Spud Chandler

Full Name: Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/181	First Game: May 6, 1937
Birthdate: September 12, 1907	Final Game: September 26, 1947
Birthplace: Commerce, Georgia	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: January 9, 1990
Deathplace: South Pasadena, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 12, 1907 in Commerce, Georgia, Spud Chandler (Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler) played for the New York Yankees for his entire 11 year career. Chandler broke into the bigs on May 6, 1937 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.84 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Spud Chandler's best season was 1943, when he posted a 1.64 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 134 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1937	NY	A	12	10	7	4	2.84	31	31	26	6	2	0	82.1	79	8	20	1	1
1938	NY	A	23	23	14	5	4.03	36	86	77	14	2	0	172	183	7	47	0	2
1939	NY	A	11	0	3	0	2.84	4	7	6	0	0	0	19	26	0	9	1	0
1940	NY	A	27	24	8	7	4.60	56	100	88	6	1	0	172	184	12	60	1	6
1941	NY	A	28	20	10	4	3.19	60	68	58	11	4	4	163.2	146	5	60	3	0
1942	NY	A	24	24	16	5	2.38	74	64	53	17	3	0	200.2	176	13	74	4	4
1943	NY	A	30	30	20	4	1.64	134	62	46	20	5	0	253	197	5	54	3	4
1944	NY	A	1	1	0	0	4.50	1	3	3	0	0	0	6	6	1	1	1	1
1945	NY	A	4	4	2	1	4.65	12	16	16	2	1	0	31	30	2	7	1	0
1946	NY	A	34	32	20	8	2.10	138	71	60	20	6	2	257.1	200	7	90	3	1
1947	NY	A	17	16	9	5	2.46	68	41	35	13	2	0	128	100	4	41	2	0
Total			211	184	109	43	2.84	614	549	468	109	26	6	1485	1327	64	463	20	19

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1937	NY	A	P	12	9	23	0	1	1.000
1938	NY	A	P	23	18	50	0	3	1.000
1939	NY	A	P	11	1	7	0	0	1.000
1940	NY	A	P	27	4	50	2	3	.964
1941	NY	A	P	28	15	42	1	1	.983
1942	NY	A	P	24	25	46	2	8	.973
1943	NY	A	P	30	10	63	3	4	.961
1944	NY	A	P	1	0	3	0	0	1.000
1945	NY	A	P	4	5	5	0	0	1.000
1946	NY	A	P	34	13	60	1	7	.986
1947	NY	A	P	17	6	36	1	1	.977
Total			P	211	106	385	10	28	.980

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1937	NY	A	12	30	2	4	0	6	.133	.161	.133	0	0	1	7	0	5	0
1938	NY	A	23	69	10	14	3	4	.203	.214	.348	1	0	1	23	0	3	0
1939	NY	A	11	5	2	2	0	1	.400	.500	.600	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
1940	NY	A	27	60	5	9	2	7	.150	.215	.267	1	0	4	31	1	4	0
1941	NY	A	28	60	4	11	0	4	.183	.197	.183	0	0	1	18	0	3	0
1942	NY	A	24	71	6	15	0	5	.211	.291	.239	2	0	8	14	0	6	0
1943	NY	A	30	97	9	25	2	7	.258	.287	.371	5	0	1	22	3	3	4
1944	NY	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1945	NY	A	4	12	1	4	0	4	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1946	NY	A	34	94	9	14	0	3	.149	.167	.245	5	2	2	27	0	5	3
1947	NY	A	17	49	5	12	2	4	.245	.260	.429	3	0	1	10	0	3	2
Total			211	548	53	110	9	45	.201	.234	.290	18	2	20	154	4	33	9

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Released by New York Yankees (April 12, 1948).

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