Joe Spencer

Joseph B. Spencer Jr.
(J. B.)

Born: August 4, 1919 in Gretna, LA
Died: May 17, 2003 in Gretna, LA
(83 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 150

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Notes:

• College: Xavier College (New Orleans, LA)
• Buried: McDonoghville Cemetery (Gretna, LA)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1942	BBB	NAL	22	SS	7	18	17	1	6	1	0	0	4	2		1				0			.353	.389	.412	.801	147
1943	MULT	NN2	23	2B	25	84	77	8	17	0	0	0	6	0		7			0	0	0		.221	.286	.221	.506	37
1944	NBY/HG	NN2	24	2B	21	69	63	10	15	3	1	0	7	0		5				1			.238	.294	.317	.612	66
1945	NYC/BBB	NN2/NAL	25	2B	11	28	27	2	4	1	1	0	6	0		1			0	0			.148	.179	.259	.438	27
1946	NYC	NN2	26	2B	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1947	NBY	NN2	27	3B	8	31	28	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	2			.214	.241	.214	.456	25
6	6			2B	73	234	216	24	48	5	2	0	24	2		15			0	3	0		.222	.273	.264	.537	49
162 Game Average						519	479	53	107	11	4	0	53	4		33			0	7	0		.222	.273	.264	.537	49

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2	Birmingham Black Barons			SS	17	43	41	3	9	2	1	0	8	2		2			0	0			.220	.256	.317	.573	73
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			2B	2	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		.000	.111	.000	.111	-69
1	Newark Eagles			2B	3	12	11	1	4	0	0	0	3	0		1			0	0	0		.364	.417	.364	.780	111
2	Homestead Grays			2B	32	96	88	13	19	2	0	0	7	0		8			0	0	0		.216	.281	.239	.520	41
2	New York Black Yankees			2B	17	67	61	7	15	1	1	0	4	0		3			0	3			.246	.281	.295	.576	57
2	New York Cubans			2B	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-18

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1942	BBB	NAL	18	.382	.308	5.6%	7.1%					0.0%	0.7%	.059	.078
1943	MULT	NN2	84	.260	.354	8.3%			9.6%			0.0%	0.7%	.000	.104
1944	NBY/HG	NN2	69	.287	.342	7.2%			8.6%			0.0%	0.9%	.079	.103
1945	NYC/BBB	NN2/NAL	28	.203	.320	3.6%			7.2%			0.0%	0.6%	.111	.090
1946	NYC	NN2	4	.000	.332	0.0%	8.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.088
1947	NBY	NN2	31	.209	.343	3.2%	8.9%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.104
6	6		234	.259	.341	6.4%	8.7%					0.0%	0.8%	.042	.100

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Birmingham Black Barons		43	.270	.314	4.7%	7.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.098	.085
1	Newark Eagles		12	.386	.354	8.3%	9.6%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.104
1	Baltimore Elite Giants		9	.086	.354	11.1%	9.6%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.104
2	Homestead Grays		96	.261	.349	8.3%	9.2%					0.0%	0.8%	.023	.104
2	New York Black Yankees		67	.263	.342	4.5%	8.7%					0.0%	0.9%	.049	.104
2	New York Cubans		7	.137	.332	0.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.089

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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