Tony Spaan played 24 pro games: Baseball Profiles
The Elizabethton Twins needed to get something going in this June 1990 game and Tony Spaan did so, by reaching on an error, The Johnson City Press wrote.
A single, sacrifice and second single later and Spaan had crossed the plate, one of two runners to score on the play in the eventual 3-1 Elizabethton victory, The Press wrote.
Spaan reached in that inning early in his first season as a pro. His career, however, proved brief. That season marked his only season as a pro.
Spaan's career began and ended that year, signed by the Twins out of Orange Coast College. The Twins had taken Spaan in the 54th round of the previous year's draft out of Saddleback College.
At Saddleback, Spaan picked up two hits, one a home run, in a February 1989 game, then another home run in a game that March.
Spaan transferred to Orange Coast College for 1990. He hit a two-run home run and a triple in a March game.
With the Twins, Spaan played 1990 at Elizabethton. He picked up an RBI in a July game. Overall, he saw time in 24 games. He knocked in five runs and ended with a .206 average to mark the extent of his career.
Made the Majors:1,416-32.2
Never Made Majors:2,982-67.8%-X
