Stan Spence

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Full Name: Stanley Orville Spence	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/180	First Game: June 8, 1940
Birthdate: March 20, 1915	Final Game: October 2, 1949
Birthplace: South Portsmouth, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: January 9, 1983
Deathplace: Kingston, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Stan Spence (Stanley Orville Spence) was born on March 20, 1915 in South Portsmouth, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on June 8, 1940 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1941, his rookie year, he hit .232 with 2 home runs and 28 RBI. Spence played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Stan Spence's best season was 1944, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .316 average and knocked in 100 runs.

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[edit] Career Highlights

All-Star Games: 4 times (1942, 1944, 1946, 1947)
Finished in the top ten in the MVP voting in 1942 and 1944
Finished in the top ten in AVG, OBP, and SLG 3 times
Finished in the top ten in HR, TB, and triples 4 times

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1940	BOS	A	51	68	5	19	2	13	.279	.319	.426	2	1	4	9	0	0	0	0	1
1941	BOS	A	86	203	22	47	2	28	.232	.304	.340	10	3	18	14	3	3	1	0	3
1942	WAS	A	149	629	94	203	4	79	.323	.384	.432	27	15	62	16	1	4	5	0	7
1943	WAS	A	149	570	72	152	12	88	.267	.366	.405	23	10	84	39	5	4	8	0	9
1944	WAS	A	153	592	83	187	18	100	.316	.391	.486	31	8	69	28	4	4	3	0	5
1946	WAS	A	152	578	83	169	16	87	.292	.365	.497	50	10	62	31	4	8	1	0	14
1947	WAS	A	147	506	62	141	16	73	.279	.378	.441	22	6	81	41	0	1	2	0	11
1948	BOS	A	114	391	71	92	12	61	.235	.368	.391	17	4	82	33	0	4	0	0	7
1949	STL	A	104	314	46	77	13	45	.245	.356	.430	13	3	52	36	2	8	1	0	10
1949	BOS	A	7	20	3	3	0	1	.150	.346	.200	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
1949	TOT	A	111	334	49	80	13	46	.240	.355	.416	14	3	58	37	2	8	1	0	10
Total			1112	3871	541	1090	95	575	.282	.369	.437	196	60	520	248	19	36	21	0	67

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1940	BOS	A	OF	15	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	BOS	A	OF	52	0	0	97	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	BOS	A	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	WAS	A	OF	149	0	0	395	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1943	WAS	A	OF	148	0	0	396	12	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1944	WAS	A	1B	3	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1944	WAS	A	OF	150	0	0	434	29	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1946	WAS	A	OF	150	0	0	412	15	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1947	WAS	A	OF	142	0	0	408	12	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1948	BOS	A	OF	92	0	0	206	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1948	BOS	A	1B	14	0	0	110	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1949	STL	A	OF	87	0	0	205	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1949	STL	A	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1949	BOS	A	OF	5	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1949	TOT	A	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1949	TOT	A	OF	92	0	0	219	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.996
Total			OF	990	0	0	2582	96	44	21	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			1B	19	0	0	132	6	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.986

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jack Wilson to Washington Senators in exchange for Ken Chase and Johnny Welaj (December 13, 1941).
Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Al Kozar and Leon Culberson (December 10, 1947).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with cash to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Al Zarilla (May 8, 1949).

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