Dan Spillner walked in his only plate appearance for the White Sox in 1985. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that he got eighteen 14s on his APBA card.
The interesting thing is that Spillner was no stranger to the base on balls. A decade earlier, he walked 18 times in 160 plate appearances between 1974-1978 (not bad for a pitcher!). In 1975, he walked 8 times in just 59 PA.
The irony… Spillner has eighteen 14s but doesn’t have one on 45, 42 or 36.
That’s weird that being in the DH-American League that he even got one at-bat during the 1985 season. I wonder what the story is behind that?
He was used as a PH while the Chisox were getting blown out by the Indians. Judging by the date of the game (July 8), it may have been right before the all star break.