Stan Spence

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: March 20, 1915 in South Portsmouth, KY us

Died: January 9, 1983 in Kinston, NC

Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, NC

Debut: June 8, 1940 (Age 25-080d, 8,901st in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 34-196d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Stanley Orville Spence

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.8

3871

1090

.282

541

RBI

575

OBP

.369

SLG

.437

OPS

.806

OPS+

125

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 95 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 13 tying, 31 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

3 Tms
WSH	66
BOS	16
SLB	13

Platoon
vs RHP	83
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Away	65
Home	30

Outs
2	32
1	31
0	31
Unk	1

8 Opps
DET	20
NYY	18
CLE	15
SLB	15
PHA	14
BOS	6
WSH	5
CHW	2

60 Pitchers
Bobo Newsom	5
Virgil Trucks	4
Bill Bevens	4
Fred Hutchinson	3
Dick Fowler	3
Denny Galehouse	3
Bob Feller	3
Dizzy Trout	3
Allie Reynolds	3
Bob Muncrief	3
Al Benton	2
Tex Hughson	2
Johnny Allen	2
Stubby Overmire	2
Spud Chandler	2
Phil Marchildon	2
Fred Sanford	2
Jim Bagby	2
Tiny Bonham	2
Nels Potter	2
Vic Raschi	2
Joe Dobson	1
Bill Wight	1
Bill Dietrich	1
Red Embree	1
Mel Queen	1
Walt Masterson	1
Joe Coleman	1
Ray Scarborough	1
Bubba Harris	1
Saul Rogovin	1
Atley Donald	1
Joe Berry	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Mike Garcia	1
Charlie Fuchs	1
Ted Gray	1
Jack Kramer	1
Fred Caligiuri	1
Paul Calvert	1
Jack Knott	1
Buck Ross	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Dick Newsome	1
Joe Bowman	1
Joe Page	1
Al Hollingsworth	1
Early Wynn	1
Johnny Gorsica	1
Al Smith	1
Ray Poat	1
Lou Kretlow	1
Sid Hudson	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Al Gettel	1
Art Houtteman	1
Don Black	1
Joe Krakauskas	1
Bob Lemon	1
Mickey Harris	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	22
Yankee Stad (NYC)	16
Tiger Stad (DET)	14
Fenway Pk (BOS)	13
GriffithStad (WAS)	13
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	8
ClevelandStd (CLE)	6
League Pk II (CLE)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	58
89	6
7	2
8	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	71
2·HR gms	12

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	54
1--	14
12-	10
-2-	9
--3	3
1-3	3
-23	1

151 RBI
RISP	26
0 on	53
1 on	26
2 on	15
Any on	41

Inning
1	14
2	5
3	14
4	6
5	12
6	13
7	12
8	12
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	33
4-6	31
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	5
+1	10
Tied	26
-1	14
-2	6
-3	9
-4..	15
Unk	1

Ahead	24
Tied	26
Behind	44
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	70
RF	9
LF	9
1B	4
PH	3

