#11 Otis "O" Spofford, Starting Pitcher, 25 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox
Wednesday, 7/16/1952 |
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| Otis Spofford
O
6/9/1927
25
Carmel, CA
5"11
165
Starting Pitcher
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Average
Great Leader
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
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Normal
Prone
4.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1952 (Automatic)
2 Year(s), 41 Days (385 total Days)
107 Day(s)
2 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93-96 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Versus RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talent | 6 | 9 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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10
48
3
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Fastball
Changeup
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .975 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 6 (Range), .962 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 6/6 | @WSH | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/10 | @SLA | L 4-5 | * | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6/15 | NYA | L 1-3 | * | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | L | | | | |
| 6/19 | SLA | W 1-0 | * | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/23 | WSH | W 6-5 | * | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | W | | | | |
| 6/28 | CHA | L 2-7 | * | 8.2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
| 7/2 | @CLE | W 3-1 | * | 8.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 7/6 | @CHA | L 1-3 | * | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | L | | | | |
| 7/11 | @WSH | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
| 7/15 | @NYA | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | L | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3.04 | 163.0 | 152 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 57 | 11 | 52.4 | 3 | 13 | 61.9 |
| Projected | 35 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3.04 | 269.0 | 252 | 111 | 91 | 70 | 94 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.56 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 150 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .351 | .387 | .738 |
| vs. RHB | 467 | 110 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 52 | 24 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 | .268 | .283 | .551 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 73.1 | 68 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 26 |
| Road | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.81 | 89.2 | 84 | 38 | 28 | 18 | 31 |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 25.0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| May | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 44.0 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 16 |
| June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.65 | 61.2 | 64 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 19 |
| July | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.51 | 32.1 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 14 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1950 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4.33 | 178.2 | 216 | 92 | 86 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 1.46 | .310 | BSN NY1 |
| 1951 | 35 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3.69 | 268.1 | 264 | 123 | 110 | 21 | 71 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 1.25 | .258 | NY1 BOS,AL |
| 1952 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3.04 | 163.0 | 152 | 67 | 55 | 2 | 42 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 1.19 | .269 | BOS,AL |
| Total | 78 | 78 | 42 | 22 | 0 | 3.70 | 610.0 | 632 | 282 | 251 | 35 | 158 | 157 | 35 | 8 | 1.30 | .277 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1950, A | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 26.2 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | .190 |
| 1950, AA | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.13 | 42.1 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1.02 | .256 |
| 1950, AAA | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 | 30.1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1.15 | .231 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1950 | 22 | 67 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .290 | .343 | .633 | BSN NY1 |
| 1951 | 35 | 109 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .193 | .254 | .220 | .474 | NY1 BOS,AL |
| 1952 | 21 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .231 | .302 | .532 | BOS,AL |
| Total | 78 | 239 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 3 | .218 | .258 | .276 | .534 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 21 | 21 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1.000 | 163.0 | 2.26 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1950...
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1950...
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (N) on 5/16/1950 (Going to BSN: P Garvey Edgecomb, P Theo Kingsford. Going to NY1: P Otis Spofford)...
Had first career hit on 6/16/1950, off Joseph Davola (CHN)...
Earned first career win on 6/16/1950...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1950, winning 2 games with a 3.12 ERA...
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1950, off Chet Chevalier (PHI)...
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 1/30/1951 (Going to BOS: P Otis Spofford. Going to NY1: 3B Tommy McGuire, 2B Kurt Montrose, P Michael Crichton, P Chet Boyd)...
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Wins
1951 - 21 - 7th
| SHO
1951 - 4 - 6th
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