George Spencer
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[edit] Biography
Born on July 7, 1926 in Columbus, Ohio, George Spencer (George Elwell Spencer) played for the New York Giants and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 8 year career. Spencer broke into the bigs on August 17, 1950 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.75 ERA in 132 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.
Most people believe that George Spencer's best season was 1951, when he posted a 3.75 ERA and won 10 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NY | N | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.49 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NY | N | 57 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3.75 | 36 | 62 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 132 | 125 | 21 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1952 | NY | N | 35 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5.55 | 27 | 39 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 57 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1953 | NY | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NY | N | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.65 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NY | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | DET | A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | DET | A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.52 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 110 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4.12 | 73 | 116 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 233.2 | 207 | 39 | 97 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Total | AL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.06 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 4.05 | 82 | 123 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 251.1 | 228 | 40 | 106 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 1950 | NY | N | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1951 | NY | N | P | 57 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 |
| 1952 | NY | N | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1953 | NY | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1954 | NY | N | P | 6 | 0 | 12.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1955 | NY | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1958 | DET | A | P | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | DET | A | P | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 122 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .937 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NY | N | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NY | N | 57 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .200 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | NY | N | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NY | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NY | N | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NY | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | DET | A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | DET | A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 110 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .122 | .173 | .122 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | AL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .120 | .170 | .120 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1948).
- Sold by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals (April 22, 1955).
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Cleveland Indians (October 17, 1955).
- Sold by Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers (December 12, 1957).
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