Stan Spence Stats

Stan Spence was born on Saturday, March 20, 1915, in South Portsmouth, Kentucky. Spence was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 8, 1940, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Stan Spence baseball stats page.

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Stan Spence

Stan Spence Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#232)

Stan Spence Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#232)
 

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Birth Name:   Stanley Orville Spence
Nickname:   Stan
Born On:   03-20-1915  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   South Portsmouth, Kentucky
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-09-1983 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Kinston, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, North Carolina
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   06-08-1940 (Age 25)
Last Game:   10-02-1949
Draft:   Not Applicable
Stan Spence

Stan Spence Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Stan Spence

Stan Spence Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1940 25 Red Sox 51 68 5 19 2 1 2 0 13 4 - 9 0 - 0 1 .279 .319 .426
1941 26 Red Sox 86 203 22 47 10 3 2 0 28 18 - 14 3 - 3 3 .232 .304 .340
1942 27 Senators 149 629 94 203 27 15 4 0 79 62 - 16 4 - 1 7 .323 .384 .432
1943 28 Senators 149 570 72 152 23 10 12 0 88 84 - 39 4 - 5 9 .267 .366 .405
1944 29 Senators 153 592 83 187 31 8 18 0 100 69 - 28 4 - 4 5 .316 .391 .486
1946 31 Senators 152 578 83 169 50 10 16 0 87 62 - 31 8 - 4 14 .292 .365 .497
1947 32 Senators 147 506 62 141 22 6 16 0 73 81 - 41 1 - 0 11 .279 .378 .441
1948 33 Red Sox 114 391 71 92 17 4 12 0 61 82 - 33 4 - 0 7 .235 .368 .391
1949 34 Red Sox 7 20 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 6 - 1 0 - 0 0 .150 .346 .200
1949 34 Browns 104 314 46 77 13 3 13 0 45 52 - 36 8 - 2 10 .245 .356 .430
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
9 Years 1,112 3,871 541 1,090 196 60 95 0 575 520 - 248 36 - 19 67 .282 .369 .437
Stan Spence

Stan Spence Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1940 Red Sox LF 6 1 27 3 0.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1940 Red Sox RF 9 7 183 112 12.4 112 112 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 16.52
1941 Red Sox 1B 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1941 Red Sox CF 10 7 153 216 21.6 216 216 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 38.12
1941 Red Sox LF 27 19 471 46 1.7 46 43 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.64
1941 Red Sox RF 16 14 360 141 8.8 141 138 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.58
1942 Senators CF 149 148 3,915 413 2.8 402 395 7 11 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.77
1942 Senators RF 1 1 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1943 Senators CF 148 146 432 415 2.8 408 396 12 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 25.50
1944 Senators 1B 3 3 81 21 7.0 20 20 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 6.67
1944 Senators CF 150 148 441 468 3.1 463 434 29 5 9 n/a n/a n/a .989 28.35
1946 Senators CF 150 149 435 435 2.9 427 412 15 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .982 26.50
1947 Senators CF 142 140 408 427 3.0 420 408 12 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .984 27.79
1948 Red Sox 1B 14 12 312 117 8.4 116 110 6 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .991 10.04
1948 Red Sox LF 25 21 588 160 6.4 159 159 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .994 7.30
1948 Red Sox RF 70 69 1,767 155 2.2 151 147 4 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.31
1949 Browns CF 49 45 1,131 1,143 23.3 1,142 1,136 6 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .999 27.26
1949 Red Sox CF 2 2 63 9 4.5 9 8 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
1949 Browns LF 33 29 792 69 2.1 69 66 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.35
1949 Browns RF 7 5 153 213 30.4 213 212 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 37.59
1949 Red Sox RF 3 3 78 16 5.3 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.54
1949 Browns 1B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
CF Totals 800 785 6,978 3,526 4.4 3,487 3,405 82 39 17 n/a n/a n/a .989 13.49
RF Totals 106 99 2,541 638 6.0 634 626 8 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .994 6.74
LF Totals 91 70 1,878 278 3.1 277 271 6 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .996 3.98
1B Totals 19 15 393 140 7.4 138 132 6 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .986 9.48
9 Years 1,016 969 11,790 4,582 4.5 4,536 4,434 102 46 27 n/a n/a n/a .990 10.39
Stan Spence

Stan Spence Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1940 Red Sox 0 1 .000 36 0 n/a 34.0 7.6 5.2 - - -
1941 Red Sox 1 0 1.000 34 1 n/a 101.5 14.5 7.3 - - -
1942 Senators 5 2 .714 0 0 n/a 157.3 39.3 8.0 - - -
1943 Senators 8 1 .889 1 0 n/a 47.5 14.6 6.5 - - -
1944 Senators 3 7 .300 0 0 n/a 32.9 21.1 5.9 - - -
1946 Senators 1 7 .125 2 0 n/a 36.1 18.6 6.6 - - -
1947 Senators 2 2 .500 6 0 n/a 31.6 12.3 6.9 - - -
1948 Red Sox 0 2 .000 11 0 n/a 32.6 11.8 6.4 - - -
1949 Red Sox 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 20.0 20.0 - - -
1949 Browns 1 1 .500 17 0 n/a 24.2 8.7 7.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
9 Years 21 23 .477 109 1 n/a 40.7 15.6 6.7 - - -
Stan Spence

Stan Spence Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1940 Boston Red Sox 24 Undetermined - -
1941 Boston Red Sox 21 Undetermined - -
1942 Washington Senators 2 Undetermined Stats -
1943 Washington Senators 2 Undetermined - -
1944 Washington Senators 2 Undetermined Stats -
1946 Washington Senators 5 Undetermined Stats -
1947 Washington Senators 5 Undetermined Stats -
1948 Boston Red Sox 2 Undetermined - -
1949 Boston Red Sox 2 Undetermined - -
1949 St. Louis Browns 8 Undetermined - -


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