Spec Shea
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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