Al Spohrer
Baseball
He began his professional baseball career in 1921 at the age of 18 with the Winston-Salem Twins of the Piedmont League. In 1927 he joined the Wilkes-Barre Barons where he posted a .333 batting average in 98 games, winning the Most Valuable Player Award for the New York–Pennsylvania League. The Barons sold Spohrer\'s contract to John McGraw\'s New York Giants for $10,000, a record for a Class B player at the time.\n', '
Spohrer made his major league debut with the New York Giants on April 13, 1928 at the age of 25 but, after only two games, he was traded along with Virgil Barnes, Ben Cantwell and Bill Clarkson to the Boston Braves for Joe Genewich. He served as a backup catcher for the Braves working behind Zack Taylor in 1928. In 1929, Taylor was traded to the Chicago Cubs and Spohrer became the Braves starting catcher, posting a .272 batting average with 21 doubles and 48 runs batted i…
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