George Spencer

George Elwell Spencer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 7, 1926 in Columbus, OH
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1950
Teams (by GP): Giants/Tigers 1950-1960

Final Game: September 26, 1960
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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
1948	21	SFG-min	B,A	33	67	67		14	2	0	0						.209	.209	.239	.448		16							KNX,JCK · TRIS,SALL
1949	22	SFG-min	A	31	57	57		7	2	0	0						.123	.123	.158	.281		9							JCK · SALL
1950	23	SFG-min	AAA	23	50	43	3	6	0	1	0	6	0		3	16	.140	.196	.186	.382		8		0	4				JER · IL
1950	23	NYG	NL	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1
1951	24	NYG	NL	57	38	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.125	.200	.125	.325	-11	4	1	0	3			1
1952	25	NYG	NL	35	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	2	0	0	0			1
1953	26	SFG-min	AAA	50	23	20	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		3	13	.150	.261	.200	.461		4	1	0	0				MNE · AA
1953	26	NYG	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1954	27	SFG-min	AAA	68	18	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.077	.250	.077	.327		1	0	0	2	0			MNE · AA
1954	27	NYG	NL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		/1
1955	28	STL-min	AAA	47	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	5	.083	.083	.167	.250		2	0	0	1	0			OMA · AA
1955	28	NYG	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1956	29	CLE-min	AAA	50	19	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.111	.158	.111	.269		2	0	0	0	0			INA · AA
1957	30	CHW-min	AAA	68	30	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	8	.208	.296	.208	.505		5		0	3	0	0		INA · AA
1958	31	DET-min	AAA	41	21	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.095	.095	.095	.190		2		0	0	0	0		CHL · AA
1958	31	DET	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1959	32	DET-min	AAA	85	28	25	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	11	.080	.115	.120	.235		3		0	2	0	0		CHL · AA
1960	33	PIT-DET-min	AAA	57	20	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	.000	.105	.000	.105		0		1	1	0			CLB,DEN · IL,AA
1960	33	DET	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	34	BOS-CLE-min	AAA	40	16	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.083	.313	.083	.396		1							SLE,SLC · PCL
1962	35	BOS-min	AAA	55	31	25	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.040	.143	.040	.183		1		0	3	0			SLE · PCL
1963	36	BOS-TEX-PIT-min	AAA	36	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		2							SLE,TTO,CLB · PCL,IL
1966	39	DET-min	A	13	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SVL · WCRS
8 Yrs				122	56	50	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	21	.120	.170	.120	.290	-21	6	1	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	74	66	5	8	0	0	0	4	0		4	28	.120	.170	.120	.290	-21	8	1	0	4

NYG (6 yrs)				110	55	49	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	0	3	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				110	55	49	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	0	3	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	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
1950	23	NYG	NL	10	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1951	24	NYG	NL	57	38	-6	-0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1952	25	NYG	NL	35	10	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1953	26	NYG	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1954	27	NYG	NL	6	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.490	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1955	28	NYG	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1958	31	DET	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1960	33	DET	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
8 Seasons				122	56	-9	-0	-0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.497	.500	-0.4	-0.0	-2	$

NYG (6 yrs)				110	55	-9	-0	-0	0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.4	.497	.500	-0.4	-0.0	-2	$
DET (2 yrs)				12	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-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
1950	23	NYG	NL	4	4	0	0.0	109		.000	.271	.000	.348	.000	.420	.000	.768	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1951	24	NYG	NL	38	32	1	0.8	104	.190	.125	.269	.200	.343	.125	.407	.325	.750	-11	.044	-5.1	-0.5	.241	.094	.000
1952	25	NYG	NL	10	8	0	0.0	98	.333	.200	.263	.200	.336	.200	.391	.400	.727	11	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

1954	27	NYG	NL	3	3	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.275	.000	.347	.000	.426	.000	.772	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1960	33	DET	AL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.342	.000	.410	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				56	48	1	0.6	104	.207	.120	.268	.170	.342	.120	.406	.290	.748	-21	.022	-8.7	-0.9	.200	.060	.000
162 Game Avg.				74	64	1	0.6	104	.207	.120	.268	.170	.342	.120	.406	.290	.748	-21	.022	-8.7	-0.9	.200	.060	.000

NYG (6 yrs)				55	47	1	0.6	104	.214	.122	.268	.173	.342	.122	.406	.296	.748	-19	.023	-8.4	-0.8	.205	.061	.000
DET (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.342	.000	.410	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (6 yrs)				55	47	1	0.6	104	.214	.122	.268	.173	.342	.122	.406	.296	.748	-19	.023	-8.4	-0.8	.205	.061	.000
AL (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.342	.000	.410	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1951	24	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1950	23	NYG	NL	4	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1951	24	NYG	NL	38	0.0%	29.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0%	3.67	2.9		10.7	3.00	55%
1952	25	NYG	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5			1.00	60%

1954	27	NYG	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%

1960	33	DET	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
8 Yrs				56	0.0%	37.5%	5.4%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.4		16.7	2.71	52%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.6%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.26	7.6	40.3	8.2	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1950	23	NYG	NL	-1.2	-0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
1951	24	NYG	NL	-5.1	-0.5	34	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.81	-0.4	0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.95	-4.1	0
1952	25	NYG	NL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.99	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.72	-1.2	0
1953	26	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1954	27	NYG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.25	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.78	-0.8	0
1955	28	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1958	31	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1960	33	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.67	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.47	-0.3	0
8 Yrs				-8.7	-0.9	48	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.88	-0.6	-0.0	-6.1	-0.6	0.91	-6.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	23	NYG	NL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	24	NYG	NL	0	0	29%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1952	25	NYG	NL	0	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

1954	27	NYG	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	33	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	44%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3

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
1950	23	NYG	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1951	24	NYG	NL	38	29%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	1	13%	9	2	22%	28	3	11%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1952	25	NYG	NL	10	22%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1954	27	NYG	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1960	33	DET	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				56	29%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	9	1	11%	10	2	20%	32	3	9%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			82%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	23	10	4	4	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1951	24	67	42	36	2	4	3	0	3	15	.111	.179	.111	.291	-21	4	1	3
1952	25	102	52	46	4	6	3	0	3	19	.130	.184	.130	.314	-14	6	1	3
1953	26	103	52	46	4	6	3	0	3	19	.130	.184	.130	.314	-14	6	1	3
1954	27	109	55	49	4	6	3	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	3	0
1955	28	110	55	49	4	6	3	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	3	0	0
1956	29	110	55	49	4	6	3	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	3	0	0
1957	30	110	55	49	4	6	3	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	3	0	0
1958	31	117	55	49	4	6	3	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	3	0	0
1959	32	117	55	49	4	6	3	0	3	21	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	3	0	0
1960	33	122	56	50	4	6	3	0	3	21	.120	.170	.120	.290	-21	6	1	3	0	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
1950	23	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1951	24	59	41	34	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	4	11	.147	.237	.147	.384	1	57
1952	25	37	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35

1954	27	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1960	33	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
5 Yrs		117	59	52	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	4	21	.096	.161	.096	.257	1	113
162 Game Avg.		162	82	72	4	7	0	0	0	6	0	6	29	.096	.161	.096	.257	1	113

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