Jim Spencer

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: July 30, 1947 in Hanover, PA us

Died: February 10, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Buried: Mount Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery, Taneytown, MD

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (11th) of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Andover HS (Linthicum, MD).

High School: Andover HS (Linthicum, MD)

Debut: September 7, 1968 (Age 21-039d, 12,737th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1982 (Age 34-325d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: James Lloyd Spencer

Nicknames: Spence

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Relatives: Grandson of Ben Spencer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

4908

1227

146

.250

541

RBI

599

OBP

.307

SLG

.387

OPS

.694

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	43-28 / in Starts: 23-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	1 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 166 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	108 (62-34-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 166 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	101 (49-34-17)

Most Driven In
G Nettles	8
Self	7
C Chambliss	4
L Piniella	2
R White	1
C Johnson	1
R Jackson	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
F Stanley	1
R White	1
M Rivers	1
B Dent	1
W Randolph	0
B Doyle	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	1168	3 (2)	Apr 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.32	0.026	1.53	0.02%	0.24	DH
2	1169	5 (1)	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	8	1.14	0.063	1.42	0.05%	0.62	DH
3	1170	7 (1)	Apr 15	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.889	1.111	3	.64	0.105	.64	0.06%	0.61	DH
4	1171	10 (2)	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	8	.98	0.033	1.19	0.02%	0.14	DH
5	1172	14 (3)	Apr 23	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	8	1.05	-0.081	1.28	-0.06%	-0.52	DH
6	1173	16 (1)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.737	1.000	8	.64	0.028	.74	0.02%	0.91	DH
7	1174	17	Apr 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.682	.955	8	1.05	0.049	1.17	0.03%	0.38	DH
8	1175	19 (1)	Apr 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.600	.840	7	.86	-0.060	.96	-0.04%	-0.84	DH
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
9	1176	22 (2)	May 3	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.679	.929	8	.99	0.163	1.45	0.14%	1.39	DH
10	1177	25 (2)	May 7	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG(12)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.258	.281	.645	.926	8	1.13	-0.099	1.58	-0.08%	-0.14	1B
11	1178	26	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.286	.647	.933	7	.47	0.066	.66	0.06%	0.73	DH
12	1179	28 (1)	May 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.256	.579	.835	7	.72	-0.074	1.11	-0.07%	-0.96	DH
13	1180	29	May 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,9-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.564	.814	9	1.81	-0.046	2.86	-0.04%	-0.43	PH
14	1181	34 (4)	May 19	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.205	.222	.500	.722	8	.42	-0.050	.68	-0.05%	-1.42	DH
15	1182	35	May 20	NYY	@	TOR	L,8-10	GS-9	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.260	.521	.781	8	.78	0.067	1.37	0.07%	0.42	1B
16	1183	39 (3)	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	5-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.540	.809	8	.20	0.042	.41	0.05%	1.59	PH
17	1184	40	May 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.283	.608	.891	8	5.19	0.503	10.42	0.61%	2.72	PH
18	1185	41	May 27	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.298	.585	.883	8	1.43	-0.002	2.99	0.00%	-0.08	1B
19	1186	42	May 28 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.311	.564	.875	6	1.30	0.042	2.53	0.05%	0.11	DH
20	1187	43	May 28 (2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.306	.554	.860	9	2.21	-0.055	4.34	-0.06%	-0.22	PH
21	1188	45 (1)	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.308	.559	.867	7	.84	0.078	1.85	0.10%	0.21	1B
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
22	1189	47 (1)	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.319	.541	.860	5	1.58	0.065	3.24	0.08%	0.41	DH
23	1190	48	Jun 2	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.314	.532	.847	7	.29	-0.008	.52	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
24	1191	49	Jun 3	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.315	.538	.854	7	.63	-0.022	1.16	-0.02%	0.70	DH
25	1192	50	Jun 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.545	.870	8	2.59	0.108	4.54	0.11%	0.60	PH
26	1193	51	Jun 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.320	.537	.857	2	.41	-0.009	.68	-0.01%	-0.46	PH
27	1194	52	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.329	.571	.901	7	.88	0.245	1.44	0.24%	1.00	DH
28	1195	53	Jun 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.325	.554	.879	7	.58	0.090	.92	0.09%	0.61	DH
29	1196	55 (1)	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.330	.570	.899	7	1.49	0.141	2.60	0.15%	1.45	DH
30	1197	56	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.326	.578	.904	7	1.07	0.075	1.68	0.07%	0.28	DH
31	1198	57	Jun 12	NYY		OAK	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.316	.558	.874	5	.60	-0.045	.81	-0.04%	-0.58	1B
