Jack Spring
[edit] Biography
Born on March 11, 1933 in Spokane, Washington, Jack Spring (Jack Russell Spring) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 8 year career. Spring broke into the bigs on April 16, 1955 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.02 ERA in 65 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Spring's best season was 1962, when he posted a 4.02 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.75
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.2
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14.14
| 1
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 1
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| 18
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 4.26
| 27
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 35
| 4
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 3
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 57
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 4.02
| 31
| 32
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 65
| 66
| 7
| 30
| 10
| 2
| 2
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| 45
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3.05
| 13
| 18
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 38.1
| 40
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| STL
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2.70
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.00
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| Total
|
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4.38
| 1
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.1
| 15
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1964
| TOT
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.00
| 1
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1965
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3.74
| 9
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.2
| 21
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.40
| 3
| 16
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.2
| 14
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 144
| 5
| 12
| 4
| 4.18
| 83
| 90
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 174.1
| 181
| 18
| 74
| 17
| 3
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 155
| 5
| 12
| 5
| 4.26
| 86
| 106
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 186
| 195
| 21
| 78
| 18
| 4
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1957
| BOS
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1958
| WAS
| A
| P
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| P
| 18
| 4
| 38
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .889
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| P
| 57
| 0
| 65
| 4
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| .909
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 38.1
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| STL
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .000
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1964
| Total
|
| P
| 15
| 0
| 12.1
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .800
|
| 1964
| TOT
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1965
| CLE
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 21.2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 155
| 5
| 183.1
| 9
| 39
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 0
| .923
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| 18
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .111
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 57
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| 45
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| STL
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| Total
|
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| TOT
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 144
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .143
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 155
| 28
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .107
| .138
| .107
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 3, 1956).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Bud Byerly (June 24, 1958); Jack Spring returned to Boston Red Sox (July 11, 1958); Boston Red Sox sent Joe Albanese (July 11, 1958) to complete trade. Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Stu Locklin (@July 20, 1958).
- Sold by Los Angeles Angels to Chicago Cubs (May 15, 1964).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Lou Brock and Paul Toth to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ernie Broglio, Bobby Shantz and Doug Clemens (June 15, 1964).
- Sold by California Angels to Cleveland Indians (June 14, 1965).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Categories