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Stan Spencer

Stanley Roger Spencer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 7, 1969 in Vancouver, WA
High School: Columbia River HS (Vancouver, WA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1998
Team: Padres 1998-2000

Final Game: June 19, 2000
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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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1990		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1991	21	WSN-min	AA	6	1	.857	4.40	17	17	0	1	0	0	92.0	90	52	45	6	30	0	66	4	3	2	389		1.304	8.8	0.6	2.9	6.5	2.20	HRB · EL
1992		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1993	23	FLA-min	A+	4	4	.500	4.09	13	13	0	0	0	0	61.2	67	33	28	4	18	0	38	3	0	1	265		1.378	9.8	0.6	2.6	5.5	2.11	HDS · CALL
1994	24	FLA-min	AA,A+	10	4	.714	3.44	26	25	1	1	0	0	144.0	133	61	55	12	36	2	118	3	1	4	589		1.174	8.3	0.8	2.2	7.4	3.28	PRT,BRE · EL,FLOR
1995	25	FLA-min	AAA,AA	2	8	.200	7.62	17	17	0	0	0	0	80.1	118	76	68	18	43	1	51	5	0	0	391		2.004	13.2	2.0	4.8	5.7	1.19	CHR,PRT · IL,EL
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1997	27	SDP-min	AAA,A+	6	3	.667	3.57	15	15	0	0	0	0	88.1	85	41	35	11	23	2	93	3	0	2	372		1.223	8.7	1.1	2.3	9.5	4.04	LVG,RCU · PCL,CALL
1998	28	SDP-min	AAA	12	6	.667	3.93	22	22	0	0	0	0	137.1	120	67	60	17	42	2	136	5	1	6	570		1.180	7.9	1.1	2.8	8.9	3.24	LVG · PCL
1998	28	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	4.70	6	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	29	16	16	5	4	0	31	1	0	0	124	84	1.076	8.5	1.5	1.2	9.1	7.75
1999	29	SDP-min	AAA	5	4	.556	5.47	12	10	2	0	0	0	54.1	69	35	33	6	15	0	50	2	0	4	247		1.546	11.4	1.0	2.5	8.3	3.33	LVG · PCL
1999	29	SDP	NL	0	7	.000	9.16	9	8	1	0	0	0	38.1	56	44	39	11	11	1	36	1	1	1	183	46	1.748	13.1	2.6	2.6	8.5	3.27
2000	30	SDP-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	1.72	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.2	29	9	7	2	7	0	40	1	1	3	146		0.982	7.1	0.5	1.7	9.8	5.71	LVG · PCL
2000	30	SDP	NL	2	2	.500	3.26	8	8	0	0	0	0	49.2	44	22	18	7	19	1	40	2	1	0	208	132	1.268	8.0	1.3	3.4	7.2	2.11
2001	31	SDP-min	AAA	5	6	.455	5.09	20	18	1	0	0	0	99.0	110	62	56	11	30	0	81	5	1	3	432		1.414	10.0	1.0	2.7	7.4	2.70	POR · PCL
2002	32	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	5	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	30		0.720	5.4	0.0	1.1	5.4	5.00	LVG · PCL
3 Yrs				3	9	.250	5.54	23	21	1	0	0	0	118.2	129	82	73	23	34	2	107	4	2	1	515	76	1.374	9.8	1.7	2.6	8.1	3.15
162 Game Avg.				5	14	.250	5.54	36	32	2	0	0	0	183	199	127	113	36	53	3	165	6	3	2	796	76	1.374	9.8	1.7	2.6	8.1	3.15

