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Jim Spencer
James Lloyd Spencer (Spence)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 7, 1968
  vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 20, 1982
Born July 30, 1947 in Hanover, PA
Died February 10, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Grandson of Ben Spencer

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 20 CAL AL  19   68    2   13   1  0   0    5   0  0   3  10  .191  .233  .206   37   14   0   1   0   1   2
 1969 21 CAL AL 113  386   39   98  14  3  10   31   1  0  26  53  .254  .304  .383   97  148   8   0   6   2   6
 1970 22 CAL AL 146  511   61  140  20  4  12   68   0  2  28  61  .274  .309  .399   98  204   6   5   6   0   9
 1971 23 CAL AL 148  510   50  121  21  2  18   59   0  1  48  63  .237  .304  .392  103  200   6   5   7   3  16
 1972 24 CAL AL  82  212   13   47   5  0   1   14   0  1  12  25  .222  .262  .259   60   55   0   1   1   0   8
 1973 25 TOT AL 131  439   45  115  16  5   6   54   0  3  43  50  .262  .329  .362  100  159   2   3   7   2  11 AS
         CAL AL  29   87   10   21   4  2   2   11   0  0   9   9  .241  .316  .402  109   35   1   1   1   1   3
         TEX AL 102  352   35   94  12  3   4   43   0  3  34  41  .267  .332  .352   98  124   1   2   6   1   8
 1974 26 TEX AL 118  352   36   98  11  4   7   44   1  2  22  27  .278  .323  .392  108  138   3   4   3   3   8
 1975 27 TEX AL 132  403   50  107  18  1  11   47   0  1  35  43  .266  .327  .397  105  160   2   1   6   2   9
 1976 28 CHW AL 150  518   53  131  13  2  14   70   6  4  49  52  .253  .315  .367   99  190   4   7  19   1  10
 1977 29 CHW AL 128  470   56  116  16  1  18   69   1  2  36  50  .247  .300  .400   90  188   2   5  11   2  11
 1978 30 NYY AL  71  150   12   34   9  1   7   24   0  1  15  32  .227  .295  .440  108   66   0   1   3   0   4
 1979 31 NYY AL 106  295   60   85  15  3  23   53   0  2  38  25  .288  .367  .593  157  175   1   2  11   0  12
 1980 32 NYY AL  97  259   38   61   9  0  13   43   1  0  30  44  .236  .313  .421  102  109   1   4   2   1   7
 1981 33 TOT AL  79  234   20   44   8  0   4   13   1  0  19  27  .188  .247  .274   53   64   0   2   3   0   8
         NYY AL  25   63    6    9   2  0   2    4   0  0   9   7  .143  .250  .270   52   17   0   0   2   0   3
         OAK AL  54  171   14   35   6  0   2    9   1  0  10  20  .205  .246  .275   54   47   0   2   1   0   5
 1982 34 OAK AL  33  101    6   17   3  1   2    5   0  0   3  20  .168  .190  .277   30   28   0   1   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1553 4908  541 1227 179 27 146  599  11 19 407 582  .250  .307  .387   98 1898  35  42  86  17 124
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        512   56  128  19  3  15   62   1  2  42  61  .250  .307  .387   98  198   4   4   9   2  13
 Career High    150  518   61  140  21  5  23   70   6  4  49  63  .288  .367  .593  157  204   8   7  19   3  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 20 CAL AL   73   58    3   1.4    76| .191  .232| .233  .301| .206  .344| .439  .645|  37  .155  -5.0  -0.6   0%
 1969 21 CAL AL  422  302   45   4.0    90| .254  .247| .304  .323| .383  .373| .687  .696|  97  .478  -3.0  -0.3 100%
 1970 22 CAL AL  550  393   61   4.2    94| .274  .253| .309  .327| .399  .387| .708  .713|  98  .486  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1971 23 CAL AL  572  417   59   3.8    86| .237  .247| .304  .318| .392  .366| .696  .684| 103  .474   1.3   0.1   0%
 1972 24 CAL AL  225  175   13   2.0    78| .222  .240| .262  .307| .259  .346| .521  .653|  60  .251 -10.4  -1.2   0%
