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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
3	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
4	4	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	1	9	1
6	6	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
8	8	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	GS	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13 (4)	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	15 (1)	May 8	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
11	16	May 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
12	17	May 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
13	18	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
14	19	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	28 (8)	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	30 (1)	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	33	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
20	34	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	35	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	36	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	37	May 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-1	GS	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	41 (2)	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	43 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	44	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		DET	W,12-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	46 (1)	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	48 (1)	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
30	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	52	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	54 (1)	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
35	56 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	57	Jun 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	65 (7)	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,19-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	66	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	67	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	68	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	70	Jul 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	71	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
44	72	Jul 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	73	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	74	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	75	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,13-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	76	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	77	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	78	Jul 17	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	79	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	80	Jul 18 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	81	Jul 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	82	Jul 20	BOS		SLB	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	83	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	84	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
58	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	90 (3)	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	91	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	92	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,0-13	CG	48	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	93	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	94	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	96	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	98 (1)	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
68	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	101	Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	102	Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	103	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	104	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	48	10.2	4	0	0	4	0
73	105	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	106	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	109	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	110	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	111	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	112	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
82	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	115	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	116	Aug 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	118	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	119	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	120	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	121	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	122	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	123	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	124	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	125	Sep 1	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	126	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	127	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	138 (10)	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	CG	47	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
97	143 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
100	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	147	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	151 (3)	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	152	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	153	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	154	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	155	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							109gm		897.2	308	10	6	324	7