Bob Spence
John Robert Spence
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 10, 1946 in San Diego, CA
High School: St. Augustine (San Diego, CA)
School: Santa Clara University
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
Final Game: September 6, 1971
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Standard Batting

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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
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 AL 46 145 130 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 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
3 Seasons 72 205 183 13 37 5 1 4 19 0 0 16 47 .202 .265 .306 .571 57 56 4 1 1 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 461 412 29 83 11 2 9 43 0 0 36 106 .202 .265 .306 .571 57 126 9 2 2 9 0

Advanced Batting

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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 145 107 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 .259 .273 .332 .148 .385 .421 .717 21 .082 -2.7 -0.3 .375 .185 .000
3 Seasons 205 155 16 2.8 98 .243 .202 .259 .265 .334 .306 .394 .571 .728 57 .316 -11.0 -1.2 .487 .191 .104 .0
162 Game Avg. 461 349 36 2.8 98 .243 .202 .259 .265 .334 .306 .394 .571 .728 57 .316 -11.0 -1.2 .487 .191 .104

Ratio Batting*

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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
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 145 2.8% 22.1% 7.6% 6.2% 31% 2.91 4.1 32.5 8.7 1.24 66%
1971 25 CHW AL 33 0.0% 18.2% 15.2% 0.0% 0% 1.20 4.5 27.0 0.90 67%
3 Seasons 205 2.0% 22.9% 7.8% 4.9% 27% 2.94 3.9 45.8 9.6 1.23 66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1969 23 CHW AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 CHW AL 0 0 19% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 38% 4 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1971 25 CHW AL 0 0 22% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
3 Seasons 0 0 18% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 36% 5 4 1 2 1 1 4 2 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.45 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 2 1 50% 24 3 13% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1970 24 CHW AL 144 70% 29 9 1 0 0 1.92 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 100% 31 3 10% 18 4 22% 96 11 11% 11 4 36% 9 3 33% 0
1971 25 CHW AL 33 88% 4 5 0 0 0 1.13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
3 Seasons 204 77% 37 21 1 0 1 1.58 4 0 8 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 100% 42 4 10% 21 6 29% 138 15 11% 14 6 43% 13 3 23% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1969 23 12 27 26 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .154 .148 .192 .340 -7 5 0 0 0 1 0
1970 24 58 172 156 11 33 5 1 4 18 0 0 11 41 .212 .263 .333 .596 63 52 3 1 1 3 0
1971 25 72 205 183 13 37 5 1 4 19 0 0 16 47 .202 .265 .306 .571 57 56 4 1 1 4 0

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 23 12 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 12
1970 24 46 145 131 11 30 4 1 4 16 0 11 32 .229 .290 .366 .656 14 46
1971 25 14 38 29 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 6 .207 .368 .207 .575 2 14
3 Seasons 72 210 186 14 36 4 1 4 21 0 19 47 .194 .267 .290 .557 17 72
162 Game Avg. 162 473 419 32 81 9 2 9 47 0 43 106 .194 .267 .290 .557 38 72

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