[1] He was born in Chandler, Oklahoma, but graduated from John C. Frémont High School in Los Angeles and played baseball for UCLA.

Spindel threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

After five years with Seattle, he spent the entire 1939 campaign with the Browns of the American League as the club's third-string catcher, playing in 48 games and starting 26.

Hal Spindel died at age 89 in San Clemente, California, on July 28, 2002.

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