Jim Spencer

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: July 30, 1947 in Hanover, PA us

Died: February 10, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Buried: Mount Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery, Taneytown, MD

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (11th) of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Andover HS (Linthicum, MD).

High School: Andover HS (Linthicum, MD)

Debut: September 7, 1968 (Age 21-039d, 12,737th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1982 (Age 34-325d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: James Lloyd Spencer

Nicknames: Spence

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Relatives: Grandson of Ben Spencer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

4908

1227

146

.250

541

RBI

599

OBP

.307

SLG

.387

OPS

.694

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 27)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CAL		TEX	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
2	2	Apr 16	CAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
3	3	Apr 18	CAL		MIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
4	4	Apr 19	CAL		MIN	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
5	5	Apr 21	CAL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	6	Apr 22	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 23	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
8	8	Apr 24	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
9	9	Apr 25	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
10	10	Apr 26	CAL	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
11	11	Apr 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-12	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
12	12	Apr 29	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
13	13	Apr 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
15	15	May 5	CAL		MIL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
16	16	May 6	CAL		MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	12	2	1	15	0	1B
17	18 (1)	May 9	CAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
18	19	May 10	CAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
19	20	May 11	CAL		BOS	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
20	21	May 12	CAL		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
21	27 (5)	May 18	CAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	17	1	0	18	4	1B
22	29 (1)	May 20	CAL	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
23	30	May 21	CAL	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
24	36 (5)	May 27	CAL		KCR	W,4-2	GF	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
25	37	May 28	CAL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
26	40 (2)	May 30	CAL		CHW	W,6-0	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	55 (14)	Jun 17	CAL		DET	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	62 (6)	Jun 25 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS	36	6.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	63	Jun 25 (2)	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	64	Jun 26	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
31	65	Jun 27	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
32	66	Jun 28	CAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	67	Jun 29	CAL	@	TEX	W,12-4	GS	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
34	68	Jun 30	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	71 (2)	Jul 3	CAL		OAK	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
36	74 (2)	Jul 6	CAL		MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	76 (1)	Jul 8	CAL		BOS	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	80 (3)	Jul 12	CAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	81	Jul 14	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	83 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	84	Jul 16 (2)	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	86 (1)	Jul 18	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	87	Jul 19	CAL	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	89 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
45	90	Jul 22 (1)	CAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	94 (3)	Jul 28	CAL		TEX	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	95	Jul 29	CAL		TEX	W,8-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	96	Jul 30	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	102 (5)	Aug 6 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
50	109 (6)	Aug 13	CAL		MIN	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
51	114 (4)	Aug 19	CAL	@	DET	L,1-10	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
52	115	Aug 20	CAL	@	DET	L,9-11	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	116	Aug 21	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	118 (1)	Aug 23	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	121 (2)	Aug 27	CAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	9	2	1	12	2	1B
56	123 (1)	Aug 30	CAL		DET	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	128 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,5-10		26	5.2	5	1	0	6	0	LF 1B
							59gm		427.2	288	23	3	314	25