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: 4-18 / in Starts: 3-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 1

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	146	5	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	GS-4		99	4.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.75	2.65	18	6	2	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.152	2.63	-0.24%	-1.22	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
2	147	8	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	GS-5		3	5.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	7.00	2.73	23	5	8	0	3	6	39			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.289	3.75	-0.49%	-1.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
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	148	13	May 1	WSH		DET	L,1-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	7	3.0	9	5	4	2	0	0	0	8.25	3.15	18	4	4	1	1	8	21			0	1	1	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.360	1.49	-0.53%	-4.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d5
4	149	19	May 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-1	L(0-2)	5	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.22	3.13	5	1	0	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.257	1.56	-0.20%	-3.02	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d3
5	150	24	May 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-8	L(0-3)	7	7.1	7	5	5	5	1	2	0	8.69	4.84	33	7	13	0	5	7	40			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.574	1.27	-0.38%	-2.07	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out d1
6	151	30	May 22	WSH		PHA	L,3-10	GS-1	L(0-4)	6	0.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	10.53	5.50	5	0	0	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.363	.95	-0.17%	-4.37	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d4
7	152	32	May 25	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	8-GF		2	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	9.70	5.44	7	3	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.002	.02	0.00%	1.08	8t -2- 1 out d6	9t end d 6
8	153	36	May 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-5	L(0-5)	3	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	9.23	5.32	22	3	8	3	0	8	36			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.261	.65	-0.11%	-1.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
9	154	40	May 31(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	9-GF(10)	L(0-6)	1	1.2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	8.68	5.33	10	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	1	3.44	-0.244	2.97	-0.13%	-0.83	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 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
10	155	53	Jun 13(1)	WSH		BAL	L,4-6	7-8		12	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	8.40	5.00	10	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.044	.06	0.00%	-0.11	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d3
11	156	57	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-6	L(0-7)	3	6.0	4	5	4	3	0	0	1	8.00	4.90	26	9	9	1	0	4	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	1	1	.55	-0.257	.04	-0.01%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
12	157	64	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	6-6		6	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	8.27	5.26	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.155	.03	0.00%	-1.51	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d3
13	158	66	Jun 26	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.85	5.12	7	0	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.068	.02	0.00%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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
14	159	85	Jul 19	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-8)	22	7.0	10	4	3	2	1	0	0	7.24	4.79	34	6	16	0	3	9	42			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	160	91	Jul 25	WSH		DET	W,11-3	CG	W(1-8)	5	9.0	8	3	3	4	4	0	0	6.55	4.47	39	12	12	0	1	7	59			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
16	161	96	Jul 31	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-2	L(1-9)	5	1.1	4	5	5	2	0	2	0	7.19	4.99	10	0	4	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.311	.00	0.00%	-3.93	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 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
17	162	106	Aug 8(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	7.10	5.11	7	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
18	163	116	Aug 18	WSH		BOS	L,8-9	7-7		9	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.98	5.11	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.45	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
19	164	117	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,6-11	8-GF		0	2.0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.90	5.02	11	3	3	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-1.11	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
20	165	119	Aug 22(2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,4-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.79	5.00	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.35	0.132	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end tie
21	166	127	Aug 29(1)	WSH		BAL	L,4-8	9-GF		6	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.82	5.16	5	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
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
22	167	138	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	4-GF	W(2-9)	8	6.0	2	1	0	2	3	0	1	6.23	4.97	23	6	9	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.386	.00	0.00%	1.67	4t --- 0 out d3	9t end a 1
23	168	143	Sep 12(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.06	4.94	9	2	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
							4-18		W-L:2-9	4.5	71.1	97	54	48	34	22	9	2	6.06	4.94	334	0.77		3%	10%	92	36	1	0%	4	3	2	285	17	1	4	6	2	4	.98	-2.784	.80	-2.26%	-23.27

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