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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 7	MIL	@	DET	L,3-10	GS	32	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
2	4	Apr 8	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
3	5	Apr 10	MIL		TEX	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
4	6	Apr 12	MIL		TEX	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
5	7	Apr 13	MIL		TEX	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
6	8	Apr 14	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
7	9	Apr 15	MIL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
8	10	Apr 16	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
9	11	Apr 17	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
10	12	Apr 18	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
11	15 (2)	Apr 22	MIL		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
12	18 (2)	Apr 25	MIL		MIN	W,10-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	19	Apr 26	MIL		MIN	W,12-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	25 (5)	May 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-2	GF	23	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
15	28 (2)	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
16	29	May 7	MIL		KCR	W,8-2	GF	17	4.0	1	4	0	5	0	PR 2B
17	30	May 9	MIL		CHW	L,1-10	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
18	32 (1)	May 12	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	5	0	7	0	3B
19	33	May 13	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	34	May 14	MIL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	35	May 15	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
22	37 (1)	May 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
23	38	May 18	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	42 (3)	May 23	MIL		OAK	W,9-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
25	43	May 24	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	GF	17	4.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
26	45 (1)	May 26	MIL		SEA	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
27	46	May 27	MIL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	47	May 28	MIL		SEA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
29	48	May 29	MIL		CAL	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	52 (3)	Jun 2	MIL		NYY	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
31	54 (1)	Jun 4	MIL		NYY	L,9-12	GS	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
32	58 (3)	Jun 8	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
33	59	Jun 9	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
34	61 (1)	Jun 11	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
35	62	Jun 13	MIL		TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
36	63	Jun 14	MIL		TOR	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
37	65 (1)	Jun 16	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-6	GF	12	3.0	0	3	0	3	1	PH SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	91 (25)	Jul 16	MIL	@	CHW	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
39	93 (1)	Jul 18	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
40	94	Jul 19	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
41	95	Jul 21	MIL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	96	Jul 22	MIL		MIN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
43	97	Jul 23	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
44	98	Jul 24	MIL		DET	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
45	99	Jul 25	MIL		DET	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
46	100	Jul 26	MIL		DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
47	101	Jul 27	MIL		DET	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
48	102	Jul 28	MIL	@	TEX	W,15-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
49	103	Jul 29	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
50	104	Jul 30	MIL	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
51	105	Jul 31	MIL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	106	Aug 1	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
53	107	Aug 2	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
54	108	Aug 4	MIL		CAL	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
55	109	Aug 5	MIL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
56	110	Aug 6	MIL		CAL	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
57	111	Aug 7 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	112	Aug 7 (2)	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
59	113	Aug 8	MIL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
60	114	Aug 9	MIL	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
61	116 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
62	117	Aug 11 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
63	118	Aug 12	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
64	119	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
65	120	Aug 14	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
66	121	Aug 15	MIL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	5	1	11	1	SS
67	122	Aug 16	MIL		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
68	123	Aug 17	MIL		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
69	124	Aug 18	MIL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
70	125	Aug 19	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	59	14.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
71	126	Aug 20	MIL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
72	127	Aug 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	128	Aug 22	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS	15	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	130 (1)	Aug 25	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
75	131	Aug 26	MIL	@	TOR	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
76	132	Aug 27	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
77	133	Aug 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
78	134	Aug 29	MIL		SEA	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
79	135	Aug 30	MIL		SEA	L,3-7	GS	18	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	136	Aug 31	MIL		SEA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	137	Sep 1	MIL		OAK	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
82	138	Sep 2	MIL		OAK	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
83	139	Sep 3	MIL		OAK	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
84	140	Sep 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
85	141	Sep 6	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
86	142	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
87	143	Sep 8	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
88	144	Sep 9	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
89	145	Sep 10	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
90	146	Sep 12	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
91	147	Sep 13	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
92	148	Sep 15	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
93	149	Sep 16	MIL		TEX	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
94	150	Sep 17	MIL		TEX	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
95	151	Sep 21 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	W,14-1	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
96	152	Sep 21 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
97	153	Sep 22	MIL		TOR	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
98	154	Sep 23	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
99	155	Sep 24	MIL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
100	156	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
101	157	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
102	158	Sep 27	MIL		BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
103	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
104	160	Sep 29	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	3	4	1	8	1	SS
105	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
106	162	Oct 1	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
							107gm		818.0	164	295	21	480	62