Given Name: Spurgeon Ferdinand
Born: 9/12/1907 in Commerce, GA USA
Died: 1/9/1990 in South Pasadena, FL USA
Attended University of Georgia 1929-1932
First Game: Thursday May 6, 1937
Last Game: Friday September 26, 1947
Awards:
1942 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P5)
1943 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P1)
1943 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P1)
1943 - Most Valuable Player - AL
1943 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1943 - TSN Guide MVP - AL
1943 - TSN Major League Player of the Year - ML
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1937 | NYA | 12 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .295 |
1938 | NYA | 23 | 69 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .203 | .214 | .348 | .562 |
1939 | NYA | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 |
1940 | NYA | 27 | 60 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .150 | .215 | .267 | .482 |
1941 | NYA | 28 | 60 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .183 | .197 | .183 | .380 |
1942 | NYA | 24 | 71 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .211 | .291 | .239 | .531 |
1943 | NYA | 30 | 97 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .258 | .287 | .371 | .658 |
1944 | NYA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1945 | NYA | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
1946 | NYA | 34 | 94 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .149 | .167 | .245 | .411 |
1947 | NYA | 17 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .245 | .260 | .429 | .689 |
Career | 211 | 548 | 53 | 110 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 159 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 154 | .201 | .234 | .290 | .524 | |
Max | 34 | 97 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 |
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
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1941 | WS | NYA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
1942 | WS | NYA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1943 | WS | NYA | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1937 | NYA | 7 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 82.1 | 79 | 31 | 26 | 2.84 | 1.20 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 336 | 0 |
1938 | NYA | 14 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 183 | 86 | 77 | 4.03 | 1.34 | 7 | 47 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 737 | 0 |
1939 | NYA | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 2.84 | 1.84 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 5 |
1940 | NYA | 8 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 172.0 | 184 | 100 | 88 | 4.60 | 1.42 | 12 | 60 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 741 | 2 |
1941 | NYA | 10 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 163.2 | 146 | 68 | 58 | 3.19 | 1.26 | 5 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 682 | 5 |
1942 | NYA | 16 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 200.2 | 176 | 64 | 53 | 2.38 | 1.25 | 13 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 829 | 0 |
1943 | NYA | 20 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 253.0 | 197 | 62 | 46 | 1.64 | 0.99 | 5 | 54 | 134 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 989 | 0 |
1944 | NYA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4.50 | 1.17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
1945 | NYA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 4.65 | 1.19 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 0 |
1946 | NYA | 20 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 257.1 | 200 | 71 | 60 | 2.10 | 1.13 | 7 | 90 | 138 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1028 | 2 |
1947 | NYA | 9 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 128.0 | 100 | 41 | 35 | 2.46 | 1.10 | 4 | 41 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 519 | 0 |
Career | 109 | 43 | 211 | 184 | 109 | 26 | 6 | 1485.0 | 1327 | 549 | 468 | 0.00 | 1.21 | 64 | 463 | 614 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 6102 | 14 | |
'Best' | 20 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 257.1 | 200 | 100 | 88 | 1.64 | 0.99 | 13 | 90 | 138 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1028 | 5 |
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | |
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1941 | WS | NYA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3.60 | 1.20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
1942 | WS | NYA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.08 | 0.72 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
1943 | WS | NYA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 1.11 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 |
1947 | WS | NYA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 | 2.50 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33.1 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1.62 | 1.11 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 1 |
Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
1937 | NYA | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1938 | NYA | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1939 | NYA | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NYA | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
1941 | NYA | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1942 | NYA | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
1943 | NYA | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
1944 | NYA | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | NYA | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NYA | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 60 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
1947 | NYA | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Career | P | 211 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 | 385 | 10 | 28 | 0 |