Shane Spencer
Michael Shane Spencer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: February 20, 1972 in Key West, FL
High School: Granite Hills (El Cajon, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 28th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1998
Final Game: July 22, 2004
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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
1998 26 NYY AL 27 73 67 18 25 6 0 10 27 0 1 5 12 .373 .411 .910 1.321 236 61 0 0 0 1 0 9/7D3
1999 27 NYY AL 71 226 205 25 48 8 0 8 20 0 4 18 51 .234 .301 .390 .691 77 80 1 2 0 1 0 79/D
2000 28 NYY AL 73 276 248 33 70 11 3 9 40 1 2 19 45 .282 .330 .460 .789 99 114 4 2 0 7 0 D7/9
2001 29 NYY AL 80 311 283 40 73 14 2 10 46 4 1 21 58 .258 .315 .428 .743 92 121 4 4 0 3 0 79D
2002 30 NYY AL 94 329 288 32 71 15 2 6 34 0 3 31 62 .247 .324 .375 .699 86 108 5 4 2 4 4 97/D
2003 31 TOT AL 119 448 395 39 99 20 0 12 49 2 0 45 92 .251 .328 .392 .721 88 155 8 3 0 5 0 793/D
2003 31 CLE AL 64 232 210 23 57 10 0 8 26 2 0 18 52 .271 .328 .433 .761 103 91 6 1 0 3 0 973/D
2003 31 TEX AL 55 216 185 16 42 10 0 4 23 0 0 27 40 .227 .329 .346 .675 72 64 2 2 0 2 0 79/D
2004 32 NYM NL 74 204 185 21 52 10 1 4 26 6 0 13 37 .281 .332 .411 .742 92 76 1 2 2 2 0 79/83D
7 Seasons 538 1867 1671 208 438 84 8 59 242 13 11 152 357 .262 .326 .428 .754 95 715 23 17 4 23 4
162 Game Avg. 162 562 503 63 132 25 2 18 73 4 3 46 107 .262 .326 .428 .754 95 215 7 5 1 7 1
NYY (5 yrs) 345 1215 1091 148 287 54 7 43 167 5 11 94 228 .263 .324 .444 .768 98 484 14 12 2 16 4
NYM (1 yr) 74 204 185 21 52 10 1 4 26 6 0 13 37 .281 .332 .411 .742 92 76 1 2 2 2 0
TEX (1 yr) 55 216 185 16 42 10 0 4 23 0 0 27 40 .227 .329 .346 .675 72 64 2 2 0 2 0
CLE (1 yr) 64 232 210 23 57 10 0 8 26 2 0 18 52 .271 .328 .433 .761 103 91 6 1 0 3 0
AL (6 yrs) 464 1663 1486 187 386 74 7 55 216 7 11 139 320 .260 .325 .430 .755 95 639 22 15 2 21 4
NL (1 yr) 74 204 185 21 52 10 1 4 26 6 0 13 37 .281 .332 .411 .742 92 76 1 2 2 2 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
1998 26 NYY AL 73 44 25 15.2 107 .326 .373 .268 .411 .336 .910 .427 1.321 .763 236 .877 12.8 1.2 1.512 .597 .537 .0
1999 27 NYY AL 226 163 24 3.9 112 .272 .234 .273 .301 .345 .390 .436 .691 .781 77 .357 -7.8 -0.7 .593 .224 .156 .0
2000 28 NYY AL 276 191 38 5.3 114 .303 .282 .275 .330 .348 .460 .442 .789 .790 99 .482 -0.7 -0.1 .728 .250 .177 1.8
2001 29 NYY AL 311 218 39 4.8 109 .289 .258 .270 .315 .337 .428 .433 .743 .770 92 .475 -3.8 -0.4 .693 .254 .170 5.7
2002 30 NYY AL 329 231 36 4.2 105 .290 .247 .264 .324 .332 .375 .425 .699 .757 86 .422 -5.3 -0.5 .622 .226 .128 .0
2003 31 TOT AL 448 309 53 4.6 109 .294 .251 .271 .328 .338 .392 .434 .721 .772 88 .457 -6.6 -0.6 .674 .261 .142 3.4
2003 31 CLE AL 232 162 30 5.0 103 .320 .271 .263 .328 .328 .433 .421 .761 .749 103 .493 1.0 0.1 .704 .257 .162 3.2
