Nickname: Spence
Bats: L
Throws: L
Born: 07-30-1947
Birthplace: Hanover, PA, USA
Career Positions Played: 1B,LF,DH
All-Star: 1973
Gold Glove Award: 1970,1977
Height: 6 ft., 2 in. Weight: 195 lbs.
(Jim Spencer at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 3329 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 3 20 19 73 68 13 12 1 0 0 5 2 .191 .230 .236 .206 3 0 10 0 1 1 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 3 21 113 422 386 98 71 14 3 10 31 39 .254 .246 .304 .383 26 6 53 8 0 2 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 3 22 146 550 511 140 104 20 4 12 68 61 .274 .250 .309 .399 28 6 61 6 5 0 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 3 23 148 572 510 121 80 21 2 18 59 50 .237 .247 .307 .392 48 7 63 6 5 3 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 3,7 24 82 225 212 47 41 5 0 1 14 13 .222 .239 .262 .259 12 1 25 0 1 0 1972 ANA:A
1973 ANA:A D,3 25 29 99 87 21 13 4 2 2 11 10 .241 .259 .316 .402 9 1 9 1 1 1 1973 ANA:A
1973 TEX:A D,3 25 102 390 352 94 75 12 3 4 43 35 .267 .259 .332 .352 34 6 41 1 2 1 1973 TEX:A
1974 TEX:A D,3 26 118 385 352 98 76 11 4 7 44 36 .278 .258 .326 .392 22 3 27 4 4 3 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A D,3 27 132 443 403 107 77 18 1 11 47 50 .266 .258 .327 .397 35 6 43 2 1 2 1975 TEX:A
1976 CHI:A D,3 28 150 578 518 131 102 13 2 14 70 53 .253 .256 .319 .367 49 19 53 3 7 1 1976 CHI:A
1977 CHI:A 3 29 128 515 470 116 81 16 1 18 69 56 .247 .266 .303 .400 36 11 50 2 5 2 1977 CHI:A
1978 NY:A D,3 30 71 166 150 34 17 9 1 7 24 12 .227 .261 .297 .440 15 3 32 0 1 0 1978 NY:A
1979 NY:A D,3 31 106 336 295 85 44 15 3 23 53 60 .288 .270 .369 .593 38 11 25 1 2 0 1979 NY:A
1980 NY:A D,3,7 32 97 295 259 61 39 9 0 13 43 38 .236 .269 .317 .421 30 2 44 1 4 1 1980 NY:A
1981 NY:A 3 33 25 72 63 9 5 2 0 2 4 6 .143 .256 .250 .270 9 2 7 0 0 0 1981 NY:A
1981 OAK:A 3 33 54 183 171 35 27 6 0 2 9 14 .205 .256 .249 .275 10 1 20 0 2 0 1981 OAK:A
1982 OAK:A 3 34 33 105 101 17 11 3 1 2 5 6 .168 .264 .192 .277 3 1 20 0 1 0 1982 OAK:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .20 .50 1 0 0 0 14 57 22 21 3 1.05 2 13 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 .00 .01 .38 .44 6 0 0 0 148 303 126 112 10 1.12 7 79 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .38 .79 16 0 0 0 204 393 154 159 12 .97 9 122 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 .01 .00 .15 .62 5 0 0 0 200 417 150 177 14 .85 16 123 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .17 .83 1 0 0 0 55 175 64 72 8 .89 8 44 1972 ANA:A
1973 ANA:A 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .50 1.00 1 0 0 0 35 71 30 25 4 1.20 3 29 1973 ANA:A
1973 TEX:A 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .05 .67 4 0 0 0 124 272 89 125 9 .71 8 85 1973 TEX:A
1974 TEX:A 26 1 2 1 0 0 1 .01 .01 .21 .50 7 0 0 0 138 272 105 119 17 .88 8 90 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 .00 .00 .15 .65 2 0 0 0 160 309 107 139 11 .77 9 127 1975 TEX:A
1976 CHI:A 28 6 4 0 0 0 0 .08 .00 .21 .50 9 0 0 0 190 411 163 163 32 1.00 10 138 1976 CHI:A
1977 CHI:A 29 1 2 1 0 0 0 .02 .02 .27 .36 4 0 0 2 188 374 141 151 22 .93 11 92 1977 CHI:A
1978 NY:A 30 0 1 0 1 0 0 .00 .06 .25 .00 3 0 0 1 66 122 37 45 3 .82 4 35 1978 NY:A
1979 NY:A 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .15 .65 7 0 0 0 175 227 92 90 7 1.02 12 62 1979 NY:A
