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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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
2	2	Apr 7	CAL		KCR	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
3	3	Apr 8	CAL		KCR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
4	4	Apr 10	CAL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
5	5	Apr 11	CAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
7	8 (1)	Apr 18	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
8	10 (1)	Apr 21	CAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
9	11	Apr 22	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
10	12	Apr 23	CAL	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	13	Apr 24	CAL		BAL	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
12	14	Apr 25	CAL		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
13	15	Apr 27	CAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
14	16	Apr 28	CAL		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
15	17	Apr 29	CAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19 (1)	May 2	CAL	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
17	23 (3)	May 8	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
18	26 (2)	May 11	CAL		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
19	27	May 12	CAL		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
20	28	May 13	CAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
21	29	May 14	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
22	30	May 15	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
23	31	May 16	CAL		OAK	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
24	32	May 17	CAL		OAK	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
25	34 (1)	May 19	CAL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
26	35	May 20	CAL		TEX	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
				Player went from California Angels to Texas Rangers
27	38	May 25	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	40 (1)	May 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
29	41	May 29	TEX		CLE	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
30	42	May 30	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
31	43	May 31	TEX		CLE	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	44	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
33	45	Jun 2	TEX		BAL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	4	1B
34	47 (1)	Jun 5	TEX		NYY	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
35	48	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
36	49	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
37	50	Jun 8	TEX		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
38	53 (2)	Jun 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
39	54	Jun 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
40	55	Jun 15	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	56	Jun 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
42	57	Jun 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
43	58	Jun 18	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
44	60 (1)	Jun 20	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
45	61	Jun 22	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
46	62	Jun 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
47	63	Jun 24 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
48	64	Jun 24 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
49	65	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
50	66	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
51	67	Jun 27	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
52	68	Jun 28	TEX		MIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
53	69	Jun 29	TEX		KCR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
54	70	Jun 30 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
55	71	Jun 30 (2)	TEX		KCR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	73 (1)	Jul 2	TEX		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
57	75 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	TEX		CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
58	76	Jul 4 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
59	77	Jul 4 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	GS	29	7.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
60	78	Jul 5	TEX		CHW	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
61	79	Jul 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
62	80	Jul 7	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-17	CG	51	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
63	81	Jul 8 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	82	Jul 8 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
65	83	Jul 9	TEX	@	DET	W,9-7	GF	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	84	Jul 10	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
67	85	Jul 11	TEX	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	48	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
68	86	Jul 12	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
69	87	Jul 13	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
70	89 (1)	Jul 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	15	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
71	93 (3)	Jul 20	TEX		DET	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
72	95 (1)	Jul 22	TEX		DET	W,4-3	GS	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
73	96	Jul 26 (1)	TEX		CAL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
74	97	Jul 26 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
75	99 (1)	Jul 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	37	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
76	101 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
77	102	Jul 30	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	105 (2)	Aug 2	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
79	106	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
80	108 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
81	109	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	5	1	0	6	2	1B
82	110	Aug 7 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
83	111	Aug 7 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
84	112	Aug 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	11	1	0	12	2	1B
85	113	Aug 10	TEX		CLE	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
86	114	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
87	115	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	L,6-7	CG	50	11.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
88	116	Aug 13	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
89	117	Aug 14	TEX		BAL	L,10-12	CG	51	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
90	119 (1)	Aug 17	TEX		NYY	W,8-1	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
91	120	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
92	121	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
93	122	Aug 20	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	GF	21	5.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
94	124 (1)	Aug 22	TEX		BOS	L,8-9	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
95	125	Aug 24	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
96	126	Aug 25	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
97	127	Aug 26 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
98	128	Aug 26 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
99	130 (1)	Aug 28	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
100	131	Aug 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
101	132	Aug 30	TEX		MIN	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
102	133	Aug 31	TEX		MIN	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	135 (1)	Sep 2	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
104	136	Sep 3 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,7-8	GF	13	2.1	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
105	139 (2)	Sep 7	TEX		OAK	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
106	141 (1)	Sep 9	TEX		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
107	142	Sep 10	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
108	143	Sep 11	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
109	144	Sep 12	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
110	145	Sep 14	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	42	9.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
111	146	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH 1B
112	147	Sep 16	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
113	149 (1)	Sep 18	TEX		CHW	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
114	150	Sep 19 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
115	152 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	CG	53	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
116	153	Sep 20 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-3	GF	21	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 1B
117	154	Sep 21	TEX		CAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
118	155	Sep 22	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	60	13.2	10	2	0	12	2	1B
119	156	Sep 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
120	157	Sep 24	TEX	@	CAL	L,9-10	GF	8	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
121	158	Sep 25	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	10.0	17	0	0	17	3	1B
122	159	Sep 26	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	6	1	0	7	1	1B
123	160	Sep 28	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
124	161	Sep 29	TEX		KCR	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
125	162	Sep 30	TEX		KCR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
							125gm		1027.0	994	74	1	1069	110