Tubby Spencer

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 215lb (178cm, 97kg)

Born: January 26, 1884 in Oil City, PA us

Died: February 1, 1945 in San Francisco, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA

Debut: July 24, 1905 (Age 21-179d, 2,738th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: September 1, 1918 (Age 34-218d)
vs. SLB 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1905 season

Full Name: Edward Russell Spencer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

1326

298

.225

106

RBI

134

OBP

.281

SLG

.279

OPS

.560

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-39 / in Starts: 28-28
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	68 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 219 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	119 (57-41-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 219 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	132 (63-44-24)

Most Driven In
G Burns	7
R Young	4
H Heilmann	4
B Veach	4
O Vitt	3
B Dyer	0
T Cobb	0

Most Driven In By
R Young	3
O Vitt	2
T Cobb	1
W Mitchell	1
D Bush	1
B Veach	1
B Boland	1
G Harper	1

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	315	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.46	-0.039	3.78	-0.06%	-0.28	C
2	316	2	Apr 12	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.250	.650	8	1.89	0.046	4.29	0.06%	0.08	C
3	317	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.286	.661	8	1.22	0.091	2.58	0.12%	0.59	C
4	318	4	Apr 15	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.364	.417	.545	.962	8	.39	0.082	.89	0.11%	0.67	C
5	319	5	Apr 16	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.333	.429	.762	8	.89	-0.064	1.84	-0.08%	-0.40	C
6	320	6	Apr 17	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.294	.368	.471	.839	8	1.20	0.034	2.22	0.04%	0.58	C
7	321	8 (1)	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.391	.550	.941	8	1.54	0.128	2.22	0.11%	0.73	C
8	322	9	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0		.304	.407	.522	.929	8	.95	0.054	1.53	0.05%	0.77	C
9	323	10	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.308	.400	.500	.900	8	1.23	-0.003	2.18	0.00%	0.50	C
10	324	11	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.412	.464	.876	8	.48	0.005	.73	0.01%	-0.11	C
11	325	13 (1)	Apr 28	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.258	.378	.419	.798	8	2.11	-0.278	3.67	-0.29%	-1.26	C
12	326	14	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.235	.350	.382	.732	8	.74	0.100	1.27	0.10%	0.75	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	327	16 (1)	May 7	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.326	.351	.677	8	.99	-0.072	1.79	-0.08%	-0.45	C
14	328	18 (1)	May 9 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.200	.304	.325	.629	8	.46	0.019	.64	0.02%	0.02	C
15	329	19	May 9 (2)	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.340	.372	.712	8	.34	0.090	.52	0.08%	2.27	C
16	330	20	May 10	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.321	.348	.669	8	1.01	-0.072	1.86	-0.08%	-0.59	C
17	331	21	May 11	DET		BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.204	.304	.327	.630	8	1.23	-0.088	1.99	-0.09%	-0.40	C
18	332	22	May 12	DET		BOS	L,0-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.298	.320	.618	9	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.20	PH
19	333	23	May 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG(12)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.204	.295	.315	.610	8	1.32	-0.008	1.54	-0.01%	-0.20	C
20	334	24	May 14	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG(14)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.288	.305	.593	8	1.29	-0.101	1.43	-0.07%	-0.47	C
21	335	25	May 15	DET		WSH	L,5-11	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.213	.294	.328	.622	8	.66	-0.039	.83	-0.03%	-0.68	C
22	336	26	May 16	DET		WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.292	.313	.604	8	1.04	-0.066	1.11	-0.04%	-0.68	C
23	337	27	May 17	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.206	.289	.309	.598	8	1.40	-0.056	1.18	-0.03%	-0.42	C
24	338	29 (1)	May 19	DET		NYY	T,9-9	GS-5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.214	.304	.314	.618	8	1.87	0.075	1.30	0.03%	0.62	C
25	339	30	May 20	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.208	.305	.306	.610	8	.98	-0.025	.67	-0.01%	-0.21	C
26	340	31	May 24	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.230	.329	.324	.654	8	2.16	0.126	1.44	0.05%	0.93	C
27	341	33 (1)	May 26	DET		PHA	W,11-8	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.234	.337	.338	.675	8	.87	0.135	.34	0.03%	1.66	C
28	342	34	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.234	.337	.338	.675	8						C
29	343	35	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.238	.344	.338	.682	8	.68	0.034	.25	0.01%	0.07	C
30	344	36	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.340	.325	.666	8	.27	-0.013	.11	0.00%	-0.32	C
31	345	37	May 31	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.337	.322	.658	8	1.73	0.075	.81	0.02%	0.30	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	346	38	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.227	.333	.318	.652	9	.13	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.13	PH
