Spec Shea
Francis Joseph Shea (The Naugatuck Nugget)
All-Star Player
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
Final Game: August 27, 1955
Died: July 19, 2002 in New Haven, CT
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1947 26 NYY AL 14 5 .737 3.07 27 23 3 13 3 1 178.2 127 63 61 10 89 89 4 0 0 734 116 1.209 6.4 0.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 AS,MVP-14,RoY-3
1948 27 NYY AL 9 10 .474 3.41 28 22 4 8 3 1 155.2 117 66 59 10 87 71 2 1 1 663 119 1.310 6.8 0.6 5.0 4.1 0.82
1949 28 NYY AL 1 1 .500 5.33 20 3 10 0 0 1 52.1 48 36 31 5 43 22 0 0 1 239 76 1.739 8.3 0.9 7.4 3.8 0.51
1951 30 NYY AL 5 5 .500 4.33 25 11 7 2 2 0 95.2 112 59 46 11 50 38 4 0 1 431 89 1.693 10.5 1.0 4.7 3.6 0.76
1952 31 WSH AL 11 7 .611 2.93 22 21 1 12 2 0 169.0 144 62 55 6 92 65 2 0 4 723 122 1.396 7.7 0.3 4.9 3.5 0.71
1953 32 WSH AL 12 7 .632 3.94 23 23 0 11 1 0 164.2 151 82 72 11 75 38 4 1 3 706 99 1.372 8.3 0.6 4.1 2.1 0.51
1954 33 WSH AL 2 9 .182 6.18 23 11 9 1 0 0 71.1 97 54 49 9 34 22 2 0 3 334 58 1.836 12.2 1.1 4.3 2.8 0.65
1955 34 WSH AL 2 2 .500 3.99 27 4 16 1 1 2 56.1 53 31 25 4 27 0 16 1 0 2 246 99 1.420 8.5 0.6 4.3 2.6 0.59
8 Seasons 56 46 .549 3.80 195 118 50 48 12 5 943.2 849 453 398 66 497 0 361 19 2 15 4076 100 1.426 8.1 0.6 4.7 3.4 0.73
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .549 3.80 42 26 11 10 3 1 205 184 98 86 14 108 78 4 0 3 886 100 1.426 8.1 0.6 4.7 3.4 0.73
WSH (4 yrs) 27 25 .519 3.92 95 59 26 25 4 2 461.1 445 229 201 30 228 0 141 9 1 12 2009 95 1.459 8.7 0.6 4.4 2.8 0.62
NYY (4 yrs) 29 21 .580 3.68 100 59 24 23 8 3 482.1 404 224 197 36 269 220 10 1 3 2067 104 1.395 7.5 0.7 5.0 4.1 0.82

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 2 0 1.000 2.35 3 3 0 1 0 0 15.1 10 4 4 0 8 1 10 0 1 0 61 1.174 5.9 0.0 4.7 5.9 1.25
1 WS 2 0 1.000 2.35 3 3 0 1 0 0 15.1 10 4 4 0 8 1 10 0 1 0 61 1.174 5.9 0.0 4.7 5.9 1.25

