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Bill Spiers

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1985-2001 (1989-2001)

Proper Name

William James Spiers

Positions

SS (676) ... 3B (445) ... 2B (176) ... LF (33) ... 1B (23) ... RF (20) ... CF (11) ... DH (11) ... OF (10)

Height / Weight

6-2 / 190

Bats / Throws

Left / Right

Birthdate

June 5,1966 Age: 59.165

Place

Orangeburg, South Carolina

High School

Wade Hampton (Varnville,SC)

Colleges

Clemson University (Clemson,SC)

Drafted/Signed

1987-1-13-Milwaukee Brewers

Signing Bonus

$ 150,000

MLB Debut

Contract Info

1998-1999 ($3.2m)

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

spieb001

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Uncle of Glenn Batson ... Uncle of Carson Spiers ... Also played for the Clemson football team as punter [1987] 1st Round Draft Pick (#13 overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers [1998] Inducted into the Clemson Athletics Hall of Fame

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Prospect Rankings

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year

source

type

team

rank

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1988

Baseball America

Team

Milwaukee Brewers

7

1989

Baseball America

Team

Milwaukee Brewers

3

2 record(s)

Batting Statistics

CSV

year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1985	Clemson	ACC	NCAA-1			19	SS-3B		47	171	31	65	10	1	0	22	9	1	15	19	0	0	0	0	0	77	186	11	54	.380	.430	.450	.880	.205	.070	.000	8.06	10.22	1.27	0.00
1986	Clemson	ACC	NCAA-1			20	SS-3B		62	258	73	83	11	5	12	53	35	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	28	55	.322	.000	.543	.543	.000	.221	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	21.50
1987	Clemson	ACC	NCAA-1			21	SS-3B		64	252	65	73	13	11	5	44	16	2	31	26	0	0	0	0	0	123	283	29	44	.290	.367	.488	.855	.377	.198	.000	10.95	9.19	0.84	50.40
1987	Helena Brewers	Pio	Rk	MIL	-	21	SS-3B		6	22	4	9	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	25	1	8	.409	.480	.455	.935	.273	.046	.474	12.00	12.00	1.00	0.00
1987	Beloit Brewers	Midw	A	MIL	-	21	SS	102	64	258	43	77	10	1	3	26	11	5	15	38	3	2	0	0	0	98	278	14	63	.298	.344	.380	.724	.163	.082	.341	5.40	13.67	2.53	86.00
1988	Stockton Ports	Calif	A+	MIL	-	22	SS	105	84	353	68	95	17	3	5	52	27	7	42	41	5	7	2	1	0	133	409	25	70	.269	.353	.377	.730	.283	.108	.291	10.27	10.02	0.98	70.60
1988	El Paso Diablos	Tex	AA	MIL	-	22	SS	102	47	168	22	47	5	2	3	21	4	4	15	20	2	0	1	0	0	65	186	10	37	.280	.344	.387	.731	.196	.107	.301	8.06	10.75	1.33	56.00
1989	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	MIL	-	23	SS		14	47	9	17	2	1	2	8	1	0	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	27	53	5	12	.362	.423	.574	.997	.340	.212	.385	9.43	11.32	1.20	23.50
1989	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	MIL	6	23	SS	93	114	345	44	88	9	3	4	33	10	2	21	63	1	4	2	1	2	115	373	16	72	.255	.298	.333	.631	.162	.078	.300	5.63	16.89	3.00	86.25
1990	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	MIL	-	24	SS		11	38	6	12	0	0	1	7	1	1	10	8	0	0	1	0	0	15	49	1	11	.316	.449	.395	.844	.342	.079	.367	20.41	16.33	0.80	38.00
1990	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	MIL	6	24	SS	84	112	363	44	88	15	3	2	36	11	6	16	45	1	6	3	0	12	115	389	20	68	.242	.274	.317	.591	.132	.075	.270	4.11	11.57	2.81	181.50
1991	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	MIL	6,9	25	SS	104	133	414	71	117	13	6	8	54	14	8	34	55	2	10	4	0	9	166	464	27	90	.283	.337	.401	.738	.215	.118	.307	7.33	11.85	1.62	51.75
1992	Beloit Brewers	Midw	A	MIL	-	26	SS		16	55	9	13	3	0	0	7	4	0	7	7	0	0	1	0	0	16	63	3	10	.236	.317	.291	.608	.255	.055	.265	11.11	11.11	1.00	0.00
1992	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	MIL	9	26	SS-2B		12	16	2	5	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	18	2	3	.313	.353	.438	.791	.188	.125	.417	5.56	22.22	4.00	0.00
1993	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	MIL	9	27	2B	83	113	340	43	81	8	4	2	36	9	8	29	51	4	9	4	2	11	103	386	14	67	.238	.302	.303	.605	.153	.065	.271	7.51	13.21	1.76	170.00
