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: 14-9 / in Starts: 14-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	123	16	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	4	4	4	5	2	0	4.00	5.70	35	12	9	2	0	5	62			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.200	2.12	0.17%	0.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	124	21	May 8	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-7	GS-6		5	5.1	7	6	6	6	0	0	0	6.28	5.80	28	4	11	1	1	7	24			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.310	1.60	-0.25%	-2.87	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d3
3	125	26	May 14	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	5	2	0	0	4.24	5.04	36	6	17	1	4	6	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.83	0.622	3.85	0.79%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	126	31	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,8-3	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.26	4.70	28	8	9	1	1	2	72			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.396	2.95	0.55%	3.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
5	127	43	May 31(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-0)	10	9.0	9	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.52	4.40	36	9	14	1	2	9	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.366	1.96	0.48%	4.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
6	128	49	Jun 7(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-1)	6	7.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.72	4.19	29	7	15	1	5	6	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.011	2.01	-0.02%	0.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	129	55	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(5-1)	6	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.44	4.07	35	9	14	5	0	7	72			1	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.487	.67	0.20%	3.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	130	61	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(6-1)	6	9.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.24	3.87	29	9	17	2	0	3	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.338	.32	0.09%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	131	68	Jun 27	WSH		DET	W,6-5	GS-8		5	8.0	9	5	4	2	1	0	0	2.49	3.78	35	12	11	0	0	9	45			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	1	.58	-0.189	.10	-0.02%	-1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
10	132	73	Jul 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	W(7-1)	5	9.0	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.66	3.71	37	11	14	1	4	7	56			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.01	-0.061	.42	-0.02%	0.67	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
11	133	81	Jul 9	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	W(8-1)	5	9.0	6	4	4	10	3	0	0	2.79	3.87	40	10	11	2	2	6	52			2	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	0	.99	0.165	.26	0.03%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	134	85	Jul 16(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-8		6	8.0	6	4	3	4	0	0	1	2.84	3.92	34	9	14	2	1	6	52			0	0	1	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.124	.15	-0.01%	0.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
13	135	92	Jul 23(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-9	GS-8		6	7.0	9	6	6	5	1	0	0	3.16	3.95	35	6	14	0	0	9	31			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.65	-0.506	.00	0.00%	-2.57	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a1
14	136	98	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,5-8	GS-3	L(8-2)	4	2.1	4	5	4	2	1	0	0	3.43	3.96	13	3	3	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d4
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
15	137	102	Aug 1	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	GS-4	L(8-3)	3	3.0	4	4	3	5	1	0	0	3.58	4.04	18	1	7	0	3	4	33			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-3.38	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d3
16	138	107	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.38	4.00	36	8	16	3	5	6	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.399	.00	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	139	113	Aug 12	WSH		NYY	L,1-22	GS-1	L(9-4)	5	0.1	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.68	4.15	6	0	0	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
18	140	118	Aug 16(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	6	4	4	3	3	2	0	3.70	4.27	37	9	16	2	5	6	59			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.08	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	141	123	Aug 21(2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	GS-8	L(10-5)	4	8.0	9	7	5	2	3	1	1	3.81	4.29	36	9	12	2	3	9	41			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.422	.00	0.00%	-3.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
20	142	128	Aug 27	WSH	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	W(11-5)	5	9.0	10	5	2	2	1	2	1	3.70	4.41	40	8	18	3	0	10	52			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	1	.10	0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.60	1b start a 7	9b 3 out a7
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
21	143	134	Sep 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-4	L(11-6)	5	3.2	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.79	4.39	20	3	5	2	1	9	30			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-1.39	1b start a 2	4b 12- 2 out d1
22	144	140	Sep 11	WSH		CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(12-6)	8	9.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	1	3.80	4.30	37	10	15	0	4	8	52			0	0	1	35	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.23	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	145	147	Sep 19	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-6	L(12-7)	7	6.0	6	6	5	3	1	2	0	3.94	4.44	26	6	10	0	0	6	36			0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
							14-9		W-L:12-7	5.1	164.2	151	82	72	75	38	11	4	3.94	4.44	706	0.62		7%	9%	148	50		---%	4	2	3	620	30	5	0	18	0	13	1.04	0.175	.75	1.99%	0.01

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