George Spencer
George Elwell Spencer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 7, 1926 in Columbus, OH
School: Ohio State University
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1950
Final Game: September 26, 1960
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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
1950 23 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 2.49 10 1 4 1 0 0 25.1 12 7 7 3 7 5 0 0 0 94 165 0.750 4.3 1.1 2.5 1.8 0.71
1951 24 NYG NL 10 4 .714 3.75 57 4 20 2 0 6 132.0 125 62 55 21 56 36 1 0 2 555 104 1.371 8.5 1.4 3.8 2.5 0.64
1952 25 NYG NL 3 5 .375 5.55 35 4 18 0 0 3 60.0 57 39 37 13 21 27 3 0 1 256 67 1.300 8.6 2.0 3.2 4.1 1.29
1953 26 NYG NL 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 12 56 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
1954 27 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 3.65 6 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 9 5 5 1 8 4 0 0 0 52 112 1.378 6.6 0.7 5.8 2.9 0.50
1955 28 NYG NL 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 76 2.400 5.4 5.4 16.2 0.0 0.00
1958 31 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2.70 7 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 4 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 44 149 1.500 9.9 0.0 3.6 4.5 1.25
1960 33 DET AL 0 1 .000 3.52 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 10 3 3 1 5 1 4 0 0 0 37 113 1.957 11.7 1.2 5.9 4.7 0.80
8 Seasons 16 10 .615 4.05 122 9 48 3 0 9 251.1 228 123 113 40 106 1 82 4 0 3 1059 97 1.329 8.2 1.4 3.8 2.9 0.77
162 Game Avg. 8 5 .615 4.05 63 5 25 2 0 5 130 118 64 59 21 55 43 2 0 2 550 97 1.329 8.2 1.4 3.8 2.9 0.77
NYG (6 yrs) 15 9 .625 4.12 110 9 43 3 0 9 233.2 207 116 107 39 97 0 73 4 0 3 978 95 1.301 8.0 1.5 3.7 2.8 0.75
DET (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.06 12 0 5 0 0 0 17.2 21 7 6 1 9 1 9 0 0 0 81 131 1.698 10.7 0.5 4.6 4.6 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 15 9 .625 4.12 110 9 43 3 0 9 233.2 207 116 107 39 97 0 73 4 0 3 978 95 1.301 8.0 1.5 3.7 2.8 0.75
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.06 12 0 5 0 0 0 17.2 21 7 6 1 9 1 9 0 0 0 81 131 1.698 10.7 0.5 4.6 4.6 1.00

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
1951 24 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 0 18.90 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 6 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 2.700 16.2 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 18.90 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 6 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 2.700 16.2 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.00

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 27 NYG NL 6 52 43 5 9 1 0 1 0 1 8 4 .209 .333 .302 .636 .211 13 1 0 1 0
1955 28 NYG NL 1 9 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .167 .444 .667 1.111 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1958 31 DET AL 7 44 38 4 11 3 0 0 2 0 4 5 .289 .349 .368 .717 .324 14 1 0 1 1 0
1960 33 DET AL 5 37 31 3 10 2 0 1 0 0 5 4 .323 .417 .484 .901 .346 15 1 0 1 0 1
4 Seasons 19 142 118 13 31 6 0 3 2 1 20 13 .263 .367 .390 .757 .272 46 3 0 3 1 1
162 Game Avg. 68 508 422 47 111 21 0 11 7 4 72 47 .263 .367 .390 .757 .272 165 11 0 11 4
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 27 NYG NL 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% 2 1.580 4 1 1 0 2 4 4 2 4 1 4 3 6.2
1955 28 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.153 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1958 31 DET AL 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 6 0.383 1 2 4 0 0 7 4 3 4 1 4 1 4.3
1960 33 DET AL 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.726 1 0 4 0 1 4 0 5 2 1 2 0 4.6
4 Seasons 19 19 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 32% 0.896 6 3 10 0 3 16 8 11 11 3 11 4 5.0