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 NYY AL 26 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 33 WSH AL 23 334 285 54 97 17 1 9 4 3 34 22 .340 .412 .502 .914 .344 143 6 2 11 2
1955 34 WSH AL 27 246 211 31 53 12 2 4 2 1 27 16 .251 .335 .384 .719 .253 81 6 1 4 3 0
2 Seasons 50 580 496 85 150 29 3 13 6 4 61 38 .302 .379 .452 .830 .304 224 12 3 15 5 0
162 Game Avg. 52 607 519 89 157 30 3 14 6 4 64 40 .302 .379 .452 .830 .304 234 13 3 16 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 33 WSH AL 23 11 1 8 2 0 1 3 8 .273 0 2 1 0 2 18% 36 59 21 8 1 3 8 4.5 4.5 4.4
1955 34 WSH AL 27 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 1 1 1 25% 47 82 26 2 2 0 3 4.0 4.9 6.0
2 Seasons 50 15 2 10 3 0 1 4 11 .267 1 2 2 1 3 20% 39 82 21 10 3 3 11 4.4 4.6 4.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 33 WSH AL 23 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0.996 2 2 8 0 2 10 1 11 8 0 8 1 5.8
1955 34 WSH AL 27 23 16 1 0 2 2 0 100% 3 0 17 6 35% 7 0.755 3 4 15 3 0 19 8 14 10 5 10 1 4.2
2 Seasons 50 35 25 2 1 2 2 0 100% 3 0 18 6 33% 0.895 5 6 23 3 2 29 9 25 18 5 18 2 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1947 26 NYY AL
1948 27 NYY AL
1949 28 NYY AL
1951 30 NYY AL
1952 31 WSH AL
1953 32 WSH AL
1954 33 WSH AL 334 36% 2.7% 6.6% 10.2% 8.1% 28% 0.72 77% 69 6 9%
1955 34 WSH AL 246 33% 1.6% 6.5% 11.0% 7.3% 34% 0.70 79% 42 6 14%
8 Seasons 580 34% 11.4% 62.2% 85.7% 7.8% 5% 0.71 78% 111 12 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1947 26 NYY AL 127 10 0
1948 27 NYY AL 117 10 1
1949 28 NYY AL 48 5 1
1951 30 NYY AL 112 11 1
1952 31 WSH AL 144 6 4
1953 32 WSH AL 151 11 3
1954 33 WSH AL 334 97 9 0 5 7 2 2 7 25 11 4 44% 4 3 0 140 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1955 34 WSH AL 243 53 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 15 10 0 67% 6 2 1 100 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
8 Seasons 577 849 66 0 12 10 3 3 10 40 21 4 53% 10 15 1 240 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1947 26 14 5 .737 3.07 27 23 3 13 3 1 178.2 127 63 61 10 89 89 4 0 0 734 116 1.209 6.4 0.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 116
1948 27 23 15 .605 3.23 55 45 7 21 6 2 334.1 244 129 120 20 176 160 6 1 1 1397 117 1.256 6.6 0.5 4.7 4.3 0.91 117
1949 28 24 16 .600 3.51 75 48 17 21 6 3 386.2 292 165 151 25 219 182 6 1 2 1636 109 1.322 6.8 0.6 5.1 4.2 0.83 109
1950 29 24 16 .600 3.51 75 48 17 21 6 3 386.2 292 165 151 25 219 182 6 1 2 1636 109 1.322 6.8 0.6 5.1 4.2 0.83 109
1951 30 29 21 .580 3.68 100 59 24 23 8 3 482.1 404 224 197 36 269 220 10 1 3 2067 104 1.395 7.5 0.7 5.0 4.1 0.82 104
1952 31 40 28 .588 3.48 122 80 25 35 10 3 651.1 548 286 252 42 361 285 12 1 7 2790 108 1.396 7.6 0.6 5.0 3.9 0.79 108
1953 32 52 35 .598 3.57 145 103 25 46 11 3 816.0 699 368 324 53 436 323 16 2 10 3496 106 1.391 7.7 0.6 4.8 3.6 0.74 106
1954 33 54 44 .551 3.78 168 114 34 47 11 3 887.1 796 422 373 62 470 345 18 2 13 3830 100 1.427 8.1 0.6 4.8 3.5 0.73 100
1955 34 56 46 .549 3.80 195 118 50 48 12 5 943.2 849 453 398 66 497 0 361 19 2 15 4076 100 1.426 8.1 0.6 4.7 3.4 0.73 100

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1947 26 10 9 .526 3.62 174.0 139 78 70 11 97 87 4 1.356 7.2 5.0 4.5 0.90 0.6 27
1948 27 10 7 .588 3.45 159.0 122 68 61 10 91 73 2 1.340 6.9 5.2 4.1 0.80 0.6 28
1949 28 2 3 .400 5.37 52.0 49 34 31 5 44 22 0 1.788 8.5 7.6 3.8 0.50 0.9 20
1951 30 4 6 .400 4.84 93.0 118 56 50 12 53 37 4 1.839 11.4 5.1 3.6 0.70 1.2 25
1952 31 10 8 .556 3.42 166.0 156 70 63 6 100 64 2 1.542 8.5 5.4 3.5 0.64 0.3 22
1953 32 9 9 .500 4.12 166.0 158 84 76 12 78 38 4 1.422 8.6 4.2 2.1 0.49 0.7 23
1954 33 2 5 .286 7.54 68.0 106 63 57 10 37 21 2 2.103 14.0 4.9 2.8 0.57 1.3 23
1955 34 3 3 .500 4.11 57.0 56 29 26 4 29 16 1 1.491 8.8 4.6 2.5 0.55 0.6 27
8 Seasons 50 50 .500 4.18 935.0 904 482 434 70 529 358 19 1.533 8.7 3.4 0.68 0.7 195

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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 (993rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL--3.073--8th
1948 AL--3.411--7th

Wins s c a p y
1947 AL--14--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 AL--.737--1st
1952 AL--.611--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 AL--1.209--3rd
1948 AL--1.311--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--6.397--1st
1948 AL--6.764--1st
1952 AL--7.669--8th
1953 AL--8.253--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--4.483--9th
1948 AL--4.105--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 AL--11--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 AL--3--5th
1948 AL--3--5th
1951 AL--2--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 AL--89--10th
1952 AL--92--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--.320--3rd
1953 AL--.601--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL--4--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL--119--10th
1952 AL--122--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 31 (756), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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