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Jim
Spencer		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 30, 1947 in Usa, PA, HANOVER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1972   
Gold Glove 1972    1974    1975    1980   
All-Star Selections 1972    1975    1977    1981    1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 20 MON NL     5 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1969 21 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1970 22 CLE AL     7 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 8 9 9
1971 23 CLE AL     9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9
1972 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8
1973 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8
1974 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1975 27 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 9 8
1976 28 CLE AL $ 3,785,714   9 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 9 8
1977 29 CLN NL $ 3,785,714   9 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1978 30 CLN NL $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1979 31 CLN NL $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1980 32 IND AL $ 5,500,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 8 8
1981 33 IND AL $ 5,500,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1982 34 LAD NL $ 2,936,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 3 4 4 7 8 7
1983 35 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 8 8
1984 36 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 3 4 4 7 8 7
1985 37 CLN NL $ 1,111,111   8 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1986 38 CLN NL $ 1,111,111   8 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 9 9
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
1968 20 AA   137 561 88 160 26 4 29 75 2 6 46 25 .285 .339 .501 .840 90.7  
1969 21 AAA   29 105 16 35 5 0 8 26 0 2 8 6 .333 .381 .610 .990 21.5  
    AA   106 393 61 113 19 0 21 73 5 5 42 20 .288 .356 .496 .853 67.1  
1970 22 AAA   137 537 86 149 29 1 29 104 4 6 52 42 .277 .341 .497 .838 87.9  
1971 23 AAA   136 530 99 162 26 1 26 91 6 7 69 35 .306 .386 .506 .891 98.7  
1972 24 CLE AL 154 522 77 166 21 1 18 86 5 3 56 39 .318 .383 .466 .848 88.9 19.9
1973 25 CLE AL 138 518 85 153 30 4 15 78 4 3 50 41 .295 .355 .456 .810 78.8 15.3
1974 26 CLE AL 154 601 111 197 21 3 17 89 6 3 51 51 .328 .380 .458 .838 99.3 18.4
1975 27 CLE AL 154 612 104 199 30 4 20 103 1 0 56 44 .325 .379 .485 .865 105.7 21.9
1976 28 CLE AL 154 565 78 155 32 2 17 73 1 4 62 58 .274 .343 .428 .771 79.4 13.2
1977 29 CLN NL 159 617 89 177 20 3 14 66 1 1 63 39 .287 .351 .397 .748 80.5 16.9
1978 30 CLN NL 135 522 80 153 23 1 25 73 1 0 41 37 .293 .347 .485 .831 82.8 17.7
1979 31 CLN NL 156 608 78 159 22 1 28 70 0 0 51 54 .262 .321 .439 .760 81.4 16.1
1980 32 IND AL 151 540 67 139 19 0 15 71 2 0 38 41 .257 .305 .376 .681 58.9 8.1
1981 33 IND AL 90 290 37 100 16 5 13 55 0 3 17 21 .345 .379 .569 .948 53.8 13.3
1982 34 LAD NL 102 229 20 56 5 0 5 20 2 1 15 24 .245 .293 .332 .625 20.8 3.5
    AAA   22 65 12 23 3 0 7 11 0 0 5 6 .354 .400 .723 1.123 16.4  
1983 35 SEM AL 104 268 32 62 4 1 6 26 0 1 15 31 .231 .271 .321 .592 21.8 1.8
1984 36 SEM AL 133 455 59 132 23 1 16 67 2 2 24 46 .290 .325 .451 .776 64.7 12.5
1985 37 CLN NL 76 260 35 57 7 0 5 34 0 1 14 30 .219 .260 .304 .564 16.6 0.0
1986 38 CLN NL 140 495 79 168 20 3 22 112 1 0 30 59 .339 .373 .525 .898 89.8 20.7
15 Years Sim 2000 7102 1031 2073 293 29 236 1023 26 22 583 615 .292 .345 .441 .786 1023.1 199.2
4 Years AAA 324 1237 213 369 63 2 70 232 10 15 134 89 .298 .366 .522 .888 224.5  
2 Years AA 243 954 149 273 45 4 50 148 7 11 88 45 .286 .347 .499 .846 157.8  
6 Years Minors 567 2191 362 642 108 6 120 380 17 26 222 134 .293 .357 .512 .869 382.3  
162 Game Average 575 83 167 23 2 19 82 2 1 47 49 .292 .345 .441 .786 82.9  
Career Highs 159 617 111 199 32 5 28 112 6 4 63 59 .345 .383 .569 .948 105.7  
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   5402 807 1640 236 24 185 804 21 14 464 406 .304 .358 .459 .817 854.7
vs LH   1700 224 433 57 5 51 219 5 8 119 209 .255 .302 .384 .686 196.8
Home 992 3457 508 1014 129 12 122 509 11 9 266 286 .293 .343 .443 .786 511.6
Away 1008 3645 523 1059 164 17 114 514 15 13 317 329 .291 .346 .439 .785 540.0
RISP   1759 0 520 70 12 53 731 0 0 155 172 .296 .346 .439 .785 265.5
Pinch Hitting   176 31 52 7 1 5 31 1 0 13 12 .295 .342 .432 .774 25.5
Close/Late   833 102 225 23 5 23 108 0 0 62 71 .270 .319 .393 .712 104.6
Mar/Apr 324 1140 180 340 53 3 50 182 3 5 97 97 .298 .351 .482 .833 185.4