 1973 25 TOT AL  489  343   51   4.0    89| .262  .253| .329  .321| .362  .372| .691  .693| 100  .462   0.4   0.0   0%
         CAL AL   99   71   11   4.2    87| .241  .250| .316  .317| .402  .368| .718  .685| 109  .481   1.1   0.1   0%
         TEX AL  390  272   40   4.0    89| .267  .254| .332  .322| .352  .373| .684  .694|  98  .457  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1974 26 TEX AL  384  271   44   4.4    87| .278  .255| .323  .319| .392  .367| .715  .685| 108  .526   2.9   0.3  33%
 1975 27 TEX AL  443  309   51   4.4    92| .266  .257| .327  .326| .397  .377| .724  .704| 105  .514   2.1   0.2   0%
 1976 28 CHW AL  579  412   60   4.0    87| .253  .257| .315  .322| .367  .362| .682  .684|  99  .494  -1.2  -0.1  60%
 1977 29 CHW AL  515  374   55   3.9   100| .247  .266| .300  .330| .400  .405| .700  .735|  90  .426  -7.8  -0.8  33%
 1978 30 NYY AL  166  122   18   3.9    91| .227  .258| .295  .322| .440  .380| .735  .702| 108  .458   1.1   0.1   0%
 1979 31 NYY AL  336  227   60   7.0   100| .288  .267| .367  .332| .593  .405| .960  .736| 157  .677  22.8   2.2   0%
 1980 32 NYY AL  295  210   34   4.4    97| .236  .267| .313  .329| .421  .396| .734  .724| 102  .476   0.5   0.0 100%
 1981 33 TOT AL  255  200   15   2.0    85| .188  .251| .247  .315| .274  .366| .521  .681|  53  .215 -14.0  -1.5 100%
         NYY AL   72   57    4   1.9    87| .143  .254| .250  .318| .270  .369| .520  .687|  52  .195  -3.9  -0.4   0%
         OAK AL  183  143   11   2.1    85| .205  .250| .246  .314| .275  .364| .521  .678|  54  .223 -10.1  -1.1 100%
 1982 34 OAK AL  105   88    5   1.5    93| .168  .257| .190  .320| .277  .392| .467  .711|  30  .118  -9.7  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     5409 3901  574   4.0    91| .250  .255| .307  .323| .387  .377| .694  .700|  98  .467 -23.2  -2.9  36%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1968 20 CAL AL 1B 19 152 18 1 15 .994 .989 8.95 8.32 9.11 9.59 19 168.0 1969 21 CAL AL 1B 107 926 66 9 81 .991 .992 9.27 8.33 9.85 9.63 101 906.0 1970 22 CAL AL 1B 142 1212 85 7 131 .995 .991 9.13 7.04 9.70 7.48 135 1203.7 GG 1971 23 CAL AL 1B 145 1296 93 5 117 .996 .992 9.58 6.90 9.99 7.19 135 1251.0 1972 24 CAL AL 1B 35 267 22 3 25 .990 .991 8.26 8.04 9.78 9.75 30 266.0 LF 24 21 1 0 0 1.000 .982 0.92 1.53 1.22 1.89 21 161.7 1973 25 TOT AL 1B 125 994 74 1 110 .999 .992 8.54 8.27 9.36 9.86 112 1027.0 AS TOT AL DH 3 AS CAL AL 1B 26 204 7 0 24 1.000 .992 8.12 8.27 8.71 9.86 24 218.0 DH 2 TEX AL 1B 99 790 67 1 86 .999 .992 8.66 8.27 9.53 9.86 88 809.0 DH 1 1974 26 TEX AL 1B 60 389 27 1 36 .998 .992 6.93 8.01 9.63 9.70 40 388.7 DH 54 1975 27 TEX AL 1B 99 844 70 5 92 .995 .990 9.23 8.32 10.68 9.84 90 770.0 DH 25 1976 28 CHW AL 1B 143 1206 112 2 116 .998 .992 9.22 6.99 9.82 7.45 134 1208.3 DH 2 1977 29 CHW AL 1B 125 977 90 10 76 .991 .990 8.54 8.00 8.91 8.35 123 1078.0 GG 1978 30 NYY AL DH 35 1B 15 90 7 0 4 1.000 .992 6.47 8.75 10.27 10.05 8 85.0 1979 31 NYY AL DH 71 1B 26 232 17 2 35 .992 .992 9.58 8.85 9.65 10.08 25 232.3 1980 32 NYY AL 1B 75 567 41 6 51 .990 .992 8.11 8.40 9.85 10.02 62 555.7 DH 15 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1981 33 TOT AL 1B 73 516 53 1 47 .998 .993 7.79 8.57 8.94 10.06 62 573.0 NYY AL 1B 25 172 17 0 17 1.000 .993 7.56 8.57 9.56 10.06 20 178.0 OAK AL 1B 48 344 36 1 30 .997 .993 7.92 8.57 8.66 10.06 42 395.0 1982 34 OAK AL 1B 32 230 22 2 20 .992 .992 7.88 8.51 9.72 9.85 26 233.