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Jim Spencer
James Lloyd Spencer (Spence)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut September 7, 1968
Final Game June 20, 1982
Born July 30, 1947 in Hanover, PA
Died February 10, 2002 (age 54)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 21 NYN NL  113  194   22   52   9   0   4   30   0   0   14   37  .268  .319  .376  .695   102    73   0   1   3   1   5  
 1970 22 NYN NL  127  358   47  119  18   3   8   43   0   0   22   37  .332  .369  .466  .836   115   167   0   2   1   0  10  
 1971 23 NYN NL  132  359   33   74  21   3   7   51   0   0   29   42  .206  .272  .340  .612    87   122   3   4   3   5  12  
 1972 24 OAA AL   88   52    1   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .231  .298  .250  .548    79    13   1   0   0   0   3  
 1973 25 MNA AL  115  344   35   69   7   0   1   23   0   0   38   56  .201  .281  .230  .510    69    79   1   2   1   1  11  
 1974 26 MNA AL  108  354   48  111   8   2  10   48   2   1   34   19  .314  .381  .432  .814   118   153   0   2   6   6  13  
 1975 27 MNA AL  105  245   20   51   6   1   4   22   0   0   20   23  .208  .268  .290  .557    77    71   3   3   0   1  13  
 1976 28 NYA AL  144  487   58  129   5   1  14   55   1   1   37   62  .265  .314  .366  .680   101   178   2   4   3   0  15  
 1977 29 NYA AL   46   28    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .143  .138  .250  .388    52     7   0   1   0   0   0  
 1978 30 NYA AL   13   21    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    8  .143  .217  .286  .503    71     6   0   0   0   0   0  
 1979 31 NYA AL   89  263   36   62  13   1  14   48   0   0   23   32  .236  .293  .452  .746    99   119   0   4   2   0   5  
 1980 32 NYA AL    2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .500  .000  .500    70     0   0   0   1   0   0  
 1981 33 SLN NL   39   47    4    8   2   0   2    4   0   0    3    6  .170  .220  .340  .560    81    16   0   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1121 2753  309  694  90  11  66  332   3   2  228  333  .252  .310  .365  .675        1004  10  23  20  14  89
 Per 600 PA           546   61  138  18   2  13   66   1   0   45   66                                 199   2   5   4   3  18
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYN      372  911  102  245  48   6  19  124   0   0   65  116  .269  .320  .397  .717         362   3   7   7   6  27
   With MNA      328  943  103  231  21   3  15   93   2   1   92   98  .245  .315  .321  .637         303   4   7   7   8  37
   With NYA      294  800   99  198  18   2  30  109   1   1   63  107  .248  .299  .388  .687         310   2   9   6   0  20
   With OAA       88   52    1   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .231  .298  .250  .548          13   1   0   0   0   3
   With SLN       39   47    4    8   2   0   2    4   0   0    3    6  .170  .220  .340  .560          16   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1553 4908  541 1227 179  27 146  599  11  19  407  582  .250  .307  .387  .694        1898  35  42  86  17 124
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1969 21 NYN NL  67   22   4.1  19   5   0  .263   5   19   13  .684    0    0  .000  1B   2e15        8   
 1970 22 NYN NL  13   59   6.4  20   8   0  .400   7   31   22  .710    0    0  .000  1B   1e9       128   
 1971 23 NYN NL  30   32   2.8  18   3   1  .167   7   39   32  .821    0    0  .000  1B   1e6       -84   
 1972 24 OAA AL  32    3   2.2  13   2   0  .154   0    6    4  .667    0    0  .000  1B   2e15       27   
 1973 25 MNA AL  51   22   2.1  13   2   0  .154   0   37   36  .973    0    0  .000  1B   1e1      -181   
 1974 26 MNA AL   5   56   5.9  12   6   0  .500   4   21   16  .762    0    0  .000  1B   1e4        99   
 1975 27 MNA AL   9   17   2.2  14   5   0  .357   2   29   23  .793    0    0  .000  1B   1e8      -166   
 1976 28 NYA AL  40   53   3.8   2   0   0  .000   0   37   33  .892    0    0  .000  1B   1e2        -2   
 1977 29 NYA AL  29    1   1.1   1   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  1B   1e13     -312   
 1978 30 NYA AL   4    1   2.1   4   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   1e13     -232   
 1979 31 NYA AL   9   34   4.5  16   3   1  .188   0   17   17 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   1e12     -215   
 1980 32 NYA AL   0    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -234   
 1981 33 SLN NL  32    3   2.0   9   1   0  .111   1    5    4  .800    0    0  .000  1B   1e3        40   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          308   3.8 142  35   2  .246  27  244  202  .828    0    0  .000                 -43   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1969 21 NYN NL  1B   104   455    44    5   43   .990    38   501.2   8.95
 1970 22 NYN NL  1B   115   733    71    7   91   .991    77   797.1   9.08
 1971 23 NYN NL  1B   115   790    78    7   86   .992    84   836.0   9.34
 1972 24 OAA AL  1B    76   183    21    0   13  1.000     0   172.1  10.65
                 LF     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1973 25 MNA AL  1B   102   807    92    0   85  1.000    92   829.1   9.76
 1974 26 MNA AL  1B   101   819    56    4   63   .995    89   816.0   9.65
 1975 27 MNA AL  1B    98   613    52    2   50   .997    62   607.0   9.86
 1976 28 NYA AL  1B   142  1184   110    0  131  1.000   130  1181.0   9.86  GG
 1977 29 NYA AL  1B    46   114    13    1   11   .992     4   114.1  10.00
 1978 30 NYA AL  1B     5    13     0    0    1  1.000     1    15.2   7.47
 1979 31 NYA AL  1B    70   582    41    0   68  1.000    62   578.2   9.69
 1980           [Did not play]
 1981 33 SLN NL  1B    32   116    18    1   12   .993     8   113.2  10.61
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1006  6409   596   27  654   .996   647  6563.0   9.61
                 LF     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    2   6  2  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0
      WS    NYN BAA   L    5  17  0  4  0  1  0   0  1  4  .235  .278  .353  0
 1971 NLCS  NYN LAN   L    1   4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1969  NYN  106-56   Ray Cappocchi
 1970  NYN  100-62   Ray Cappocchi
 1971  NYN  104-58   Ray Cappocchi
 1972  OAA   89-73   Drew Kennedy
 1973  MNA   64-98   Rick Ramacier
 1974  MNA   78-84   Rick Ramacier
 1975  MNA   63-99   James Taglia
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 1977  NYA  103-59   Robert Rescigno
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 1981  SLN   74-88   Rob Tomlinson

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