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Ashburn Crawford League
8-19-2013
Ken Spiers Center Field
Retired (1967, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .670 Status Deceased (1998) Option Years 0  
H 424 Age at Death 66 Date of Birth 06-05-1932
HR 23 Drafted Round 3, Pick 53
(1954)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(107 games)
RBI 163
SB 34
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt A+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF D- (9.4%) Arm D+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF (87.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1955 BOS
6
16
2
6
1
1
0
1
1
1 0 0
0
0 0
.974
.412
.562
.188
.375
1956 BOS-CLE
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
1 1 0
1
0 0
1.857
.857
1.000
.333
.667
1958 CLE
84
302
31
82
9
5
2
27
23
73 0 1
8
5 7
.676
.322
.354
.083
.272
1959 CLE
108
389
34
97
8
3
6
43
33
80 2 0
8
6 8
.643
.311
.332
.082
.249
1960 CLE-WAS
44
143
19
36
6
0
1
11
11
25 2 0
0
1 0
.629
.314
.315
.063
.252
1961 WAS
81
292
38
64
8
2
5
29
43
77 0 1
1
3 2
.630
.318
.312
.092
.219
1962 WAS
26
99
11
29
3
0
1
14
11
16 1 0
9
1 1
.723
.369
.354
.061
.293
1963 STL
4
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2 0 0
0
0 0
.500
.167
.333
.167
.167
1965 PHI
61
213
31
66
5
0
7
25
18
37 0 3
5
7 2
.791
.359
.432
.122
.310
1966 PHI
75
141
13
32
4
0
1
12
13
27 0 1
1
1 2
.567
.290
.277
.050
.227
1967 PHI
14
33
4
9
0
1
0
1
3
4 1 0
1
0 1
.685
.351
.333
.061
.273
Total
506
1637
186
424
46
12
23
163
159
343 7 6
34
24 23
.670
.326
.344
.085
.259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Ken Spiers has retired from the Philadelphia Hitmen
1966-07-20The Philadelphia Hitmen have promoted Ken Spiers to the major league team.
1966-05-31The Philadelphia Hitmen have promoted Frank Smith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Hitmen have designated Ken Spiers for assignment.
1965-07-04The Philadelphia Hitmen have promoted Ken Spiers to the major league team. The Philadelphia Hitmen have sent Elmer Rosenthal to the minors.
1965-07-04The Philadelphia Hitmen have acquired Ken Spiers from the waiver wire.
1964-04-01The St. Louis Browns have waived Ken Spiers.
1963-05-05The St. Louis Browns have promoted Chris Bruhert to the major league team. The St. Louis Browns have designated Ken Spiers for assignment.
1963-04-03Trade #1402496 has been completed between the Washington Monuments and the St. Louis Browns. The St. Louis Browns receive Ken Spiers, Otho Alfonzo from the Washington Monuments in exchange for George Ortiz.
1960-06-29Trade #1370828 has been completed between the Cleveland Cannibals and the Washington Monuments. The Washington Monuments receive Ken Spiers, Draft Pick 1962 Round 2 CLE (Marvin Jones), Draft Pick 1961 Round 2 CLE (Ray McCarthy) from the Cleveland Cannibals in exchange for Frank Bishop.
1958-09-26Ken Spiers of the Cleveland Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1958-03-13The Cleveland Cannibals have promoted Ping Peters to the major league team. The Cleveland Cannibals have promoted Marvin Simmons to the major league team. The Cleveland Cannibals have promoted Ken Spiers to the major league team. The Cleveland Cannibals have sent Grover Jones to the minors.
1956-09-04The Cleveland Cannibals have acquired Ken Spiers from the waiver wire.
1956-08-31The Boston Harbor MistCats have waived Ken Spiers.
1956-05-10The Boston Harbor MistCats have sent Ken Spiers to the minors.
1955-09-20The Boston Harbor MistCats have promoted Ken Spiers to the major league team. The Boston Harbor MistCats have designated Taiji Bando for assignment.
1955-09-20The Boston Harbor MistCats have acquired Ken Spiers from the waiver wire.
1955-04-01The Montreal Monkeys have waived Ken Spiers.