OrderPos
3rd	24
4th	23
2nd	21
5th	16
6th	8
9th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1940-08-20	BOS		CLE	Johnny Allen	behind 5-11	b 9	1	---	1	9	PH	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1940-09-21	BOS	@	NYY	Tiny Bonham	behind 3-4	t 9	2	---	1	8	PH	0.352	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1941-05-21	BOS		SLB	Johnny Allen	behind 3-5	b 7	0	-2-	2	9	PH	0.261	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Peacock Scores
4	4	2	1	1941-07-13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	Jim Bagby	tied 3-3	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1942-04-18	WSH	@	PHA	Jack Knott	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	-23	3	2	8	0.161	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Wynn Scores; G. Case Scores
6	6	2	1	1942-04-25	WSH		PHA	Fred Caligiuri	ahead 8-1	b 3	2	--3	2	2	8	0.014	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (CF-RF); J. Pofahl Scores
7	7	3	1	1942-05-30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	Spud Chandler	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	2	8	0.171	67%		Home Run
8	8	4	1	1942-06-30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	Dick Newsome	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---	1	2	8	0.088	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1943-07-03	WSH	@	SLB	Nels Potter	behind 1-3	t 3	2	1--	2	2	8	0.217	46%		Home Run (CF-RF); G. Case Scores
10	10	2	2	1943-07-03	WSH	@	SLB	Nels Potter	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	2	8	0.265	50%		Home Run (CF-RF)
11	11	3	1	1943-07-04 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	Al Hollingsworth	behind 0-3	t 3	0	1--	2	2	8	0.157	38%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
12	12	4	1	1943-07-05 (1)	WSH	@	DET	Dizzy Trout	behind 0-7	t 7	0	---	1	2	8	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	5	1	1943-08-22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Bob Muncrief	behind 4-7	t 7	1	---	1	3	8
14	14	6	1	1943-08-23 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Denny Galehouse	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.111	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	7	2	1943-08-23 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Denny Galehouse	behind 3-4	t 8	1	-2-	2	3	8	0.460	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
16	16	8	1	1943-08-24	WSH	@	SLB	Charlie Fuchs	ahead 5-4	t 7	2	---	3	3	8
17	17	9	1	1943-08-25	WSH	@	SLB	Bobo Newsom	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	1	3	8	0.085	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	10	1	1943-08-26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Bob Muncrief	ahead 4-2	t 5	0	---	1	3	8	0.085	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	11	1	1943-09-27 (1)	WSH		CHW	Buck Ross	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	1	4	8
20	20	12	1	1943-09-29 (2)	WSH		CLE	Jim Bagby	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	1--	2	4	8
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1944-04-22	WSH	@	NYY	Spud Chandler	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.107	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1944-05-03	WSH	@	BOS	Joe Bowman	behind 5-6	t 6	2	-2-	2	3	8	0.335	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Candini Scores
23	23	3	1	1944-05-05	WSH	@	PHA	Joe Berry	tied 8-8	t 9	0	---	1	3	8	0.352	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	4	1	1944-05-06	WSH	@	PHA	Don Black	tied 0-0	t 5	2	12-	3	4	8	0.347	84%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; G. Case Scores; J. Powell Scores
25	25	5	1	1944-05-07 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Bobo Newsom	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	8	0.115	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	6	1	1944-06-01	WSH	@	SLB	Jack Kramer	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	3	0.059	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	7	1	1944-06-21 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Atley Donald	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	8	0.136	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	8	1	1944-07-30 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	Denny Galehouse	behind 1-5	t 6	1	---	1	4	8
29	29	9	1	1944-08-13 (2)	WSH		CLE	Ray Poat	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3	3	3	8
30	30	10	1	1944-08-27 (2)	WSH		NYY	Mel Queen		b 5			1	4	8
31	31	11	1	1944-08-29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Bobo Newsom	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	4	8	0.212	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	12	1	1944-09-02	WSH	@	NYY	Tiny Bonham	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	8	0.082	21%		Home Run
33	33	13	1	1944-09-03 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Bill Bevens	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	8	0.132	63%		Home Run
34	34	14	2	1944-09-03 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Bill Bevens	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	4	8	0.180	65%		Home Run
35	35	15	1	1944-09-26	WSH	@	CLE	Al Smith	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	8
36	36	16	1	1944-09-29 (2)	WSH	@	DET	Dizzy Trout	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	3	4	8	0.242	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Haefner Scores; G. Myatt Scores
37	37	17	1	1944-09-30	WSH	@	DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 0-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	8	0.116	30%		Home Run (CF-RF)
38	38	18	1	1944-10-01	WSH	@	DET	Dizzy Trout	tied 0-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	4	8
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1946-04-20	WSH	@	NYY	Bill Wight	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	8	0.127	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	2	1	1946-05-12 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 2-6	t 8	0	1--	2	3	8	0.071	12%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Lewis Scores/unER
41	41	3	1	1946-05-15	WSH	@	DET	Ted Gray	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1-3	3	3	8	0.146	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Torres Scores; B. Lewis Scores
42	42	4	1	1946-06-01	WSH		DET	Fred Hutchinson	tied 2-2	b 8	2	1--	2	3	8	0.394	94%		Home Run; B. Lewis Scores
43	43	5	1	1946-06-04	WSH		CLE	Bob Feller	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.116	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	6	1	1946-06-14	WSH	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.104	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	7	2	1946-06-14	WSH	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	3	8	0.122	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	8	1	1946-06-20	WSH	@	CLE	Allie Reynolds	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	8	0.115	36%		Home Run
