Rob Sperring
[edit] Biography
Rob Sperring (Robert Walter Sperring) was born on October 10, 1949 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on August 11, 1974 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .208 with 1 home run and 9 RBI. Sperring played for the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros over the course of his 4 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1974
| CHI
| N
| 42
| 107
| 9
| 22
| 1
| 5
| .206
| .267
| .262
| 3
| 0
| 9
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1975
| CHI
| N
| 65
| 144
| 25
| 30
| 1
| 9
| .208
| .288
| .271
| 4
| 1
| 16
| 31
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1976
| CHI
| N
| 43
| 93
| 8
| 24
| 0
| 7
| .258
| .320
| .290
| 3
| 0
| 9
| 25
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| 58
| 129
| 6
| 24
| 1
| 9
| .186
| .254
| .233
| 3
| 0
| 12
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 208
| 473
| 48
| 100
| 3
| 30
| .211
| .281
| .262
| 13
| 1
| 46
| 107
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 6
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1974
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 35
| 27
| 238.2
| 55
| 85
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1974
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 8
| 5
| 54
| 9
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1975
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 17
| 11
| 105
| 22
| 32
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1975
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 5
| 5
| 38
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1975
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 15
| 10
| 90
| 27
| 40
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1975
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 23
| 15
| 153.2
| 10
| 43
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1975
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 8
| 5
| 42
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1976
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 20
| 15
| 141.1
| 10
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1976
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 3
| 1
| 24
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 16
| 5
| 70.1
| 11
| 23
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 3
| 1
| 24
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 2
| 25
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| 2B
| 19
| 17
| 141.2
| 34
| 56
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| 3B
| 11
| 2
| 45
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| SS
| 24
| 12
| 125.1
| 18
| 29
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 54
| 32
| 340
| 25
| 67
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 5
| 5
| 38
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 6
| 1
| 28
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 63
| 32
| 339.2
| 65
| 108
| 13
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 75
| 57
| 510.1
| 118
| 179
| 11
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 11
| 6
| 66
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1971 - signed June 16, 1971).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Bill Madlock to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bobby Murcer, Steve Ontiveros and Andy Muhlstock (February 11, 1977).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Willie Crawford to Houston Astros in exchange for Rob Andrews and cash (March 26, 1977).
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