2003 31 TEX AL 216 147 23 4.2 116 .266 .227 .280 .329 .348 .346 .448 .675 .796 72 .416 -7.6 -0.7 .641 .265 .119 .0
2004 32 NYM NL 204 138 28 5.4 110 .329 .281 .268 .332 .340 .411 .435 .742 .775 92 .536 -2.2 -0.2 .724 .232 .130 4.8
7 Seasons 1867 1294 243 5.0 110 .297 .262 .270 .326 .339 .428 .434 .754 .773 95 .489 -13.6 -1.3 .699 .258 .166 21.3
162 Game Avg. 562 390 73 5.0 110 .297 .262 .270 .326 .339 .428 .434 .754 .773 95 .489 -13.6 -1.3 .699 .258 .166 6
NYY (5 yrs) 1215 847 162 5.1 110 .292 .263 .270 .324 .339 .444 .433 .768 .773 98 .491 -4.8 -0.5 .704 .261 .181 9.0
NYM (1 yr) 204 138 28 5.4 110 .329 .281 .268 .332 .340 .411 .435 .742 .775 92 .536 -2.2 -0.2 .724 .232 .130 4.8
TEX (1 yr) 216 147 23 4.2 116 .266 .227 .280 .329 .348 .346 .448 .675 .796 72 .416 -7.6 -0.7 .641 .265 .119 .0
CLE (1 yr) 232 162 30 4.9 103 .320 .271 .263 .328 .328 .433 .421 .761 .749 103 .493 1.0 0.1 .704 .257 .162 3.2
AL (6 yrs) 1663 1156 215 5.0 110 .292 .260 .270 .325 .339 .430 .433 .755 .772 95 .483 -11.4 -1.1 .696 .261 .170 12.4
NL (1 yr) 204 138 28 5.4 110 .329 .281 .268 .332 .340 .411 .435 .742 .775 92 .536 -2.2 -0.2 .724 .232 .130 4.8

Postseason Batting

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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
1998 26 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 2 6 6 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 9 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL ALCS CLE W 3 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 1 1 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL WS SDP W 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 3 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 3 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .375 .708 3 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 5 8 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 3 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 NYY AL WS ARI L 7 22 20 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .200 .273 .350 .623 7 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (8 Series) 25 69 63 9 14 3 0 3 6 1 0 6 23 .222 .290 .413 .703 26 1 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 6 15 14 4 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 5 .357 .400 .857 1.257 12 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 11 29 26 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 .154 .241 .192 .434 5 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 25 23 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 8 .217 .280 .391 .671 9 0 0 0 0 0

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
1998 26 NYY AL 73 13.7% 16.4% 6.9% 21.9% 64% 2.40 5.6 6.7 2.5 0.40 0.55 63% 18% 27.8% 10%
1999 27 NYY AL 226 3.5% 22.6% 8.0% 7.1% 33% 2.83 4.0 25.6 10.3 0.53 0.56 65% 16% 9.3% 15%
2000 28 NYY AL 276 3.3% 16.3% 6.9% 8.3% 33% 2.37 5.5 27.6 6.2 0.51 0.61 73% 28% 7.7% 12%