1980 NY:A 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 .01 .00 .22 .62 6 0 0 1 109 210 68 87 4 .78 7 63 1980 NY:A
1981 NY:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 2 0 0 0 17 57 22 23 2 .96 3 13 1981 NY:A
1981 OAK:A 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .25 .67 1 0 0 0 47 143 55 62 3 .89 5 31 1981 OAK:A
1982 OAK:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 2 0 0 0 28 88 34 31 0 1.10 3 22 1982 OAK:A
PINCH HITTING DESIGNATED HITTING
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1968 ANA:A 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1969 ANA:A 21 8 2 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .250 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1970 ANA:A 22 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .400 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1971 ANA:A 23 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1972 ANA:A 24 21 3 2 0 0 2 3 .143 .238 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1973 ANA:A 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .000
1973 TEX:A 25 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .143 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000
1974 TEX:A 26 9 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .556 189 50 5 1 2 13 13 .265 .333
1975 TEX:A 27 11 3 1 0 0 1 2 .273 .364 75 24 5 1 3 8 6 .320 .533
1976 CHI:A 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000
1977 CHI:A 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 - - - - - - - - -
1978 NY:A 30 24 7 2 0 1 1 6 .292 .500 104 25 6 1 7 7 24 .240 .519
1979 NY:A 31 17 3 1 0 0 2 2 .176 .235 193 54 7 1 18 26 20 .280 .606
1980 NY:A 32 22 8 0 0 1 3 3 .364 .500 28 6 0 0 1 6 4 .214 .321
1981 NY:A 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 - - - - - - - - -
1981 OAK:A 33 10 4 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 - - - - - - - - -
1982 OAK:A 34 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 .667 1.000 - - - - - - - - -
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 20 40 5 0 0 0 1 8 .125 .125 28 8 1 0 0 2 2 .286 .321 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 21 195 54 7 1 7 14 22 .277 .431 191 44 7 2 3 12 31 .230 .335 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 22 247 70 7 1 5 16 26 .283 .381 264 70 13 3 7 12 35 .265 .417 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 23 245 58 10 1 8 22 22 .237 .384 265 63 11 1 10 26 41 .238 .400 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 24 99 17 1 0 0 5 13 .172 .182 113 30 4 0 1 7 12 .265 .327 1972 ANA:A
1973 ANA:A 25 56 16 3 2 2 6 6 .286 .518 31 5 1 0 0 3 3 .161 .194 1973 ANA:A
1973 TEX:A 25 185 52 7 3 2 10 25 .281 .384 167 42 5 0 2 24 16 .251 .317 1973 TEX:A
1974 TEX:A 26 170 48 4 3 3 8 13 .282 .394 182 50 7 1 4 14 14 .275 .390 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A 27 182 52 7 0 4 17 19 .286 .390 221 55 11 1 7 18 24 .249 .403 1975 TEX:A
1976 CHI:A 28 251 61 5 2 5 22 25 .243 .339 267 70 8 0 9 27 28 .262 .393 1976 CHI:A
1977 CHI:A 29 224 51 10 1 8 17 25 .228 .388 246 65 6 0 10 19 25 .264 .411 1977 CHI:A
1978 NY:A 30 73 18 4 0 4 11 13 .247 .466 77 16 5 1 3 4 19 .208 .416 1978 NY:A
1979 NY:A 31 164 51 8 0 16 20 18 .311 .652 131 34 7 3 7 18 7 .260 .519 1979 NY:A
1980 NY:A 32 137 38 4 0 8 11 23 .277 .482 122 23 5 0 5 19 21 .189 .352 1980 NY:A
