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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 NYY AL 26 OF 22 13 138.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -5.2 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 0 1.76 1.23 .985 2.31 2.02
1998 NYY AL 26 RF 15 6 81.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -22.2 -1.5 -0.1 -1.4 0 1.67 1.00 .980 2.14 1.81
1998 NYY AL 26 LF 9 7 57.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 18.9 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 1.74 1.22 .982 2.10 1.74
1998 NYY AL 26 DH 4
1998 NYY AL 26 1B 1 1 6.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.00 4.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
1999 NYY AL 27 OF 64 52 472.0 113 108 5 0 3 1.000 7.9 20.1 4.9 2.0 2.9 3 2.15 1.77 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 NYY AL 27 LF 46 41 359.2 85 81 4 0 2 1.000 6.4 21.4 4.4 1.8 2.6 2 2.13 1.85 .985 2.08 1.73
1999 NYY AL 27 RF 22 11 112.1 28 27 1 0 1 1.000 1.5 16.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 1 2.24 1.27 .982 2.11 1.82
1999 NYY AL 27 DH 3
2000 NYY AL 28 OF 40 35 305.1 88 84 3 1 1 .989 2.5 9.8 1.5 0.8 0.8 1 2.56 2.18 .985 2.36 2.02
2000 NYY AL 28 DH 33
2000 NYY AL 28 LF 33 31 263.1 69 65 3 1 1 .986 0.6 2.7 -1.4 0.4 -1.7 2 2.32 2.06 .986 2.16 1.76
2000 NYY AL 28 RF 7 4 42.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 54.3 2.9 0.4 2.5 -1 3.86 2.57 .983 2.16 1.76
2001 NYY AL 29 OF 68 59 556.1 147 139 7 1 0 .993 9.7 20.9 4.7 0.2 4.5 5 2.36 2.15 .984 2.30 2.01
2001 NYY AL 29 LF 44 36 341.1 83 77 5 1 0 .988 3.5 12.3 0.5 -2.5 3.0 3 2.16 1.86 .981 2.14 1.72
2001 NYY AL 29 RF 28 23 215.0 64 62 2 0 0 1.000 6.2 34.6 4.2 2.7 1.5 2 2.68 2.29 .981 2.09 1.82
2001 NYY AL 29 DH 14
2002 NYY AL 30 OF 91 76 694.2 161 152 5 4 1 .975 -0.2 -0.3 -1.2 1.9 -3.1 1 2.03 1.73 .985 2.35 2.05
2002 NYY AL 30 RF 55 42 385.0 93 88 3 2 1 .978 2.0 6.2 1.0 3.1 -2.1 1 2.13 1.65 .982 2.12 1.82
2002 NYY AL 30 LF 40 34 309.2 68 64 2 2 0 .971 -2.2 -8.5 -2.2 -1.2 -1.0 0 1.92 1.65 .984 2.14 1.74
2002 NYY AL 30 DH 1
2003 TOT AL 31 OF 97 86 792.1 187 180 4 3 2 .984 0.9 1.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 1 2.09 1.90 .985 2.35 2.08
2003 TOT AL 31 LF 66 50 471.0 107 102 3 2 2 .981 -0.7 -1.8 -1.7 -2.7 1.0 1 2.01 1.59 .985 2.17 1.84
2003 TOT AL 31 RF 42 36 321.4 80 78 1 1 0 .988 1.6 6.0 1.6 2.6 -1.0 0 2.21 1.88 .980 2.11 1.79
2003 TOT AL 31 DH 8
2003 CLE AL 31 OF 43 37 344.1 78 75 2 1 1 .987 1.8 6.3 0.8 -0.6 1.4 1 2.01 1.79 .985 2.35 2.08
2003 CLE AL 31 RF 30 27 242.2 51 49 1 1 0 .980 0.4 2.0 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0 1.85 1.67 .980 2.11 1.79
2003 CLE AL 31 LF 16 10 101.2 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.4 16.5 0.4 -1.2 1.6 1 2.39 1.69 .985 2.17 1.84
2003 CLE AL 31 1B 11 9 64.0 67 66 1 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -9.4 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0 9.42 6.09 .993 9.55 8.29
2003 CLE AL 31 DH 7
2003 TEX AL 31 OF 54 49 448.0 109 105 2 2 1 .982 -0.9 -2.4 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 0 2.15 1.98 .985 2.35 2.08
2003 TEX AL 31 LF 50 40 369.1 80 76 2 2 1 .975 -2.1 -6.8 -2.1 -1.5 -0.6 0 1.90 1.56 .985 2.17 1.84
2003 TEX AL 31 RF 12 9 78.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 18.3 1.2 2.0 -0.8 0 3.32 2.42 .979 2.12 1.79
2003 TEX AL 31 DH 1
2004 NYM NL 32 OF 62 38 390.1 116 111 2 3 0 .974 6.3 19.4 5.3 -0.8 6.1 1 2.61 1.82 .982 2.16 1.85
2004 NYM NL 32 LF 43 20 231.1 60 58 0 2 0 .967 7.1 36.8 6.1 1.0 5.1 1 2.26 1.35 .980 1.85 1.48
2004 NYM NL 32 RF 20 12 109.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -11.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 3.06 1.85 .978 2.09 1.71
2004 NYM NL 32 CF 6 6 50.0 19 16 2 1 0 .947 0.2 4.8 0.2 -0.8 1.0 0 3.24 3.00 .989 2.54 2.27
2004 NYM NL 32 1B 1 1 11.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 21.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 10.64 13.00 .992 9.49 8.20
2004 NYM NL 32 DH 1
7 Seasons OF 444 359 3349.0 839 800 27 12 7 .986 26.5 9.5 14.5 4.3 10.3 12 2.22 1.86 .984 2.31 2.02
7 Seasons LF 281 219 2033.1 483 457 18 8 5 .983 15.6 9.2 6.6 -2.8 9.5 9 2.10 1.69 .983 2.10 1.72
7 Seasons RF 189 134 1265.2 335 325 7 3 2 .991 10.7 10.1 7.7 7.9 -0.2 3 2.36 1.76 .981 2.11 1.80
7 Seasons DH 64
3 Seasons 1B 13 11 81.0 84 82 2 0 3 1.000 -0.6 -8.9 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 0 9.33 6.46 .993 9.53 8.28
1 Season CF 6 6 50.0 19 16 2 1 0 .947 0.2 4.8 0.2 -0.8 1.0 0 3.24 3.00 .989 2.54 2.27