May 372 1294 183 343 57 9 41 189 5 3 112 115 .265 .323 .418 .741 174.2
June 340 1200 187 351 47 5 39 190 7 0 103 92 .293 .347 .438 .785 180.0
July 293 1067 145 321 41 2 27 144 0 3 79 80 .301 .347 .419 .766 150.3
August 343 1246 168 383 45 4 51 177 4 7 91 119 .307 .355 .473 .827 198.1
Sep/Oct 328 1155 168 335 50 6 28 141 7 4 101 112 .290 .347 .416 .763 163.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1969 21 MON NL 1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 24 CLE AL RF 139 139 1162.0 253 6 1 0 .996 2.01 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 3.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 21.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 25 CLE AL RF 132 132 1155.3 256 6 0 4 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 26 CLE AL RF 147 144 1258.0 303 7 1 2 .997 2.22 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    2B 5 0 14.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.07 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
1975 27 CLE AL RF 144 143 1257.0 281 5 1 2 .997 2.05 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    LF 3 2 26.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 4 1 12.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 28 CLE AL RF 101 100 875.7 188 2 0 1 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 46 44 374.7 110 1 3 0 .974 2.67 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 2 0 7.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1977 29 CLN NL RF 154 154 1359.7 273 7 1 2 .996 1.85 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 2 0 3.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 19.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 30 CLN NL CF 131 130 1126.0 263 3 2 2 .993 2.13 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    RF 2 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1979 31 CLN NL CF 145 144 1280.7 336 11 0 7 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    LF 4 3 28.3 5 0 1 0 .833 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 4 0 8.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 32 IND AL RF 138 134 1157.7 300 4 0 3 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    LF 3 2 17.0 8 0 1 0 .889 4.24 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 1 16.7 25 1 0 1 1.000 14.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 33 IND AL RF 71 71 624.0 134 1 0 0 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    CF 9 1 26.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 0 11.0 18 1 0 2 1.000 15.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 34 LAD NL 1B 32 20 202.7 269 18 0 29 1.000 12.75 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 19 5 87.7 11 1 1 0 .923 1.23 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 13 5 60.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.45 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 4 52.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 15 2 44.3 10 23 1 6 .971 6.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1983 35 SEM AL 1B 28 26 222.0 254 15 0 27 1.000 10.91 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 42 4 114.0 27 39 0 8 1.000 5.21 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 9 8 83.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 9 8 63.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 12 6 56.0 26 0 1 0 .963 4.18 0 0 .000 0  
1984 36 SEM AL 2B 65 54 506.3 112 195 3 44 .990 5.46 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 62 61 506.0 161 0 5 0 .970 2.86 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 2 2 18.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 2 0.0
    LF 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 8.0 15 0 0 1 1.000 16.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 37 CLN NL RF 60 60 517.7 105 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 13 7 77.3 22 1 1 0 .958 2.68 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 5 0 7.7 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 38 CLN NL RF 117 114 975.7 201 5 0 2 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 16 3 50.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 5 3 31.0 5 11 0 4 1.000 4.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 3 2 18.0 20 2 0 0 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1226 1204 10476.3 2327 43 4 16 .998 2.04 0 0 .000 0 27.6
  CF 460 403 3596.0 965 16 12 9 .988 2.46 0 0 .000 0 10.3
