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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Oct 2)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 25 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	63	16.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 29	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	WSH		NYY	L,7-9	CG	53	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	May 2 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	May 2 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 8	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 9 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 9 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	23	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 16 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	25	May 16 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 26	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 27	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	31	May 29	WSH		CHW	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	32	May 30 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 30 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 31 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,6-7	CG	57	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	37	Jun 2	WSH		CLE	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 3	WSH		DET	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	Jun 4	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	41	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	42	Jun 6 (2)	WSH		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
43	43	Jun 9	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 12	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 13 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 13 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 14	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 15	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 16	WSH		NYY	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 17	WSH		NYY	L,8-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	53	Jun 19	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 20 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 20 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 22	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 25	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	60	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 30	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
65	65	Jul 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	69	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
70	70	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 6	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	68	15.2	5	0	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 7	WSH	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	75	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
76	76	Jul 11 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	77	Jul 11 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 15	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 16	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 17	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 21	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 22 (1)	WSH		DET	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Jul 22 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	86	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,6-12	CG	53	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
87	87	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	88	Jul 25 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	89	Jul 25 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	90	Jul 26	WSH		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 27	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	92	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	L,7-12	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
93	93	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	95 (1)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	W,14-7	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	96	Aug 1 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	97	Aug 1 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,20-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	98	Aug 2	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	99	Aug 3 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	100	Aug 3 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	101	Aug 6	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	102	Aug 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	103	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	104	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	105	Aug 11	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	DET	L,3-10	GS	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	108 (1)	Aug 14	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	110 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	111	Aug 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	112	Aug 18 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	19	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
110	113	Aug 18 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	114	Aug 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	115	Aug 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	116	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
114	117	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	119 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	120	Aug 23 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
117	121	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	122	Aug 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	123	Aug 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	124	Aug 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	125	Aug 28	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	126	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	127	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	128	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
125	129	Sep 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	130	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	131	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	132	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	133	Sep 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	134	Sep 10	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	135	Sep 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
132	136	Sep 12 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	137	Sep 12 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
134	138	Sep 14	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	139	Sep 15	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	140	Sep 17	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	141	Sep 19 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	142	Sep 19 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	143	Sep 22 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	144	Sep 22 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	145	Sep 23	WSH		SLB	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
142	147 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
143	148	Sep 27 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	149	Sep 27 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
145	150	Sep 29 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	151	Sep 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
147	152	Oct 2	WSH		DET	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
148	153	Oct 3	WSH		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							148gm			331	12	7	350	1