Al Spangler

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: July 8, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA us

High School: Olney HS (Philadelphia, PA)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: September 16, 1959 (Age 26-070d, 11,694th in major league history)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 12, 1971 (Age 38-066d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: Albert Donald Spangler

Nicknames: Spanky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.3

2267

594

.262

307

RBI

175

OBP

.347

SLG

.351

OPS

.698

OPS+

100

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1954	20	MLN-min	B,A	53	218	191	32	54	9	5	1	20	9		20	22	.283	.354	.398	.752		76		1	6	0			EVN,JCK · IIIL,SALL
1955	21	MLN-min	A	129	587	488	99	140	16	10	5	36	12		87	46	.287	.392	.391	.783		191		0	8	4			JCK · SALL
1956			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1957			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1958	24	MLN-min	AAA	138	587	500	85	146	25	4	3	35	5		63	78	.292	.376	.376	.752		188		7	13	4	6		WCH · AA
1959	25	MLN-min	AAA	149	644	562	100	167	23	12	7	50	17		71	52	.297	.378	.418	.796		235		4	4	3	6		LOU · AA
1959	25	MLN	NL	6	14	12	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.417	.462	.583	1.045	188	7	0	0	1	0	0	/H87
1960	26	MLN	NL	101	122	105	26	28	5	2	0	6	6	2	14	17	.267	.355	.352	.708	102	37	1	1	1	1	1	7H/89
1961	27	MLN	NL	68	125	97	23	26	2	0	0	6	4	2	28	9	.268	.432	.289	.721	104	28	0	0	0	0	2	H78/9
1962	28	HOU	NL	129	500	418	51	119	10	9	5	35	7	6	70	46	.285	.389	.388	.777	117	162	1	3	6	2	6	*78H
1963	29	HOU	NL	120	490	430	52	121	25	4	4	27	5	8	50	38	.281	.355	.386	.741	120	166	5	1	5	4	5	*78H/9
1964	30	HOU	NL	135	505	449	51	110	18	5	4	38	7	8	41	43	.245	.311	.334	.645	87	150	6	4	6	5	1	*78H
1965	31	TOT	MLB	89	231	208	35	49	2	1	1	8	5	1	22	17	.236	.307	.269	.577	69	56	1	0	0	1	2	H78/9
1965	31	HOU	NL	38	127	112	18	24	1	1	1	7	1	1	14	8	.214	.299	.268	.567	67	30	1	0	0	1	2	7/H89
1965	31	CAL	AL	51	104	96	17	25	1	0	0	1	4	0	8	9	.260	.317	.271	.588	72	26	0	0	0	0	0	H8/97
1966	32	CAL-min	AAA	127	484	425	59	124	17	6	7	48	6	5	52	35	.292	.369	.409	.778		174		2	1	4			SLE · PCL
1966	32	CAL	AL	6	11	9	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.667	.727	.667	1.394	310	6	0	0	0	0	0	/H9
1967	33	CHC-min	AAA	54	207	184	45	60	8	4	6	23	2	3	21	16	.326	.393	.511	.904		94		0	1	1			TAC · PCL
1967	33	CHC	NL	62	155	130	18	33	7	0	0	13	2	2	23	17	.254	.361	.308	.669	90	40	1	0	0	2	4	9H/8
1968	34	CHC	NL	88	203	177	21	48	9	3	2	18	0	1	20	24	.271	.343	.390	.733	114	69	4	1	2	3	2	H9/87
1969	35	CHC	NL	82	238	213	23	45	8	1	4	23	0	2	21	16	.211	.284	.315	.598	60	67	1	1	2	1	0	9H/8
1970	36	CHC-min	AAA	26	44	35	4	11	3	2	0	5	0	0	8	5	.314	.432	.514	.946		18		0	0	1			TAC · PCL
1970	36	CHC	NL	21	17	14	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	.143	.294	.429	.723	83	6	0	0	0	0	0	H/79
1971	37	CHC	NL	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	117	2	0	0	0	0	0	/H
13 Yrs				912	2616	2267	307	594	87	26	21	175	37	32	295	234	.262	.347	.351	.698	100	796	20	11	23	19	23
162 Game Avg.				162	465	403	55	106	15	5	4	31	7	6	52	42	.262	.347	.351	.698	100	141	4	2	4	3	4

CHC (5 yrs)				258	618	539	64	130	25	4	7	55	2	5	67	61	.241	.324	.341	.665	85	184	6	2	4	6	6
HOU (4 yrs)				422	1622	1409	172	374	54	19	14	107	20	23	175	135	.265	.347	.361	.708	104	508	13	8	17	12	14
MLN (3 yrs)				175	261	214	52	59	7	3	0	12	11	4	43	27	.276	.398	.336	.734	108	72	1	1	2	1	3
CAL (2 yrs)				57	115	105	19	31	1	0	0	1	4	0	10	11	.295	.357	.305	.661	93	32	0	0	0	0	0

NL (12 yrs)				855	2501	2162	288	563	86	26	21	174	33	32	285	223	.260	.347	.353	.700	100	764	20	11	23	19	23
AL (2 yrs)				57	115	105	19	31	1	0	0	1	4	0	10	11	.295	.357	.305	.661	93	32	0	0	0	0	0

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