#61 John Spalding, Shortstop, 37 yrs, Hickory Huskers

#61 John Spalding, Shortstop, 37 yrs, Hickory Huskers
Thursday, 10/17/2009

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John Spalding

6/27/1972
37
USA
6"2
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Shortstop
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Big League Contract
$ 3,500,000
2009
16 Year(s), 38 Days (2790 total Days)
172 Day(s)
17 Year(s), 101 Days (3025 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	27	35	3	47	60
Versus LHP	35	42	1	54	55
Versus RHP	23	32	1	44	62
Talent	3	4	1	6	7

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Fielding Ratings
2B : 5 (Range), .960 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 7 (Range), .940 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 10 (Range), .976 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 8
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/24	@HOU	W 7-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	#8
9/25	@HOU	W 9-3	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	#8
9/26	BRK	L 6-11	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	#8
9/27	BRK	W 8-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
9/28	@SAS	L 2-4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	#8
9/30	SEA	L 3-9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
10/1	@SEA	L 0-5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#8
10/2	SEA	L 2-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/4	SAS	W 10-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	#8
10/5	@DEN	W 8-1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8

Batting Stats 2009

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	129	354	62	9	2	0	29	39	41	63	.175	.265	.212	.477	.439	.037
Projected	129	354	62	9	2	0	29	39	41	63	.175	.265	.212	.477	.439	.037

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	96	410	4	1	0	8	6	5	75	11	13	3	81.3	24.1	2.1

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	106	23	5	0	0	11	17	11	18	2	2	1	.217	.287	.264	.551
vs. RHP	248	39	4	2	0	18	22	30	45	3	4	3	.157	.254	.190	.443
Close/Late	39	8	2	0	0	4	6	5	5	0	0	0	.205	.295	.256	.552
Scoring Position	86	15	3	0	0	28	0	12	16	5	1	1	.174	.267	.209	.476
Pinch Hitting	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	68	184	30	6	1	0	13	16	19	40	.163	.244	.207	.451
Road	61	170	32	3	1	0	16	23	22	23	.188	.279	.218	.496
March/April	18	24	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	.000	.036	.000	.036
May	10	15	4	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	.267	.353	.333	.686
June	21	45	12	1	0	0	4	7	10	10	.267	.393	.289	.682
July	22	63	8	1	1	0	2	5	7	19	.127	.208	.175	.383
August	27	92	14	2	1	0	6	8	12	14	.152	.262	.196	.457
Sept/Oct	31	115	24	4	0	0	13	15	9	14	.209	.269	.243	.513

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2002	108	148	44	8	5	5	29	19	16	0	0	19	6	1	.297	.366	.520	.886	SEA
2003	128	189	40	8	1	0	16	24	23	0	0	35	3	0	.212	.297	.265	.562	SEA
2004	141	467	106	24	3	1	25	57	40	0	0	83	33	3	.227	.288	.298	.586	AUS VIR
2005	99	185	47	12	0	3	15	35	16	0	0	36	12	0	.254	.313	.368	.681	RIV
2006	123	302	71	16	2	4	25	43	39	0	0	29	12	0	.235	.323	.341	.664	RIV
2007	155	493	115	28	6	5	52	53	68	3	3	78	29	3	.233	.328	.345	.673	MIC
2008	97	181	35	5	3	0	20	30	29	2	1	24	12	4	.193	.310	.254	.564	RIV
2009	129	354	62	9	2	0	29	39	41	4	5	63	13	3	.175	.265	.212	.477	RIV HIK
Total	980	2319	520	110	22	18	211	300	272	9	9	367	120	14	.224	.307	.314	.621

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2008	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250
Total	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250

Fielding Stats 2009

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	88	81	149	233	47	392	10	.974	730.2	4.83
Third Base	23	10	9	25	4	35	1	.971	109.0	2.89
Shortstop	8	5	7	24	4	31	0	1.000	55.0	5.07

Player History

Drafted in 37th round, 295th overall pick, by Seattle in 2002... Had first career hit on 4/11/2002, off Joe Daye (BRK)... Hit first career homerun on 4/21/2002, off Arron Saez (BRK)... Traded from Au
stin to Virginia on 7/29/2004 (Going to AUS: 1B P. Peralta, SS H. Dupre, P L. Miller, P A. Cruz, P R. Lagasse. Going to VIR: P E. Delamora, SS J. Spalding, P V. Mcjunkin)...
Signed as a free agent by River Cities on 2/20/2005 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year...
Signed as a free agent by Michigan on 2/5/2007 to a 1-year deal worth $2,250,000 per year...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 2007...
Signed as a free agent by River Cities on 2/4/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year...
Won Cecil Cup with River Cities in 2008...
Traded from River Cities to Hickory on 6/24/2009 (Going to HIK: P Morris Spellman, P Alberto Carballo, CF Gary Giles, SS John Spalding. Going to RIV: CF Alan Callahan, 2B Eduardo Diaz, 2B Robert Qu
inones)...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Triples
2007 - 6 - 4th

BB
2007 - 68 - 10th

SB
2004 - 33 - 5th
2007 - 29 - 7th

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