7 Seasons TOT 489 370 3430.0 921 880 29 12 10 .987 25.9 9.1 13.9 3.3 10.7 12 0 2.39 1.86 .970 2.29 1.93
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 NYY AL 26 27 15 27 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 15 22 1 6 3
1999 NYY AL 27 71 54 71 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 22 64 2 8 6
2000 NYY AL 28 73 68 73 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 7 40 33 0 1
2001 NYY AL 29 80 73 80 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 28 68 14 3 1
2002 NYY AL 30 94 77 94 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 55 91 1 10 1
2003 CLE AL 31 64 52 64 53 0 0 11 0 0 0 16 0 30 43 6 10 0
2003 TEX AL 31 55 50 55 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 12 54 1 0 2
2004 NYM NL 32 74 39 74 63 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 6 20 62 0 21 2
7 Seasons 538 428 538 456 0 0 13 0 0 0 281 6 189 444 58 58 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1998 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 1 242 47% 75% 46% 23 52%
1999 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 6 6 0 10 6 0 8 5 0 8 2 1 10 10 0 42 29 69.0% 12 1 2.4% 3 1619 52% 75% 40% 164 51%
2000 NYY AL 28 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 13 11 0 15 8 2 3 2 0 4 1 0 7 7 0 42 29 69.0% 11 2 4.8% 1 1230 58% 74% 40% 140 49%
2001 NYY AL 29 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 1 26 23 1 15 6 1 7 5 1 4 2 0 14 13 0 66 49 74.2% 14 3 4.5% 2 1566 56% 74% 37% 194 42%
2002 NYY AL 30 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 15 12 0 16 6 1 9 8 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 44 29 65.9% 14 1 2.3% 1 1380 56% 76% 38% 165 40%
2003 TEX AL 31 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 22 21 0 9 1 1 10 6 0 8 0 1 4 4 0 53 32 60.4% 19 2 3.8% 0 1688 49% 75% 39% 173 45%
2003 CLE AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 6 0 7 3 0 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 20 14 70.0% 5 1 5.0% 0 472 63% 79% 38% 62 42%
2004 NYM NL 32 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 9 5 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 29 21 72.4% 8 0 0.0% 0 1001 61% 76% 36% 113 51%
7 Seasons 8 0 4 4 1 18 0 6 2 8 100 88 1 83 35 5 45 34 1 32 7 3 42 41 0 302 205 67.9% 87 10 3.3% 8 9198 55% 75% 38% 1034 46%
MLB Averages 61.9% 2.4% 56% 74% 39% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1998 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 327 60% 75% 41% 24 63%
1999 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 4 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 18 11 61.1% 7 0 0.0% 1 494 62% 71% 37% 61 44%
2000 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 189 70% 79% 47% 25 72%
2001 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 12 9 0 4 3 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 2 0 25 14 56.0% 10 1 4.0% 1 924 65% 73% 39% 97 66%
2002 NYY AL 30 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 20 9 0 8 4 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 7 4 0 43 24 55.8% 19 0 0.0% 3 1721 57% 74% 39% 170 53%
2003 CLE AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 4 0 21 11 52.4% 10 0 0.0% 1 1080 57% 75% 37% 96 52%
2003 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 0 338 51% 76% 40% 55 53%
2004 NYM NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 6 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 20 12 60.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 488 62% 77% 38% 69 54%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 7 0 3 2 1 57 37 0 35 15 0 17 12 1 15 2 0 25 17 0 149 83 55.7% 65 1 0.7% 6 5561 59% 75% 39% 597 55%
MLB Averages 47.0% 2.4% 56% 74% 39% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1998 NYY AL 26 30 53% 57% 20% 2 100% 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 31 265 68% 77% 29% 9 100% 0 66 2 63 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYM NL 32 46 46% 67% 33% 1 100% 0 13 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 341 64% 74% 29% 12 100% 0 82 3 77 2 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2004 NYM NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 11 2 18.2% 8 1 9.1% 1 229 64% 79% 42% 35 51%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 11 2 18.2% 8 1 9.1% 1 229 64% 79% 42% 35 51%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.1% 56% 74% 39% 54%

* 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.

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