- Charlie Spikes
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Charlie Spikes Right fielder Born: January 23, 1951
Bogalusa, LouisianaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 1, 1972 for the New York Yankees Last MLB appearance October 5, 1980 for the Atlanta Braves Career statistics Batting average .246 Home runs 65 Runs batted in 256 Teams - New York Yankees (1972)
- Cleveland Indians (1973-77)
- Detroit Tigers (1978)
- Atlanta Braves (1979-80)
- Chunichi Dragons (1981)
Leslie Charles Spikes (born January 23, 1951, in Bogalusa, Louisiana) was a Major League Baseball player from 1972 to 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. He mostly played the outfield. His playing career nickname was "The Bogalusa Bomber."
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. He played for the Indians through the 1977 season, when he was traded to the Tigers for Tom Veryzer.
He is referenced in the fifth-ever episode of Cheers, "The Coach's Daughter," during a scene in which Coach Ernie Pantuso is encouraged to and finally does confront his daughter about her fiance.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
New York Yankees first-round draft picks 1965: Burbach | 1966: Lyttle | 1967: Blomberg | 1968: Munson | 1969: Spikes | 1970: Cheadle | 1971: Whitfield | 1972: McGregor | 1973: Heinhold | 1974: Sherrill | 1975: McDonald | 1976: Tabler | 1977: S. Taylor | 1978: Hudler, Winters, Ryder | 1979: No first round pick | 1980: No first round pick | 1981: No first round pick | 1982: No first round pick | 1983: No first round pick | 1984: Pries | 1985: Balabon | 1986: No first round pick | 1987: No first round pick | 1988: No first round pick | 1989: No first round pick | 1990: Everett | 1991: B. Taylor | 1992: Jeter | 1993: Drews | 1994: Buchanan | 1995: Morenz | 1996: Milton | 1997: Godwin, Bradley | 1998: Brown, Prior | 1999: Walling | 2000: Parrish | 2001: Griffin, Sardinha, Skaggs | 2002: No first round pick | 2003: Duncan | 2004: Hughes, Poterson, Marquez | 2005: Henry | 2006: Kennedy, Chamberlain | 2007: Brackman | 2008: Cole, Bleich | 2009: Heathcott | 2010: Culver | 2011: BichetteCategories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Bogalusa, Louisiana
- African American baseball players
- New York Yankees players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Atlanta Braves players
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Baseball players from Louisiana
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Chunichi Dragons players
- American baseball outfielder, 1950s birth stubs
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