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词条 George Spriggs (baseball)
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=George Herman Spriggs
|image=
|position=Outfielder
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1937|5|22}}
|birth_place=Jewell, Maryland
|death_date=
|death_place=
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 15
|debutyear={{Baseball year|1965}}
|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 1
|finalyear={{Baseball year|1970}}
|finalteam=Kansas City Royals
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=At bats
|stat1value=225
|stat2label=RBI
|stat2value=12
|stat3label=Home runs
|stat3value=1
|stat4label=Batting average
|stat4value=.191
|teams=
  • Pittsburgh Pirates {{Baseball year|1965}} – {{Baseball year|1967}}
  • Kansas City Royals {{Baseball year|1969}} – {{Baseball year|1970}}

|highlights=
  • American Association Most Valuable Player Award (1970)

}}

George Herman Spriggs (born May 22, 1937) is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals in parts of four seasons spanning 1965–1970.

Spriggs was signed as an amateur free agent prior to the {{Baseball year|1963}} season by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1]

Previously, Spriggs played for various Negro League clubs, most prominently with the Detroit-New Orleans Stars in 1960.[2]

In {{Baseball year|1966}}, during his minor league career, Spriggs led the International League with 34 stolen bases and hit .300 for the Columbus Jets. Overall, in seasons years with the Jets he stole 170 bases.[3][4]

In 1967, he was selected by the Boston Red Sox during the Rule 5 draft, but was returned to the Pirates in April 1968 when he did not make the Red Sox major league roster. His contract then was purchased by the Kansas City Royals in the month of October from the Pirates. Afterwards, the New York Mets purchased his contract in 1971, but he never played a major league game with them.[1]

Sources

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sprigge01.shtml#TRANS|title=George Spriggs Transactions|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2009-03-09}}
2. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Spriggs Baseball Reference Bullpen].
3. ^{{Cite journal|year=1967|title=The Top Rookies|journal=Baseball Digest|volume=26|issue=3|pages=6|postscript=}}
4. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sprigg002geo Baseball Reference] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004145301/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sprigg002geo |date=October 4, 2014 }}

External links

{{Baseballstats|br=s/sprigge01|brm=sprigg002geo|cube=18330}}, or [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sprigge01.shtml Retrosheet], or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League){{AA MVPs|state=collapsed}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Spriggs, George}}
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