47	47	9	1	1946-06-25	WSH	@	CHW	Bill Dietrich	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	1	3	8
48	48	10	1	1946-06-28	WSH	@	BOS	Mickey Harris	behind 0-12	t 8	1	---	1	3	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	11	1	1946-06-29	WSH	@	BOS	Tex Hughson	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1	3	8	0.067	86%		Home Run (CF-RF)
50	50	12	1	1946-07-28 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	Allie Reynolds	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1	5	8	0.141	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	13	1	1946-09-08 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Bill Bevens	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---	1	6	8	0.175	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	14	2	1946-09-08 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Bill Bevens	tied 1-1	t 11	1	---	1	6	8	0.389	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	15	1	1946-09-15	WSH	@	DET	Johnny Gorsica	ahead 11-3	t 8	2	12-	3	5	8	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Lewis Scores; M. Vernon Scores
54	54	16	1	1946-09-18	WSH	@	CLE	Joe Krakauskas	ahead 5-0	t 5	2	-2-	2	5	8
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1947-05-04	WSH	@	CLE	Bob Feller	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	---	1	3	8	0.085	90%		Home Run
56	56	2	1	1947-05-25	WSH	@	PHA	Joe Coleman	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	8	0.260	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Yost Scores; M. Vernon Scores
57	57	3	1	1947-05-30 (1)	WSH		BOS	Tex Hughson	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--	2	5	8
58	58	4	1	1947-05-31	WSH	@	DET	Stubby Overmire	behind 0-4	t 7	0	1--	2	5	8
59	59	5	2	1947-05-31	WSH	@	DET	Stubby Overmire	behind 2-5	t 9	1	1--	2	5	8
60	60	6	1	1947-06-03	WSH	@	CLE	Red Embree	tied 3-3	t 5	1	--3	2	5	8	0.182	75%		Home Run; J. Grace Scores
61	61	7	1	1947-06-10	WSH	@	SLB	Bob Muncrief	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---	1	5	8	0.117	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	8	1	1947-06-17	WSH		CLE	Bob Feller	behind 1-5	b 8	2	1--	2	4	8	0.059	8%		Home Run; M. Vernon Scores
63	63	9	1	1947-07-02	WSH	@	NYY	Allie Reynolds	behind 0-7	t 8	2	---	1	4	8	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	10	1	1947-07-17 (1)	WSH	@	DET	Al Benton	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	5	8
65	65	11	2	1947-07-17 (1)	WSH	@	DET	Al Benton	behind 3-4	t 3	1	1--	2	5	8
66	66	12	1	1947-08-29	WSH	@	NYY	Bobo Newsom	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	2	5	8	0.182	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Vernon Scores
67	67	13	2	1947-08-29	WSH	@	NYY	Bobo Newsom	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1	5	8	0.117	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	14	1	1947-09-26 (1)	WSH		PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 4-10	b 7	2	1--	2	5	8	0.024	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Vernon Scores
69	69	15	2	1947-09-26 (1)	WSH		PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 6-11	b 9	1	-2-	2	5	8	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Vernon Scores/unER
70	70	16	1	1947-09-27	WSH		BOS	Joe Dobson	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---	1	5	8	0.089	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1948-04-19 (1)	BOS		PHA	Phil Marchildon	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.099	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	2	1	1948-05-08	BOS		SLB	Fred Sanford	behind 3-9	b 8	1	---	1	4	3	0.008	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	3	1	1948-05-10	BOS		CLE	Al Gettel	behind 0-3	b 1	1	12-	3	4	3	0.210	53%		Home Run; J. Pesky Scores; T. Williams Scores
74	74	4	1	1948-06-06 (1)	BOS		DET	Virgil Trucks	behind 0-3	b 6	2	-2-	2	4	9	0.188	34%		Home Run; T. Williams Scores
75	75	5	1	1948-06-06 (2)	BOS		DET	Fred Hutchinson	ahead 9-4	b 6	1	---	1	4	9	0.015	98%		Home Run
76	76	6	1	1948-06-19	BOS	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1-3	3	4	9	0.119	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Pesky Scores; T. Williams Scores
77	77	7	1	1948-08-01 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 0-9	t 6	1	---	1	6	9	0.003	1%		Home Run
78	78	8	1	1948-08-03	BOS	@	SLB	Fred Sanford	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	--3	2	6	9	0.130	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Stephens Scores
79	79	9	1	1948-08-15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	Walt Masterson	tied 4-4	t 5	2	12-	3	6	9	0.324	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Williams Scores; V. Stephens Scores
80	80	10	1	1948-08-20 (1)	BOS		WSH	Ray Scarborough	tied 4-4	b 10	0	---	1	6	9	0.351	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
81	81	11	1	1948-09-19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	Art Houtteman	behind 3-6	t 5	2	12-	3	6	9	0.281	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); V. Stephens Scores; B. Doerr Scores
82	82	12	1	1948-09-30	BOS		WSH	Early Wynn	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	---	1	6	9	0.078	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
83	83	1	1	1949-05-15 (2)	SLB		DET	Saul Rogovin	ahead 9-2	b 7	1	1--	2	2	8
84	84	2	1	1949-05-18	SLB	@	PHA	Bobby Shantz	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	1	2	8	0.114	46%		Home Run (CF-RF)
85	85	3	1	1949-05-24	SLB	@	NYY	Vic Raschi	tied 0-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	2	8	0.197	68%		Home Run; E. Pellagrini Scores/unER; S. Spence Scores/unER
86	86	4	1	1949-06-01	SLB		WSH	Sid Hudson	behind 4-6	b 7	0	---	1	2	8	0.144	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
87	87	5	1	1949-06-03	SLB		WSH	Paul Calvert	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	1	2	8	0.013	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
88	88	6	1	1949-08-21 (2)	SLB		DET	Lou Kretlow	behind 0-1	b 3	0	12-	3	2	7
89	89	7	2	1949-08-21 (2)	SLB		DET	Fred Hutchinson	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	---	1	2	7
90	90	8	1	1949-08-26	SLB		PHA	Bubba Harris	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	1--	2	2	7
91	91	9	2	1949-08-26	SLB		PHA	Phil Marchildon	ahead 8-3	b 8	2	12-	3	2	7
92	92	10	1	1949-09-01	SLB		NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.097	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
93	93	11	1	1949-09-09	SLB		CLE	Mike Garcia	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	1	2	7	0.170	58%		Home Run
94	94	12	1	1949-09-14 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	Vic Raschi	behind 0-5	t 3	1	---	1	2	7	0.043	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
95	95	13	2	1949-09-14 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	Joe Page	behind 4-12	t 8	0	---	1	2	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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