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	18-48 / in Starts: 14-24
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	62 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 178 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	109 (54-34-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 178 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	109 (52-36-20)

Most Driven In
R Young	4
A Griggs	1
B Dyer	1
H Heilmann	1
G Harper	0
B Ellison	0
B Veach	0

Most Driven In By
D Bush	4
T Cobb	2
L Dressen	1
B Veach	1
R Kallio	0
H Dauss	0

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 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	385	4 (3)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.51	-0.012	1.52	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
2	386	6 (1)	Apr 29	DET	@	SLB	L,3-12	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.69	-0.026	1.31	-0.03%	-0.43	PH
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
3	387	7	May 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.667	1.000	8	2.15	0.177	3.62	0.18%	0.60	C
4	388	8	May 2	DET		CHW	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.429	.667	1.095	8	1.29	-0.052	2.26	-0.06%	-0.30	C
5	389	9	May 3	DET		CHW	L,3-19	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.333	.500	.833	8	.27	-0.014	.46	-0.02%	-0.46	C
6	390	11 (1)	May 5	DET		CHW	W,3-2	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.250	.400	.500	.900	8	2.64	0.079	4.98	0.09%	0.36	PH C
7	391	13 (1)	May 7	DET		SLB	L,3-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.364	.444	.808	9	.55	-0.013	1.28	-0.02%	-0.12	PH
8	392	14	May 8	DET		SLB	L,1-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.400	.733	9	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.12	PH C
9	393	15	May 9	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.143	.250	.286	.536	8	.70	-0.090	1.44	-0.11%	-1.64	C
10	394	17 (1)	May 11	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.294	.333	.627	8	1.19	0.038	2.35	0.05%	0.91	PH
11	395	18	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.188	.278	.313	.590	8	3.73	-0.084	6.91	-0.09%	-0.25	PH
12	396	21 (2)	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,8-11	6-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.176	.263	.294	.557	8	.13	0.005	.17	0.00%	0.23	C
13	397	22	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.200	.273	.300	.573	8	1.40	-0.039	1.43	-0.02%	-0.27	C
14	398	23	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(14)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.160	.250	.240	.490	8	1.59	-0.044	1.18	-0.02%	-0.85	C
15	399	32 (8)	May 31	DET		SLB	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.160	.250	.240	.490	8						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
16	400	33	Jun 1	DET		BOS	W,4-3	10-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.241	.231	.472	8	2.11	-0.049	1.40	-0.02%	-0.19	C
17	401	35 (1)	Jun 3	DET		BOS	L,0-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.148	.233	.222	.456	9	.18	-0.005	.16	0.00%	-0.12	PH
18	402	36	Jun 4	DET		BOS	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.226	.214	.440	9	1.49	-0.035	1.20	-0.02%	-0.19	PH
19	403	37	Jun 5	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.156	.229	.219	.447	8	2.47	-0.100	1.24	-0.03%	-0.41	C
20	404	40 (2)	Jun 8	DET		WSH	L,3-5	8-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.250	.273	.523	9	1.75	0.123	.60	0.03%	1.25	PH C
21	405	41	Jun 9	DET		WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.171	.256	.257	.514	8	.85	0.007	.30	0.00%	-0.08	C
22	406	42	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		1		0		.162	.262	.243	.505	8	.28	0.018	.05	0.00%	0.41	C
23	407	43	Jun 11	DET		PHA	L,1-8	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0		.154	.283	.231	.513	8	.33	-0.027	.08	0.00%	-0.32	C
24	408	44	Jun 12	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.190	.320	.286	.606	8	1.43	0.133	.24	0.01%	1.15	C
25	409	45	Jun 13	DET		PHA	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.289	.622	8	.21	0.008	.03	0.00%	0.31	C
26	410	46	Jun 14	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.310	.265	.576	8	.38	-0.043	.08	-0.01%	-1.42	C
27	411	47	Jun 15	DET		NYY	W,4-0	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0		.180	.317	.260	.577	8	.80	-0.002	.10	0.00%	0.05	C
28	412	48	Jun 16	DET		NYY	L,2-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.311	.255	.566	9	2.31	-0.118	.44	-0.01%	-1.08	PH
29	413	55 (6)	Jun 23 (1)	DET		SLB	L,1-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.173	.306	.250	.556	8	.82	-0.019	.23	0.00%	-0.19	C
30	414	56	Jun 23 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.185	.323	.259	.582	8	1.73	-0.015	.33	0.00%	0.10	C
31	415	57	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.190	.319	.276	.595	8	.84	-0.037	.16	0.00%	0.75	C
32	416	58	Jun 25	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.306	.262	.568	8	1.07	-0.074	.17	-0.01%	-0.48	C
