1 1.000 1.41    
1944 35 PHA AL P 38 38 311.0 23 34 0 1 1.000 1.65    
1945 36 PHA AL P 33 28 207.0 10 27 2 2 .949 1.61    
1946 37 PHA AL P 30 30 173.7 8 18 2 3 .929 1.35    
Career Totals   430 419 3381.6 177 387 14 27 .976 1.50    
Career Highs   41 41 340.0 24 46 3 4 1.000 1.87    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1940 31 PHA AL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 23.0 16 12 1 16 21 4.70 .203 .337 .291 .628
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 23.0 16 12 1 16 21 4.70 .203 .337 .291 .628
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 31 PHA AL 3 10 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .300 .364 .500 .864
Career Post-Season Batting 3 10 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .300 .364 .500 .864
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1936-2-3.12
1937-4-3.50
1938-6-3.22
1940-1-2.08
1941-3-2.87
1942-1-2.18
ERA+
1936-2-148
1937-4-130
1938-6-145
1940-1-221
1942-1-171
Wins
1936-4-23
1937-4-22
1938-8-18
1939-6-21
1940-4-24
1941-3-24
1942-3-24
1943-10-16
1944-9-18
Losses
1939-8-17
1943-4-17
1944-7-17
1945-7-15
1946-10-15
Winning Pct
1936-3-.697
1937-10-.595
1940-1-.774
1941-4-.649
1942-4-.667
Games Pitched
1936-10-40
1937-10-40
1938-9-41
1939-6-40
1941-9-40
1942-9-39
1943-10-39
Games Started
1936-2-40
1937-5-40
1938-1-41
1939-3-40
1941-4-40
1942-4-39
1943-3-39
1944-4-38
Complete Games
1936-5-24
1937-4-28
1939-3-30
1940-7-28
1942-3-31
1943-6-24
1944-6-25
Shutouts
1936-1-6
1937-1-5
1938-1-6
1939-8-1
1940-1-6
1941-2-4
1942-1-7
1943-4-3
1945-3-3
Innings Pitched
1936-2-340.0
1937-4-337.3
1938-4-335.7
1939-7-329.7
1941-8-319.3
1942-2-339.3
1943-5-319.3
1944-8-311.0
Hits Allowed
1943-7-278
Homeruns Allowed
1943-8-16
1946-8-18
Strikeouts
1936-1-219
1937-2-206
1938-1-241
1939-1-218
1940-4-208
1941-3-207
1942-2-243
1943-4-193
1944-4-180
Walks Allowed
1936-2-151
1937-1-147
1938-1-195
1939-2-174
1940-5-139
1941-2-196
1942-4-150
1943-4-144
1944-2-147
1945-8-115
1946-6-138
Hits per 9IP
1936-1-7.7
1937-1-8.0
1938-1-6.8
1939-6-8.3
1940-1-5.8
1941-1-6.6
1942-1-6.3
1943-10-7.8
1944-9-8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
1936-2-5.8
1937-2-5.5
1938-1-6.5
1939-2-6.0
1940-1-6.7
1941-4-5.8
1942-2-6.4
1943-4-5.4
1944-4-5.2
1945-5-5.8
1946-5-5.6
Strikeout to Walk Ratio
1942-7-1.6
WHiP
1936-10-1.30
1940-3-1.14
1942-7-1.15
OAVG
1936-1-.233
1937-1-.239
1938-1-.209
1939-6-.244
1940-1-.185
1941-1-.207
1942-1-.195
1944-8-.237
OOBP
1936-10-.319
1937-10-.319
1940-3-.286
1942-4-.284
OSLG
1936-4-.341
1937-1-.338
1938-1-.289
1939-4-.341
1940-1-.244
1941-1-.275
1942-1-.262
1944-6-.318
OOPS
1936-6-.660
1937-3-.656
1938-3-.611
1939-7-.679
1940-1-.530
1941-3-.601
1942-1-.546
DICE
1936-7-3.49
1937-8-3.63
1938-7-3.66
1940-5-3.29
1942-5-3.27
BABIP
1936-7-0.277
1937-5-0.277
1938-1-0.255
1940-1-0.229
1941-1-0.25
1942-1-0.237
Win Shares
1936-1-34
1937-3-28.5
1938-5-28.6
1940-4-32.7
1941-3-30.2
1942-3-29
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 45    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 61)
   Gray Ink Test: 213    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 276)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 76    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 117)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1931
Traded from Chicago (N) to Philadelphia (A) on 6/16/1935 (Going to CHN: P Buddy Crow, C Bob Petrillose. Going to PHA: P Hi Spiropoulos)
Had first career hit on 6/16/1935, off Brewster Jennings (WSH)
Earned first career win on 6/20/1935
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1936, going 5-1, 2.03
Won PITCHER OF THE YEAR in 1936, going 23-10, 3.12 ERA