32	1199	59 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		SEA	W,11-9	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.323	.563	.886	8	2.44	0.090	3.38	0.07%	0.38	PH
33	1200	60	Jun 15	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.323	.567	.890	7	.79	0.070	1.13	0.06%	0.25	DH
34	1201	61	Jun 16	NYY		CAL	L,7-10	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.591	.915	7	.52	0.006	.75	0.01%	0.64	DH
35	1202	62	Jun 17	NYY		CAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.321	.577	.898	7	.32	-0.022	.40	-0.02%	-0.21	DH
36	1203	63	Jun 18	NYY		CAL	L,2-3	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.327	.566	.893	7	2.04	0.053	2.53	0.04%	-0.33	1B
37	1204	64	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.319	.549	.868	8	.93	-0.073	1.79	-0.08%	-0.66	DH
38	1205	65	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.314	.528	.842	8	.62	-0.014	1.02	-0.01%	-0.87	DH
39	1206	67 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.311	.523	.834	2	1.02	-0.026	1.13	-0.02%	-0.10	PH
40	1207	69 (1)	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.308	.519	.827	9	1.56	-0.038	1.92	-0.03%	-0.16	PH
41	1208	70	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.223	.298	.500	.798	6	1.01	-0.147	1.11	-0.10%	-1.31	1B
42	1209	71	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.304	.500	.804	8	1.81	0.046	3.67	0.06%	0.27	PH
43	1210	72	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	11-12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.310	.504	.814	9	3.78	-0.103	6.01	-0.10%	-0.30	PH
44	1211	75 (2)	Jun 30	NYY		DET	W,10-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.307	.500	.807	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.41	1B
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
45	1212	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.305	.496	.800	8	.13	-0.003	.13	0.00%	-0.09	PH
46	1213	77	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.302	.491	.794	8	2.02	-0.047	1.99	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
47	1214	79 (1)	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.487	.787	9	.71	-0.019	1.39	-0.02%	-0.45	PH
48	1215	81 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.487	.787	4						1B
49	1216	84 (2)	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.298	.483	.781	8	2.28	-0.058	1.39	-0.02%	-0.42	PH
50	1217	87 (2)	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	L,2-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.295	.479	.774	8	.12	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.34	PH
51	1218	93 (5)	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.295	.479	.774	5						1B
52	1219	96 (2)	Jul 25	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.301	.475	.777	7	.64	0.024	.32	0.01%	0.87	1B
53	1220	102 (5)	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.307	.488	.794	9	3.46	0.293	3.10	0.16%	1.16	PH
54	1221	103	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.304	.484	.788	6	4.68	-0.112	4.55	-0.07%	-0.67	PH
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
55	1222	105 (1)	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.304	.484	.788	6						1B
56	1223	121 (15)	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.302	.480	.782	9	2.68	-0.068	2.69	-0.04%	-0.42	PH
57	1224	124 (2)	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.302	.480	.782	9						PH
58	1225	127 (2)	Aug 27	NYY		OAK	W,6-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.303	.477	.779	7	.71	0.001	.67	0.00%	-0.30	DH
59	1226	129 (1)	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.303	.469	.773	8	1.77	-0.039	1.66	-0.02%	-0.26	DH
60	1227	131 (1)	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.223	.301	.469	.771	8	.70	0.012	.81	0.01%	-0.04	PH
Sep/Oct		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
61	1228	132	Sep 1	NYY		SEA	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.295	.459	.754	8	1.00	-0.103	1.32	-0.08%	-0.80	DH
62	1229	133	Sep 2	NYY		SEA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.294	.453	.747	7	.45	-0.009	.57	-0.01%	-0.21	DH
63	1230	135 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,9-1	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.301	.457	.758	8	.75	0.058	1.26	0.06%	0.69	DH
64	1231	139 (3)	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.306	.461	.767	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.67	PH 1B
65	1232	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.306	.461	.767	5						1B
66	1233	145 (4)	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.304	.458	.762	2	.15	-0.004	.75	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
67	1234	147 (1)	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.302	.455	.756	9	5.40	-0.131	40.65	-0.59%	-0.74	PH
68	1235	148	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.300	.451	.751	9	2.97	-0.080	16.56	-0.27%	-0.47	PH
69	1236	153 (4)	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.298	.448	.746	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	1B
70	1237	161 (7)	Sep 30	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.297	.443	.740	7	.12	0.010	1.14	0.06%	0.10	DH
71	1238	163 (1)	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.295	.440	.735	8	3.15	-0.073	131.25	-1.83%	-0.49	PH
							43-28		166	150	12	34	9	1	7	24	15	3	32	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	.227	.295	.440	.735		1.05	0.929	2.57	-1.29%	3.58

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