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Stan SpenceWWikipedia↗

Bats: L Β· Throws: L Β· Born 1915-03-20 Β· Played 1940–1949 Β· Career WAR 22.8 (bWAR) Β·

IDsBBREF=spencst01, LAHMAN=spencst01, MLBAM=122575, RETROSHEET=spens101

Photo: Bowman Gum, Public domain Β· Wikimedia Commons

πŸ“‹ Game logs β†’

Batting

YearTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSWAR
1940BOSAL5168519212130149.279.319.426.745-0.3
1941BOSAL862032247103228101814.232.304.340.644-0.2
1942WS1AL149629942032715479526216.323.384.432.8163.2
1943WS1AL1495707215223101288818439.267.366.405.7714.4
1944WS1AL1535928318731818100376928.316.391.486.8776.1
1946WS1AL1525788316950101687176231.292.365.497.8625.0
1947WS1AL147506621412261673228141.279.378.441.8193.1
1948BOSAL11439171921741261028233.235.368.391.7591.3
1949BOSAL7203310010061.150.346.200.5460.2
1949SLAAL10431446771331345115236.245.356.430.786
Total11123871541109019660955752123520248.282.367.437.80322.8

Fielding

YearTeamLgPosGGSInnPOAEDP
1940BOSALOF1515000
1941BOSAL1B12000
1941BOSALOF5297602
1942WS1ALOF1493957110
1943WS1ALOF1483961271
1944WS1AL1B320010
1944WS1ALOF1504342959
1946WS1ALOF1504121583
1947WS1ALOF1424081273
1948BOSAL1B14110616
1948BOSALOF92206451
1949BOSALOF514100
1949SLAAL1B10000
1949SLAALOF872051012
Total100927141024627

Awards

YearAwardLg
1942Baseball Magazine All-StarAL
1943Baseball Magazine All-StarAL
1944Baseball Magazine All-StarAL

Ejections (1)

DateAsReason
1946-07-17PlayerCalled 3rd strike (Threw bat)