1994	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	MIL	9	28	SS-3B	86	73	214	27	54	10	1	0	17	7	1	19	42	1	3	0	1	5	66	237	11	43	.252	.316	.308	.624	.173	.056	.314	8.02	17.72	2.21	0.00
1995	Norfolk Tides	IL	AAA	NYN	-	29	2B-3B		12	41	4	9	2	0	0	4	0	1	8	6	0	1	1	0	4	11	51	2	7	.220	.340	.268	.608	.220	.048	.250	15.69	11.76	0.75	0.00
1995	New York Mets	NL	MLB	NYN	19	29	3B-2B		63	72	5	15	2	1	0	11	0	1	12	15	0	1	2	1	0	19	87	3	12	.208	.314	.264	.578	.208	.056	.254	13.79	17.24	1.25	0.00
1996	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	28	30	3B	94	122	218	27	55	10	1	6	26	7	0	20	34	2	1	1	4	3	85	242	17	38	.252	.320	.390	.710	.261	.138	.274	8.26	14.05	1.70	36.33
1997	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	28	31	3B	121	132	291	51	93	27	4	4	48	10	5	61	42	1	1	1	6	4	140	355	35	58	.320	.438	.481	.919	.388	.161	.362	17.18	11.83	0.69	72.75
1998	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	28	32	3B	102	123	384	66	105	27	4	4	43	11	2	45	62	5	1	2	0	9	152	437	35	70	.273	.356	.396	.752	.263	.123	.316	10.30	14.19	1.38	96.00
1999	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	28	33	3B	98	127	393	56	113	18	5	4	39	10	5	47	45	0	3	1	2	10	153	444	27	86	.288	.363	.389	.752	.234	.101	.316	10.59	10.14	0.96	98.25
2000	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	28	34	3B-SS	101	124	355	41	107	17	3	3	43	7	4	49	38	1	2	2	3	8	139	409	23	84	.301	.386	.392	.778	.237	.091	.329	11.98	9.29	0.78	118.33
2001	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	28	35	SS-3B		4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	.333	.000	.333	25.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (13 yrs)		MLB						1252	3408	477	922	158	35	37	388	97	43	355	496	18	42	22	21	73	1261	3845	230	692	.271	.341	.370	.711	.219	.099	.305	9.23	12.90	1.40	92.11
Tot:	AL (6 yrs)		AL						557	1692	231	433	57	17	16	178	52	26	120	260	9	33	13	4	39	572	1867	90	343	.256	.306	.338	.644	.168	.082	.292	6.43	13.93	2.17	105.75
Tot:	NL (7 yrs)		NL						695	1716	246	489	101	18	21	210	45	17	235	236	9	9	9	17	34	689	1978	140	349	.285	.372	.402	.774	.270	.117	.319	11.88	11.93	1.00	81.71
Tot:	Minors (6 yrs)		Minors						254	982	165	279	40	7	14	128	50	18	105	129	10	11	6	1	4	375	1114	61	218	.284	.357	.382	.739	.237	.098	.314	9.43	11.58	1.23	70.14
Tot:	Rk (1 yrs)		Rk						6	22	4	9	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	25	1	8	.409	.480	.455	.935	.273	.045	.474	12.00	12.00	1.00
Tot:	A (2 yrs)		A						80	313	52	90	13	1	3	33	15	5	22	45	3	2	1	0	0	114	341	17	73	.288	.339	.364	.703	.179	.077	.327	6.45	13.20	2.05	104.33
Tot:	A+ (1 yrs)		A+						84	353	68	95	17	3	5	52	27	7	42	41	5	7	2	1	0	133	409	25	70	.269	.353	.377	.730	.283	.108	.291	10.27	10.02	0.98	70.60
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA						47	168	22	47	5	2	3	21	4	4	15	20	2	0	1	0	0	65	186	10	37	.280	.344	.387	.731	.196	.107	.301	8.06	10.75	1.33	56.00
Tot:	AAA (3 yrs)		AAA						37	126	19	38	4	1	3	19	2	2	23	20	0	2	2	0	4	53	153	8	30	.302	.404	.421	.825	.302	.119	.333	15.03	13.07	0.87	42.00
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College						173	681	169	221	34	17	17	119	60	8	46	45	0	0	0	0	0	340	469	68	153	.325	.367	.499	.867	.319	.175	.330	9.81	9.59	0.98	40.06

Other Batting Statistics

CSV

year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1997	Houston Astros	Division Series	Playoffs	31	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	.091	.000	.000	8.33	16.67	2.00	0.00
1998	Houston Astros	Division Series	Playoffs	32	4	14	2	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	15	3	1	.286	.333	.500	.833	.286	.214	.364	6.67	20.00	3.00	0.00
1999	Houston Astros	Division Series	Playoffs	33	4	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.546	.091	.000	.300	0.00	9.09	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (3 Yrs)		Playoffs		11	36	3	7	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	38	3	4	.194	.237	.278	.515	.167	.083	.233	5.26	15.79	3.00

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