Jim Spencer

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 195 lb

BornJuly 30, 1947 · Hanover, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 7, 1968

Final gameJune 20, 1982

Seasons15 (1968–1982)

California Angels 1968–1973; Texas Rangers 1973–1975; Chicago White Sox 1976–1977; New York Yankees 1978–1981; Oakland Athletics 1981–1982

Percentile snapshot

1977 season — qualified batters

128

2.1

515

4.8

470

11.6

8.9

116

5.5

3.4

2.1

57.5

RBI

47.9

18.5

82.2

4.8

84.9

.247

7.5

OBP

.300

5.5

SLG

.400

30.8

OPS

.700

17.1

wRC+

82.2

11.6

OPS+

89.2

19.9

wOBA

.305

9.6

sWAR

-0.4

1.4

of 147 qualified 1977 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

92.9

27.9

OPS+

97.3

36.4

sWAR

-0.1

35.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1968	19	73	68	2	13	1	0	0	5	3	10	0	0	.191	.233	.206	.439	28.7	36.0	.213	-0.6
1969	113	422	386	39	98	14	3	10	31	26	53	1	0	.254	.304	.383	.688	91.6	96.0	.313	0.0
1970	146	550	511	61	140	20	4	12	68	28	61	0	2	.274	.309	.399	.708	93.4	98.0	.317	0.1
1971	148	572	510	50	121	21	2	18	59	48	63	0	1	.237	.304	.392	.696	100.3	104.0	.318	0.6
1972	82	225	212	13	47	5	0	1	14	12	25	0	1	.222	.262	.259	.522	54.4	60.2	.249	-0.9
1973	131	489	439	45	115	16	5	6	54	43	50	0	3	.262	.329	.362	.691	95.9	98.1	.318	0.3
1974	118	384	352	36	98	11	4	7	44	22	27	1	2	.278	.323	.392	.715	104.8	106.8	.328	0.3
1975	132	443	403	50	107	18	1	11	47	35	43	0	1	.266	.327	.397	.724	102.7	104.9	.331	0.5
1976	150	579	518	53	131	13	2	14	70	49	52	6	4	.253	.315	.367	.682	89.4	98.9	.307	-0.1
1977	128	515	470	56	116	16	1	18	69	36	50	1	2	.247	.300	.400	.700	82.2	89.2	.305	-0.4
1978	71	166	150	12	34	9	1	7	24	15	32	0	1	.227	.295	.440	.735	101.8	108.1	.325	0.0
1979	106	336	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	38	25	0	2	.288	.367	.593	.960	150.6	158.8	.407	2.1
1980	97	295	259	38	61	9	0	13	43	30	44	1	0	.236	.313	.421	.734	101.2	102.5	.329	0.2
1981	79	255	234	20	44	8	0	4	13	19	27	1	0	.188	.247	.274	.521	47.2	53.2	.241	-1.4
1982	33	105	101	6	17	3	1	2	5	3	20	0	0	.168	.190	.277	.468	17.8	29.1	.203	-1.0

Career totals

1,553

5,409

4,908

541

1,227

179

146

RBI

599

407

582

.2500

OBP

.3072

SLG

.3867

OPS

.6939

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1974-06-16	MIL @ TEX Gameday	4	2	3	0	1	2	2	0	11
1979-08-20	NYY @ KC Gameday	4	4	3	1	0	2	5	1	10
1977-05-14	CLE @ CWS Gameday	3	2	3	0	0	2	8	0	9
1977-07-02	MIN @ CWS Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	8	0	9
1970-08-05	LAA @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× Gold Glove1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.