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Spec Shea

Francis Joseph Shea (The Naugatuck Nugget)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 2, 1920 in Naugatuck, CT
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1947
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Senators 1947-1955

Final Game: August 27, 1955
Died: July 19, 2002 in New Haven, CT
Buried: St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck, CT
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 26 NYY AL 27 69 56 8 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 9 .196 .262 .268 .530 48 15 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-14,RoY-3
1948 27 NYY AL 28 59 47 4 7 0 2 0 4 0 0 6 11 .149 .259 .234 .493 32 11 1 1 5 1
1949 28 NYY AL 20 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .250 .357 .250 .607 62 3 0 0 0 1
1951 30 NYY AL 25 31 28 5 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 7 .214 .267 .321 .588 60 9 0 0 1 1
1952 31 WSH AL 22 66 63 6 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 16 .238 .262 .270 .531 50 17 2 0 1 1
1953 32 WSH AL 23 68 62 2 11 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 9 .177 .203 .226 .429 17 14 3 0 4 1
1954 33 WSH AL 23 20 20 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .050 .050 .100 .150 -58 2 0 0 0 0 1
1955 34 WSH AL 27 10 10 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .600 1.000 170 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 195 337 298 29 58 8 4 1 33 0 0 19 63 .195 .245 .258 .504 39 77 7 1 19 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 280 248 24 48 7 3 1 27 0 0 16 52 .195 .245 .258 .504 39 64 6 1 16
WSH (4 yrs) 95 164 155 11 31 6 1 0 19 0 0 4 34 .200 .220 .252 .472 31 39 5 0 5 0 0
NYY (4 yrs) 100 173 143 18 27 2 3 1 14 0 0 15 29 .189 .270 .266 .536 46 38 2 1 14

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 26 NYY AL 69 -4 1 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-14,RoY-3
1948 27 NYY AL 59 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1
1949 28 NYY AL 14 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1951 30 NYY AL 31 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1952 31 WSH AL 66 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1953 32 WSH AL 69 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1954 33 WSH AL 20 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1955 34 WSH AL 10 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 338 -26 0 0 0 0 25 9 8 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $
WSH (4 yrs) 165 -14 -1 0 0 0 13 5 3 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $
NYY (4 yrs) 173 -12 1 0 0 0 12 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 26 NYY AL 69 54 4 2.0 96 .234 .196 .262 .262 .341 .268 .376 .530 .717 48 .204 -4.1 -0.4 .435 .161 .071
1948 27 NYY AL 59 46 3 1.7 105 .194 .149 .272 .259 .357 .234 .393 .493 .750 32 .144 -4.9 -0.5 .439 .213 .085
1949 28 NYY AL 14 9 1 3.0 107 .300 .250 .271 .357 .363 .250 .393 .607 .756 62 .310 -0.6 -0.1 .556 .167 .000
1951 30 NYY AL 31 23 2 2.3 100 .250 .214 .264 .267 .345 .321 .387 .588 .732 60 .231 -1.7 -0.2 .500 .179 .107 .0
1952 31 WSH AL 66 51 4 2.1 94 .319 .238 .257 .262 .336 .270 .375 .531 .710 50 .226 -4.4 -0.5 .380 .063 .032
1953 32 WSH AL 68 58 3 1.4 101 .208 .177 .267 .203 .343 .226 .393 .429 .736 17 .106 -7.6 -0.8 .296 .081 .048
1954 33 WSH AL 20 19 0 0.0 94 .071 .050 .258 .050 .333 .100 .378 .150 .710 -58 .000 -4.3 -0.4 .105 .050 .050
1955 34 WSH AL 10 6 2 8.9 100 .571 .400 .263 .400 .342 .600 .392 1.000 .734 170 .772 1.0 0.1 1.000 .200 .200
8 Seasons 337 266 19 1.9 99 .244 .195 .264 .245 .344 .258 .384 .504 .728 39 .180 -26.6 -2.7 .393 .128 .064 .0
162 Game Avg. 280 221 16 1.9 99 .244 .195 .264 .245 .344 .258 .384 .504 .728 39 .180 -26.6 -2.7 .393 .128 .064
WSH (4 yrs) 164 134 9 1.8 97 .256 .200 .262 .220 .339 .252 .384 .472 .722 31 .169 -15.3 -1.6 .333 .077 .052
NYY (4 yrs) 173 132 10 2.0 101 .230 .189 .266 .270 .349 .266 .385 .536 .734 46 .193 -11.3 -1.2 .458 .182 .077 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 NYY AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 26 NYY AL 69 0.0% 13.0% 7.3% 4.4% 27% 1.80 6.2 56.0 68%
1948 27 NYY AL 59 0.0% 18.6% 10.2% 3.4% 29% 1.83 4.3 11.8 61%
1949 28 NYY AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 6.0 3.0 71%
1951 30 NYY AL 31 3.2% 22.6% 6.5% 3.2% 17% 3.50 4.0 28.0 5.6 1.60 65%
1952 31 WSH AL 66 0.0% 24.2% 3.0% 3.0% 13% 8.00 3.9 6.3 1.91 71%
1953 32 WSH AL 68 0.0% 13.2% 2.9% 2.9% 18% 4.50 6.9 10.3 1.94 78%
1954 33 WSH AL 20 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 5.0% 100% 3.3 20.0 2.25 70%
1955 34 WSH AL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 20.0% 50% 3.3 5.0 0.50 70%
8 Seasons 337 0.3% 18.7% 5.6% 3.9% 22% 3.32 4.7 298.0 9.0 1.84 69%
MLB Averages 1.9% 10.2% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.05 8.7 45.5 8.1 0.95 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 26 NYY AL -4.1 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 NYY AL -4.9 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 28 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1951 30 NYY AL -1.7 -0.2 28 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .77 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.90 -1.0 0
1952 31 WSH AL -4.4 -0.5 67 0.6 1.7 -1.2 1.24 -0.1 0.5 1.2 0.1 1.07 -0.5 0
1953 32 WSH AL -7.6 -0.8 70 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .84 -0.7 0.2 -5.3 -0.5 0.95 -7.3 0
1954 33 WSH AL -4.3 -0.4 20 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .94 -0.5 -0.0 -4.8 -0.5 0.95 -5.1 0
1955 34 WSH AL 1.0 0.1 10 0.2 0.3 -0.1 .85 0.1 0.2 1.8 0.2 0.83 0.8 0
8 Seasons -26.6 -2.7 195 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 .98 -1.2 0.9 -7.2 -0.8 0.98 -13.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1951 30 NYY AL 0 0 57% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 31 WSH AL 3 0 35% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 36% 7 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1953 32 WSH AL 2 0 15% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 33 WSH AL 0 0 200% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 34 WSH AL 0 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 5 0 36% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 43% 14 10 3 1 1 0 6 0 6

