Vern Spencer

Vernon Murray Spencer

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 4, 1894 in Wixom, MI
High School: University of Detroit Jesuit HS (Detroit, MI) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1920
Team: Giants 1920

Final Game: October 1, 1920
Died: June 3, 1971 in Wixom, MI
Buried: New Hudson Cemetery, New Hudson, MI
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1913	19	PON	D	19	76	76		14	2	0	0						.184	.184	.211	.395		16				PON · BORD
1914	20	LNS	C	143	571	571		176	24	10	0						.308	.308	.385	.694		220				LNS · SMIL
1915	21	DEN	A	135	550	550		185	27	6	4						.336	.336	.429	.765		236				DEN · WL
1916	22	TER,SGD	B	98	377	377		98									.260	.260								TER,SGD · CENL
1919	25	TTO	AA	46	174	174		56	13	2	0						.322	.322	.420	.741		73				TTO · IL
1920	26	TTO	AA	71	266	266		86	11	2	2						.323	.323	.402	.726		107				TTO · IL
1920	26	NYG	NL	45	152	140	15	28	2	3	0	19	4	3	11	17	.200	.258	.257	.515	48	36	0	1	O8/9
1921	27	TTO	AA	152	611	611		187	34	6	4						.306	.306	.401	.707		245				TTO · IL
1922	28	LOS	AA	39	158	158		32	7	0	0						.203	.203	.247	.449		39				LOS · PCL
1923	29	BFL	AA	116	400	400		122	22	9	4						.305	.305	.435	.740		174				BFL · IL
1924	30	BFL	AA	138	512	512		147	35	3	3						.287	.287	.385	.672		197				BFL · IL
1925	31	BFL	AA	162	662	662		227	43	10	5						.343	.343	.461	.804		305				BFL · IL
1926	32	BFL	AA	66	186	186		44	8	2	3						.237	.237	.349	.586		65				BFL · IL
1927	33	TTO	AA	138	539	539		149	27	2	2						.276	.276	.345	.622		186				TTO · IL
1 Yr				45	152	140	15	28	2	3	0	19	4	3	11	17	.200	.258	.257	.515	48	36	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	547	504	54	101	7	11	0	68	14	11	40	61	.200	.258	.257	.515	48	130	0	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1920	26	NYG	NL	45	152	-9	0	0	1	-1	-9	-1.1	4	-4	-0.6	.477	.494	-0.7	-0.0	-5	$	O8/9
1 Season				45	152	-9	0	0	1	-1	-9	-1.1	4	-4	-0.6	.477	.494	-0.7	-0.0	-5	$

Advanced Batting

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
1920	26	NYG	NL	152	116	9	2.1	90	.228	.200	.277	.258	.330	.257	.368	.515	.698	48	.250	-9.6	-1.1	.417	.143	.057	.0
1 Yr				152	116	9	2.1	90	.228	.200	.277	.258	.330	.257	.368	.515	.698	48	.250	-9.6	-1.1	.417	.143	.057	.0
162 Game Avg.				547	418	32	2.1	90	.228	.200	.277	.258	.330	.257	.368	.515	.698	48	.250	-9.6	-1.1	.417	.143	.057

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1920	26	NYG	NL	152	0.0%	11.2%	7.2%	3.3%	18%	1.55	8.2		7.4	81%
1 Yr				152	0.0%	11.2%	7.2%	3.3%	18%	1.55	8.2		7.4	81%
MLB Averages					0.7%	7.7%	7.2%	5.8%	24%	1.06	11.6	133.6	9.0	81%

Cumulative Batting

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
1920	26	45	152	140	15	28	2	3	0	19	4	3	11	17	.200	.258	.257	.515	48	36		0	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1920	26	47	162	149	17	31	2	3	21	4	12	18	.208	.267	.262	.529	11	45
1 Yr		47	162	149	17	31	2	3	21	4	12	18	.208	.267	.262	.529	11	45
162 Game Avg.		162	558	514	59	107	7	10	72	14	41	62	.208	.267	.262	.529	38	45

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