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%
1950 23 NYG NL
1951 24 NYG NL
1952 25 NYG NL
1953 26 NYG NL
1954 27 NYG NL 52 40% 1.9% 7.7% 15.4% 3.9% 22% 1.13 73% 9 1 11%
1955 28 NYG NL 9 33% 11.1% 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 100% 1.50 56% 1 0 0%
1958 31 DET AL 44 41% 0.0% 11.4% 9.1% 6.8% 27% 1.27 77% 12 1 8%
1960 33 DET AL 37 22% 2.7% 10.8% 13.5% 8.1% 30% 1.71 70% 8 1 13%
8 Seasons 142 35% 28.2% 57.8% 74.7% 6.3% 4% 1.31 73% 30 3 10%
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
1950 23 NYG NL 12 3 0
1951 24 NYG NL 125 21 2
1952 25 NYG NL 57 13 1
1953 26 NYG NL 3 0 0
1954 27 NYG NL 52 9 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 28 NYG NL 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 31 DET AL 44 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 23 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 33 DET AL 37 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 142 228 40 0 8 3 0 3 0 7 3 2 43% 0 3 0 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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+
1950 23 1 0 1.000 2.49 10 1 4 1 0 0 25.1 12 7 7 3 7 5 0 0 0 94 165 0.750 4.3 1.1 2.5 1.8 0.71 165
1951 24 11 4 .733 3.55 67 5 24 3 0 6 157.1 137 69 62 24 63 41 1 0 2 649 111 1.271 7.8 1.4 3.6 2.3 0.65 111
1952 25 14 9 .609 4.10 102 9 42 3 0 9 217.1 194 108 99 37 84 68 4 0 3 905 95 1.279 8.0 1.5 3.5 2.8 0.81 95
1953 26 14 9 .609 4.14 103 9 42 3 0 9 219.2 197 110 101 37 86 69 4 0 3 917 94 1.288 8.1 1.5 3.5 2.8 0.80 94
1954 27 15 9 .625 4.11 109 9 43 3 0 9 232.0 206 115 106 38 94 73 4 0 3 969 95 1.293 8.0 1.5 3.6 2.8 0.78 95
1955 28 15 9 .625 4.12 110 9 43 3 0 9 233.2 207 116 107 39 97 0 73 4 0 3 978 95 1.301 8.0 1.5 3.7 2.8 0.75 95
1956 29 15 9 .625 4.12 110 9 43 3 0 9 233.2 207 116 107 39 97 0 73 4 0 3 978 95 1.301 8.0 1.5 3.7 2.8 0.75 95
1957 30 15 9 .625 4.12 110 9 43 3 0 9 233.2 207 116 107 39 97 0 73 4 0 3 978 95 1.301 8.0 1.5 3.7 2.8 0.75 95
1958 31 16 9 .640 4.06 117 9 45 3 0 9 243.2 218 120 110 39 101 0 78 4 0 3 1022 96 1.309 8.1 1.4 3.7 2.9 0.77 96
1959 32 16 9 .640 4.06 117 9 45 3 0 9 243.2 218 120 110 39 101 0 78 4 0 3 1022 96 1.309 8.1 1.4 3.7 2.9 0.77 96
1960 33 16 10 .615 4.05 122 9 48 3 0 9 251.1 228 123 113 40 106 1 82 4 0 3 1059 97 1.329 8.2 1.4 3.8 2.9 0.77 97

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
1950 23 1 1 .500 2.42 26.0 12 8 7 3 7 5 0 0.731 4.2 2.4 1.7 0.71 1.0 10
1951 24 7 7 .500 3.98 129.0 130 63 57 22 58 35 1 1.457 9.1 4.0 2.4 0.60 1.5 57
1952 25 2 4 .333 6.15 60.0 62 46 41 14 23 27 3 1.417 9.3 3.5 4.1 1.17 2.1 35
1953 26 0 0 4.50 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 1
1954 27 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 9 6 5 1 8 4 0 1.308 6.2 5.5 2.8 0.50 0.7 6
1955 28 0 0 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 2.000 4.5 13.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 1
1958 31 1 0 1.000 2.70 10.0 11 3 3 0 4 5 0 1.500 9.9 3.6 4.5 1.25 0.0 7
1960 33 0 0 3.38 8.0 10 3 3 1 5 4 0 1.875 11.3 5.6 4.5 0.80 1.1 5
8 Seasons 12 12 .500 4.25 250.0 238 131 118 42 110 81 4 1.392 8.6 2.9 0.74 1.5 122

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1951 NL--57--4th

Saves s c a p y
1951 NL--6--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--21--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1951 NL--20--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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