[2] Sprinz spent 23 seasons in minor league baseball from 1924-1946, registering 7,364 plate appearances for 13 different teams, batting .270 and hitting 26 home runs.

[3] As a member of the San Francisco Seals, Sprinz attempted to beat the world record for catching a baseball dropped from a great height.

On May 10, 1939, Sprinz was one of three players who caught balls dropped 437 feet (133 m) by Seals manager Lefty O'Doul from a tower at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

O'Doul forbade the practice after the initial stunt but, that summer, Sprinz returned to the Exposition to make another attempt.

On August 3, 1939, Sprinz attempted to catch balls dropped from a blimp hovering approximately 800 feet (240 m) overhead.