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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
2	4	Apr 11	TEX		OAK	L,5-7	GS	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
3	6 (1)	Apr 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	31	7.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
4	7	Apr 16	TEX	@	CHW	W,14-4	GF	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
5	14 (6)	Apr 23	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	15	Apr 24	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-0	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	30 (14)	May 13	TEX		MIL	W,5-0	CG	17	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
8	31	May 14 susp	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	CG	56	15.0	20	3	0	23	2	1B
9	32	May 15	TEX		MIL	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
10	34 (1)	May 17	TEX		DET	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
11	35	May 18	TEX		DET	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
12	36	May 20	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	43	9.1	6	1	0	7	1	1B
13	37	May 21	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	38	May 22	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
15	39	May 23	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
16	44 (4)	May 29	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
17	45	May 30	TEX		NYY	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
18	46	May 31	TEX		NYY	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	10	3	0	13	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	48 (1)	Jun 3	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
20	49	Jun 4	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	42	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
21	50	Jun 6	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	19	4.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
22	51	Jun 7	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	11	0	1	12	3	1B
23	52	Jun 8 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
24	53	Jun 8 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-6	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
25	54	Jun 9	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
26	55	Jun 10	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
27	56	Jun 11	TEX		BAL	L,8-9	CG	47	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
28	57	Jun 12	TEX		BAL	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
29	59 (1)	Jun 14	TEX		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
30	60	Jun 15	TEX		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
31	61	Jun 17	TEX		CHW	L,3-13	GF	15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
32	64 (2)	Jun 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,11-12	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
33	67 (2)	Jun 22	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
34	68	Jun 23	TEX	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	50	13.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
35	71 (2)	Jun 26	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-8	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
36	72	Jun 27 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
37	73	Jun 27 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,5-8	GS	26	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
38	74	Jun 28	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
39	75	Jun 29	TEX		MIN	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	76	Jul 1	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	77	Jul 2	TEX		KCR	L,5-7	CG	41	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
42	78	Jul 3	TEX		KCR	L,5-10	GS	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
43	79	Jul 4 (1)	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
44	80	Jul 4 (2)	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
45	81	Jul 5	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	4	1	11	0	1B
46	82	Jul 6 (1)	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
47	83	Jul 6 (2)	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-0	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
48	84	Jul 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
49	85	Jul 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
50	87 (1)	Jul 10	TEX	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	10	2.2	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
51	88	Jul 11	TEX	@	BOS	L,8-11	GS	18	4.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
52	89	Jul 12	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
53	90	Jul 13	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	32	6.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
54	91	Jul 17	TEX		NYY	W,7-2	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
55	92	Jul 18	TEX		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
56	94 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	TEX		BOS	W,10-5	GF	29	6.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
57	95	Jul 20 (2)	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
58	96	Jul 21	TEX		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
59	97	Jul 22	TEX		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
60	98	Jul 23	TEX		CLE	W,9-8	GS	48	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
61	99	Jul 25 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
62	100	Jul 25 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	101	Jul 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
64	102	Jul 27	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
65	103	Jul 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,6-12	GS	30	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	1B
66	104	Jul 29	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	12	3	0	15	3	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	106 (1)	Aug 1	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
68	107	Aug 2	TEX		CAL	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
69	108	Aug 3	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
70	112 (3)	Aug 6	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
71	115 (2)	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
72	116	Aug 10	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
73	117	Aug 11	TEX	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
74	118	Aug 12	TEX	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
75	119	Aug 13	TEX	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	9	4	0	13	2	1B
76	120	Aug 15 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
77	122 (1)	Aug 16	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
78	123	Aug 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
79	125 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
80	126	Aug 19	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
81	127	Aug 21	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	GS	47	12.0	15	2	0	17	2	1B
82	128	Aug 22	TEX		BAL	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	131 (2)	Aug 25	TEX		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
84	132	Aug 26	TEX		DET	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	133	Aug 27	TEX		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
86	134	Aug 29	TEX		MIL	L,1-13	CG	50	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
87	135	Aug 30	TEX		MIL	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
88	136	Aug 31	TEX		MIL	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	137	Sep 1	TEX		MIN	L,4-5	GS	35	7.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
90	138	Sep 2	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
91	140 (1)	Sep 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
92	141	Sep 5	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
93	142	Sep 6	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	18	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
94	143	Sep 7 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
95	144	Sep 7 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS	20	5.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
96	145	Sep 9 (1)	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	15	0	0	15	5	1B
97	147 (1)	Sep 10	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-4	GS	28	6.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
98	148	Sep 12	TEX		CHW	L,2-5	GS	9	3.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
99	159 (10)	Sep 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS	21	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
							99gm		770.0	844	70	5	919	92