Jim Spencer
Born: July 30, 1947, Hanover, PA Died: February 10, 2002, Fort Lauderdale, FLHeight: 6'2" Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1968 California AL 20 19 68 2 13 14 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 10 2 .191 .206 .233 1969 California AL 21 113 386 39 98 148 14 3 10 31 8 0 1 0 20 6 2 53 6 .254 .383 .304 1970 California AL 22 146 511 61 140 204 20 4 12 68 6 5 0 2 22 6 0 61 9 .274 .399 .309 1971 California AL 23 148 510 50 121 200 21 2 18 59 6 5 0 1 41 7 3 63 16 .237 .392 .304 1972 California AL 24 82 212 13 47 55 5 0 1 14 0 1 0 1 11 1 0 25 8 .222 .259 .262 1973 California AL 25 29 87 10 21 35 4 2 2 11 1 1 0 0 8 1 1 9 3 .241 .402 .316 1973 Texas AL 25 102 352 35 94 124 12 3 4 43 1 2 0 3 28 6 1 41 8 .267 .352 .332 1974 Texas AL 26 118 352 36 98 138 11 4 7 44 3 4 1 2 19 3 3 27 8 .278 .392 .323 1975 Texas AL 27 132 403 50 107 160 18 1 11 47 2 1 0 1 29 6 2 43 9 .266 .397 .327 1976 Chicago AL 28 150 518 53 131 190 13 2 14 70 4 7 6 4 30 19 1 52 10 .253 .367 .315 1977 Chicago AL 29 128 470 56 116 188 16 1 18 69 2 5 1 2 25 11 2 50 11 .247 .400 .300 1978 New York AL 30 71 150 12 34 66 9 1 7 24 0 1 0 1 12 3 0 32 4 .227 .440 .295 1979 New York AL 31 106 295 60 85 175 15 3 23 53 1 2 0 2 27 11 0 25 12 .288 .593 .367 1980 New York AL 32 97 259 38 61 109 9 0 13 43 1 4 1 0 28 2 1 44 7 .236 .421 .313 1981 New York AL 33 25 63 6 9 17 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 7 3 .143 .270 .250 1981 Oakland AL 33 54 171 14 35 47 6 0 2 9 0 2 1 0 9 1 0 20 5 .205 .275 .246 1982 Oakland AL 34 33 101 6 17 28 3 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 20 3 .168 .277 .190 TOTALS 1553 4908 541 1227 1898 179 27 146 599 35 42 11 19 321 86 17 582 124 .250 .387 .307
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1968 California AL 1B 168.0 19 0 0 19 152 18 1 15 .994 9.11 1969 California AL 1B 906.0 101 6 4 107 926 66 9 81 .991 9.85 1970 California AL 1B 1203.2 135 7 12 142 1212 85 7 131 .995 9.70 1971 California AL 1B 1251.0 135 9 9 144 1296 93 5 117 .996 9.99 1972 California AL 1B 266.0 30 5 4 35 267 22 3 25 .990 9.78 1972 California AL LF 161.2 21 3 11 24 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.22 1973 California AL 1B 218.0 24 2 1 26 204 7 0 24 1.000 8.71 1973 Texas AL 1B 809.0 88 11 8 99 790 67 1 86 .999 9.53 1974 Texas AL 1B 388.2 40 20 8 60 389 27 1 36 .998 9.63 1975 Texas AL 1B 770.0 90 9 26 99 844 70 5 92 .995 10.68 1976 Chicago AL 1B 1208.1 134 9 9 143 1206 112 2 116 .998 9.82 1977 Chicago AL 1B 1078.0 123 2 8 125 977 90 10 76 .991 8.91 1978 New York AL 1B 85.0 8 7 0 15 90 7 0 4 1.000 10.27 1979 New York AL 1B 232.1 25 1 3 26 232 17 2 35 .992 9.65 1980 New York AL 1B 555.2 62 13 16 75 567 41 6 51 .990 9.85 1980 New York AL LF 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1981 New York AL 1B 178.0 20 5 8 25 172 17 0 17 1.000 9.56 1981 Oakland AL 1B 395.0 42 6 2 48 344 36 1 30 .997 8.66 1982 Oakland AL 1B 233.1 26 6 4 32 230 22 2 20 .992 9.72
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (11th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
- Traded by California Angels with Lloyd Allen to Texas Rangers in exchange for Mike Epstein, Rich Hand and Rick Stelmaszek (May 20, 1973).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with $100,000 to California Angels in exchange for Bill Singer (December 10, 1975).
- Traded by California Angels with Morris Nettles to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Melton and Steve Dunning (December 11, 1975).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Tommy Cruz and Robert Polinsky to New York Yankees in exchange for Stan Thomas, Ed Ricks and cash (December 12, 1977).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Tom Underwood to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Dave Revering, Mike Patterson and Chuck Dougherty (May 20, 1981).
- Placed on disabled list by Oakland A's, (May 10, 1982).
- Activated by Oakland A's, (May 31, 1982).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (June 28, 1982).
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