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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
2	3	Apr 12	NYY		TEX	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
3	4	Apr 13	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
4	5	Apr 15	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS	22	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
5	6	Apr 17	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
6	7	Apr 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
7	9 (1)	Apr 20	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
8	10	Apr 21	NYY		DET	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
9	12 (1)	Apr 24	NYY		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
10	13	Apr 25	NYY		TOR	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
11	14	Apr 26	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
12	15	Apr 27	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
13	17 (1)	Apr 29	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	20 (2)	May 3 (1)	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
15	21	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
16	22	May 4	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
17	24 (1)	May 6	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
18	25	May 7	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
19	27 (1)	May 9	NYY	@	SEA	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
20	28	May 10	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-2	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
21	29	May 12	NYY		OAK	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
22	30	May 13	NYY		OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
23	31	May 14	NYY		OAK	W,9-5	GS	30	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
24	33 (1)	May 17	NYY		SEA	L,0-1	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
25	35 (1)	May 19	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
				Player went from New York Yankees to Oakland Athletics
26	42	May 22	OAK		TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	43	May 23	OAK		TOR	W,3-2	CG	59	15.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
28	44	May 24 (1)	OAK		TOR	W,6-5	CG	46	12.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
29	46 (1)	May 25	OAK		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
30	48 (1)	May 27	OAK		CHW	L,0-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
31	49	May 29	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
32	50	May 30	OAK	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
33	51	May 31	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	52	Jun 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
35	53	Jun 3	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
36	54	Jun 4	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
37	56 (1)	Jun 6	OAK		BOS	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
38	57	Jun 7	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
39	58	Jun 9 (1)	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	61 (2)	Aug 10	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
41	62	Aug 11	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
42	63	Aug 12	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
43	64	Aug 14	OAK		CAL	W,4-2	GS	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	65	Aug 15	OAK		CAL	W,8-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
45	66	Aug 16	OAK		CAL	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
46	67	Aug 18	OAK		BOS	W,3-2	CG	59	15.0	15	2	0	17	0	1B
47	69 (1)	Aug 20	OAK		BOS	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
48	70	Aug 21	OAK		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
49	73 (2)	Aug 24	OAK		CLE	W,16-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
50	74	Aug 25	OAK		CLE	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
51	75	Aug 27	OAK	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
52	77 (1)	Aug 29	OAK	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
53	79 (1)	Aug 31	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	80	Sep 2 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
55	82 (1)	Sep 3	OAK	@	BAL	W,10-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
56	84 (1)	Sep 5	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
57	85	Sep 6	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
58	87 (1)	Sep 8	OAK		TEX	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
59	88	Sep 9	OAK		TEX	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
60	90 (1)	Sep 12	OAK		KCR	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
61	92 (1)	Sep 14	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
62	93	Sep 15	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
63	94	Sep 16	OAK	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
64	96 (1)	Sep 19	OAK	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
65	97	Sep 20	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
66	98	Sep 22 (1)	OAK	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	54	13.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
67	99	Sep 22 (2)	OAK	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
68	100	Sep 23	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
69	101	Sep 25	OAK		CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
70	102	Sep 26	OAK		CHW	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
71	105 (2)	Sep 29	OAK		TOR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
72	106	Sep 30	OAK		TOR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
73	107	Oct 2	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
							73gm		573.0	516	53	1	570	47