As a member of the Dodgers, Springer surrendered Barry Bonds\' Major League record-setting 73rd home run on October 7, 2001. The homer came off a 3-2 pitch clocked at 43 miles per hour (a knuckleball) in the bottom of the first inning of Los Angeles\' 2-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants.\n', '

In an 8-season career, he had a 24-48 record, with a 5.18 ERA in 655 and 1/3 innings pitched. He had four career shutouts, including two with the Marlins in 1999.\n', '

Personal life: Springer is currently a fire apparatus engineer with the Hanford City Fire Dept in Hanford, CA, and also a baseball coach at Sierra Pacific High School in Hanford, CA.\n', '

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