Tim Spehr Trades and Transactions

The Tim Spehr trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Tim Spehr has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Tim Spehr

Tim Spehr Autograph on a 1991 Leaf (#689)

Tim Spehr Autograph on a 1991 Leaf (#689)
 

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Birth Name:   Timothy Joseph Spehr
Nickname:   Tim
Born On:   07-02-1966  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Richfield High School (Waco, TX)
College:   Arizona State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   07-18-1991 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-28-1999
Draft:   1988 : 5th Round (127th)
Tim Spehr

Trades & Transactions

06-01-1988: Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 5th round — free-agent draft.
12-09-1992: Traded by Kansas City Royals (with Jeff Shaw) to Montreal Expos for Mark Gardner and Doug Piatt.
10-21-1996: Granted free agency.
03-06-1997: Signed by Boston Red Sox.
03-26-1997: Sold by Boston Red Sox to Kansas City Royals.
05-27-1997: Released by Kansas City Royals.
06-10-1997: Signed by Atlanta Braves.
12-21-1997: Granted free agency.
01-08-1998: Signed by New York Mets.
08-31-1998: Sold by New York Mets to Kansas City Royals.
11-02-1999: Granted free agency.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Tim Spehr trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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