Spec Shea

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: October 2, 1920 in Naugatuck, CT us

Died: July 19, 2002 in New Haven, CT

Buried: St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck, CT

Debut: April 19, 1947 (Age 26-199d, 10,310th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 27, 1955 (Age 34-329d)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Francis Joseph Shea

Nicknames: The Naugatuck Nugget

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

ERA

3.80

195

118

943.2

361

WHIP

1.426

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-15 / in Starts: 7-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 7

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	76	5	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS-6		99	5.0	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	7.20	2.68	23	5	8	2	0	8	35			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	.71	0.014	1.88	0.02%	-0.46	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a4
2	77	8	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	5	0	1	2.57	3.12	37	9	13	0	0	4	79			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.17	0.360	3.46	0.64%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	78	14	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-2		6	2.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.50	3.60	12	2	3	1	0	4	29			1	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.278	2.64	-0.62%	-2.99	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
4	79	18	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	GS-4		3	4.0	6	4	2	3	1	0	0	4.50	3.73	21	6	5	1	0	6	36			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	-0.262	6.25	-0.68%	-1.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
5	80	24	May 13(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-9	GS-1		6	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	5.14	4.57	5	1	0	0	0	2	39			0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.148	3.35	-0.36%	-1.48	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
6	81	28	May 18	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	7	5	3	4	2	0	5.28	4.93	37	13	8	1	0	8	43			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.429	6.90	-1.37%	-3.04	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
7	82	35	May 27(1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-0	SHO	W(2-1)	8	9.0	7	0	0	6	2	0	0	4.03	4.72	39	6	18	1	1	7	69			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.299	2.71	0.83%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
8	83	38	May 30(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,10-11	8-GF(15)	L(2-2)	2	7.1	3	1	1	4	3	1	0	3.57	4.77	27	7	10	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.56	0.670	14.51	2.28%	3.45	8b 1-- 1 out tie	15b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	84	42	Jun 3(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-3)	3	6.0	9	4	3	0	0	3	0	3.68	5.26	27	3	15	1	0	9	40			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.090	3.77	-0.25%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
10	85	48	Jun 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS-5		5	4.1	5	4	4	4	0	0	1	4.04	5.32	22	2	10	0	0	5	33			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.115	7.23	-0.44%	-1.66	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out a3
11	86	51	Jun 12	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	7-8		2	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.92	5.29	4	2	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.29	0.039	1.28	0.10%	2.06	7t 123 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
12	87	55	Jun 19(1)	NYY		CHW	W,11-9	3-3		6	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.03	5.31	5	0	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	-0.187	14.04	-0.74%	-1.60	3t -23 1 out a2	3t 3 out d1
13	88	58	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	1	6.1	9	3	3	4	4	0	1	4.06	5.14	28	6	4	0	0	9	43			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	3	0	0	.96	-0.086	6.89	-0.37%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
14	89	62	Jun 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	4-6		4	2.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.90	5.02	10	1	4	1	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.050	2.76	-0.15%	0.21	4b 1-3 1 out d1	6b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	90	70	Jul 4(2)	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.84	4.95	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.037	2.58	0.12%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
16	91	73	Jul 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	2-6		2	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	0	4.07	5.14	21	7	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	-0.023	.77	-0.10%	-1.15	2b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d9
17	92	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-11	5-5	L(2-5)	5	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.28	5.26	5	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.384	6.97	-1.24%	-2.61	5b -23 1 out a2	5b 3 out d2
18	93	80	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	3-8	W(3-5)	2	4.2	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.25	5.15	21	5	6	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.005	7.17	0.01%	0.10	3b 12- 2 out a2	8b 12- 1 out a1
19	94	85	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3		W(4-5)	4	4.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.04	5.04	15												13			0		0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	95	95	Aug 1(1)	NYY		DET	L,8-9	8-GF		10	1.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.98	4.99	6	0	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.177	8.42	-0.67%	-0.07	8t 12- 2 out tie	9t end d 1
21	96	97	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,0-6	8-8		0	1.0	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	4.04	4.99	9	2	1	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.44	-0.123	2.85	-0.47%	-3.51	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d6
22	97	99	Aug 3(2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-10	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	4.97	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
23	98	108	Aug 12(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.11	4.91	9	1	5	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.074	1.74	-0.30%	-0.96	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
24	99	116	Aug 19	NYY		PHA	L,1-15	7-GF		6	3.0	10	11	6	2	2	1	1	4.57	5.03	23	2	6	1	2	10		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.19	-0.102	1.37	-0.45%	-9.51	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d14
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	100	154	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	GS-5	W(5-5)	41	5.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.33	4.89	19	4	4	0	0	6	56			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.247	.00	0.00%	2.48	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
							10-15		W-L:5-5	4.0	95.2	112	59	46	50	37	11	4	4.33	4.89	432	0.65		5%	3%	111	46	14	50%	4	8	1	373	11	3	0	14	0	7	.99	-0.857	4.76	-4.20%	-14.29

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