33	347	39	Jun 3	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.239	.340	.326	.666	8	2.57	0.115	1.18	0.03%	0.10	C
34	348	40	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.327	.313	.640	8	.54	-0.051	.28	-0.02%	-0.74	C
35	349	41	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.325	.310	.635	8	.44	-0.007	.18	0.00%	-0.22	C
36	350	45 (3)	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.235	.333	.324	.657	8	1.53	0.149	1.07	0.06%	0.75	C
37	351	46	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.236	.331	.321	.651	8	1.04	0.066	.56	0.02%	0.40	C
38	352	47	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.234	.328	.318	.646	8	.34	-0.009	.24	0.00%	-0.08	PH
39	353	49 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.328	.312	.640	8	1.23	0.053	.92	0.02%	0.09	C
40	354	51 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.227	.325	.309	.634	9	.42	-0.010	.42	-0.01%	-0.13	PH
41	355	52	Jun 20	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.333	.327	.661	8	2.06	0.184	1.84	0.10%	0.57	C
42	356	53	Jun 21	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.338	.333	.672	8	1.70	0.181	1.39	0.09%	0.14	C
43	357	55 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.338	.328	.666	8	1.75	-0.049	1.81	-0.03%	-0.36	C
44	358	57 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.343	.333	.676	8	.60	0.126	.86	0.11%	0.96	C
45	359	58	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.340	.331	.671	9	2.20	-0.032	3.51	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
46	360	59	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.246	.336	.325	.661	9	.48	-0.026	.73	-0.02%	-0.39	PH C
47	361	60	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.248	.336	.333	.669	8	.78	-0.023	.87	-0.02%	-0.19	C
48	362	61	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.246	.333	.331	.664	7	6.05	-0.144	6.08	-0.09%	-0.71	PH
49	363	63 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.333	.331	.664	8	1.70	-0.057	1.69	-0.03%	-0.68	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	364	66 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,9-15	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.257	.344	.338	.682	8	.42	0.050	.45	0.03%	2.30	C
51	365	69 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.342	.336	.678	9	1.54	-0.037	1.80	-0.03%	-0.08	PH
52	366	70	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.257	.346	.336	.682	8	2.02	0.272	1.94	0.16%	0.67	C
53	367	73 (2)	Jul 8	DET		WSH	L,5-10	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.344	.333	.677	9	.13	-0.003	.09	0.00%	-0.08	PH
54	368	74	Jul 9 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.341	.331	.672	8	.43	0.000	.20	0.00%	-0.17	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	369	103 (28)	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.253	.339	.329	.668	8	1.84	-0.041	.63	-0.01%	-0.25	PH C
56	370	105 (1)	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.247	.331	.320	.651	8	.19	-0.024	.08	-0.01%	-1.08	C
57	371	106	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.240	.324	.312	.635	8	.18	-0.018	.10	-0.01%	-0.48	C
58	372	109 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.245	.326	.314	.640	8	.66	-0.028	.09	0.00%	-0.38	C
59	373	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.253	.335	.327	.662	8	.41	0.049	.08	0.01%	2.22	C
60	374	111	Aug 13 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-10	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.335	.327	.662	8	.14	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.14	C
61	375	112	Aug 13 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.249	.328	.320	.648	8	.44	-0.043	.06	0.00%	-0.60	C
62	376	113	Aug 14	DET		SLB	L,4-6	CG	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.256	.337	.337	.674	8	.91	0.080	.17	0.01%	1.76	C
63	377	116 (2)	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,3-2	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.340	.337	.677	8	3.19	0.009	.04	0.00%	0.21	C
64	378	118 (1)	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.251	.335	.331	.666	8	.57	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.47	C
65	379	119	Aug 23	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.246	.328	.324	.652	8	.70	-0.084	.02	0.00%	-1.87	C
66	380	120	Aug 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.242	.327	.319	.646	8	1.96	0.109	.04	0.00%	0.61	C
67	381	121	Aug 25	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.249	.335	.330	.665	8	1.37	0.174	.01	0.00%	1.66	C
68	382	122	Aug 26	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.246	.335	.326	.661	8	1.26	0.103	.01	0.00%	0.57	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
69	383	138 (15)	Sep 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.243	.332	.323	.655	8	.50	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
70	384	141 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.240	.327	.318	.645	8	1.54	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
							30-39		219	192	13	46	9	3	0	22	16	2	17	9	1		5		0		.240	.327	.318	.645		1.08	0.995	1.00	0.31%	6.61

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More Tubby Spencer Pages at Baseball Reference

Tubby Spencer page at the Bullpen Wiki