Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1978
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1978
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 563
- AB
- 810
- R
- 96
- H
- 192
- HR
- 18
- RBI
- 117
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .237
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | CIN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1979 | CIN | 43 | 56 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .214 |
| 1980 | CIN | 65 | 101 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .267 |
| 1981 |  CIN/HOU | 51 | 58 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .241 |
| 1982 | HOU | 38 | 61 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .279 |
| 1983 | HOU | 42 | 78 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .167 |
| 1984 | HOU | 32 | 72 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .264 |
| 1985 | HOU | 44 | 66 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .136 |
| 1986 |  DET/SF | 82 | 143 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 30 | 0 | .273 |
| 1987 | SF | 83 | 90 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .267 |
| 1988 | SF/HOU | 47 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .156 |
| 1989 | HOU | 32 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .278 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- AB
- 5
- R
- 1
- H
- 1
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .200
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 906
- TB
- 282
- XBH
- 53
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 8
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | CIN | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CIN | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CIN | 114 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CIN/HOU | 64 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU | 66 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | HOU | 85 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | HOU | 87 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | HOU | 69 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DET/SF | 159 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | 101 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF/HOU | 49 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | HOU | 43 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.7
- RC
- 92.9
- RC/27
- 4.00
- ISOP
- .111
- SECA
- .210
- BB/K
- 0.64
- AB/HR
- 45.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | CIN | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CIN | -0.2 | 5.7 | 3.5 | .054 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CIN | 0.1 | 15 | 5.3 | .158 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 25.3 | 0 |
| 1981 | CIN/HOU | -0.3 | 4.5 | 2.7 | .017 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU | 0.4 | 9.5 | 5.9 | .180 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 20.3 | 0 |
| 1983 | HOU | -0.6 | 3.6 | 1.4 | .077 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 78 | 0 |
| 1984 | HOU | 0.1 | 11.3 | 5.4 | .111 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 36 | 0 |
| 1985 | HOU | -0.8 | 1 | 0.5 | .061 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 66 | 0 |
| 1986 | DET/SF | 0.8 | 22.4 | 5.8 | .168 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 28.6 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | -0.2 | 11.3 | 4.4 | .089 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 90 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF/HOU | -0.2 | 2.8 | 2 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 45 | 0 |
| 1989 | HOU | 0.2 | 6 | 6.2 | .083 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Harry Spilman's career stats?
Harry Spilman played 12 seasons for the Reds, the Astros and the Giants. He was a career .237 hitter with 192 hits, 18 home runs and 117 RBI. His best season was 1982: a .279 batting average, 3 home runs and 11 RBI.
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