Stan Spence

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: March 20, 1915 in South Portsmouth, KY us

Died: January 9, 1983 in Kinston, NC

Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, NC

Debut: June 8, 1940 (Age 25-080d, 8,901st in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 34-196d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Stanley Orville Spence

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.8

3871

1090

.282

541

RBI

575

OBP

.369

SLG

.437

OPS

.806

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	45	12.0	2	1	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	GS	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	11	May 3	WSH	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	13	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 7 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
17	17	May 11	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 12	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
19	19	May 13	WSH		CHW	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	20	May 14 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	21	May 14 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 15	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 17	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 19	WSH		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 20	WSH		DET	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 21 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	29	May 21 (2)	WSH		DET	L,1-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 24	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	31	May 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 26	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	13.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	33	May 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	11.1	6	1	0	7	1
34	34	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 28 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-15	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 29	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
39	39	May 31	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	41	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
42	42	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 4 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 8	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
47	47	Jun 11 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 11 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 12	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 13	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 14	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
52	52	Jun 15	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 16	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	55 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	56	Jun 18 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	57	Jun 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
57	58	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	59	Jun 21 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	60	Jun 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	61	Jun 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	62	Jun 25 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	63	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	64	Jun 28	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	65	Jun 29	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	66	Jun 30	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	67	Jul 1	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	68	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	69	Jul 2 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	70	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	71	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	72	Jul 5	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	73	Jul 6	WSH		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	74	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	75	Jul 8	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	76	Jul 9 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	77	Jul 9 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	78	Jul 14 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	79	Jul 14 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	80	Jul 15	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	81	Jul 16 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	82	Jul 16 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
82	83	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	4	0	0	4	0
83	84	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	85	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	86	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
86	87	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	88	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
88	89	Jul 23 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	90	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	91	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	92	Jul 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
92	93	Jul 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	94	Jul 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
94	95	Jul 30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	0	0	0	0	0
95	96	Jul 30 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	97	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	98	Aug 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	99	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	100	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	101	Aug 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	102	Aug 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	103	Aug 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	104	Aug 9	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	105	Aug 10	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	106	Aug 11	WSH		DET	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	107	Aug 12	WSH		DET	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	108	Aug 13 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	109	Aug 13 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	110	Aug 14	WSH		CLE	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	111	Aug 15	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	43	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	112	Aug 16	WSH		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
112	113	Aug 17	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	114	Aug 18	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	115	Aug 19	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
115	116	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	117	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,12-1	GS	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
117	118	Aug 21	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	12.0	5	2	0	7	1
118	119	Aug 22	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	120	Aug 25	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	47	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
120	121	Aug 26	WSH		NYY	L,3-10	CG	50	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
121	122	Aug 27 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	123	Aug 27 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
123	124	Aug 29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
124	125	Aug 29 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	126	Aug 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	127	Aug 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	128	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	129	Sep 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	130	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	131	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	132	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	133	Sep 4 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	134	Sep 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	135	Sep 8	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	136	Sep 9	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
136	137	Sep 10 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	138	Sep 10 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	139	Sep 15	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	140	Sep 16	WSH		BOS	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	141	Sep 17	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
141	142	Sep 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	143	Sep 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
143	144	Sep 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
144	145	Sep 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	146	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	147	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
147	148	Sep 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	149	Sep 26	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
149	150	Sep 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	151	Sep 29 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
151	152	Sep 29 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
152	153	Sep 30	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
153	154	Oct 1	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							153gm		27.0	443	29	6	478	9