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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
2	3	Apr 13 (1)	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
3	4	Apr 13 (2)	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
4	5	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4		18	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
5	6	Apr 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-0	GF	9	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH 1B
6	9 (2)	Apr 19	NYY		MIL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
7	13 (3)	Apr 23	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
8	18 (4)	Apr 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	28 (9)	May 13	NYY		KCR	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
10	29	May 14	NYY		KCR	W,16-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
11	30	May 16	NYY		TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
12	31	May 17	NYY		TEX	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
13	32	May 18	NYY		TEX	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
14	33	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
15	36 (2)	May 22	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
16	37	May 23	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-3	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
17	38	May 24	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
18	39	May 25	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
19	40	May 26	NYY		DET	W,13-5	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
20	41	May 27	NYY		DET	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
21	42	May 28	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
22	43	May 30	NYY		TOR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
23	44	May 31	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	GS	35	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	47 (2)	Jun 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,5-6	GF	18	3.2	2	1	0	3	0	1B
25	48	Jun 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	49	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
27	51 (1)	Jun 8	NYY	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
28	52	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-7	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
29	54 (1)	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,9-7	GS	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
30	55	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
31	59 (3)	Jun 16	NYY		SEA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
32	61 (1)	Jun 18	NYY		CAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
33	62	Jun 19	NYY		CAL	W,7-5	GS	33	7.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
34	63	Jun 20	NYY		OAK	W,15-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
35	64	Jun 21	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
36	65	Jun 22	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
37	66	Jun 23	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	67	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,10-5	GS	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
39	70 (2)	Jun 28	NYY		CLE	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
40	71	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	76 (4)	Jul 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
42	77	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	18	5.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	79 (1)	Jul 10	NYY	@	TEX	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
44	85 (5)	Jul 16	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	GF	16	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH 1B
45	89 (3)	Jul 20	NYY		KCR	L,3-14	CG	50	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
46	91 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
47	93 (1)	Jul 23	NYY		MIL	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	4	1	1	6	2	1B
48	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	103 (8)	Aug 3	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
50	104	Aug 4	NYY		TEX	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
51	105	Aug 5	NYY		TEX	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
52	106	Aug 6	NYY		TEX	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
53	107	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
54	108	Aug 9	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	115 (6)	Aug 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
56	117 (1)	Aug 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
57	119 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
58	121 (1)	Aug 22	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-8	GS	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	122	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
60	128 (5)	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,9-3	GF	14	4.0	4	1	0	5	2	PH 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	130 (1)	Sep 1	NYY		OAK	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
62	131	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
63	132	Sep 3	NYY		OAK	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
64	135 (2)	Sep 6	NYY		CAL	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
65	136	Sep 7	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	GS	18	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
66	137	Sep 8	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS	30	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
67	138	Sep 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	139	Sep 10	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
69	144 (4)	Sep 16	NYY		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
70	145	Sep 17 susp	NYY		TOR	W,8-7	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
71	147 (1)	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
72	148	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
73	158 (9)	Oct 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-7	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
74	159	Oct 2	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
75	161 (1)	Oct 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
							75gm		555.2	567	41	6	614	51