Spec Shea

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: October 2, 1920 in Naugatuck, CT us

Died: July 19, 2002 in New Haven, CT

Buried: St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck, CT

Debut: April 19, 1947 (Age 26-199d, 10,310th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 27, 1955 (Age 34-329d)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Francis Joseph Shea

Nicknames: The Naugatuck Nugget

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

ERA

3.80

195

118

943.2

361

WHIP

1.426

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-6 / in Starts: 19-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 2

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.68	5	2	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.087	.87	0.15%	2.37	7b -23 0 out d2	8b end d 2
2	2	9	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(0-1)	4	9.0	3	1	1	7	2	0	0	0.82	4.04	37	14	11	2	2	3	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.290	4.02	0.63%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	13	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	1.35	3.43	36	6	13	1	0	7	67			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.63	0.229	1.96	0.43%	1.98	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
4	4	18	May 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	11	6	6	5	7	0	0	2.79	3.23	42	9	11	1	2	10	43			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	2	0	1	.86	0.087	2.39	0.14%	-1.52	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
5	5	23	May 17(1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	1	2.84	3.25	37	11	13	1	3	6	61			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.151	2.67	0.21%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	6	28	May 21	NYY		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	1	2.30	3.12	33	6	15	0	3	4	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.316	1.92	0.42%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	7	32	May 26	NYY		BOS	W,9-3	GS-3		4	2.0	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	2.57	3.25	12	1	4	0	1	3	38			0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.299	3.24	-0.54%	-3.05	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d2
8	8	35	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS-6	W(5-1)	2	6.0	5	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.62	3.38	26	8	6	0	2	5	51			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.222	3.35	0.41%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.25	3.30	34	6	17	1	7	4	78			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.561	5.11	1.49%	4.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
10	10	45	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.10	3.18	33	8	13	2	3	3	80			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.532	5.16	1.28%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	11	50	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(7-2)	3	10.0	10	3	3	8	5	0	1	2.17	3.33	44	12	8	3	1	10	57			1	1	0	34	2	1	1	3	0	0	1.94	0.159	8.78	0.43%	1.05	1b start a 2	11b 1-- 0 out d1
12	12	55	Jun 16	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	8	3	2	1	2	1	0	2.18	3.40	33	6	16	0	0	8	57			1	0	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.025	3.32	-0.07%	0.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
13	13	57	Jun 20	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	4	3	3	6	9	2	0	2.25	3.60	36	4	13	0	0	4	70			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.237	3.88	0.73%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	14	62	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.06	3.52	31	7	16	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.481	5.41	1.75%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	15	68	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	1	1.98	3.54	37	9	14	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.516	9.70	2.18%	3.48	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	16	72	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(11-2)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.91	3.45	31	9	12	0	0	3	80			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.279	4.24	1.08%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	17	77	Jul 12(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-2	GS-1		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	3.44	3	1	2	0	1	0	53			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.047	2.38	0.11%	0.47	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
18	18	91	Jul 23	NYY		SLB	L,2-8	GS-3	L(11-3)	10	2.1	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.07	3.56	12	1	5	1	2	3	38			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.130	1.32	-0.13%	-1.11	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	107	Aug 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-GF(8)	L(11-4)	16	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.19	3.67	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.320	1.18	-0.23%	-1.50	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
20	20	111	Aug 14	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	3.67	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	0.076	1.91	0.04%	0.87	9t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
21	21	116	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	W,14-13	4-7		5	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.40	3.65	15	3	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.302	1.44	-0.17%	-1.53	4b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 0 out d1
22	22	122	Aug 24(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-6	GS-5		3	4.0	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.65	3.67	20	2	10	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.096	.19	-0.02%	-3.57	1b start a 3	5b 1-3 0 out a5
23	23	127	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS-9		5	8.2	7	5	5	4	4	1	0	2.80	3.72	36	9	12	1	0	7	50			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	0.103	.26	0.01%	-0.33	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	133	Sep 3(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-8	W(12-4)	3	7.2	11	6	6	5	3	1	0	3.01	3.81	39	2	18	0	0	11	31			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.131	.08	0.01%	-0.45	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a5
25	25	140	Sep 11(1)	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS-7	L(12-5)	7	6.1	6	7	7	3	3	2	0	3.28	3.95	28	3	13	1	4	6	33			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d3
26	26	148	Sep 18	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(13-5)	6	9.0	4	1	1	5	8	1	0	3.16	3.95	34	5	12	0	6	4	78			2	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.504	.00	0.00%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	27	152	Sep 23(2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	GS-8	W(14-5)	4	8.0	2	1	1	7	4	0	0	3.07	3.97	32	9	10	1	0	2	71			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.452	.00	0.00%	2.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
							21-6		W-L:14-5,Sv:1	4.4	178.2	127	63	61	89	89	10	4	3.07	3.97	733	0.58		4%	9%	124	60	4	0%	5	8	0	633	20	5	1	19	0	4	1.05	4.010	3.16	10.35%	26.25

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