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Tubby Spencer

Edward Russell Spencer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 26, 1884 in Oil City, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1905
Teams (by GP): Browns/Tigers/RedSox/Phillies 1905-1918

Final Game: September 1, 1918
Died: February 1, 1945 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Daly City, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1905 SLB AL 21 C 34 182 134 41 7 1 .962 5.15 .971 6.40 3 46 28 38% 45%
1906 SLB AL 22 C 54 306 226 60 20 3 .935 5.30 .961 5.98 8 71 50 41% 45%
1907 SLB AL 23 C 63 345 250 80 15 6 .957 5.24 .968 6.11 3 77 56 42% 44%
1908 SLB AL 24 C 88 516 398 109 9 9 .983 5.76 .969 6.28 12 76 70 48% 45%
1909 BOS AL 25 C 26 119 94 24 1 0 .992 4.54 .969 6.46 0 23 17 43% 45%
1911 PHI NL 27 C 11 67 47 15 5 2 .925 5.64 .966 6.44 3 15 12 44% 44%
1916 DET AL 32 C 19 80 58 21 1 1 .988 4.16 .974 6.33 1 23 15 39% 43%
1917 DET AL 33 C 62 314 250 57 7 10 .978 4.95 .971 5.71 8 63 40 39% 45%
1918 DET AL 34 C 48 38 34 206 153 46 7 3 .966 4.15 .970 5.51 4 51 27 35% 44%
1918 DET AL 34 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.10
9 Seasons C 405 38 34 2135 1610 453 72 35 .966 5.09 .968 6.06 42 445 315 41% 45%
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.10
9 Seasons TOT 406 38 34 2135 1610 453 72 35 .966 5.08 .968 6.08 42 445 315 41% 45%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1905 SLB AL 21 35 35 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1906 SLB AL 22 58 58 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1907 SLB AL 23 71 71 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1908 SLB AL 24 91 91 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1909 BOS AL 25 28 28 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1911 PHI NL 27 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 DET AL 32 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1917 DET AL 33 70 70 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 DET AL 34 66 66 0 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 449 449 0 405 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as C s c a p y
1908 AL  398 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1906 AL  20 (1st)
1907 AL  15 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1908 AL  12 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1908 AL  5.76 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1908 AL  .983 (2nd)

                                         

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