33	417	59	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,0-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.180	.306	.262	.568	8						C
34	418	61 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.315	.274	.589	9	.79	0.039	.18	0.01%	0.37	PH
35	419	62	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-13	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.311	.270	.581	9	5.18	-0.147	.86	-0.02%	-0.56	PH
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
36	420	68 (5)	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.307	.266	.572	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PH
37	421	69	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	12-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.316	.266	.581	5	3.27	0.019	.35	0.00%	0.21	PH 1B
38	422	74 (4)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.325	.277	.602	9	.33	0.019	.01	0.00%	0.19	PH
39	423	77 (2)	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.197	.321	.273	.593	9	5.11	-0.170	.11	0.00%	-0.66	PH
40	424	85 (7)	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.321	.290	.611	8	.58	0.036	.04	0.00%	0.35	C
41	425	86	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.321	.292	.613	8	.99	-0.004	.04	0.00%	-0.03	C
42	426	87	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.318	.280	.598	8	2.25	-0.178	.02	0.00%	-0.91	C
43	427	88	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.315	.276	.591	9	.61	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
44	428	93 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.301	.263	.564	8	.93	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-1.52	C
45	429	96 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.185	.298	.259	.557	9	4.12	-0.113	.02	0.00%	-0.53	PH
46	430	97	Jul 31 (2)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0		.179	.296	.250	.546	8						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
47	431	99 (1)	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.176	.293	.247	.540	9	.50	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.59	PH
48	432	102 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG(18)	8	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.196	.308	.272	.580	8	1.37	0.180	.00	0.00%	1.20	C
49	433	103	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,5-7	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.204	.315	.280	.594	8	.92	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.36	C
50	434	105 (1)	Aug 8	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.196	.304	.268	.572	8	1.69	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-1.38	C
51	435	108 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.198	.302	.287	.589	8	.60	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.98	C
52	436	109	Aug 14	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.297	.282	.578	8	1.20	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
53	437	110	Aug 15	DET	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.187	.287	.271	.558	8	.67	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.87	C
54	438	111	Aug 16	DET	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG(16)	8	8	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0				0		.209	.300	.287	.587	8						C
55	439	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.218	.306	.294	.600	8	1.42	0.217	.00	0.00%	1.53	C
56	440	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1		0		.213	.309	.287	.596	8	1.41	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
57	441	114	Aug 19	DET	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.315	.288	.603	8	1.28	-0.035	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
58	442	115	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.225	.320	.295	.614	8	.80	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.57	C
59	443	116	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.218	.311	.286	.597	8	1.74	-0.186	.00	0.00%	-1.12	C
60	444	117	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0		.221	.316	.294	.610	8	1.01	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.28	C
61	445	119 (1)	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.314	.288	.602	8	.52	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
62	446	120	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.313	.287	.600	8	1.39	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.95	C
63	447	121	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.307	.281	.588	8	1.25	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.52	C
64	448	122	Aug 30 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.302	.275	.577	8	1.68	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
65	449	124 (1)	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.312	.288	.600	8	.78	0.117	.00	0.00%	0.82	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
66	450	126 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0		.219	.313	.284	.596	8						C
							18-48		178	155	11	34	8	1	0	9	19	2	18	2	2		7		1		.219	.313	.284	.596		.41	-0.14%

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