Stan Spence

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: March 20, 1915 in South Portsmouth, KY us

Died: January 9, 1983 in Kinston, NC

Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, NC

Debut: June 8, 1940 (Age 25-080d, 8,901st in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 34-196d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Stanley Orville Spence

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.8

3871

1090

.282

541

RBI

575

OBP

.369

SLG

.437

OPS

.806

OPS+

125

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

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-12	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	8	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	46	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
3	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	10	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	11	Apr 26	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14 (2)	May 1	BOS	@	DET	W,15-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	15	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
8	16	May 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	17	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	18	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	19	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	20	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	21	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	22	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
15	23	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	24	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	35 (10)	May 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-11	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
18	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,13-0	GF	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	58 (18)	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,9-13	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	66 (7)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	67	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	68	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
23	69	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	76 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	77	Jul 12 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	78	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	79	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	81	Jul 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	83	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.2	1	1	0	2	0
34	85	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	86	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	87	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	88	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	89	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	91 (1)	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	92	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	96 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,11-16	GS	54	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	97	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	98	Aug 2	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	109 (10)	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	117 (7)	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
46	118	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	119	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	120	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	136 (15)	Sep 4	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GF	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	140 (3)	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,11-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	148 (7)	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,1-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	150 (1)	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
							54gm		1.0	85	5	0	90	2