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Stan
Spence		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 20, 1915 in Usa, KY, SOUTH PORTSMO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1941    1943    1944   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 7 9 9 9
1941 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 7 9 9 9
1942 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1943 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1944 29 CIN NL $ 3,178,571   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1945 30 CIN NL $ 4,635,714   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1946 31 CIN NL $ 4,300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 10
1947 32 CIN NL $ 4,300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 10
1948 33 CIN NL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1949 34 CIN NL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1950 35 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1951 36 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 7 9 9 9
1952 37 BOS AL $ 5,000,000   4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1940 25 CIN NL 100 345 48 77 13 5 4 25 0 0 41 15 .223 .305 .325 .630 33.9 3.0
    AAA   53 210 39 72 18 4 6 33 5 6 40 14 .343 .448 .552 1.000 47.1  
1941 26 CIN NL 129 414 66 129 18 8 9 55 0 0 43 26 .312 .375 .459 .834 67.7 12.0
1942 27 CIN NL 142 482 76 140 27 3 7 64 1 0 70 26 .290 .379 .402 .782 73.8 14.8
1943 28 CIN NL 143 479 89 145 21 6 15 83 0 0 71 29 .303 .391 .466 .856 81.6 15.5
1944 29 CIN NL 128 387 96 126 16 6 21 75 0 1 63 13 .326 .419 .561 .980 82.5 19.5
1945 30 CIN NL 138 457 80 135 23 11 7 56 0 0 71 28 .295 .386 .440 .826 77.0 15.9
1946 31 CIN NL 118 282 44 89 13 2 10 39 0 1 44 15 .316 .408 .482 .890 46.0 7.7
1947 32 CIN NL 127 423 84 128 23 4 14 83 0 0 69 18 .303 .399 .475 .874 75.2 14.0
1948 33 CIN NL 126 404 86 125 18 4 12 60 0 0 59 17 .309 .397 .463 .859 69.3 13.3
1949 34 CIN NL 144 424 68 117 16 5 11 38 2 0 67 23 .276 .374 .415 .789 66.0 11.1
1950 35 SEM AL 77 258 49 63 8 4 8 41 0 0 38 10 .244 .337 .399 .736 35.0 3.8
    AAA   31 124 26 40 6 1 9 37 3 4 22 5 .323 .425 .605 1.029 29.0  
1951 36 PIT NL 92 115 24 38 10 0 3 27 1 1 22 7 .330 .432 .496 .927 23.7 4.4
1952 37 BOS AL 127 319 38 77 11 2 2 28 0 0 47 33 .241 .336 .307 .643 35.4 4.0
13 Years Sim 1591 4789 848 1389 217 60 123 674 4 3 705 260 .290 .379 .437 .817 767.0 138.9
2 Years AAA 84 334 65 112 24 5 15 70 8 10 62 19 .335 .436 .572 1.008 76.1  
162 Game Average 487 86 141 22 6 12 68 0 0 71 26 .290 .379 .437 .817 78.1  
Career Highs 144 482 96 145 27 11 21 83 2 1 71 33 .330 .432 .561 .980 82.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4086 763 1224 195 50 113 599 3 2 620 206 .300 .390 .455 .845 724.1
vs LH   703 85 165 22 10 10 75 1 1 85 54 .235 .316 .337 .653 79.3
Home 808 2404 442 722 94 35 66 363 3 3 347 140 .300 .386 .451 .837 418.7
Away 783 2385 406 667 123 25 57 311 1 0 358 120 .280 .373 .424 .796 384.6
RISP   1153 0 340 61 10 36 509 0 0 196 41 .295 .388 .459 .847 211.3
Pinch Hitting   389 67 115 15 4 11 84 0 1 54 20 .296 .376 .440 .816 65.0
Close/Late   682 104 203 26 7 19 117 0 0 89 32 .298 .374 .440 .814 113.1
Mar/Apr 265 872 153 275 37 8 28 161 1 2 114 55 .315 .392 .472 .864 157.3
May 307 1042 178 298 54 15 21 132 1 0 136 63 .286 .367 .427 .794 163.7
June 251 692 128 192 26 7 19 93 0 1 114 32 .277 .379 .418 .797 113.8
July 262 755 119 202 28 5 24 99 0 0 102 35 .268 .353 .413 .766 114.0
August 257 742 135 216 44 12 15 88 0 0 126 40 .291 .392 .443 .836 130.6
Sep/Oct 249 686 135 206 28 13 16 101 2 0 113 35 .300 .397 .449 .846 123.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1940 25 CIN NL CF 55 47 426.7 136 2 1 1 .993 2.91   2.9
    LF 38 35 315.7 76 5 0 0 1.000 2.31    
1941 26 CIN NL LF 95 84 789.7 201 2 4 1 .981 2.31   2.6
    CF 22 9 106.3 35 2 0 0 1.000 3.13    
1942 27 CIN NL LF 96 83 754.7 196 2 0 0 1.000 2.36   3.0
