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Vern Spencer

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 165lb (170cm, 74kg)

Born: February 4, 1894 in Wixom, MI us

Died: June 3, 1971 in Wixom, MI

Buried: New Hudson Cemetery, New Hudson, MI

High School: University of Detroit Jesuit HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: July 4, 1920 (Age 26-151d, 5,055th in major league history)
vs. BSN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1920 (Age 26-240d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: Vernon Murray Spencer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

140

.200

RBI

OBP

.258

SLG

.257

OPS

.515

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-19 / in Starts: 19-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 152 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	102 (39-41-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 152 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (47-31-18)

Most Driven In
R Youngs	6
F Frisch	5
G Kelly	4
D Bancroft	2
L King	2

Most Driven In By
E Smith	5
L Doyle	4
F Snyder	1
G Kelly	1
R Youngs	1
F Frisch	1
J Barnes	0

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	69 (68)	Jul 4	NYG		BSN	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.45	0.040	.49	0.03%	1.02	CF
2	2	71 (1)	Jul 5 susp	NYG		PHI	W,13-0	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.375	.444	.375	.819	6	.29	0.026	.28	0.01%	1.69	CF
3	3	73 (1)	Jul 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	6	2.34	-0.354	2.20	-0.20%	-1.79	CF
4	4	74	Jul 10	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.278	.316	.278	.594	6	.21	0.023	.17	0.01%	0.54	CF
5	5	76 (1)	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	1	.333	.364	.333	.697	6	1.73	0.047	1.82	0.03%	0.41	CF
6	6	77	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	11-GF(12)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.364	.391	.364	.755	8	2.58	0.421	1.93	0.19%	1.77	PR RF
7	7	79 (1)	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-0	6-GF(17)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.346	.393	.346	.739	3	1.31	0.118	1.12	0.06%	-0.12	PR RF
8	8	80	Jul 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.300	.344	.300	.644	6	1.30	-0.053	1.19	-0.03%	-0.45	CF
9	9	81	Jul 17 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.324	.265	.589	6	.79	-0.061	.59	-0.03%	-0.75	CF
10	10	83 (1)	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	6	.74	0.004	.98	0.00%	0.50	CF
11	11	84	Jul 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.302	.300	.602	6	.59	0.010	1.06	0.01%	-0.94	CF
12	12	86 (1)	Jul 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.319	.318	.637	6	1.05	0.087	1.81	0.09%	0.86	CF
13	13	88 (1)	Jul 27	NYG		STL	W,8-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.320	.319	.639	6	.41	0.006	.67	0.01%	0.00	CF
14	14	89	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,6-5	8-GF(14)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.321	.320	.641	6	3.12	-0.026	5.68	-0.03%	0.02	PH CF
15	15	90	Jul 29	NYG		STL	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.316	.302	.618	6	.89	-0.019	1.74	-0.02%	-0.97	CF
16	16	91	Jul 30	NYG		STL	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.300	.286	.586	6	.82	-0.060	2.04	-0.09%	-0.70	CF
17	17	92	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.281	.267	.548	6	.63	-0.062	2.37	-0.14%	-0.91	CF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	18	93	Aug 1	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.279	.266	.545	6	3.07	0.673	9.47	1.24%	0.97	CF
19	19	95 (1)	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,11-1	GS-8	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		2	0	.235	.278	.265	.542	6	.45	0.127	1.85	0.31%	1.41	CF
20	20	97 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.250	.513	6	.55	0.022	2.09	0.05%	0.25	CF
21	21	99 (1)	Aug 7	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	CG(8)	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.266	.280	.546	6	.60	0.043	2.71	0.12%	0.77	CF
22	22	103 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.268	.308	.576	6	2.07	0.421	10.50	1.29%	2.31	CF
23	23	104	Aug 12	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.259	.296	.555	6	1.06	-0.078	5.88	-0.26%	-0.50	CF
24	24	105	Aug 13	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.247	.282	.530	6	.96	-0.080	6.46	-0.32%	-0.66	CF
25	25	106	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	5-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.218	.261	.287	.548	3	1.67	0.182	10.17	0.67%	1.08	RF
26	26	107	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,7-8	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.268	.286	.554	6	1.32	-0.087	6.45	-0.26%	-0.34	CF
27	27	108	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.260	.277	.537	6	.30	-0.022	1.32	-0.06%	-0.39	CF
28	28	109	Aug 17 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.257	.274	.531	6	.78	-0.018	3.64	-0.05%	-0.27	PH CF
29	29	110	Aug 17 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.276	.303	.579	6	.98	0.200	5.00	0.61%	1.69	CF
30	30	111	Aug 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.266	.291	.557	6	.58	-0.062	2.65	-0.17%	-0.85	CF
31	31	113 (1)	Aug 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.266	.291	.557	8						PR
32	32	114	Aug 23	NYG	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.224	.272	.290	.562	6	.68	0.057	3.82	0.19%	0.93	CF
33	33	115	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.267	.284	.552	6	1.28	-0.060	7.10	-0.20%	-0.66	CF
34	34	117 (1)	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.258	.274	.533	6	1.83	-0.217	9.39	-0.67%	-1.50	CF
35	35	118	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG(17)	8	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.273	.277	.551	6	2.46	-0.127	16.26	-0.50%	-0.07	CF
36	36	120 (1)	Aug 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.221	.280	.279	.559	6	.76	0.023	5.43	0.10%	0.21	CF
37	37	121	Aug 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.279	.286	.565	6	.77	-0.049	6.85	-0.26%	-0.07	CF
38	38	122	Aug 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.271	.277	.548	6	1.77	-0.180	13.69	-0.83%	-1.69	CF
39	39	123	Aug 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.273	.273	.545	6	1.13	-0.030	8.35	-0.13%	-0.06	CF
40	40	124	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.271	.271	.542	6	1.43	-0.032	11.16	-0.15%	-0.45	CF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	41	127 (2)	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.264	.263	.526	6	.43	-0.042	2.67	-0.16%	-0.76	CF
42	42	134 (6)	Sep 9	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.262	.261	.523	9	1.76	-0.042	13.72	-0.20%	-0.14	PH
43	43	136 (1)	Sep 12	NYG		STL	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.201	.260	.259	.519	9	1.17	-0.023	6.88	-0.08%	-0.77	PH
44	44	141 (4)	Sep 17	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.201	.260	.259	.519	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
45	45	152 (10)	Oct 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.258	.257	.515	9	3.28	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
							26-19		152	140	15	28	2	3	0	19	11	0	17	0	1		6		4	3	.200	.258	.257	.515		1.16	0.666	4.51	0.18%	0.45

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