# Hal Spindel

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{{short description|American baseball player (1913-2002)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Hal Spindel
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|image=Hal Spindel.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1913|5|27}}
|birth_place=[Chandler, Oklahoma](/source/Chandler%2C_Oklahoma), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2002|7|28|1913|5|27}}
|death_place=[San Clemente, California](/source/San_Clemente%2C_California), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 23
|debutyear={{mlby|1939}}
|debutteam=[St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 9
|finalyear={{mlby|1946}}
|finalteam=[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.254
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=20
|teams=
*[St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) ({{mlby|1939}})
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{mlby|1945}}–{{mlby|1946}})
}}
'''Harold Stewart Spindel''' (May 27, 1913 – July 28, 2002) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [catcher](/source/catcher) who played in 85 games in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [catcher](/source/catcher) as a member of the [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) ({{mlby|1939}}) and [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{mlby|1945}}–{{mlby|1946}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Hal Spindel |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spindha01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> He was born in [Chandler, Oklahoma](/source/Chandler%2C_Oklahoma), but graduated from [John C. Frémont High School](/source/John_C._Fremont_High_School) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) and played baseball for [UCLA](/source/UCLA_Bruins_baseball).

Spindel threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft}} tall and weighed {{convert|185|lb}}. His professional baseball career began in 1934 in the [Pacific Coast League](/source/Pacific_Coast_League). After five years with [Seattle](/source/Seattle_Rainiers), he spent the entire 1939 campaign with the Browns of the [American League](/source/American_League) as the club's third-string catcher, playing in 48 games and starting 26. Three more full years in the [minor leagues](/source/minor_leagues) followed, then he missed the 1943 season. In 1945, he appeared in 36 games for the Phillies, starting 25, third-most on the team. He got into one more MLB contest for Philadelphia, on June 9, 1946, and played in the minors through 1947.

Hal Spindel died at age 89 in [San Clemente, California](/source/San_Clemente%2C_California), on July 28, 2002.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=s/spindha01}}
* [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/hal-spindel/ Hal Spindel] at [SABR](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) Bio Project

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Category:Baseball players from Los Angeles
Category:Baseball players from Oklahoma
Category:Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:Ogden Reds players
Category:People from Chandler, Oklahoma
Category:Philadelphia Phillies players
Category:St. Louis Browns players
Category:Seattle Indians players
Category:Seattle Rainiers players
Category:Toledo Mud Hens players
Category:UCLA Bruins baseball players
Category:John C. Fremont High School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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