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
1998	28	SDP	NL	30.2	6	5	16	4.70	4.68	-0.31	0.13	88.9	4.56	-0	-0.0	.9	-0.0	0.2	3	.493	.500	$170,000
1999	29	SDP	NL	38.1	9	8	44	10.33	5.05	0.15	0.16	91.6	4.63	-24	-1.9	.2	0.0	-1.6	-20	.289	.488	$201,000
2000	30	SDP	NL	49.2	8	8	22	3.99	5.23	-0.06	0.19	87.2	4.77	4	0.4		-0.0	0.8	10	.552	.503	$
3 Seasons				118.2	23	21	82	6.22	5.03	-0.05	0.17	89.1	4.67	-21	-1.5	.6	-0.0	-0.6	-8	.434	.497	$371,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1998	28	SDP	NL	6	124	119	16	29	4	1	5	3	0	4	31	.244	.274	.420	.694	.289	50	1	1	0	0	0	1
1999	29	SDP	NL	9	183	167	44	56	9	1	11	11	1	11	36	.335	.380	.599	.979	.375	100	2	1	4	0	1	4
2000	30	SDP	NL	8	208	184	22	44	7	0	7	18	5	19	40	.239	.316	.391	.707	.268	72	3	2	2	1	1	3
3 Yrs				23	515	470	82	129	20	2	23	32	6	34	107	.274	.328	.472	.800	.311	222	6	4	6	1	2	8
162 Game Avg.				36	796	726	127	199	31	3	36	49	9	53	165	.274	.328	.472	.800	.311	343	9	6	9	2	3	12
MLB Averages																.269	.342	.430	.772	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1998	28	SDP	NL	-2.0	-0.2	126	0.1	1.9	-1.9	.87	0.4	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.87	3.1	1	0
1999	29	SDP	NL	-23.4	-2.0	197	-1.7	2.5	-4.2	.92	-1.4	-0.4	-19.7	-1.8	0.92	-16.5	0	1
2000	30	SDP	NL	5.1	0.5	231	0.4	3.8	-3.4	.99	0.2	0.2	4.6	0.5	0.99	3.0	0	0
3 Yrs				-20.4	-1.7	554	-1.2	8.2	-9.4	.93	-0.8	-0.5	-16.3	-1.4	0.93	-10.3	1	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1998	28	SDP	NL	6	5	1	0	4	0	0	3	2	.600	2	1	0	0	3	60%	51.0	64	21	3	1	0	2	6.5	6.0	5.7	86	2	2	1	0	105
1999	29	SDP	NL	9	8	0	7	1	0	1	0	8	.000	1	0	0	0	2	25%	34.5	66	10	6	6	0	6	2.4	2.5	4.5	81	2	6	0	0	94
2000	30	SDP	NL	8	8	2	2	4	0	1	3	5	.375	1	2	0	0	4	50%	54.2	66	32	4	1	0	3	3.9	3.5	6.2	98	2	1	5	0	117
3 Yrs				23	21	3	9	9	0	2	6	15	.286	4	3	0	0	9	43%	46	66	10	13	8	0	11	3.9	3.8	5.5	89	6	9	6	0	117
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	105	-21					5.1	5.0	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1998	28	SDP	NL	6	1	0	5	.867	1	0	1	1	1	1	6.0	20
1999	29	SDP	NL	9	1	1	7	.915	0	1	1	1	1	1	6.0	32
2 Yrs				15	2	1		.896	1	1	2	2	2	2	6.0	26

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1998	28	SDP	NL	124	52%	4.0%	25.0%	3.2%	8.1%	35%	0.57	0.74	67%	19%	9.6%	7%	16	1	6%
1999	29	SDP	NL	183	53%	6.0%	19.7%	6.0%	11.5%	38%	0.57	0.77	66%	20%	16.4%	18%	30	2	7%
2000	30	SDP	NL	208	55%	3.4%	19.2%	9.1%	6.7%	32%	0.57	0.89	66%	24%	10.1%	20%	26	3	12%
3 Yrs				515	54%	4.5%	20.8%	6.6%	8.7%	35%	0.57	0.81	66%	22%	12.2%	16%	72	6	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.9%	16.6%	9.3%	8.0%	34%	0.77	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1998	28	SDP	NL	124	452	3.65	298	66%	24%	19%	27%	30%	76%	0%	50%	75%	61%	2%	3	3	20%	25	13	0	19%	7	0	0	0	0
1999	29	SDP	NL	184	680	3.70	442	65%	26%	18%	25%	31%	74%	2%	48%	76%	60%	4%	7	4	20%	37	25	0	28%	16	2	-1	0	0
2000	30	SDP	NL	210	782	3.72	484	62%	30%	18%	22%	30%	70%	0%	43%	75%	56%	5%	10	6	21%	44	24	0	33%	6	3	-2	0	0
3 Yrs				518	1914	3.69	1224	64%	27%	18%	24%	30%	73%	1%	46%	75%	58%	4%	20	13	20%	106	62	0	27%	29	5	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1998	28	SDP	NL	124	29	7	0	5	0	1	3	2	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	35	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	29	SDP	NL	183	56	4	0	11	0	0	5	6	5	6	9	8	1	89%	4	1	1	71	11	1	92%	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2000	30	SDP	NL	208	44	4	1	7	0	5	6	1	4	3	9	4	2	44%	3	0	0	62	18	5	78%	14	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				515	129	15	1	23	0	6	14	9	14	9	18	12	3	67%	8	1	1	168	32	6	84%	28	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		55%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1998	28	1	0	1.000	4.70	6	5	0	30.2	29	16	16	5	4	0	31	1	0	0	124	84	1.076	8.5	1.5	1.2	9.1	7.75	84
1999	29	1	7	.125	7.17	15	13	1	69.0	85	60	55	16	15	1	67	2	1	1	307	57	1.449	11.1	2.1	2.0	8.7	4.47	57
2000	30	3	9	.250	5.54	23	21	1	118.2	129	82	73	23	34	2	107	4	2	1	515	76	1.374	9.8	1.7	2.6	8.1	3.15	76

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
1998	28	1	2	.333	4.80	30.0	29	18	16	5	4	30	1	1.100	8.7	1.2	9.0	7.50	1.5	6
1999	29	1	3	.250	8.77	39.0	55	42	38	11	11	36	1	1.692	12.7	2.5	8.3	3.27	2.5	9
2000	30	3	2	.600	3.19	48.0	43	19	17	7	19	39	2	1.292	8.1	3.6	7.3	2.05	1.3	8
3 Yrs		5	7	.417	5.46	117.0	127	79	71	23	34	105	4	1.376	9.8		8.1	3.09	1.8	23

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