Al Spangler

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb

BornJuly 8, 1933 · Philadelphia, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 16, 1959

Final gameSeptember 12, 1971

Seasons13 (1959–1971)

Milwaukee Braves 1959–1961; Houston Colt .45's 1962–1964; California Angels 1965; Houston Astros 1965; California Angels 1966; Chicago Cubs 1967–1971

Percentile snapshot

1964 season — qualified batters

135

5.3

505

2.1

449

5.3

6.4

110

3.2

25.5

55.3

7.4

RBI

9.6

92.6

64.9

8.5

.245

14.9

OBP

.311

19.1

SLG

.334

13.8

OPS

.645

13.8

wRC+

90.4

25.5

OPS+

87.9

21.3

wOBA

.299

18.1

sWAR

0.6

9.6

of 95 qualified 1964 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

6.9

82.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1959	6	14	12	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	.417	.462	.583	1.045	195.1	189.1	.465	0.2
1960	101	122	105	26	28	5	2	0	6	14	17	6	2	.267	.355	.352	.708	106.7	102.6	.328	0.0
1961	68	125	97	23	26	2	0	0	6	28	9	4	2	.268	.432	.289	.721	117.5	103.0	.354	0.6
1962	129	499	418	51	119	10	9	5	35	70	46	7	6	.285	.389	.388	.777	120.3	116.0	.360	2.5
1963	120	490	430	52	121	25	4	4	27	50	38	5	8	.281	.355	.386	.741	122.1	119.6	.339	2.5
1964	135	505	449	51	110	18	5	4	38	41	43	7	8	.245	.311	.334	.645	90.4	87.9	.299	0.6
1965	89	231	208	35	49	2	1	1	8	22	17	5	1	.236	.307	.269	.577	70.5	69.2	.273	-0.3
1966	6	11	9	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	.667	.727	.667	1.394	331.9	310.3	.631	0.3
1967	62	155	130	18	33	7	0	0	13	23	17	2	2	.254	.361	.308	.669	92.6	89.7	.316	0.2
1968	88	203	177	21	48	9	3	2	18	20	24	0	1	.271	.343	.390	.733	119.2	114.6	.342	0.9
1969	82	238	213	23	45	8	1	4	23	21	16	0	2	.211	.284	.315	.598	58.6	59.8	.285	-0.7
1970	21	17	14	2	2	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	.143	.294	.429	.723	85.3	83.2	.332	0.0
1971	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	122.1	115.9	.373	0.0

Career totals

912

2,615

2,267

307

594

RBI

175

295

234

.2620

OBP

.3472

SLG

.3511

OPS

.6983

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1969-06-12	CHC @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	2	4	9
1962-06-02	HOU @ PIT Gameday	5	1	3	1	0	1	1	7
1963-08-30	HOU @ CHC Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	7
1962-07-15	CHC @ HOU Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	7
1962-09-25	HOU @ LAD Gameday	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1959-08-14	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959-08-16	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959-08-16	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959-09-22	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.