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.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	HOU		SFG	L,4-9	GF	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH 3B
2	2	Apr 1	HOU		SFG	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
3	6 (3)	Apr 5	HOU		COL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	7	Apr 6	HOU		COL	W,13-4	GS	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
5	11 (3)	Apr 10	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
6	12	Apr 11	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B 3B
7	14 (1)	Apr 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	16 (1)	Apr 16	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	18 (1)	Apr 18	HOU		MON	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
10	19	Apr 19	HOU		MON	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	20	Apr 21	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	21	Apr 22	HOU	@	NYM	L,7-10	GF	27	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
13	22	Apr 24	HOU	@	MON	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
14	23	Apr 25	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	25 (1)	Apr 27	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
16	27 (1)	Apr 29	HOU		NYM	W,6-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	30 (2)	May 3	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	31	May 5	HOU	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
19	33 (1)	May 8	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
20	36 (2)	May 11	HOU		FLA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
21	38 (1)	May 13	HOU		PIT	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
22	41 (2)	May 16	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
23	42	May 17	HOU		ATL	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
24	43	May 18	HOU		ATL	L,0-4	GS	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B SS
25	44	May 19	HOU	@	MON	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
26	45	May 20	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
27	46	May 21	HOU	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	47	May 22	HOU		SDP	L,6-9	GS	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 1B
29	48	May 23	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS 3B
30	49	May 24	HOU		SDP	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
31	50	May 25	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
32	51	May 26	HOU		LAD	W,13-2	GS	27	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	52	May 27	HOU		LAD	L,1-3	GS	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B 1B
34	53	May 29	HOU	@	COL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
35	55 (1)	May 31	HOU	@	COL	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	57 (1)	Jun 3	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	58	Jun 4	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	59	Jun 5	HOU		KCR	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
39	61 (1)	Jun 7	HOU		KCR	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B 2B
40	62	Jun 8	HOU	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	63	Jun 9	HOU	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	64	Jun 10	HOU	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	66 (1)	Jun 13	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
44	67	Jun 14	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	68	Jun 15	HOU	@	CIN	W,13-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	69	Jun 16	HOU		STL	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
47	70	Jun 17	HOU		STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	72 (1)	Jun 19	HOU		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	73	Jun 20	HOU		CIN	W,9-8	GS	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B 3B
50	74	Jun 21	HOU		CIN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	76 (1)	Jun 23	HOU		MIN	W,9-0	GS	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B 2B
52	77	Jun 24	HOU	@	COL	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
53	78	Jun 25	HOU	@	COL	L,5-6	GS	41	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	79	Jun 26	HOU	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	80	Jun 27	HOU	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
56	81	Jun 28	HOU	@	CLE	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
57	82	Jun 30	HOU		CHW	W,17-2	GS	19	5.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	85 (2)	Jul 3	HOU		ARI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	87 (1)	Jul 5	HOU		ARI	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
60	88	Jul 9	HOU	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
61	89	Jul 10	HOU	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
62	90	Jul 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
63	91	Jul 12	HOU	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B 3B
64	92	Jul 13	HOU	@	ARI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	94 (1)	Jul 15	HOU	@	ARI	L,8-9	CG	53	10.2	1	7	0	8	1	3B
66	96 (1)	Jul 18	HOU		SFG	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	97	Jul 19	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	GF	10	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
68	98	Jul 20	HOU		COL	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
69	99	Jul 21	HOU		COL	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
70	100	Jul 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	101	Jul 23	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
72	102	Jul 24	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
73	103	Jul 25	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
74	104	Jul 26	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	0	3	0	3	1	3B
75	105	Jul 27	HOU		FLA	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	107 (1)	Jul 29	HOU		FLA	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
77	108	Jul 30	HOU		FLA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	109	Jul 31	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	110	Aug 1	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	111	Aug 2	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
81	112	Aug 3	HOU	@	FLA	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
82	113	Aug 4	HOU	@	FLA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	115 (1)	Aug 7	HOU		PHI	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	116	Aug 8	HOU		PHI	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
85	117	Aug 9	HOU		PHI	W,11-2	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
86	119 (1)	Aug 11	HOU		MIL	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	124 (4)	Aug 16	HOU		CHC	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
88	125	Aug 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	126	Aug 18	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
90	127	Aug 19	HOU	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
91	128	Aug 20	HOU	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	18	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	129	Aug 21	HOU	@	MIL	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
93	130	Aug 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
94	131	Aug 23	HOU	@	CHC	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
95	132	Aug 24	HOU	@	CHC	W,12-3	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	133	Aug 25	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	134	Aug 26	HOU		ATL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	135	Aug 28	HOU		PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	136	Aug 29	HOU		PIT	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	137	Aug 30	HOU		PIT	W,11-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	138	Aug 31	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	139	Sep 1	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-6	GS	34	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	151 (11)	Sep 14	HOU		NYM	L,4-7	CG	52	13.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
104	152	Sep 15 (1)	HOU		NYM	W,6-5	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
105	160 (7)	Sep 25	HOU		CHC	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	161	Sep 26	HOU		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	162	Sep 27	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
							117gm		825.0	101	184	9	294	12