George Spencer
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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