2001 29 NYY AL 311 3.2% 18.7% 6.8% 8.4% 36% 2.76 4.9 28.3 6.2 0.67 0.72 70% 23% 9.2% 16%
2002 30 NYY AL 329 1.8% 18.8% 9.4% 7.0% 32% 2.00 4.6 48.0 8.5 0.64 0.84 68% 24% 5.5% 20%
2003 31 TOT AL 448 2.7% 20.5% 10.0% 7.1% 32% 2.04 4.3 32.9 8.1 0.64 0.82 66% 19% 7.2% 11%
2003 31 CLE AL 232 3.5% 22.4% 7.8% 7.8% 32% 2.89 4.0 26.3 8.1 0.77 1.02 66% 17% 9.6% 8%
2003 31 TEX AL 216 1.9% 18.5% 12.5% 6.5% 33% 1.48 4.6 46.3 8.0 0.52 0.66 66% 22% 4.8% 14%
2004 32 NYM NL 204 2.0% 18.1% 6.4% 7.4% 29% 2.85 5.0 46.3 7.1 0.80 1.15 72% 17% 5.1% 5%
7 Seasons 1867 3.2% 19.1% 8.1% 8.1% 35% 2.35 4.7 28.3 6.9 0.62 0.75 68% 22% 8.4% 13%
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
1998 26 NYY AL 0 0 40% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 29% 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
1999 27 NYY AL 1 0 28% 69 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 35% 11 9 2 7 5 2 5 1 4
2000 28 NYY AL 3 0 29% 109 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 26% 18 15 3 2 1 1 7 4 3
2001 29 NYY AL 10 0 34% 113 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 31% 19 16 3 3 2 1 7 2 5
2002 30 NYY AL 3 0 26% 123 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 49% 23 14 9 4 1 3 6 2 4
2003 31 TOT AL 6 0 20% 153 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 47% 20 13 7 3 2 1 7 1 6
2003 31 CLE AL 4 0 22% 74 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 27% 10 9 1 1 1 0 4 1 3
2003 31 TEX AL 2 0 18% 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 67% 10 4 6 2 1 1 3 0 3
2004 32 NYM NL 3 0 27% 91 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 31% 14 12 2 6 3 3 6 3 3
7 Seasons 26 0 27% 685 13 11 54% 12 9 1 2 0 0 3 1 19 50 37% 110 83 27 26 14 12 39 14 25
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
1998 26 NYY AL 73 63% 25 4 0 3 1 0 1 0.37 10 3 4 3 7 8 2 0 0 0 14 0 0% 6 1 17% 55 17 31% 6 3 50% 3 1 33% 0
1999 27 NYY AL 226 39% 48 5 0 7 2 1 1 0.65 8 0 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 40 1 3% 14 2 14% 128 13 10% 9 5 56% 18 4 22% 0
2000 28 NYY AL 276 30% 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 10 6 3 4 5 0 0 0 57 4 7% 34 12 35% 198 32 16% 21 15 71% 23 11 48% 0
2001 29 NYY AL 311 22% 73 4 0 3 0 0 0 2.16 10 0 13 6 4 6 4 0 1 0 0% 57 4 7% 25 9 36% 209 40 19% 15 9 60% 27 10 37% 0
2002 30 NYY AL 329 28% 71 7 0 5 1 0 2 1.35 6 1 10 5 1 5 1 0 3 2 67% 50 5 10% 26 6 23% 203 29 14% 24 11 46% 29 10 34% 0
2003 31 TOT AL 448 41% 99 8 1 9 2 0 1 1.94 12 0 17 5 7 5 7 0 3 0 0% 91 8 9% 37 7 19% 296 39 13% 30 15 50% 19 6 32% 0
2003 31 CLE AL 232 46% 57 7 1 9 2 0 1 1.94 8 0 6 3 5 2 6 0 2 0 0% 46 6 13% 20 3 15% 160 20 13% 16 9 56% 13 5 38% 0
2003 31 TEX AL 216 37% 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0% 45 2 4% 17 4 24% 136 19 14% 14 6 43% 6 1 17% 0
2004 32 NYM NL 204 30% 52 2 0 21 4 0 2 1.46 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 100% 38 1 3% 21 8 38% 132 22 17% 15 6 40% 17 10 59% 0