1981 NY:A 33 33 6 1 0 1 4 6 .182 .303 30 3 1 0 1 5 1 .100 .233 1981 NY:A
1981 OAK:A 33 81 15 3 0 0 4 10 .185 .222 90 20 3 0 2 6 10 .222 .322 1981 OAK:A
1982 OAK:A 34 49 5 1 1 0 2 10 .102 .163 52 12 2 0 2 1 10 .231 .385 1982 OAK:A
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 20 28 5 0 0 0 0 1 .179 .179 40 8 1 0 0 3 9 .200 .225 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 21 106 28 5 0 5 7 15 .264 .453 280 70 9 3 5 19 38 .250 .357 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 22 172 40 6 1 4 8 26 .233 .349 339 100 14 3 8 20 35 .295 .425 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 23 150 33 5 1 5 11 20 .220 .367 360 88 16 1 13 37 43 .244 .403 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 24 22 6 0 0 0 1 4 .273 .273 190 41 5 0 1 11 21 .216 .258 1972 ANA:A
1973 ANA:A 25 10 3 0 0 0 1 2 .300 .300 77 18 4 2 2 8 7 .234 .416 1973 ANA:A
1973 TEX:A 25 60 14 2 1 0 5 10 .233 .300 292 80 10 2 4 29 31 .274 .363 1973 TEX:A
1974 TEX:A 26 25 4 0 0 0 0 2 .160 .160 327 94 11 4 7 22 25 .287 .410 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A 27 24 5 0 0 0 0 3 .208 .208 379 102 18 1 11 35 40 .269 .409 1975 TEX:A
1976 CHI:A 28 146 42 4 1 3 8 17 .288 .390 372 89 9 1 11 41 36 .239 .358 1976 CHI:A
1977 CHI:A 29 134 29 3 1 8 9 17 .216 .433 336 87 13 0 10 27 33 .259 .387 1977 CHI:A
1978 NY:A 30 21 2 0 0 0 2 5 .095 .095 129 32 9 1 7 13 27 .248 .496 1978 NY:A
1979 NY:A 31 43 13 2 0 4 4 3 .302 .628 252 72 13 3 19 34 22 .286 .587 1979 NY:A
1980 NY:A 32 37 4 1 0 1 4 14 .108 .216 222 57 8 0 12 26 30 .257 .455 1980 NY:A
1981 NY:A 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 62 9 2 0 2 9 7 .145 .274 1981 NY:A
1981 OAK:A 33 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .583 159 32 5 0 1 10 20 .201 .252 1981 OAK:A
1982 OAK:A 34 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 93 17 3 1 2 3 16 .183 .301 1982 OAK:A
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1968 ANA:A 20 .994 .989 19 19 168.0 151 19 1 0 15
1969 ANA:A 21 .991 .992 106 100 906.0 916 68 9 0 81
1970 ANA:A 22 .995 .991 142 135 1203.7 1212 87 7 0 132
1971 ANA:A 23 .996 .992 144 135 1251.0 1289 91 5 0 117
1972 ANA:A 24 .990 .991 35 30 266.0 265 25 3 0 25
1973 ANA:A 25 1.000 .992 26 24 218.0 207 9 0 0 25
1973 TEX:A 25 .999 .992 99 88 809.0 792 66 1 1 88
1974 TEX:A 26 .998 .992 60 40 388.7 388 26 1 0 37
1975 TEX:A 27 .995 .990 99 90 770.0 845 71 5 1 93
1976 CHI:A 28 .998 .992 143 135 1208.3 1205 107 2 1 117
1977 CHI:A 29 .991 .990 125 123 1078.0 976 86 10 3 76
1978 NY:A 30 1.000 .992 15 8 85.0 90 7 0 0 4
1979 NY:A 31 .992 .992 26 25 232.3 232 17 2 0 35
1980 NY:A 32 .990 .992 75 62 555.7 567 41 6 1 51
1981 NY:A 33 1.000 .993 25 20 178.0 172 17 0 0 17
1981 OAK:A 33 .997 .993 48 42 395.0 344 36 1 0 30
1982 OAK:A 34 .992 .992 32 26 233.3 230 22 2 0 20
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1972 ANA:A 24 1.000 .983 24 21 161.7 21 1 0 0 0
1980 NY:A 32 1.000 .980 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 3,579 4,144 2,875 4,039 3,614 1,548 3,829 1,935 3,546
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Spencer - Historical Batting Stastistics
Jim Spencer - Pinch Hitting Statistics, Designated Hitting Statistics
Jim Spencer - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Jim Spencer - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching