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Stan Spence
Stanley Orville Spence
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 20, 1915 in South Portsmouth, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1940
Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: January 9, 1983 in Kinston, NC
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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
1940 25 BOS AL 51 72 68 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 1 4 9 .279 .319 .426 .746 88 29 1 0 0 O
1941 26 BOS AL 86 227 203 22 47 10 3 2 28 1 0 18 14 .232 .304 .340 .643 69 69 3 3 3 O/3
1942 27 WSH AL 149 696 629 94 203 27 15 4 79 5 2 62 16 .323 .384 .432 .817 130 272 7 1 4 *O AS,MVP-8
1943 28 WSH AL 149 663 570 72 152 23 10 12 88 8 1 84 39 .267 .366 .405 .771 129 231 9 5 4 *O
1944 29 WSH AL 153 669 592 83 187 31 8 18 100 3 7 69 28 .316 .391 .486 .877 154 288 5 4 4 *O/3 AS,MVP-8
1946 31 WSH AL 152 652 578 83 169 50 10 16 87 1 7 62 31 .292 .365 .497 .861 145 287 14 4 8 *O AS,MVP-23
1947 32 WSH AL 147 588 506 62 141 22 6 16 73 2 2 81 41 .279 .378 .441 .819 130 223 11 0 1 *O AS,MVP-19
1948 33 BOS AL 114 477 391 71 92 17 4 12 61 0 2 82 33 .235 .368 .391 .759 98 153 7 0 4 O3
1949 34 TOT AL 111 402 334 49 80 14 3 13 46 1 1 58 37 .240 .355 .416 .771 100 139 10 2 8 O/3
1949 34 BOS AL 7 26 20 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 .150 .346 .200 .546 42 4 0 0 0 /O
1949 34 SLB AL 104 376 314 46 77 13 3 13 45 1 1 52 36 .245 .356 .430 .786 104 135 10 2 8 O/3
9 Seasons 1112 4446 3871 541 1090 196 60 95 575 21 23 520 248 .282 .369 .437 .806 125 1691 67 19 36
162 Game Avg. 162 648 564 79 159 29 9 14 84 3 3 76 36 .282 .369 .437 .806 125 246 10 3 5
WSH (5 yrs) 750 3268 2875 394 852 153 49 66 427 19 19 358 155 .296 .377 .453 .829 138 1301 46 14 21
BOS (4 yrs) 258 802 682 101 161 30 8 16 103 1 3 110 57 .236 .345 .374 .719 87 255 11 3 7
SLB (1 yr) 104 376 314 46 77 13 3 13 45 1 1 52 36 .245 .356 .430 .786 104 135 10 2 8

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1940 BOS AL 25 OF 15 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 2.32 6-0-9
1941 BOS AL 26 OF 52 103 97 6 0 2 1.000 1.98 .972 2.33 27-10-16
1941 BOS AL 26 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 9.60
1942 WSH AL 27 OF 149 413 395 7 11 0 .973 2.70 .976 2.31 0-149-0 AS,MVP-8
1943 WSH AL 28 OF 148 415 396 12 7 1 .983 2.76 .977 2.39 0-148-0
1944 WSH AL 29 OF 150 468 434 29 5 9 .989 3.09 .974 2.35 0-150-0 AS,MVP-8
1944 WSH AL 29 1B 3 21 20 0 1 0 .952 6.67 .990 9.80 AS,MVP-8
1946 WSH AL 31 OF 150 435 412 15 8 3 .982 2.85 .977 2.24 0-150-0 AS,MVP-23
1947 WSH AL 32 OF 142 427 408 12 7 3 .984 2.96 .979 2.35 0-142-0 AS,MVP-19
1948 BOS AL 33 OF 92 215 206 4 5 1 .977 2.28 .975 2.36 24-0-70
1948 BOS AL 33 1B 14 117 110 6 1 6 .991 8.29 .991 9.17
1949 TOT AL 34 OF 92 231 219 11 1 2 .996 2.50 .980 2.27 33-52-9
1949 BOS AL 34 OF 5 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .980 2.28 0-2-3
1949 SLB AL 34 OF 87 216 205 10 1 2 .995 2.47 .980 2.27 33-50-6
1949 SLB AL 34 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.20
9 Seasons OF 990 2722 2582 96 44 21 .984 2.71 .976 2.33 90-801-104
4 Seasons 1B 19 140 132 6 2 6 .986 7.26 .991 9.29
9 Seasons TOT 1009 2862 2714 102 46 27 .984 2.79 .961 2.46 90-801-104

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942
1944 (RF)
1946 *
1947 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (8, 19%)
1944 AL (8, 17%)
1946 AL (23, 1%)
1947 AL (19, 3%)
0.40 Career Shares (499th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 AL  .323 (3rd)
1944 AL  .316 (5th)
1946 AL  .292 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1942 AL  .384 (9th)
1943 AL  .366 (9th)
1944 AL  .391 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1944 AL  .486 (4th)
1946 AL  .497 (7th)
1947 AL  .441 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1942 AL  .817 (10th)
1944 AL  .877 (3rd)
1946 AL  .861 (7th)
1947 AL  .819 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1944 AL  153 (7th)
1946 AL  152 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1942 AL  629 (2nd)
1944 AL  592 (6th)
1946 AL  578 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1942 AL  696 (2nd)
1943 AL  663 (7th)
1944 AL  669 (6th)
1946 AL  652 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 AL  94 (8th)
1946 AL  83 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  203 (2nd)
1944 AL  187 (3rd)
1946 AL  169 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 AL  272 (4th)
1943 AL  231 (9th)
1944 AL  288 (3rd)
1946 AL  287 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 AL  50 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1942 AL  15 (1st)
1943 AL  10 (5th)
1944 AL  8 (10th)
1946 AL  10 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 AL  12 (10th)
1944 AL  18 (3rd)
1946 AL  16 (10th)
1947 AL  16 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1943 AL  88 (5th)
1944 AL  100 (4th)
1946 AL  87 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1943 AL  84 (6th)
1944 AL  69 (8th)
1947 AL  81 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1942 AL  157 (2nd)
1944 AL  130 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1942 AL  130 (9th)
1943 AL  129 (9th)
1944 AL  154 (3rd)
1946 AL  145 (6th)
1947 AL  130 (8th)
Career  125 (230th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1942 AL  105 (5th)
1943 AL  85 (6th)
1944 AL  109 (3rd)
1946 AL  101 (6th)
1947 AL  84 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  25 (9th)
1943 AL  22 (10th)
1944 AL  42 (2nd)
1946 AL  35 (6th)
1947 AL  22 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  2.6 (9th)
1943 AL  2.4 (10th)
1944 AL  4.3 (2nd)
1946 AL  3.5 (6th)
1947 AL  2.2 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 AL  45 (10th)
1944 AL  57 (5th)
1946 AL  76 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 AL  266 (4th)
1943 AL  241 (5th)
1944 AL  260 (5th)
1946 AL  235 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1942 AL  .693 (7th)
1943 AL  .653 (8th)
1944 AL  .733 (4th)
1946 AL  .672 (8th)
1947 AL  .654 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL  3 (10th)
1943 AL  5 (6th)
1944 AL  4 (9th)
1946 AL  4 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL  7 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1943 AL  9.6 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 AL  39.3 (1st)
1944 AL  21.1 (10th)
1946 AL  18.6 (8th)
Career  15.6 (230th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1944 AL  32.9 (7th)
1947 AL  31.6 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1946 AL  438 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 81 (289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (620), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (892), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Troy O'Leary (936)
  6. Steve Kemp (934)
  7. Jay Payton (934)
  8. Cleon Jones (932)
  9. Dan Ford (931)
  10. Johnny Grubb (930)
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  1. Evar Swanson (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Morrie Arnovich (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Irv Noren (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pete Reiser (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hoot Evers (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hoot Evers (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hoot Evers (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 13, 1941: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Jack Wilson to the Washington Senators for Ken Chase and Johnny Welaj.

December 10, 1947: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Leon Culberson and Al Kozar.

May 5, 1949: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the St. Louis Browns for Al Zarilla.

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