Stan Spence

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: March 20, 1915 in South Portsmouth, KY us

Died: January 9, 1983 in Kinston, NC

Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, NC

Debut: June 8, 1940 (Age 25-080d, 8,901st in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 34-196d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Stanley Orville Spence

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.8

3871

1090

.282

541

RBI

575

OBP

.369

SLG

.437

OPS

.806

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 19 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 19 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 20	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
11	11	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 25	WSH		PHA	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	Apr 28	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	16	Apr 29	WSH		CHW	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	Apr 30	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	WSH		CLE	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 2	WSH		CLE	L,3-12	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 3 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 3 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	22	May 5	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 6	WSH		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
26	26	May 13	WSH	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 16 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 16 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
30	32 (2)	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	33	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	34	May 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	35	May 24	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	36	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	37	May 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
36	38	May 27	WSH		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	39	May 28	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	40	May 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-16	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	41	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	42	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	43	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	44	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	45	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	46	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	47	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
46	48	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	49	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	50	Jun 6 (2)	WSH		DET	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	51	Jun 7 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	52	Jun 7 (2)	WSH		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	53	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,6-7	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	54	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	47	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	55	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	56	Jun 13	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	57	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	58	Jun 14 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	59	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	60	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	61	Jun 19	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	62	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
61	63	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	64	Jun 21 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	65	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	66	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	67	Jun 26	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	68	Jun 27	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
67	69	Jun 28 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,14-13	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	70	Jun 28 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	71	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	72	Jun 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	73	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	74	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	75	Jul 3	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	76	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	77	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	79	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	80	Jul 9	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	81	Jul 11	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	82	Jul 12 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,7-9	CG	51	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
81	83	Jul 12 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	84	Jul 13	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	85	Jul 15	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	86	Jul 16	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	87	Jul 17	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	88	Jul 18	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	89	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	90	Jul 19 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	91	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	92	Jul 22	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	93	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	94	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	95	Jul 24 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	96	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	56	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	97	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	98	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	99	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	100	Jul 29	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	101	Jul 30	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	102	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	103	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	104	Aug 6	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	105	Aug 10 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	106	Aug 10 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	108	Aug 15 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	109	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
108	110	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	111	Aug 16 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	112	Aug 18	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	113	Aug 19	WSH		PHA	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	114	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	115	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	12.0	4	0	1	5	0
114	116	Aug 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-17	CG	51	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	117	Aug 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	118	Aug 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	119	Aug 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	120	Aug 25 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
119	121	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	122	Aug 28	WSH		DET	L,7-10	CG	67	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	123	Aug 29	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	124	Aug 30 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	125	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	126	Sep 1	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	127	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	128	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	129	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
128	130	Sep 3 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
129	131	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	132	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	133	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,9-11	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
132	134	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-15	CG	0	9.0	4	0	2	6	0
133	135	Sep 7	WSH		BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	136	Sep 8	WSH		BOS	W,15-11	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	137	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	138	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	139	Sep 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	140	Sep 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	55	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	141	Sep 13 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
140	142	Sep 13 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	143	Sep 14	WSH	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
142	144	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
143	145	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
144	146	Sep 19 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	147	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	148	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	149	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
148	150	Sep 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	151	Sep 23	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							150gm			340	6	11	357	0