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Bob Spence

John Robert Spence

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 10, 1946 in San Diego, CA
High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1969
Team: WhiteSox 1969-1971

Final Game: September 6, 1971
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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
1967	21	CHW-min	A	5	18	18		5	0	0	0						.278	.278	.278	.556		5							APP · MIDW
1968	22	CHW-min	A	55	179	179		42	7	1	5						.235	.235	.369	.603		66							LBG · CARL
1969	23	CHW-min	A	41	142	130	18	38	12	0	3	19	2	1	12	21	.292	.352	.454	.806		59							LBG · CARL
1969	23	CHW	AL	12	27	26	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.154	.148	.192	.340	-7	5	0	0	0	1	0	/3
1970	24	CHW-min	AAA	25	109	92	17	28	4	2	1	12	0	0	16	21	.304	.404	.424	.828		39		0	0	1			TUC · PCL
1970	24	CHW	AL	46	144	130	11	29	4	1	4	15	0	0	11	32	.223	.285	.362	.646	77	47	3	1	1	2	0	3
1971	25	CHW-min	AAA	79	332	288	48	83	15	4	10	53	1	0	35	63	.288	.375	.472	.847		136		6	1	2			TUC · PCL
1971	25	CHW	AL	14	33	27	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	6	.148	.273	.148	.421	21	4	1	0	0	1	0	/3
1972	26	PHI-min	AAA	107	415	337	62	99	15	2	18	61	2	5	69	78	.294	.419	.510	.930		172		6	0	3			EUG · PCL
1973	27	PHI-min	AAA	135	565	478	87	132	29	3	25	96	1	0	78	106	.276	.380	.506	.886		242		4	2	3			EUG · PCL
3 Yrs				72	204	183	13	37	5	1	4	19	0	0	16	47	.202	.265	.306	.571	57	56	4	1	1	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	459	412	29	83	11	2	9	43	0	0	36	106	.202	.265	.306	.571	57	126	9	2	2	9	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1969	23	CHW	AL	12	27	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.465	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	/3
1970	24	CHW	AL	46	144	-5	0	0	-1	-2	-7	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.482	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$	3
1971	25	CHW	AL	14	33	-3	-0	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.475	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	/3
3 Seasons				72	204	-12	0	0	0	-3	-14	-1.6	6	-8	-1.0	.478	.497	-1.0	-0.3	-8	$

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
1969	23	CHW	AL	27	23	1	1.2	100	.222	.154	.261	.148	.339	.192	.394	.340	.733	-7	.087	-3.8	-0.4	.227	.038	.038
1970	24	CHW	AL	144	107	14	3.5	98	.260	.223	.259	.285	.334	.362	.395	.646	.729	77	.409	-4.5	-0.5	.567	.223	.138	.0
1971	25	CHW	AL	33	25	1	1.1	95	.182	.148	.258	.273	.331	.148	.383	.421	.714	21	.082	-2.7	-0.3	.375	.185	.000
3 Yrs				204	155	16	2.8	98	.243	.202	.259	.265	.334	.306	.393	.571	.727	57	.316	-11.0	-1.1	.487	.191	.104	.0
162 Game Avg.				459	349	36	2.8	98	.243	.202	.259	.265	.334	.306	.393	.571	.727	57	.316	-11.0	-1.1	.487	.191	.104

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	23	CHW	AL	27	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	3.7%	25%		2.9		8.7	1.80	67%
1970	24	CHW	AL	144	2.8%	22.2%	7.6%	6.3%	31%	2.91	4.1	32.5	8.7	1.24	67%
1971	25	CHW	AL	33	0.0%	18.2%	15.2%	0.0%	0%	1.20	4.5		27.0	0.90	67%
3 Yrs				204	2.0%	23.0%	7.8%	4.9%	27%	2.94	3.9	45.8	9.6	1.23	67%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.8%	8.9%	6.1%	27%	1.66	6.0	41.9	8.9	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	23	CHW	AL	-3.8	-0.4	27	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.98	-0.3	0.2	-2.7	-0.3	1.07	-3.7	1.34	7
1970	24	CHW	AL	-4.5	-0.5	145	-1.0	2.0	-3.1	1.10	-0.3	-0.6	-7.0	-0.7	0.99	-5.0	1.88	9
1971	25	CHW	AL	-2.7	-0.3	33	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.96	-0.2	0.1	-3.4	-0.4	0.89	-2.6	1.04	5
3 Yrs				-11.0	-1.2	205	-1.4	2.7	-4.1	1.06	-0.9	-0.4	-13.1	-1.3	0.98	-11.3	1.50	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	23	CHW	AL	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	24	CHW	AL	19%	48	2	2	38%	4	4	0	2	1	1	2	0	2
1971	25	CHW	AL	22%	7	0	0	33%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
3 Yrs				18%	58	2	2	36%	5	4	1	2	1	1	4	2	2

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
1969	23	CHW	AL	27	100%	4			7	0	0	1	1.34	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	1	50%	24	3	13%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1970	24	CHW	AL	144	70%	29			9	1	0	0	1.88	4	0	6	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	100%	31	3	10%	18	4	22%	96	11	11%	11	4	36%	8	3	38%	0
1971	25	CHW	AL	33	88%	4			5	0	0	0	1.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	18	1	6%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				204	77%	37			21	1	0	1	1.50	4	0	8	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	100%	42	4	10%	21	6	29%	138	15	11%	14	6	43%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1969	23	12	27	26	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	9	.154	.148	.192	.340	-7	5	0	0	0	1
1970	24	58	171	156	11	33	5	1	4	18	11	41	.212	.263	.333	.596	63	52	3	1	1	3
1971	25	72	204	183	13	37	5	1	4	19	16	47	.202	.265	.306	.571	57	56	4	1	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	23	12	28	27	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	9	.185	.179	.222	.401	1	12
1970	24	46	146	131	12	30	4	1	4	16	11	32	.229	.290	.366	.656	14	46
1971	25	14	33	27	2	4	0	0	0	1	5	6	.148	.273	.148	.421	1	14
3 Yrs		72	207	185	14	39	5	1	4	21	16	47	.211	.272	.314	.585	16	72
162 Game Avg.		162	466	416	32	88	11	2	9	47	36	106	.211	.272	.314	.585	36	72

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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