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: 13-9 / in Starts: 13-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	101	16	May 5	WSH		SLB	W,13-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	4	1	1	8	7	0	0	1.23	3.75	32	6	7	0	1	4	65			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.114	.52	0.16%	2.36	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a12
2	102	21	May 10	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	5	1	0	1.10	3.92	36	12	9	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.523	3.62	0.86%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	103	26	May 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	2	0	0	5	9	0	0	0.71	3.26	34	4	14	2	4	2	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.555	5.07	1.31%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	104	38	May 30(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-6		13	6.0	2	2	2	6	2	1	0	1.15	3.95	24	6	8	1	3	2	56			0	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.034	3.09	0.07%	0.98	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
5	105	44	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(3-1)	6	9.0	6	4	0	3	3	0	1	0.89	3.75	36	12	11	2	3	6	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	2	0	2	1.42	-0.272	4.68	-0.54%	0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	106	49	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	GS-3	L(3-2)	5	2.1	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	2.11	4.01	14	3	3	0	1	6	21			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.353	2.28	-0.50%	-4.89	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d6
7	107	54	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	5	2	1	0	2.09	4.19	38	5	20	1	4	6	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.417	3.32	0.52%	1.89	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
8	108	60	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	6.1	9	4	4	6	2	0	0	2.48	4.24	33	6	11	1	2	8	35			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.147	3.37	-0.23%	-1.60	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
9	109	67	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(6-2)	6	9.0	7	2	2	5	0	0	0	2.42	4.21	37	13	12	1	1	7	60			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.271	3.33	0.51%	2.43	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
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
10	110	74	Jul 5	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	12	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.49	3.94	38	12	13	2	2	11	53			0	0	0	37	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.141	3.77	0.19%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	111	78	Jul 11	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(8-2)	5	10.0	9	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.30	3.84	39	6	20	3	3	9	68			1	1	1	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.645	3.42	0.86%	3.50	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
12	112	86	Jul 17	WSH		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-2)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.08	3.76	34	7	17	2	3	5	76			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.651	2.62	0.78%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	113	92	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-14		5	14.0	8	2	1	6	4	1	0	1.90	3.79	56	19	19	1	3	8	88			0	0	0	47	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.00	0.756	5.49	1.24%	4.50	1b start tie	14b 3 out tie
14	114	99	Jul 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	GS-5	L(9-3)	5	5.0	6	5	5	3	3	1	1	2.21	3.90	24	6	5	0	2	6	35			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.279	1.63	-0.44%	-2.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
15	115	106	Aug 5	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG(7)	L(9-4)	6	7.0	6	3	3	5	5	0	0	2.31	3.85	31	8	7	2	4	6	53			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.064	3.10	-0.12%	0.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
16	116	111	Aug 10(2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	L(9-5)	4	9.0	10	4	4	4	4	0	0	2.42	3.78	41	5	18	0	8	10	51			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.209	2.24	-0.26%	0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
17	117	117	Aug 15	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-11	GS-5	L(9-6)	4	4.1	9	7	7	5	3	0	0	2.81	3.81	26	4	5	0	0	9	15			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.404	1.77	-0.27%	-3.44	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out tie
18	118	122	Aug 21(1)	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(10-6)	5	9.0	5	2	2	9	5	0	0	2.76	3.84	40	6	16	2	3	4	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.80	0.441	1.72	0.25%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
19	119	144	Sep 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		19	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.71	3.81	11	4	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.025	.00	0.00%	1.41	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
20	120	148	Sep 15	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	10	4	3	5	0	0	0	2.76	3.85	34	9	10	0	2	10	38			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.49	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-0.75	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
21	121	152	Sep 20	WSH		BOS	W,10-6	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	7.2	7	6	6	3	3	0	0	2.96	3.79	32	10	10	0	3	6	41			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.163	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a6
22	122	155	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-7)	5	8.0	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	2.93	3.75	33	11	11	2	0	8	55			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							13-9		W-L:11-7	4.8	169.0	144	62	55	92	65	6	2	2.93	3.75	723	0.70		5%	12%	140	55	0	---%	6	4	1	624	14	7	2	14	0	5	1.25	2.787	2.72	4.41%	18.45

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