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1951 30 NYY AL 28 50% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 16 4 25% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 3
1952 31 WSH AL 66 35% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 2 15% 11 1 9% 50 11 22% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1953 32 WSH AL 69 28% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 15 3 20% 10 3 30% 42 6 14% 3 3 100% 0 0 0
1954 33 WSH AL 20 30% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 12 1 8% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1955 34 WSH AL 10 30% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 193 34% 58 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 5 19 380% 37 7 19% 30 7 23% 123 24 20% 12 8 67% 1 1 100% 3
MLB Averages 50% 140% 17% 32% 15% 50% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 26 27 69 56 8 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 9 .196 .262 .268 .530 48 15 1 0 8
1948 27 55 128 103 12 18 2 3 0 5 0 0 11 20 .175 .261 .252 .513 41 26 2 1 13
1949 28 75 142 115 13 21 2 3 0 9 0 0 13 22 .183 .271 .252 .523 43 29 2 1 13
1950 29 75 142 115 13 21 2 3 0 9 0 0 13 22 .183 .271 .252 .523 43 29 2 1 13
1951 30 100 173 143 18 27 2 3 1 14 0 0 15 29 .189 .270 .266 .536 46 38 2 1 14
1952 31 122 239 206 24 42 4 3 1 24 0 0 17 45 .204 .268 .267 .535 47 55 4 1 15
1953 32 145 307 268 26 53 5 4 1 30 0 0 19 54 .198 .253 .257 .511 40 69 7 1 19
1954 33 168 327 288 28 54 6 4 1 31 0 0 19 60 .188 .240 .247 .487 34 71 7 1 19 0
1955 34 195 337 298 29 58 8 4 1 33 0 0 19 63 .195 .245 .258 .504 39 77 7 1 19 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 26 28 64 59 8 12 2 1 0 1 0 5 9 .203 .266 .271 .537 4 27
1948 27 29 58 50 5 8 0 2 0 5 0 7 11 .160 .276 .240 .516 3 28
1949 28 21 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 .250 .357 .250 .607 1 20
1951 30 26 31 29 4 6 0 0 1 4 0 2 7 .207 .258 .310 .568 2 25
1952 31 23 69 67 7 17 2 0 0 12 0 2 17 .254 .275 .284 .559 5 22
1953 32 24 67 65 2 12 1 1 0 7 0 2 9 .185 .209 .231 .440 3 23
1954 33 24 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
1955 34 28 10 10 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 .400 .400 .600 1.000 2 27
8 Seasons 203 334 313 28 62 7 4 1 35 0 20 64 .198 .249 .256 .504 20 195
162 Game Avg. 162 267 250 22 49 6 3 1 28 0 16 51 .198 .249 .256 .504 16 195

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1947 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (14, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

                            

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