Charlie Spikes
Leslie Charles Spikes (born January 23, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1972 through 1980 for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and Atlanta Braves. He also played 26 games for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan in 1981. His playing career nickname was "The Bogalusa Bomber."
| Charlie Spikes | |||
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| Right fielder / Left fielder | |||
| Born: January 23, 1951 Bogalusa, Louisiana | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 1, 1972, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 5, 1980, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .246 | ||
| Home runs | 65 | ||
| Runs batted in | 256 | ||
| Teams | |||
Spikes was drafted in the first round of the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft by the Yankees. He made his major league debut with the Yankees in 1972. Following the 1972 season, he was traded by the Yankees with John Ellis, Jerry Kenney and Rusty Torres to the Indians for Graig Nettles and Jerry Moses. His best season was in 1974 for the Indians, when he hit .271 with 22 home runs and 80 RBI. He played for the Indians through the 1977 season, when he was traded to the Tigers for Tom Veryzer.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project