MLB / Players

Dan Spillner

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb
BornNovember 27, 1951 · Casper, WY, USA
MLB debutMay 21, 1974
Final gameOctober 5, 1985
Seasons12 (1974–1985)

San Diego Padres 1974–1977; Cleveland Indians 1978; San Diego Padres 1978; Cleveland Indians 1979–1983; Chicago White Sox 1984; Cleveland Indians 1984; Chicago White Sox 1985

Percentile snapshot

1980 season — qualified pitchers

G
34
42
GS
30
31.8
W
16
75
L
11
47.7
SV
0
0
CG
7
45.5
SHO
1
21.6
H
225
37.5
ER
114
5.7
BB
74
34.1
SO
100
40.9
HR
23
19.3
IP
194.3
29.5
ERA
5.28
0
WHIP
1.539
4.5
K/9
4.63
50
FIP
4.46
6.8
FIP-
108.7
19.3
ERA+
77.7
2.3
sWAR
-0.7
3.4

of 89 qualified 1980 pitchers (min 160 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
91.6
8.9
sWAR
8.1
84.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
197430504311000022800.023.067.023.090-87.3-73.6.0550.2
197537594546100082500.133.264.156.42030.621.5.2290.2
19763328252100003800.040.143.040.183-43.1-44.2.115-1.4
197776211712000141200.118.286.118.40335.918.2.2301.1
1978532000000010001.000402.7.7550.5
1979490000000000001.0
198034000000000000-0.7
1981320000000000001.6
1982650000000000003.8
1983600000000000000.0
1984370010000000000.1
1985531000000010001.000371.7.7341.8

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1974302591105215366709515148.04.011.5075.784.04114.088.20.2
19753725513130194796310414166.74.271.5425.623.63103.981.90.2
1976321421100012060555711106.75.061.6414.814.47135.365.2-1.4
19777607660013051607412123.03.731.5455.414.29118.896.71.1
19785304130086362864482.03.951.3907.022.7175.391.90.5
197949139513015381649716157.74.621.3765.544.1396.792.41.0
1980343016110712251147410023194.35.281.5394.634.46108.777.7-0.7
19813254471086343959397.33.141.2845.462.9380.3116.11.6
1982650121021001173745909133.72.491.2126.063.2378.7164.73.8
198360029800117523848792.35.071.6794.684.0796.683.20.0
1984368152001215436491099.34.891.5814.444.19102.283.70.1
198552343100833533411091.73.441.2654.034.35102.0124.01.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
559
PA
161
AB
130
R
9
H
10
2B
1
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
1
BB
19
SO
73
SB
0
BA
.0769
OBP
.1946
SLG
.0846
OPS
.2792

Pitching

G (P)
556
325th-most career G (P)
GS
123
W
75
L
89
SV
50
373rd-most career SV
CG
19
SHO
3
IP
1,493
SO (P)
878
BB allowed
605
ERA
4.215
WHIP
1.4672
K/9
5.29

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1975-07-17CHC @ SD Gameday202000002
1975-04-27ATL @ SD Gameday201100002
1977-07-15LAD @ SD Gameday101000101
1974-08-11SD @ PIT Gameday201000001
1975-05-23PIT @ SD Gameday211000011

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1974-09-11HOU @ SD Gameday9.03001100
1980-05-31SEA @ CLE Gameday9.0822090
1981-05-19LAA @ CLE Gameday8.0632590
1974-09-21SD @ LAD Gameday9.0533181
1975-04-11CIN @ SD Gameday9.01022380

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.