Glenn Spencer

Glenn Edward Spencer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: September 11, 1905 in Corning, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1928
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants 1928-1933

Final Game: September 24, 1933
Died: December 30, 1958 in Binghamton, NY
Buried: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, NY
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1926	20	BNG	B	1	1	.500		6																								BNG · NYPL
1927	21	BNG	B	10	8	.556	3.27	25						168.0	150	80	61		102							1.500	8.0		5.5			BNG · NYPL
1928	22	CLM	B	11	10	.524	3.40	26						159.0	146	74	60		68							1.346	8.3		3.8			CLM · SALL
1928	22	PIT	NL	0	0		1.59	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	25	273	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67

1929	23	WCH	A	24	9	.727		41						252.0	278	149			113							1.552	9.9		4.0			WCH · WL
1930	24	PIT	NL	8	9	.471	5.40	41	11	22	5	0	4	156.2	185	110	94	16	63	60	2	0	7	699	92	1.583	10.6	0.9	3.6	3.4	0.95
1931	25	PIT	NL	11	12	.478	3.42	38	18	14	11	1	3	186.2	180	83	71	8	65	51	5	1	6	783	112	1.313	8.7	0.4	3.1	2.5	0.78
1932	26	PIT	NL	4	8	.333	4.97	39	13	10	5	1	1	137.2	167	104	76	10	44	35	3	1	5	635	76	1.533	10.9	0.7	2.9	2.3	0.80
1933	27	NYG	NL	0	2	.000	5.13	17	3	5	1	0	0	47.1	52	33	27	3	26	14	1	0	3	216	63	1.648	9.9	0.6	4.9	2.7	0.54
1934	28	STL-min	AA,A	8	8	.500	4.82	35						153.0	175	99	82		75							1.634	10.3		4.4			CLB,HSN · AA,TL
1935	29	STL-CHW-min	AA,A	11	13	.458	4.19	35	15					191.0	190	106	89		82							1.424	9.0		3.9			ROC,STP,DAL · IL,AA,TL
1936	30	ATL-min	AA	9	8	.529	5.46	37	20					140.0	177	102	85		73							1.786	11.4		4.7			STP · AA
1937	31	OAK-min	A	10	6	.625	3.72	24						138.0	137	63	57		49							1.348	8.9		3.2			WPT · NYPL
1938	32	OAK-min	A	12	11	.522	4.18	33						181.0	205	99	84		54							1.431	10.2		2.7			WPT · EL
1939	33	OAK-min	A	3	2	.600	4.80	18	1					45.0	49	26	24		16							1.444	9.8		3.2			WPT · EL
1940	34	OSW	C	9	8	.529	4.50	17						136.0	172	79	68		26							1.456	11.4		1.7			OSW · CAML
1941	35	PFD	C	9	10	.474	5.74	21						163.0	211	121	104		54							1.626	11.7		3.0			PFD · CAML
5 Yrs				23	31	.426	4.53	139	45	55	22	2	8	534.0	588	333	269	37	201	162	11	2	21	2358	91	1.478	9.9	0.6	3.4	2.7	0.81
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.426	4.53	51	17	20	8	1	3	197	217	123	99	14	74	60	4	1	8	871	91	1.478	9.9	0.6	3.4	2.7	0.81

PIT (4 yrs)				23	29	.442	4.48	122	42	50	21	2	8	486.2	536	300	242	34	175	148	10	2	18	2142	94	1.461	9.9	0.6	3.2	2.7	0.85
NYG (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.13	17	3	5	1	0	0	47.1	52	33	27	3	26	14	1	0	3	216	63	1.648	9.9	0.6	4.9	2.7	0.54

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1928	22	PIT	NL	5.2	4	0	3	4.76	4.93	0.00	0.00	101.0	4.98	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.504	.500	$

