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Roy Spencer
Roy Hampton Spencer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 168 lb.

Debut April 19, 1925
Final Game May 9, 1938
Born February 22, 1900 in Scranton, NC
Died February 8, 1973 in Port Charlotte, FL

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 25 PIT NL  14   28    1    6   1  0   0    2   1  0   1   3  .214  .241  .250   22    7   0           0    
 1926 26 PIT NL  28   43    5   17   3  0   0    4   0      1   0  .395  .409  .465  130   20   2           0    
 1927 27 PIT NL  38   92    9   26   3  1   0   13   0      3   3  .283  .305  .337   67   31   2           0    
 1929 29 WSH AL  50  116   18   18   4  0   1    9   0  0   8  15  .155  .222  .216   13   25   4           2    
 1930 30 WSH AL  93  321   32   82  11  4   0   36   3  0  18  27  .255  .303  .315   57  101   7           4    
 1931 31 WSH AL 145  483   48  133  16  3   1   60   0  0  35  21  .275  .327  .327   72  158   8           2    
 1932 32 WSH AL 102  317   28   78   9  0   1   41   0  1  24  17  .246  .301  .284   53   90   5           1    
 1933 33 CLE AL  75  227   26   46   5  2   0   23   0  0  23  17  .203  .282  .242   37   55   6           2    
 1934 34 CLE AL   5    7    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .143  .143  .286    8    2   0           0    
 1936 36 NYG NL  19   18    3    5   1  0   0    3   0      2   3  .278  .350  .333   86    6   1           0   0
 1937 37 BRO NL  51  117    5   24   2  2   0    4   0      8  17  .205  .256  .256   38   30   7           0   3
 1938 38 BRO NL  16   45    2   12   1  1   0    6   0      5   6  .267  .340  .333   84   15   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     636 1814  177  448  57 13   3  203   4  1 128 130  .247  .301  .298   56  540  42   0   0  11   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        462   45  114  15  3   1   52   1  0  33  33  .247  .301  .298   56  138  11   0   0   3   1
 Career High    145  483   48  133  16  4   1   60   3  1  35  27  .275  .327  .327   72  158   8   0   0   4   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 25 PIT NL   29   22    2   2.4   120| .214  .309| .241  .368| .250  .441| .491  .809|  22  .204  -3.4  -0.3 100%
 1926 26 PIT NL   46   28    8   7.6   107| .395  .293| .409  .354| .465  .406| .874  .760| 130  .721   1.8   0.2     
 1927 27 PIT NL   97   68    9   3.5   110| .283  .299| .305  .358| .337  .412| .642  .770|  67  .384  -4.7  -0.5     
 1929 29 WSH AL  130  102    5   1.3   113| .155  .293| .222  .360| .216  .423| .438  .783|  13  .080 -15.6  -1.5   0%
 1930 30 WSH AL  350  246   30   3.2   116| .255  .295| .303  .359| .315  .434| .618  .793|  57  .293 -21.6  -2.0 100%
 1931 31 WSH AL  528  358   51   3.8   109| .275  .288| .327  .355| .327  .411| .654  .766|  72  .385 -20.3  -1.9   0%
 1932 32 WSH AL  347  245   27   3.0   110| .246  .284| .301  .355| .284  .417| .585  .772|  53  .276 -22.1  -2.1   0%
 1933 33 CLE AL  258  187   15   2.2   110| .203  .287| .282  .359| .242  .413| .524  .772|  37  .191 -21.3  -2.1   0%
 1934 34 CLE AL    7    6    0   0.0   112| .143  .288| .143  .362| .286  .415| .429  .777|   8  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1936 36 NYG NL   21   14    2   3.8   102| .278  .285| .350  .344| .333  .398| .683  .742|  86  .410  -0.3   0.0     
 1937 37 BRO NL  132  103    8   2.1   103| .205  .282| .256  .344| .256  .400| .512  .745|  38  .194 -10.5  -1.1     
 1938 38 BRO NL   50   34    5   4.0   100| .267  .277| .340  .341| .333  .394| .673  .736|  84  .451  -1.0  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     1995 1413  162   3.1   110| .247  .289| .301  .356| .298  .416| .599  .772|  56  .297 -119.9 -11.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1925 25 PIT NL   C   11     18    1    2    2  .905  .969  1.73  3.90               1             
 1926 26 PIT NL   C   12     29    3    1    0  .970  .970  2.67  3.73               0             
 1927 27 PIT NL   C   34     98   15    3    2  .974  .974  3.32  3.84               4             
 1929 29 WSH AL   C   41    128   20    5    2  .967  .976  3.61  4.04               2             
 1930 30 WSH AL   C   93    395   44    5    3  .989  .984  4.72  4.19               4             
 1931 31 WSH AL   C  145    642   69   11    9  .985  .981  4.90  4.34               5             
 1932 32 WSH AL   C   98    313   44    8    9  .978  .982  3.64  4.23               4             
 1933 33 CLE AL   C   72    258   42    3    4  .990  .988  4.17  4.28               2             
 1934 34 CLE AL   C    4      7    2    0    0 1.000  .978  2.25  4.35               0             
 1936 36 NYG NL   C   14     18    3    0    0 1.000  .977  1.50  4.21               0             
 1937 37 BRO NL   C   45    177   27    0    2 1.000  .980  4.53  4.62               2             
 1938 38 BRO NL   C   16     55    5    2    0  .968  .979  3.75  4.26               1             
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1925 25 PIT NL   C   11     18    1    2    2  .905  .969  1.73  3.90               1             
 1926 26 PIT NL   C   12     29    3    1    0  .970  .970  2.67  3.73               0             
 1927 27 PIT NL   C   34     98   15    3    2  .974  .974  3.32  3.84               4             
 1929 29 WSH AL   C   41    128   20    5    2  .967  .976  3.61  4.04               2             
 1930 30 WSH AL   C   93    395   44    5    3  .989  .984  4.72  4.19               4             
 1931 31 WSH AL   C  145    642   69   11    9  .985  .981  4.90  4.34               5             
 1932 32 WSH AL   C   98    313   44    8    9  .978  .982  3.64  4.23               4             
 1933 33 CLE AL   C   72    258   42    3    4  .990  .988  4.17  4.28               2             
 1934 34 CLE AL   C    4      7    2    0    0 1.000  .978  2.25  4.35               0             
 1936 36 NYG NL   C   14     18    3    0    0 1.000  .977  1.50  4.21               0             
 1937 37 BRO NL   C   45    177   27    0    2 1.000  .980  4.53  4.62               2             
 1938 38 BRO NL   C   16     55    5    2    0  .968  .979  3.75  4.26               1             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C  585   2138  275   40   33  .984  .982  4.12  4.24              25             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total       585   2138  275   40   33  .984  .982  4.12  4.24

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats per Strikeout
1931 AL-23.0-10

Oldest Player
1938 NL-38-5

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
January 7, 1933: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Luke Sewell.
May 15, 1934: Purchased by the Buffalo (International) from the Cleveland Indians.
May 18, 1936: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Baltimore (International).
May 2, 1937: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Giants.
May 15, 1938: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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