  2B 152 66 768.0 169 293 4 66 .991 5.41 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  1B 81 50 487.0 620 37 0 60 1.000 12.14 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  LF 51 23 290.0 56 1 3 0 .950 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  C 3 2 21.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.64 0 0 .000 3 0.0
  SS 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1974 1748 15642.2 4148 390 23 151 .995 2.61 0 0 .000 3 42.0
Career Highs   159 154 1369.3 347 195 8 45 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 2  
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
1972 24 CLE AL 4 15 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .467 .500 .733 1.233
1974 26 CLE AL 5 19 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .263 .300 .263 .563
1977 29 CLN NL 6 24 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 5 .250 .308 .417 .724
1981 33 IND AL 10 36 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .389 .611
1985 37 CLN NL 10 38 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 6 .132 .214 .211 .425
1986 38 CLN NL 4 17 2 5 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 2 .294 .333 .647 .980
Career Post-Season Batting 39 149 14 36 5 0 6 21 1 0 9 15 .242 .285 .396 .681
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
1972-5-.318
1974-3-.328
1975-7-.325
1986-1-.339
 On-Base Pct
1972-9-.383
1986-9-.373
 Slugging Pct
1975-9-.485
1978-6-.485
1986-3-.525
 OPS
1972-10-.848
1975-10-.865
1978-6-.831
1986-3-.898
 XR
1975-6-105.7
1986-8-89.8
 Games
1977-1-159
1979-2-156
At-Bats
1974-6-601
1975-3-612
1977-3-617
1979-2-608
 Runs
1974-2-111
1975-7-104
 Hits
1974-3-197
1975-2-199
1977-7-177
1986-10-168
 Total Bases
1974-9-275
1975-2-297
1986-9-260
 Singles
1972-10-126
1974-3-156
1975-4-145
1977-5-140
1986-8-123
 Homeruns
1978-8-25
1979-6-28
1986-10-22
RBIs
1975-8-103
1986-2-112
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 69    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Montreal in 1968
Injured on 5/1/1968 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/17/1968 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1970 (Going to CLE: RF Jim Spencer, C Carlton Fisk, LF Ralph Garr. Going to MON: RF Merv Rettenmund)
Injured on 5/30/1971 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/20/1971 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1972, off Catfish Hunter (PIT)
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1972
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 4/22/1973
Injured on 8/20/1973 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/26/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1973, hitting .667 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 6/2/1974
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Oakland on 6/23/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1974, hitting .519 with 2 HR, 16 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1975, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1975, hitting .374 with 6 HR, 24 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 1B Tony Solaita, RF Jim Spencer, 2B Ted Sizemore. Going to CLE: CF Tommie Agee, P Kevin Kobel, P Frank Maccormack, P Skip Guinn)
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1978, hitting .360 with 6 HR, 18 RBI
Injured on 9/8/1978 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Indianapolis on 2/4/1980 (Going to CLN: P Ron Bryant. Going to IND: CF Jim Spencer)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1980
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 4/18/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1981, hitting .600 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Injured on 7/6/1981 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 4/3/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $2,936,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/26/1983 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Hit 3 homeruns against Oakland, driving in 6 runs on 5/20/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1984, hitting .375 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/5/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $1,111,111 per year
Injured on 6/10/1985 with a Broken Ribs, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 8/21/1985 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1986, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Miami on 4/20/1986
Drove in 8 runs against Oakland on 6/22/1986
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1986, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/17/1986, off Greg Minton (KCR)
 
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