Bill Spiers

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: June 5, 1966 in Orangeburg, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (13th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: Wade Hampton Academy (Orangeburg, SC)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: April 7, 1989 (Age 22-306d, 15,584th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 8, 2001 (Age 34-307d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: William James Spiers

Pronunciation: \spires\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.2

3408

922

.271

477

RBI

388

OBP

.341

SLG

.370

OPS

.711

OPS+

Summary of 37 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
HOU	21
MIL	16

Platoon
vs RHP	34
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	13

Outs
0	18
1	10
2	9

19 Opps
COL	3
TEX	3
CIN	3
PIT	3
CHW	3
SFG	2
STL	2
OAK	2
CHC	2
DET	2
CLE	2
MON	2
TOR	2
ARI	1
CAL	1
ATL	1
BOS	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

35 Pitchers
Andy Benes	2
Francisco Córdova	2
Sergio Valdez	1
Chris Brock	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Dave Stieb	1
Jeff Shaw	1
Mel Rojas	1
Mark Portugal	1
Jeff Brantley	1
Dave Stewart	1
Sherman Corbett	1
Guillermo Mota	1
Tom Kramer	1
Jason Schmidt	1
Terry Adams	1
Brad Arnsberg	1
Rich DeLucia	1
Steve Woodard	1
Roger Clemens	1
Heathcliff Slocumb	1
Dennis Springer	1
Bobby Thigpen	1
Mike Dyer	1
Jeff Kaiser	1
Ramón García	1
Mark Leiter	1
Kevin Ritz	1
Kevin Brown	1
Alex Fernandez	1
Bobby Witt	1
Jamey Wright	1
Joe Slusarski	1
David Wells	1
John Smoltz	1

18 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	7
Astrodome (HOU)	5
Coors Fld (DEN)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	24
8	6
89	3
78	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	7
3	6
4	6
6	5
5	5
2	3
Unk	3
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
12-	4
-2-	4
123	3
1--	3
--3	1
1-3	1

64 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	21
1 on	8
2 on	5
3 on	3
Any on	16

Inning
1	1
2	5
3	2
4	5
5	5
6	2
7	5
8	6
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	8
4-6	12
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	6
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	5
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	16
Tied	8
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
3-2	6
1-2	4
Unk	3
1-1	3
2-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
1-0	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	17
SS	15
PH	3
2B	2

