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Bernard
Spongeberg		  
Nickname: Square Pants
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 22, 1954 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 19 NO FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
1975 20 MRQ JL   1 0 0 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
1976 21 MRQ JL   2 1 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
1977 22 MRQ JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
1978 23 MRQ JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 4
1979 24 MRQ JL   3 2 3 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 4
1980 25 MRQ JL   5 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings   5 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 MRQ JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 5 5 15 14 14 8 7 8 13 14 14
1982 27 MRQ JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 5 4 5 15 15 15 10 9 9 13 15 15
1983 28 MRQ JL $ 300,000   9 9 10 3 2 3 15 15 15 9 8 9 13 15 14
1984 29 MAD JL $ 300,000   9 9 10 4 3 3 15 15 15 9 8 8 13 14 14
1985 30 MAD JL $ 350,000   9 9 10 3 2 3 15 14 14 6 6 6 11 12 12
1986 31 MAD JL $ 350,000   9 9 9 3 2 3 15 15 15 7 6 6 11 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 9 3 2 3 15 14 14 6 6 6 11 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   10 10 10 6 5 5 15 15 15 10 9 9 13 15 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 19 A   136 480 50 80 12 1 15 61 6 10 19 71 .167 .198 .290 .488 23.2  
1975 20 A   137 494 67 107 14 6 13 52 10 12 29 84 .217 .260 .348 .608 42.7  
1976 21 A   136 498 47 120 29 5 6 60 17 12 35 101 .241 .291 .355 .646 49.6  
1977 22 A   138 532 81 156 20 2 17 81 20 12 55 98 .293 .359 .434 .794 81.8  
1978 23 A   132 427 59 129 18 7 12 57 10 8 30 68 .302 .348 .461 .809 64.4  
1979 24 AA   56 215 19 61 12 2 5 25 6 5 17 35 .284 .336 .428 .764 29.4  
    A   55 84 18 20 3 1 1 8 7 3 5 11 .238 .281 .333 .614 8.0  
1980 25 AA   136 537 86 177 26 8 10 63 33 10 44 76 .330 .380 .464 .844 91.1  
1981 26 MRQ JL 101 226 27 55 13 2 2 29 5 5 21 33 .243 .313 .345 .659 23.9 1.5
    AAA   19 68 11 18 2 1 1 12 8 0 9 8 .265 .351 .368 .718 10.6  
1982 27 MRQ JL 158 619 65 161 44 13 8 82 32 12 35 97 .260 .304 .412 .716 75.3 11.7
1983 28 MRQ JL 54 204 27 56 15 5 0 16 6 8 17 37 .275 .339 .397 .736 23.5 3.5
1984 29 MAD JL 77 153 20 30 5 4 2 18 2 1 13 26 .196 .263 .320 .583 13.3 0.0
    AAA   31 125 13 37 6 2 2 18 6 8 17 9 .296 .380 .424 .804 18.6  
1985 30 AAA   87 341 41 75 21 4 3 30 11 6 37 39 .220 .296 .331 .628 34.2  
1986 31 AAA   59 162 21 35 7 2 2 20 2 1 17 33 .216 .291 .321 .611 15.6  
4 Years Sim 390 1202 139 302 77 24 12 145 45 26 86 193 .251 .307 .385 .692 136.0 16.7
4 Years AAA 196 696 86 165 36 9 8 80 27 15 80 89 .237 .323 .349 .672 79.1  
2 Years AA 192 752 105 238 38 10 15 88 39 15 61 111 .316 .374 .453 .828 120.5  
6 Years A 734 2515 322 612 96 22 64 319 70 57 173 433 .243 .294 .375 .670 269.7  
12 Years Minors 1122 3963 513 1015 170 41 87 487 136 87 314 633 .256 .315 .386 .701 469.2  
162 Game Average 499 57 125 31 9 4 60 18 10 35 80 .251 .307 .385 .692 56.5  
Career Highs 158 619 65 161 44 13 8 82 32 12 35 97 .275 .339 .412 .736 75.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   810 96 199 49 21 8 99 28 17 58 128 .246 .302 .388 .690 89.8
vs LH   392 43 103 28 3 4 46 17 9 28 65 .263 .316 .380 .696 45.0
Home 201 611 72 150 42 8 7 73 21 13 44 95 .245 .298 .375 .673 65.5
Away 189 591 67 152 35 16 5 72 24 13 42 98 .257 .316 .396 .712 69.3
RISP   285 0 82 18 9 4 120 0 0 26 40 .288 .354 .456 .810 42.9
Pinch Hitting   64 10 20 6 1 2 12 0 1 5 8 .313 .357 .531 .888 10.9
Close/Late   152 23 43 13 3 0 16 0 0 15 23 .283 .359 .408 .767 20.6
Mar/Apr 81 274 37 72 15 5 3 32 14 2 20 45 .263 .319 .387 .706 34.1
May 76 209 20 47 14 3 2 22 6 5 19 39 .225 .294 .349 .644 20.5
June 63 203 21 53 14 5 2 27 9 6 12 25 .261 .306 .409 .715 23.5
July 57 139 18 40 5 2 2 15 7 3 7 20 .288 .331 .396 .727 17.2
August 44 121 15 31 13 3 1 19 5 4 9 28 .256 .308 .438 .746 15.0
Sep/Oct 69 256 28 59 16 6 2 30 4 6 19 36 .230 .291 .363 .654 24.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 26 MRQ JL LF 32 30 255.0 53 2 0 0 1.000 1.94   1.3
    RF 15 14 117.0 35 1 0 1 1.000 2.77    
    CF 43 4 110.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1982 27 MRQ JL LF 120 113 1024.7 237 2 3 1 .988 2.10   1.9
    CF 36 35 323.7 101 5 1 2 .991 2.95    
    RF 1 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1983 28 MRQ JL CF 34 33 286.0 83 0 3 0 .965 2.61   1.5
    LF 18 18 158.0 39 3 0 0 1.000 2.39    
    RF 2 1 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1984 29 MAD JL LF 21 16 144.3 35 2 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.8
    RF 11 11 93.0 23 2 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    CF 12 9 85.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    3B 1 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
  LF 191 177 1582.0 364 9 3 1 .992 2.12   4.0
  CF 125 81 805.3 236 5 4 2 .984 2.69   1.5
  RF 29 26 231.0 65 3 0 1 1.000 2.65    
  3B 1 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
Career Totals   346 284 2622.0 665 18 7 4 .990 2.34   5.5
Career Highs   157 148 1357.3 339 7 4 3 1.000 2.59    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1982-1-158
 At-Bats
1982-3-619
 Doubles
1982-6-44
 Triples
1982-3-13
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Julio Perez (982)
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  4. Nathaniel Xavier (969)
  5. Deandre Garcia (969)
  6. Sanford Wood (968)
  7. Benjamin Rivero (965)
  8. Shelton Stone (964)
  9. Mathew Reese (963)
  10. Jack Elliott (961)
History
Drafted in 6th round, 143rd overall pick, by New Orleans in 1974
Injured on 8/31/1974 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
Traded from New Orleans to Marquette on 2/5/1975 (Going to MRQ: CF B. Spongeberg. Going to NO: SS R. Veitch)
Injured on 6/8/1975 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/11/1976 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/12/1979 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/21/1981, off Jacob Butler (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1981, off Steve King (CHI)
 
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