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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
2	3	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	10 (6)	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (2)	May 3	BOS	@	DET	T,14-14	CG	69	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns
6	17	May 6	SLB		WSH	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	18	May 7	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	19	May 8 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,6-10	CG	62	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	20	May 8 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	21	May 10	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	22	May 11	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	23	May 12	SLB		PHA	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	24	May 13	SLB		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	25	May 14	SLB		DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	26	May 15 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	27	May 15 (2)	SLB		DET	W,12-4	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	28	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	29	May 18	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	30	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	31	May 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
21	32	May 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	33	May 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	34	May 25	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	35	May 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	36	May 27	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	37	May 28	SLB	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
28	39	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	50	11.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	40	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	41	Jun 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	42	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	43	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,3-12	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	44	Jun 4	SLB		NYY	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	45	Jun 5 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	46	Jun 5 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	47	Jun 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	48	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	49	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	50	Jun 12 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	51	Jun 12 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,10-13	GS	36	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	52	Jun 14	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	53	Jun 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	54	Jun 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	55	Jun 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	57 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	58	Jun 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
47	59	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	61 (1)	Jun 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	62	Jun 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-21	CG	60	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	63	Jun 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-13	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	67 (3)	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	68	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	69	Jul 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	70	Jul 3 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	71	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
56	72	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	86 (13)	Jul 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	90 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	95 (4)	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-9	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	97 (1)	Aug 1	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	114 (16)	Aug 17 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	115	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	116	Aug 18	SLB		CLE	L,4-14	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	117	Aug 19 (1)	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	119 (1)	Aug 20	SLB		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	120	Aug 21 (1)	SLB		DET	W,4-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	121	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		DET	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	122	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	123	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	124	Aug 26	SLB		PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	125	Aug 27	SLB		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	126	Aug 28 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	127	Aug 28 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	128	Aug 29	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	129	Aug 30	SLB		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	130	Aug 31	SLB		NYY	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	131	Sep 1	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	136 (4)	Sep 7	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	137	Sep 8	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	138	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	139	Sep 10	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	140	Sep 11	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	141	Sep 14 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	142	Sep 14 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	143	Sep 16	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	144	Sep 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
87	147 (2)	Sep 19	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	148	Sep 20	SLB	@	WSH	W,15-6	GF	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	149	Sep 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	150	Sep 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	152 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	153	Oct 1	SLB		CHW	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	155 (1)	Oct 2 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							95gm		750.1	213	9	1	223	2