OrderPos
9th	14
2nd	5
1st	4
6th	4
7th	3
5th	3
8th	3
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-04-17	MIL	@	TEX	Brad Arnsberg	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	123	2,(0-1) FX	4	8	6	0.029	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Yount Scores; G. Braggs Scores; T. Francona Scores
2	2	2	1	1989-09-06	MIL	@	CAL	Sherman Corbett	ahead 6-1	t 8	2	---		1	2	6	0.009	99%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1989-09-17	MIL		TEX	Bobby Witt	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---		1	2	6	0.158	69%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1989-09-30	MIL	@	BOS	Roger Clemens	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.066	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1990-06-24	MIL		CLE	Sergio Valdez	behind 1-9	b 8	0	1--	6,(3-2) B1BBCC>X	2	1	6	0.005	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); E. Díaz Scores
6	6	2	1	1990-07-04	MIL		OAK	Dave Stewart	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	9	6	0.056	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1991-04-10	MIL	@	TEX	Kevin Brown	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	---	6,(3-2) BFBBSX	1	9	6	0.048	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Spiers Scores
8	8	2	1	1991-04-11	MIL	@	TOR	David Wells	behind 0-7	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	6	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores; B. Spiers Scores
9	9	3	1	1991-04-13	MIL	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-2-	6,(2-2) BFFBFX	2	9	6	0.139	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Gantner Scores; B. Spiers Scores
10	10	4	1	1991-07-12	MIL		CHW	Bobby Thigpen	behind 5-8	b 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	9	6	0.010	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Spiers Scores
11	11	5	1	1991-07-20	MIL	@	CHW	Ramón García	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	12-	3,(0-2) FFX	3	9	6	0.210	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Maldonado Scores; J. Gantner Scores; B. Spiers Scores
12	12	6	1	1991-08-24	MIL	@	OAK	Joe Slusarski	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	9	6	0.108	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Stubbs Scores; J. Gantner Scores; B. Spiers Scores
13	13	7	1	1991-09-20	MIL	@	DET	Mark Leiter	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	7,(3-2) BBBCSFX	1	9	6	0.114	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Spiers Scores
14	14	8	2	1991-09-20	MIL	@	DET	Jeff Kaiser	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	123	3,(1-1) CBX	4	9	6	0.250	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Vaughn Scores/unER; J. Gantner Scores/Team unER; J. Olander Scores/Team unER; B. Spiers Scores/Team unER
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1993-07-15	MIL		CHW	Alex Fernandez	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	9	4	0.140	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
16	16	2	1	1993-08-11	MIL		CLE	Tom Kramer	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) ...BBX	1	9	4	0.072	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1996-06-11	HOU	@	COL	Kevin Ritz	behind 2-5	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	9	PH	0.158	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Wilkins Scores
18	18	2	1	1996-06-16	HOU	@	SFG	Rich DeLucia	behind 6-7	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	9	5	0.249	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
19	19	3	1	1996-06-18	HOU		CIN	Jeff Brantley	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	6,(3-2) ..BBCCBX	1	6	5	0.440	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1996-07-29	HOU	@	CIN	Mark Portugal	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	PH	0.242	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	5	1	1996-08-08	HOU		MON	Mike Dyer	ahead 5-0	b 6	0	---		1	7	5	0.012	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	6	1	1996-08-22	HOU		PIT	Francisco Córdova	tied 4-4	b 7	2	---	5,(1-2) SBSFX	1	5	5	0.243	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Spiers Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1997-04-10	HOU	@	ATL	John Smoltz	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	5,(3-1) CB1B.BX	2	7	5	0.183	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Abreu Scores
24	24	2	1	1997-07-15	HOU	@	CHC	Mel Rojas	behind 2-3	t 9	1	12-	4,(0-2) ..CFFX	3	9	PH	0.630	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Mouton Scores; C. Biggio Scores
25	25	3	1	1997-09-09	HOU	@	COL	Jamey Wright	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	5,(1-2) CBFFX	3	5	5	0.220	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Bagwell Scores; D. Bell Scores
26	26	4	1	1997-09-18	HOU	@	PIT	Francisco Córdova	behind 0-4	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	5	0.055	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1998-05-29	HOU	@	COL	Pedro Astacio	ahead 4-0	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	1	4	5	0.050	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
28	28	2	1	1998-06-14	HOU	@	CIN	Jeff Shaw	ahead 4-3	t 10	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	2	5	0.113	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Biggio Scores
29	29	3	1	1998-08-22	HOU	@	CHC	Terry Adams	ahead 4-1	t 6	0	1-3	1,(0-0) 1X	3	7	5	0.052	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Alou Scores; C. Everett Scores
30	30	4	1	1998-08-29	HOU		PIT	Jason Schmidt	behind 0-2	b 5	0	-2-	4,(1-2) S.BLX	2	2	5	0.200	57%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball); C. Biggio Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1999-04-15	HOU	@	SFG	Chris Brock	behind 1-3	t 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BFBSX	1	6	5	0.114	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	2	1	1999-04-28	HOU		ARI	Andy Benes	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	6	5	0.120	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
33	33	3	1	1999-06-03	HOU	@	MIL	Steve Woodard	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	5	0.100	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	1999-08-21	HOU	@	FLA	Dennis Springer	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	5	0.123	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2000-05-20	HOU	@	MON	Guillermo Mota	behind 4-8	t 9	0	---	7,(3-2) CBSFBBX	1	8	6	0.022	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	2	1	2000-07-23	HOU		STL	Andy Benes	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	1	5	0.066	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Lugo Scores
37	37	3	2	2000-07-23	HOU		STL	Heathcliff Slocumb	ahead 9-6	b 7	1	123	5,(2-2) BSBFX	4	1	5	0.039	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Meluskey Scores; J. Lugo Scores; D. Ward Scores