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Josh Spence

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: January 22, 1988 in Grovedale, Australia au

Draft: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 25th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 3rd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) and the San Diego Padres in the 9th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: St. Joseph's College (Newtown, Australia)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ)

Debut: June 24, 2011 (Age 23-153d, 20,003rd in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 11, 2012 (Age 24-110d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

Full Name: Joshua Patrick William Spence

Twitter: @joshspence

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

ERA

3.15

40.0

WHIP

1.275

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2010	22	SDP-min	A,A-,Rk	2	2	.500	3.00	10	5	0	0	24.0	19	8	8	3	7	0	42	1	0	2	95			1.083	7.1	1.1	2.6	15.8	6.00	FWA,EUG,PDS MIDW,NORW,ARIZ
2011	23	SDP-min	AA	3	1	.750	1.71	35	0	7	0	47.1	29	9	9	4	11	1	42	1	1	0	176			0.845	5.5	0.8	2.1	8.0	3.82	SAN TL
2011	23	SDP	NL	0	2	.000	2.73	40	0	8	0	29.2	14	9	9	2	19	5	31	2	0	0	123	132	3.94	1.112	4.2	0.6	5.8	9.4	1.63
2012	24	SDP-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.20	31	4	7	0	49.1	48	27	23	4	20	0	36	1	0	2	218			1.378	8.8	0.7	3.6	6.6	1.80	TUC PCL
2012	24	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	4.35	11	0	3	0	10.1	13	5	5	1	5	1	10	0	0	0	48	86	3.87	1.742	11.3	0.9	4.4	8.7	2.00
2013	25	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.98	33	0	14	1	43.0	50	19	19	0	17	3	41	2	0	0	193			1.558	10.5	0.0	3.6	8.6	2.41	SWB IL
2014	26	MIA-min	AAA	0	0		3.97	11	0	4	0	11.1	13	5	5	2	7	1	12	1	0	0	51			1.765	10.3	1.6	5.6	9.5	1.71	NOR PCL
2 Yrs				0	3	.000	3.15	51	0	11	0	40.0	27	14	14	3	24	6	41	2	0	0	171	116	3.92	1.275	6.1	0.7	5.4	9.2	1.71
162 Game Avg.				0	4	.000	3.15	68	0	15	0	53	36	19	19	4	32	8	55	3	0	0	228	116	3.92	1.275	6.1	0.7	5.4	9.2	1.71

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

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Player Value--Batting

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