7 Seasons 1867 33% 438 32 1 48 10 1 7 1.40 59 4 62 31 28 32 27 0 9 4 44% 347 23 7% 163 45 28% 1221 192 16% 120 64 53% 136 52 38% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1998 26 NYY AL 73 258 3.53 156 60% 22% 13% 29% 36% 78% 0% 47% 84% 33% 5% 4 2 16% 12 8 5% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL 226 856 3.79 524 61% 21% 17% 31% 30% 78% 0% 48% 77% 35% 4% 8 0 18% 40 30 10% 23 17 31% 0 0 3
2000 28 NYY AL 276 1064 3.86 671 63% 21% 13% 34% 31% 79% 0% 50% 83% 39% 2% 6 2 9% 24 16 7% 20 13 31% 0 0 0
2001 29 NYY AL 311 1182 3.80 751 64% 24% 15% 30% 30% 76% 0% 48% 80% 33% 4% 13 4 15% 47 27 7% 22 16 29% 0 0 0
2002 30 NYY AL 329 1293 3.93 797 62% 24% 16% 30% 29% 76% 3% 47% 79% 35% 6% 21 3 18% 60 31 9% 28 16 40% 0 0 0
2003 31 TOT AL 448 1796 4.01 1105 62% 30% 13% 29% 28% 70% 0% 43% 81% 27% 4% 18 3 14% 62 30 10% 47 29 42% 0 0 0
2003 31 CLE AL 232 863 3.72 546 63% 27% 15% 28% 29% 73% 0% 46% 79% 33% 5% 11 2 10% 23 7 9% 20 12 38% 0 0 0
2003 31 TEX AL 216 933 4.32 559 60% 33% 12% 29% 26% 67% 0% 40% 82% 20% 3% 7 1 18% 39 23 13% 27 17 48% 0 0 0
2004 32 NYM NL 204 789 3.87 505 64% 31% 13% 26% 30% 69% 0% 44% 81% 24% 5% 10 2 12% 25 11 10% 21 13 41% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1867 7238 3.88 4509 62% 26% 15% 30% 30% 74% 1% 46% 80% 32% 4% 80 16 14% 270 153 9% 165 105 36% 0 0 3
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
1998 26 27 73 67 18 25 6 0 10 27 0 1 5 12 .373 .411 .910 1.321 236 61 0 0 0 1 0
1999 27 98 299 272 43 73 14 0 18 47 0 5 23 63 .268 .328 .518 .846 115 141 1 2 0 2 0
2000 28 171 575 520 76 143 25 3 27 87 1 7 42 108 .275 .329 .490 .819 107 255 5 4 0 9 0
2001 29 251 886 803 116 216 39 5 37 133 5 8 63 166 .269 .324 .468 .792 102 376 9 8 0 12 0
2002 30 345 1215 1091 148 287 54 7 43 167 5 11 94 228 .263 .324 .444 .768 98 484 14 12 2 16 4
2003 31 464 1663 1486 187 386 74 7 55 216 7 11 139 320 .260 .325 .430 .755 95 639 22 15 2 21 4
2004 32 538 1867 1671 208 438 84 8 59 242 13 11 152 357 .262 .326 .428 .754 95 715 23 17 4 23 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 26 27 72 66 17 24 6 0 10 26 0 5 12 .364 .403 .909 1.312 24 27
1999 27 71 223 203 23 46 8 0 8 18 0 17 51 .227 .291 .384 .676 22 71
2000 28 73 271 244 29 66 10 3 8 36 1 18 45 .270 .317 .434 .752 34 73
2001 29 80 311 283 38 73 14 2 10 43 4 21 58 .258 .315 .428 .743 37 80
2002 30 94 328 289 32 72 15 2 6 34 0 31 62 .249 .326 .377 .703 35 94
2003 31 119 447 394 37 98 20 0 12 46 2 45 92 .249 .327 .391 .717 50 119
2004 32 74 203 186 20 53 10 1 4 25 6 13 37 .285 .335 .414 .749 26 74
7 Seasons 538 1855 1665 196 432 83 8 58 228 13 150 357 .259 .323 .423 .746 228 538
162 Game Avg. 162 559 501 59 130 25 2 17 69 4 45 107 .259 .323 .423 .746 69 538

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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