Spec Shea

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Full Name: Francis Joseph Shea	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: April 19, 1947
Birthdate: October 2, 1920	Final Game: August 27, 1955
Birthplace: Naugatuck, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: July 19, 2002
Deathplace: New Haven, Connecticut
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on October 2, 1920 in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Spec Shea (Francis Joseph Shea) played for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators over the course of his 8 year career. Shea broke into the bigs on April 19, 1947 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.07 ERA in 178.2 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Spec Shea's best season was 1947, when he posted a 3.07 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 89 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1947	NY	A	27	23	14	5	3.07	89	63	61	13	3	1	178.2	127	10	89	0	0	4
1948	NY	A	28	22	9	10	3.41	71	66	59	8	3	1	155.2	117	10	87	0	1	2
1949	NY	A	20	3	1	1	5.33	22	36	31	0	0	1	52.1	48	5	43	0	1	0
1951	NY	A	25	11	5	5	4.33	38	59	46	2	2	0	95.2	112	11	50	0	1	4
1952	WAS	A	22	21	11	7	2.93	65	62	55	12	2	0	169	144	6	92	0	4	2
1953	WAS	A	23	23	12	7	3.94	38	82	72	11	1	0	164.2	151	11	75	0	3	4
1954	WAS	A	23	11	2	9	6.18	22	54	49	1	0	0	71.1	97	9	34	0	3	2
1955	WAS	A	27	4	2	2	3.99	16	31	25	1	1	2	56.1	53	4	27	0	2	1
Total			195	118	56	46	3.80	361	453	398	48	12	5	943.2	849	66	497	0	15	19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	NY	A	P	27	0	0	9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	NY	A	P	28	0	0	4	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1949	NY	A	P	20	0	0	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1951	NY	A	P	25	0	0	7	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1952	WAS	A	P	22	0	0	14	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	WAS	A	P	23	0	0	5	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	WAS	A	P	23	0	0	5	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1955	WAS	A	P	27	0	0	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
Total			P	195	0	0	49	125	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	.967

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	NY	A	27	56	8	11	0	1	.196	.262	.268	2	1	5	9	0	8	0	0	1
1948	NY	A	28	47	4	7	0	4	.149	.259	.234	0	2	6	11	1	5	0	0	1
1949	NY	A	20	12	1	3	0	4	.250	.357	.250	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1951	NY	A	25	28	5	6	1	5	.214	.267	.321	0	0	2	7	0	1	0	0	0
1952	WAS	A	22	63	6	15	0	10	.238	.262	.270	2	0	2	16	0	1	0	0	2
1953	WAS	A	23	62	2	11	0	6	.177	.203	.226	1	1	2	9	0	4	0	0	3
1954	WAS	A	23	20	2	1	0	1	.050	.050	.100	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1955	WAS	A	27	10	1	4	0	2	.400	.400	.600	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			195	298	29	58	1	33	.195	.245	.258	8	4	19	63	1	19	0	0	7

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1940).
Traded by New York Yankees with Jackie Jensen, Jerry Snyder and Archie Wilson to Washington Senators in exchange for Irv Noren and Tom Upton (May 3, 1952).
Released by Washington Senators (January 19, 1956).

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