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Nate Spears LF

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
11	8	.000	.000	.000	75	0.0

Birth Date	5-3-1985
Height	5' 11"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	38 years, 11 months, 23 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA
2011	BOS	26	3	4	1	.000	.000	.000	81	-0.1
2012	BOS	27	4	4	3	.000	.000	.000	70	-0.1
Career			7	8	4	.000	.000	.000	75	-0.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2004	DEL	A	SAL	97	431	.000	.000	.000	.313			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	FRD	A+	CRL	112	498	.254	.316	.374	.337	104	2.4	0.8	0	101	0	0.0	-1.3	0.7	0.0
2006	DAY	A+	FSL	97	369	.000	.000	.000	.285			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	DAY	A+	FSL	78	300	.254	.323	.372	.292	101	-1.1	9.2	-0.7	90	0	2.8	2.2	-2.6	1.1
2007	TEN	AA	SOU	38	135	.253	.329	.389	.316	103	2.2	4.1	-0.2	113	0	-2.1	3.9	2.5	0.8
2008	TEN	AA	SOU	115	473	.261	.338	.393	.333	113	10.6	13.9	-0.7	116	0	2.2	0.3	3.5	1.9
2008	IOW	AAA	PCL	5	21	.283	.358	.446	.278	107	-1	0.7	0	100	0	-0.9	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2009	IOW	AAA	PCL	128	411	.268	.335	.403	.278	87	-6	11.9	1.2	81	0	-0.3	2.6	-7.5	0.8
2010	PME	AA	EAS	136	620	.262	.338	.404	.299	110	19.9	17.4	-0.5	131	0	8.7	3.5	19.9	5.0
2011	BOS	MLB	AL	3	4	.228	.297	.385	.000	107	-1	0.1	0	81	7	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2011	PAW	AAA	INT	96	378	.257	.325	.390	.288	91	6.7	11.7	-1.5	111	0	2.5	1.1	4.6	1.7
2012	BOS	MLB	AL	4	4	.223	.276	.399	.000	109	-1	0.1	0	70	9	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2012	PAW	AAA	INT	108	395	.257	.325	.385	.292	96	-3.5	11.7	0.1	98	0	11.2	2.8	-0.2	2.5
2012	GIG	Wnt	DWL	6	20	.000	.000	.000	.083			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	AKR	AA	EAS	4	21	.242	.321	.370	.200	104	-1.2	0.6	-0.1	72	0	0.1	-0.1	-0.9	0.0
2013	COH	AAA	INT	68	237	.255	.325	.386	.276	100	-2.7	6.8	-0.7	87	0	-7.4	2.7	-6.1	-0.5
2014	LEH	AAA	INT	52	161	.256	.320	.391	.406	102	1.5	4.8	0.3	96	0	3.4	0.5	-3.0	0.6

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2004	DEL	A	SAL	431	371	50	102	12	11	5	151	38	47	63	7	6	.275	.355	.407	.132	7	7
2005	FRD	A+	CRL	498	445	63	131	30	6	6	191	41	36	82	8	4	.294	.340	.429	.135	14	14
2006	DAY	A+	FSL	369	321	45	79	15	1	1	99	25	31	53	7	4	.246	.320	.308	.062	7	7
2007	TEN	AA	SOU	135	114	22	34	2	2	4	52	11	13	19	2	0	.298	.373	.456	.158	4	4
2007	DAY	A+	FSL	300	249	36	65	13	3	1	87	26	28	44	4	1	.261	.332	.349	.088	15	15
2008	TEN	AA	SOU	473	384	71	115	22	5	7	168	51	58	72	6	5	.299	.383	.438	.138	19	19
2008	IOW	AAA	PCL	21	18	5	5	1	0	0	6	1	3	0	1	0	.278	.381	.333	.056	0	0
2009	IOW	AAA	PCL	411	368	48	93	20	4	2	127	37	35	43	6	5	.253	.318	.345	.092	4	4
2010	PME	AA	EAS	620	514	104	140	30	4	20	238	82	84	93	13	1	.272	.385	.463	.191	1	1
2011	BOS	MLB	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2011	PAW	AAA	INT	378	315	49	78	19	2	8	125	45	49	69	13	1	.248	.355	.397	.149	5	3
2012	GIG	Wnt	DWL	20	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	.063	.200	.063	.000	1	0
2012	PAW	AAA	INT	395	346	46	83	16	4	10	137	38	43	86	3	2	.240	.329	.396	.156	0	3
2012	BOS	MLB	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2013	COH	AAA	INT	237	196	32	44	8	1	4	66	19	32	50	6	2	.224	.335	.337	.112	3	4
2013	AKR	AA	EAS	21	18	1	3	1	0	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	.167	.286	.222	.056	0	0
2014	LEH	AAA	INT	161	144	18	43	7	3	2	62	15	13	43	4	2	.299	.352	.431	.132	2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2011	11	0.6364	0.3636	0.7500	0.2857	0.5000	1.0000	0.5000	0.2500	0.0008
2012	15	0.4000	0.4667	0.4286	0.5000	0.4444	1.0000	0.0000	0.5714	-0.0004
Career	26	0.5000	0.4231	0.5646	0.4093	0.4679	1.0000	0.2115	0.4354	0.0001

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2011-06-29	2011-07-09	Minors	10	12	-	Shoulder	Sprain		-	-
2011-05-13	2011-05-29	Minors	16	14	Left	Fingers	Laceration	on Bunt Attempt	-
2006-07-11	2006-08-02	Minors	22	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2004-07-27	2004-08-03	Minors	7	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 20 d		1 year (2014)

Details

1 year (2014). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 6/8/14 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2013). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 11/16/12 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Boston for 2012 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Boston 4/15/12. DFA by Boston 4/22/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/24/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Boston 9/5/11. DFA by Boston 9/13/11. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/14/11.
Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Baltimore 1/06.
Drafted by Baltimore 2003 (5-134) (Port Charlotte HS, Fla.). $0.215M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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