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1968 20 CAL AL 1B 19 152 18 1 15 .994 .989 8.95 8.32 9.11 9.59 19 168.0 1969 21 CAL AL 1B 107 926 66 9 81 .991 .992 9.27 8.33 9.85 9.63 101 906.0 1970 22 CAL AL 1B 142 1212 85 7 131 .995 .991 9.13 7.04 9.70 7.48 135 1203.7 1971 23 CAL AL 1B 145 1296 93 5 117 .996 .992 9.58 6.90 9.99 7.19 135 1251.0 1972 24 CAL AL 1B 35 267 22 3 25 .990 .991 8.26 8.04 9.78 9.75 30 266.0 1973 25 TOT AL 1B 125 994 74 1 110 .999 .992 8.54 8.27 9.36 9.86 112 1027.0 CAL AL 1B 26 204 7 0 24 1.000 .992 8.12 8.27 8.71 9.86 24 218.0 TEX AL 1B 99 790 67 1 86 .999 .992 8.66 8.27 9.53 9.86 88 809.0 1974 26 TEX AL 1B 60 389 27 1 36 .998 .992 6.93 8.01 9.63 9.70 40 388.7 1975 27 TEX AL 1B 99 844 70 5 92 .995 .990 9.23 8.32 10.68 9.84 90 770.0 1976 28 CHW AL 1B 143 1206 112 2 116 .998 .992 9.22 6.99 9.82 7.45 134 1208.3 1977 29 CHW AL 1B 125 977 90 10 76 .991 .990 8.54 8.00 8.91 8.35 123 1078.0 1978 30 NYY AL 1B 15 90 7 0 4 1.000 .992 6.47 8.75 10.27 10.05 8 85.0 1979 31 NYY AL 1B 26 232 17 2 35 .992 .992 9.58 8.85 9.65 10.08 25 232.3 1980 32 NYY AL 1B 75 567 41 6 51 .990 .992 8.11 8.40 9.85 10.02 62 555.7 1981 33 TOT AL 1B 73 516 53 1 47 .998 .993 7.79 8.57 8.94 10.06 62 573.0 NYY AL 1B 25 172 17 0 17 1.000 .993 7.56 8.57 9.56 10.06 20 178.0 OAK AL 1B 48 344 36 1 30 .997 .993 7.92 8.57 8.66 10.06 42 395.0 1982 34 OAK AL 1B 32 230 22 2 20 .992 .992 7.88 8.51 9.72 9.85 26 233.3 1973 25 TOT AL DH 3 CAL AL DH 2 TEX AL DH 1 1974 26 TEX AL DH 54 1975 27 TEX AL DH 25 1976 28 CHW AL DH 2 1978 30 NYY AL DH 35 1979 31 NYY AL DH 71 1980 32 NYY AL DH 15 1972 24 CAL AL LF 24 21 1 0 0 1.000 .982 0.92 1.53 1.22 1.89 21 161.7 1980 32 NYY AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1972 24 CAL AL OF 24 22 1 0 0 1.000 .983 0.96 1.91 1.28 2.22 21 161.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1221 9898 797 55 956 .995 .991 8.76 7.83 9.68 8.77 1102 9946.0 DH 205 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 25 22 1 0 0 1.000 .983 0.92 1.54 1.26 1.90 21 163.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1245 9920 798 55 956 .995 .991 8.61 7.71 9.54 8.66 1123 10108
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1978   WS    NYY LAD     W   4  12   3   2  0  0  0   0   2   4  .167  .286  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
 1980   ALCS  NYY KCR     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   4   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  OAK NYY     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2   8  20   3   3  1  0  0   0   2   4  .150  .227  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1973   TEX AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1973 *

Gold Gloves
1970-AL--1B
1977-AL--1B
All Multiple Winners

Intentional Walks
1976 AL-19-1
1977 AL-11-3
1979 AL-11-5

Youngest Player
1968 AL-20-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.9 (2770) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.

May 20, 1973: Traded by the California Angels with Lloyd Allen to the Texas Rangers for Mike Epstein, Rich Hand, and Rick Stelmaszek.

December 10, 1975: Traded by the Texas Rangers with $100,000 to the California Angels for Bill Singer.

December 11, 1975: Traded by the California Angels with Morris Nettles to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Melton and Steve Dunning.

December 12, 1977: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Polinsky (minors) and Tommy Cruz to the New York Yankees for Stan Thomas, Ed Ricks (minors), and cash.

May 20, 1981: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tom Underwood to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Revering, Mike Patterson, and Chuck Dougherty (minors).

June 28, 1982: Released by the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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