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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHW		KCR	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
3	3	Apr 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
5	5	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
6	6	Apr 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
7	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
8	8	Apr 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 23	CHW		BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
10	10	Apr 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	17	2	0	19	2	1B
11	11	Apr 29	CHW		MIL	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	1B
12	12	Apr 30	CHW		DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	4	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW		DET	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
14	14	May 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
15	15	May 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
16	16	May 7	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
17	17	May 8	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
18	18	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
19	19	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
20	20	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
21	21	May 13	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
22	22	May 14	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
23	23	May 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	GF	7	1.2	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
24	24	May 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
25	26 (1)	May 18	CHW		CAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
26	27	May 19	CHW		MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
27	28	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
28	29	May 21	CHW		OAK	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
29	30	May 22	CHW		OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
30	31	May 23 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
31	32	May 23 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
32	33	May 24	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	34	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
34	35	May 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
35	37 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-11	GS	32	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
36	38	May 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
37	39	May 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
38	40	May 31	CHW		TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	41	Jun 1	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	CG	66	16.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
40	42	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
41	43	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
42	44	Jun 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
43	45	Jun 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
44	46	Jun 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	47	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
46	48	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
47	49	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	PR 1B
48	50	Jun 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	12.2	8	3	0	11	1	1B
49	51	Jun 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
50	52	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
51	53	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
52	54	Jun 15	CHW		BAL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
53	55	Jun 16	CHW		BAL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
54	56	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
55	57	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	58	14.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
56	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
57	59	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
58	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
59	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
60	62	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
61	63	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
62	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
63	65	Jun 25 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.1	12	0	0	12	1	1B
64	66	Jun 25 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,14-9	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	67	Jun 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	33	9.1	10	2	0	12	1	1B
66	68	Jun 27	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
67	69	Jun 29	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
68	70	Jun 30	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	71	Jul 1	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
70	72	Jul 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
71	73	Jul 3	CHW		TEX	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
72	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
73	76	Jul 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
74	77	Jul 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
75	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
76	80 (1)	Jul 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
77	81	Jul 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
78	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
79	83	Jul 15	CHW		MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	84	Jul 16	CHW		MIL	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
81	85	Jul 17	CHW		MIL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
82	87 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
83	93 (5)	Jul 23	CHW		MIN	L,2-6	GF	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
84	95 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
85	96	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	97	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
87	98	Jul 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
88	99	Jul 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
89	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
90	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	10	3	0	13	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
92	103	Aug 3	CHW		OAK	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
93	104	Aug 4	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
94	106 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
95	107	Aug 7	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
96	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
97	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
98	110	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
99	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	19	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
100	113 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
101	114	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
102	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
103	116	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
104	117	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
105	118	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
106	119	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
107	120	Aug 19	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
108	121	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
109	123 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
110	124	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
111	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
112	126	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
113	127	Aug 25	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
114	128	Aug 27	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
115	129	Aug 28	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
116	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	MIL	W,2-0	GS	23	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
117	131	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	132	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
119	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	GS	30	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
120	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
121	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-18	GS	34	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
122	136	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	12	1	0	13	1	1B
123	137	Sep 7	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
124	138	Sep 8	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
125	139	Sep 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
126	140	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
127	142 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
128	143	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
129	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
130	145	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
131	147 (1)	Sep 15	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
132	148	Sep 16	CHW		TEX	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
133	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
134	151 (1)	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
135	152	Sep 21	CHW		MIN	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
136	153	Sep 22	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
137	154	Sep 23	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
138	155	Sep 24	CHW		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
139	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
140	157	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
141	159 (1)	Oct 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-11	CG	47	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
142	160	Oct 2	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
143	161	Oct 3	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
							143gm		1208.1	1206	112	2	1320	116