    CF 42 34 330.7 111 1 0 0 1.000 3.05    
1943 28 CIN NL LF 115 110 985.0 276 5 1 1 .996 2.57   3.1
    CF 5 1 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1944 29 CIN NL LF 102 83 771.7 223 4 2 0 .991 2.65   2.4
    CF 13 4 52.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1945 30 CIN NL LF 115 103 951.7 205 9 0 2 1.000 2.02   3.0
    CF 12 4 49.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.72    
1946 31 CIN NL CF 76 54 516.3 127 3 1 2 .992 2.27   2.4
    LF 11 3 38.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1947 32 CIN NL CF 86 79 682.7 220 2 0 1 1.000 2.93   3.8
    LF 30 17 177.3 36 2 0 1 1.000 1.93    
    RF 3 3 25.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.16    
1948 33 CIN NL CF 100 92 822.7 250 5 3 2 .988 2.79   3.4
    LF 10 0 19.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.92    
1949 34 CIN NL CF 101 88 780.7 200 2 4 1 .981 2.33   2.1
    LF 29 0 70.3 11 0 1 0 .917 1.41    
1950 35 SEM AL CF 67 61 561.3 158 4 0 1 1.000 2.60   2.0
    LF 4 1 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1951 36 PIT NL CF 18 8 94.0 33 1 1 0 .971 3.26   0.6
    LF 9 4 48.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.44    
    RF 4 4 33.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 37 BOS AL LF 71 67 550.0 124 6 2 0 .985 2.13   1.1
    CF 33 19 167.0 51 0 1 0 .981 2.75    
  LF 725 590 5483.3 1373 35 10 5 .993 2.31   15.2
  CF 630 500 4613.6 1357 22 11 8 .992 2.69   17.2
  RF 7 7 58.0 17 0 1 0 .944 2.64    
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1363 1097 10156.9 2747 57 22 13 .992 2.48   32.4
Career Highs   138 117 1085.3 307 9 5 2 1.000 2.95    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 27 CIN NL 11 36 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .167 .250 .222 .472
1943 28 CIN NL 10 37 3 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 .351 .368 .459 .828
1944 29 CIN NL 11 38 8 14 3 2 2 10 0 0 5 3 .368 .442 .711 1.152
1945 30 CIN NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1946 31 CIN NL 7 19 1 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 .368 .520 .579 1.099
1947 32 CIN NL 9 28 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .143 .273 .214 .487
1948 33 CIN NL 7 13 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .385 .500 .462 .962
Career Post-Season Batting 56 173 18 50 11 3 3 20 0 0 24 17 .289 .376 .439 .815
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1945-10-.295
 On-Base Pct
1943-10-.391
1945-7-.386
1947-9-.392*
 Slugging Pct
1943-7-.466
1944-8-.498*
 OPS
1943-6-.856
1944-5-.876*
 Runs
1944-10-96
 Triples
1941-4-8
1943-7-6
1944-9-6
1945-1-11
1949-9-5
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Ken Singleton (922)
  4. Lenny Green (921)
  5. Dan Thomas (918)
  6. Ron Northey (915)
  7. Ken Henderson (914)
  8. Bruce Campbell (913)
  9. John Stone (911)
  10. Carlos May (911)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1940
Had first career hit on 5/2/1940, off Ralph Birkofer (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1940, off Dizzy Trout (BSN)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1941, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Injured on 7/31/1941 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis on 4/19/1944
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 5/7/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 7/4/1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,635,714 through salary arbitration
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/5/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Traded from Seattle to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1950 (Going to PIT: CF Preston Ward, RF Jim Delsing, CF Stan Spence. Going to SEM: LF Stan Musial)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/22/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
 
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