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Nate Spears 2BIndians

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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB TAv WARP
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Birth Date5-3-1985
Height5' 11"
Weight175 lbs
Age28 years, 0 months, 21 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
2009
2010
-0.12011
-0.12012
0.42013
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2011 BOS 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .001 -0.9 0.0 -0.1
2012 BOS 27 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .011 -0.7 -0.0 -0.1
Career78800000004000000.000.000.000.006-1.6-0.0-0.2

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2004 DEL A 97 431 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 FRD A+ 112 498 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .337 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 DAY A+ 97 369 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .285 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 DAY A+ 78 300 .256 .259 .324 .382 .000 .292 102 -1.5 8.4 -0.7 3.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TEN AA 38 135 .268 .256 .329 .394 .000 .316 109 1.2 4.0 -0.2 -3.2 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 TEN AA 115 473 .289 .263 .337 .397 .000 .333 106 15 13.2 -0.7 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 IOW AAA 5 21 .226 .275 .352 .446 .000 .278 99 -0.9 0.6 0 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 IOW AAA 128 411 .240 .272 .338 .411 .000 .278 93 -8.8 11.6 1.2 2.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 PME AA 136 620 .292 .266 .336 .410 .000 .299 106 20.9 17.2 -0.5 7.5 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 BOS MLB 3 4 .001 .223 .283 .366 .000 .000 102 -1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1
2011 PAW AAA 96 378 .277 .260 .325 .397 .000 .288 99 4.8 4.3 -1.3 -0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 BOS MLB 4 4 .011 .225 .291 .394 .000 .000 111 -1 0.1 0 -0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1
2012 PAW AAA 108 395 .252 .261 .324 .397 .000 .292 101 -3.1 6.0 0.3 11.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 GIG Wnt 6 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .083 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB8.005.224.287.380.242.000105-20.20-0.00.0-1.7-0.2-1.7-0.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2004 DEL A 431 50 102 12 11 5 38 47 63 7 6 .275 .355 .407 .132 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 FRD A+ 498 63 131 30 6 6 41 36 82 8 4 .294 .340 .429 .135 .000 0.0 9.6 0.0
2006 DAY A+ 369 45 79 15 1 1 25 31 53 7 4 .246 .320 .308 .062 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 DAY A+ 300 36 65 13 3 1 26 28 44 4 1 .261 .332 .349 .088 .256 0.0 3.1 0.0
2007 TEN AA 135 22 34 2 2 4 11 13 19 2 0 .298 .373 .456 .158 .268 0.0 -3.2 0.0
2008 TEN AA 473 71 115 22 5 7 51 58 72 6 5 .299 .383 .438 .138 .289 0.0 0.8 0.0
2008 IOW AAA 21 5 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 .278 .381 .333 .056 .226 0.0 -0.6 0.0
2009 IOW AAA 411 48 93 20 4 2 37 35 43 6 5 .253 .318 .345 .092 .240 0.0 2.1 0.0
2010 PME AA 620 104 140 30 4 20 82 84 93 13 1 .272 .385 .463 .191 .292 0.0 7.5 0.0
2011 BOS MLB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .001 -0.9 0.0 -0.1
2011 PAW AAA 378 49 78 19 2 8 45 49 69 13 1 .248 .355 .397 .149 .277 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2012 BOS MLB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .011 -0.7 -0.0 -0.1
2012 PAW AAA 395 46 83 16 4 10 38 43 86 3 2 .240 .329 .396 .156 .252 0.0 11.0 0.0
2012 GIG Wnt 20 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 .062 .200 .062 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-06-29 2011-07-09 Minors 10 0 - Shoulder Sprain - -
2011-05-13 2011-05-29 Minors 16 0 Left Fingers Laceration on Bunt Attempt -
2006-07-11 2006-08-02 Minors 22 0 - - - -
2004-07-27 2004-08-03 Minors 7 0 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 10 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Boston for 2012 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Boston 4/15/12. DFA by Boston 4/22/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/24/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Boston 9/5/11. DFA by Boston 9/13/11. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/14/11.
  • Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Baltimore 1/06.
  • Drafted by Baltimore 2003 (5-134) (Port Charlotte HS, Fla.). $0.215M signing bonus.

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SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
11 vs R (Multi) .000 .000 .000 .007
31 vs R (2012) .000 .000 .000 .011

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BP Articles

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  Title Author Date
Out of Left Field: Williams, Yastrzemski, Nava Matthew Kory2012-07-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Theo Flips Boston The ByrdR.J. Anderson2012-04-23
Transaction Analysis Blog: Ward, Cameron ReleasedR.J. Anderson2011-09-16
This article requires BP Premium accessPurpose Pitches: AL NRIs to WatchChristina Kahrl2011-02-16
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of August 23Kevin Goldstein2010-08-24
One-Hoppers: Double-A Game Report: Iglesias Plays PortlandDavid Laurila2010-04-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: F-Lop'ping AroundChristina Kahrl2010-03-04
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: National League, December 15, 2005-February 11, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-02-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: American League, December 15, 2005-February 13, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-02-14


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