Freddy Spurgeon
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 160 lb
BornOctober 9, 1901 · Wabash, IN, USA
MLB debutSeptember 19, 1924
Final gameSeptember 3, 1927
Seasons4 (1924–1927)
Cleveland Indians 1924–1927
Percentile snapshot
1926 season — qualified batters
of 159 qualified 1926 batters (min 477 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 33.6 | 36.2 | .262 | 0.0 |
| 1925 | 107 | 406 | 376 | 50 | 108 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 5 | .287 | .315 | .327 | .642 | 60.0 | 62.8 | .302 | -0.6 |
| 1926 | 149 | 678 | 614 | 101 | 181 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 27 | 36 | 7 | 2 | .295 | .327 | .355 | .682 | 74.2 | 77.6 | .320 | 0.3 |
| 1927 | 57 | 221 | 179 | 30 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .251 | .323 | .313 | .636 | 66.5 | 65.2 | .306 | -0.1 |
Career totals
G
316
PA
1,313
AB
1,176
R
181
H
335
2B
47
3B
7
HR
1
RBI
100
BB
60
SO
71
SB
23
BA
.2849
OBP
.3218
SLG
.3393
OPS
.6611
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926-05-04 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1926-07-25 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1927-07-13 | NYY @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1925-07-13 | BOS @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1925-04-26 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924-04-15 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924-04-16 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924-04-18 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924-04-20 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924-04-22 | CLE @ CWS 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.