Dan Spillner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dan Spillner
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 27, 1951(1951-11-27)
Age	73
Birthplace	Casper
Country	United States
Birth City	Wyoming
Horoscope	Scorpio

Dan Spillner Biography

Dan Spillner is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 27, 1951 in Casper, Wyoming, United States. Daniel Ray Spillner (born November 27th 31st, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player. He played pitcher for Major League Baseball from 1974 until 1985. He was with The San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. He was the leader of his team of Padres pitching staff with strikeouts in 1975.

In his entire career, he had an overall record of 75-89, with an 4.21 ERA, 878 strikeouts and 50 saves over 556 games. Spillner was a pitcher who relied heavily on his speedy pitch, was susceptible to surrendering home runs.

After three loss seasons as an Padre player, he was in the league’s most active bullpen in 1977. He as well as Dave Tomlin each had 76 appearances; Rollie Fingers, 78. As a Cleveland pitcher in the year 1981, Spillner was 16-11 despite his 5.29 ERA. Spillner was just two outs from a no-hitter in August 20 when the rookie Leo Sutherland had a single off him in a 3-1 victory against the White Sox; the no-hitter would have been the first of its kind in the AL since Bert Blyleven’s on the 22nd of September 1977. He had a great year with the Indians reliever, finishing 12-for-ten (2.49) and racking up 21 saves in the year 1982. On the 29th of July the same year, he stepped into an inning with two outs, and the bases empty in the 11th which prompted Paul Molitor to fly out to end the game, and clinched the win in a 12 inning 5-1 win against the Milwaukee Brewers. The end of July, The Toledo Blade called him “one of the league’s best” relief pitchers, as his record of 1.93 ERA and 12 saves at the time.

Dan Spillner Net Worth

Dan Spillner is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dan Spillner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Baseball writer Bill James wrote that Spillner was the worst pitcher to hit in the 1970s. In his time in the game, Spillner was a .077 average in batting, with just 10 hits in his 130 at bats, with no home runs and just one run that was batted in.

Spillner was a student at Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington. He was a player in the San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians as well as the Chicago White Sox. His first win of his career was a 5-4 win over Cincinnati on the 23rd of May 1974. He threw a three-hit 10-strikeout shutout in a complete game against Houston the 11th of September 1974. He was the top pitcher for the Padres in strikeouts in the year 1975 (104).

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Dan Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dan Spillner celebrates birthday on November 27 of every year.