Dan Spillner
[edit] Biography
Born on November 27, 1951 in Casper, Wyoming, Dan Spillner (Daniel Ray Spillner) played for the San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 12 year career. Spillner broke into the bigs on May 21, 1974 with the San Diego Padres, and put up a 4.01 ERA in 148 innings pitched in 1974, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Dan Spillner's best season was 1982, when he posted a 2.49 ERA, won 12 games, notched 21 saves and struck out 90 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1974
| SD
| N
| 30
| 25
| 9
| 11
| 4.01
| 95
| 78
| 66
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 148
| 153
| 15
| 70
| 4
| 5
| 0
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| 37
| 25
| 5
| 13
| 4.27
| 104
| 93
| 79
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 166.2
| 194
| 14
| 63
| 7
| 6
| 2
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 32
| 14
| 2
| 11
| 5.06
| 57
| 70
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 106.2
| 120
| 11
| 55
| 8
| 2
| 0
|
| 1977
| SD
| N
| 76
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 3.73
| 74
| 61
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 123
| 130
| 12
| 60
| 13
| 5
| 1
|
| 1978
| SD
| N
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4.56
| 16
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25.2
| 32
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 3.67
| 48
| 26
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 56.1
| 54
| 2
| 21
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| 1978
| Total
|
| 53
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 3.95
| 64
| 41
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 82
| 86
| 4
| 28
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 49
| 13
| 9
| 5
| 4.62
| 97
| 82
| 81
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 157.2
| 153
| 16
| 64
| 4
| 5
| 3
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 30
| 16
| 11
| 5.28
| 100
| 122
| 114
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 194.1
| 225
| 23
| 74
| 2
| 10
| 3
|
| 1981
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 3.14
| 59
| 41
| 34
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 97.1
| 86
| 3
| 39
| 3
| 3
| 0
|
| 1982
| CLE
| A
| 65
| 0
| 12
| 10
| 2.49
| 90
| 44
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 133.2
| 117
| 9
| 45
| 7
| 5
| 0
|
| 1983
| CLE
| A
| 60
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 5.07
| 48
| 54
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 92.1
| 117
| 7
| 38
| 9
| 4
| 2
|
| 1984
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 5.65
| 23
| 36
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 51
| 70
| 3
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4.10
| 26
| 25
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 48.1
| 51
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1984
| TOT
| A
| 36
| 8
| 1
| 5
| 4.89
| 49
| 61
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 99.1
| 121
| 10
| 36
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1985
| CHI
| A
| 52
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 3.44
| 41
| 39
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 91.2
| 83
| 10
| 33
| 2
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 192
| 64
| 24
| 41
| 4.25
| 346
| 317
| 269
| 8
| 2
| 7
| 570
| 629
| 54
| 255
| 33
| 18
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 364
| 59
| 51
| 48
| 4.19
| 532
| 469
| 430
| 11
| 1
| 43
| 922.2
| 956
| 80
| 350
| 32
| 33
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 556
| 123
| 75
| 89
| 4.21
| 878
| 786
| 699
| 19
| 3
| 50
| 1492.2
| 1585
| 134
| 605
| 65
| 51
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1974
| SD
| N
| P
| 30
| 25
| 148
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 10
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| P
| 37
| 25
| 166.2
| 13
| 21
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 8
| 2
| .919
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| P
| 32
| 14
| 106.2
| 7
| 21
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| .903
|
| 1977
| SD
| N
| P
| 76
| 0
| 123
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 7
| 0
| .933
|
| 1978
| SD
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 25.2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 56.1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| Total
|
| P
| 53
| 0
| 82
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| P
| 49
| 13
| 157.2
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| P
| 34
| 30
| 194.1
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 13
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| CLE
| A
| P
| 32
| 5
| 97.1
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 1
| .957
|
| 1982
| CLE
| A
| P
| 65
| 0
| 133.2
| 6
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 5
| 0
| .929
|
| 1983
| CLE
| A
| P
| 60
| 0
| 92.1
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| .923
|
| 1984
| CLE
| A
| P
| 14
| 8
| 51
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CHI
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 48.1
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TOT
| A
| P
| 36
| 8
| 99.1
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| CHI
| A
| P
| 52
| 3
| 91.2
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 556
| 123
| 1492.2
| 81
| 157
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 8
| 108
| 65
| 5
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1974
| SD
| N
| 30
| 43
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .023
| .067
| .023
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 28
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| 37
| 45
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .264
| .156
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 25
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 33
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .040
| .143
| .040
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1977
| SD
| N
| 76
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .118
| .286
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| SD
| N
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| Total
|
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| CLE
| A
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| CLE
| A
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CHI
| A
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| CHI
| A
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 193
| 130
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .189
| .085
| 1
| 0
| 18
| 73
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 366
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 559
| 130
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .195
| .085
| 1
| 0
| 19
| 73
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dennis Kinney (June 14, 1978).
- Granted free agency (October 24, 1980).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 8, 1980).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for a player to be named later (June 21, 1984); Cleveland Indians received Jim Siwy (June 26, 1984).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
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