1930	24	PIT	NL	156.1	41	11	110	6.33	5.81	-0.10	0.00	100.6	5.95	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.6	12	.487	.497	$
1931	25	PIT	NL	186.1	38	18	83	4.01	4.58	0.20	0.00	99.1	4.34	8	0.8	1.0	-0.1	2.2	25	.521	.505	$
1932	26	PIT	NL	137.2	39	13	104	6.80	4.55	0.06	0.00	99.7	4.48	-35	-3.4	1.0	-0.1	-2.3	-22	.414	.479	$
1933	27	NYG	NL	47.1	17	3	33	6.27	3.96	0.49	0.00	94.2	3.26	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-12	.404	.490	$
5 Seasons				533.1	139	45	333	5.62	4.88	0.10	0.00	99.3	4.76	-50	-4.7	1.0	-0.2	-0.7	4	.466	.494	$

PIT (4 yrs)				486.0	122	42	300	5.56	4.97	0.06	0.00	99.8	4.91	-34	-3.1	1.0	-0.2	0.6	16	.474	.495	$
NYG (1 yr)				47.1	17	3	33	6.27	3.96	0.49	0.00	94.2	3.26	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-12	.404	.490	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1928	22	PIT	NL	25	0.0%	8.0%	12.0%			72%

1930	24	PIT	NL	702	2.3%	8.6%	9.0%	3.6%	14%	76%
1931	25	PIT	NL	793	1.0%	6.4%	8.2%	2.1%	9%	81%
1932	26	PIT	NL	635	1.6%	5.5%	6.9%	4.7%	18%	83%
1933	27	NYG	NL	216	1.4%	6.5%	12.0%	1.9%	8%	77%
5 Yrs				2371	1.6%	6.8%	8.5%	3.2%	13%	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	7.9%	8.0%	3.3%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1928	22	0	0		1.59	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	25	273	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67	273
1929	23	0	0		1.59	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	25	273	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67	273
1930	24	8	9	.471	5.27	45	11	26	5	0	4	162.1	189	113	95	16	66	62	2	0	7	724	94	1.571	10.5	0.9	3.7	3.4	0.94	94
1931	25	19	21	.475	4.28	83	29	40	16	1	7	349.0	369	196	166	24	131	113	7	1	13	1507	102	1.433	9.5	0.6	3.4	2.9	0.86	102
1932	26	23	29	.442	4.48	122	42	50	21	2	8	486.2	536	300	242	34	175	148	10	2	18	2142	94	1.461	9.9	0.6	3.2	2.7	0.85	94
1933	27	23	31	.426	4.53	139	45	55	22	2	8	534.0	588	333	269	37	201	162	11	2	21	2358	91	1.478	9.9	0.6	3.4	2.7	0.81	91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1928	22	0	0		1.50	6.0	4	1	1	0	3	2	0	1.167	6.0	4.5	3.0	0.67	0.0	4

1930	24	9	9	.500	4.15	167.0	171	86	77	15	58	64	2	1.371	9.2	3.1	3.4	1.10	0.8	41
1931	25	11	9	.550	3.58	186.0	188	82	74	8	68	51	5	1.376	9.1	3.3	2.5	0.75	0.4	38
1932	26	6	10	.375	4.84	147.0	174	88	79	10	46	37	3	1.497	10.7	2.8	2.3	0.80	0.6	39
1933	27	1	4	.200	6.46	46.0	58	37	33	3	29	14	1	1.891	11.3	5.7	2.7	0.48	0.6	17
5 Yrs		27	32	.458	4.30	552.0	595	294	264	36	204	168	11	1.447	9.7		2.7	0.82	0.6	139

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1931 NL 8.679 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1930 NL 3.447 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1930 NL 41 (10th) 1931 NL 38 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1930 NL 4 (7th) 1931 NL 3 (6th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1930 NL 7 (4th) 1931 NL 6 (4th) 1932 NL 5 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1931 NL 5 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1930 NL 22 (1st) 1931 NL 14 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Milt Wilcox (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Welch (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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