finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date statlable article_title debutteam name throws
1970 left jewell , maryland 1965 october 1 225 12 1 .191 outfielder kansas city royals at bats rbi batting average september 15 22 may 1937 home runs george spriggs
 pittsburgh pirates george herman spriggs right
george spriggs

george herman spriggs -lrb- born may 22 , 1937 -rrb- is an american former professional baseball player who played parts of four seasons for the pittsburgh pirates and the kansas city royals .
he was signed as an amateur free agent prior to the season by the pittsburgh pirates .
in , during his minor league career , spriggs led the international league with 34 stolen bases and hit .300 for the columbus jets .
in 4 years with the jets he stole 170 bases .
on november 28 , 1967 he was drafted by the boston red sox during the rule 5 draft but was returned to the pirates on april 5 , 1968 when he did not make the red sox major league roster .
his contract was purchased by the kansas city royals on october 16 , 1968 from the pirates .
the new york mets then purchased his contract on march 15 , 1971 , but he never played a major league game with them .
he was born in jewell , maryland .
