Charlie Spikes
New York Yankees 1972; Cleveland Indians 1973–1977; Detroit Tigers 1978; Atlanta Braves 1979–1980
Percentile snapshot
1974 season — qualified batters
of 132 qualified 1974 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 14 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .147 | .171 | .176 | .348 | -10.1 | 5.6 | .168 | -0.4 |
| 1973 | 140 | 561 | 506 | 68 | 120 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 73 | 45 | 103 | 5 | 3 | .237 | .303 | .409 | .712 | 97.0 | 98.1 | .326 | 0.8 |
| 1974 | 155 | 612 | 568 | 63 | 154 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 80 | 34 | 100 | 10 | 7 | .271 | .319 | .431 | .750 | 114.6 | 114.9 | .343 | 2.4 |
| 1975 | 111 | 378 | 345 | 41 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 51 | 7 | 6 | .229 | .291 | .380 | .670 | 86.2 | 88.8 | .308 | 0.1 |
| 1976 | 101 | 365 | 334 | 34 | 79 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 50 | 5 | 6 | .237 | .294 | .326 | .620 | 80.6 | 83.0 | .292 | -0.1 |
| 1977 | 32 | 109 | 95 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | .232 | .321 | .347 | .668 | 89.1 | 85.4 | .310 | 0.1 |
| 1978 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .344 | .286 | .629 | 75.0 | 78.0 | .293 | 0.0 |
| 1979 | 66 | 100 | 93 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .310 | .462 | .772 | 97.4 | 101.8 | .341 | 0.2 |
| 1980 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .306 | .656 | 72.8 | 82.0 | .295 | 0.0 |
Career totals
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 | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-09-08 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1973-09-09 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1973-07-27 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1974-07-12 | CLE @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1973-04-29 | CLE @ LAA Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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.