Spec Shea

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: October 2, 1920 in Naugatuck, CT us

Died: July 19, 2002 in New Haven, CT

Buried: St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck, CT

Debut: April 19, 1947 (Age 26-199d, 10,310th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 27, 1955 (Age 34-329d)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Francis Joseph Shea

Nicknames: The Naugatuck Nugget

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

ERA

3.80

195

118

943.2

361

WHIP

1.426

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-15 / in Starts: 10-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	28	4	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	7.20	6.36	25	6	8	0	1	6	38			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.150	2.24	-0.20%	-1.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
2	29	8	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.0	6	4	3	7	1	0	0	5.73	6.12	30	5	11	2	0	6	40			3	0	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.59	-0.276	4.55	-0.47%	-1.19	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	30	12	May 4	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	7	5	0	0	3.60	5.16	36	9	11	0	1	4	73			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.395	3.36	0.70%	3.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	31	16	May 9	NYY		CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	8	0	0	2.48	4.28	37	8	12	0	5	5	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.314	1.40	0.57%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
5	32	20	May 15(1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	L(2-2)	5	9.0	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.61	4.55	36	8	16	0	3	5	62			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.019	4.56	0.05%	1.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	33	25	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.80	4.31	29	12	7	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.018	2.72	-0.04%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
7	34	30	May 26	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	4.0	5	6	4	4	1	0	0	3.31	4.39	23	8	6	0	1	4	29			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.231	4.18	-0.51%	-2.82	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d3
8	35	35	May 31(1)	NYY		WSH	W,10-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	1	2.79	4.29	32	8	14	0	2	2	82			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.244	1.24	0.38%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	36	44	Jun 7	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-5)	6	7.0	10	3	1	1	2	1	0	2.63	4.31	33	10	11	1	0	9	50			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.020	3.84	-0.04%	0.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
10	37	48	Jun 12(2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	GS-7	L(3-6)	4	6.0	8	6	6	3	4	2	0	3.17	4.56	30	5	10	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.129	3.09	-0.32%	-2.47	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d5
11	38	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-7)	5	7.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.12	4.49	28	6	12	0	0	6	55			0	1	1	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.90	0.124	2.92	0.24%	1.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
12	39	57	Jun 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-3	L(3-8)	3	2.0	2	3	3	5	0	0	0	3.38	4.63	12	3	2	1	0	2	35			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.150	6.97	-0.56%	-1.81	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	40	70	Jul 5(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-4		12	3.0	3	4	4	6	2	1	0	3.69	4.89	17	3	3	0	2	3	33			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.342	6.09	-0.94%	-2.96	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out tie
14	41	72	Jul 7	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	6-GF		1	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.52	4.80	13	7	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.212	4.80	0.69%	2.11	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
15	42	76	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-9		L(3-9)	3	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.70	4.79	5												4	0	0	0		0
16	43	78	Jul 16	NYY		SLB	L,4-10	9-GF		4	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.76	4.83	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.11	-0.01%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
17	44	86	Jul 24(1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(4-9)	7	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	1	3.59	4.62	36	6	13	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.198	1.60	0.42%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	45	91	Jul 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-0	GS-9	W(5-9)	3	8.0	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.32	4.55	31	9	10	1	3	3	75			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.392	3.93	0.91%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	46	96	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	W(6-9)	5	9.0	4	3	3	6	3	1	0	3.30	4.62	37	6	18	0	0	4	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.052	3.41	0.15%	1.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a12
20	47	100	Aug 8(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-8	GS-7		4	6.2	6	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.49	4.74	26	6	12	0	0	6	42			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.095	5.70	0.43%	-0.62	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a2
21	48	104	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	9-GF	S(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	4.73	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.035	2.05	0.10%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
22	49	107	Aug 15(2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	GS-3	L(6-10)	1	2.1	3	4	2	4	0	0	0	3.54	4.79	15	3	5	1	0	3	35			1	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.318	4.12	-0.79%	-3.36	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
23	50	117	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GS-7		10	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.49	4.77	28	7	8	0	1	5	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.069	6.25	0.25%	1.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	51	123	Aug 30	NYY		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-10)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.26	4.62	29	9	15	1	3	1	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.415	4.33	1.65%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	52	127	Sep 3(2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	8	0	0	3.19	4.46	35	6	12	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	1	0	0	.84	0.340	6.70	1.62%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	53	132	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-10	GS-1		4	1.0	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.46	4.44	9	2	0	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.388	15.47	-3.21%	-4.44	1b start a 4	1b 3 out d1
27	54	134	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-6	6-GF(10)	BW(9-10)	1	5.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.41	4.36	21	4	6	3	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.37	0.394	20.83	2.08%	3.15	6b 1-3 0 out a1	10b end a 5
28	55	152	Sep 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-7	9-9		19	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.41	4.40	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	-0.221	19.47	-0.66%	-1.39	9b 1-3 1 out a3	9b 123 1 out a2
							13-15		W-L:9-10,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.8	155.2	117	66	59	87	71	10	2	3.41	4.40	663	0.70		3%	6%	112	54	4	25%	5	5	1	562	19	5	2	9	0	8	.94	1.052	4.50	2.50%	18.11

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