George Spencer (baseball)
George Spencer | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Bexley, Ohio |
July 7, 1926|||
Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Columbus, Ohio |
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MLB debut | |||
August 17, 1950, for the New York Giants | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
September 26, 1960, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 16–10 | ||
Earned run average | 4.05 | ||
Innings pitched | 251⅓ | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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George Elwell Spencer (July 7, 1926 – September 10, 2014) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. A right-hander, he was primarily a relief pitcher for the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers.[1] Spencer stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg).
A graduate of Bexley High School and The Ohio State University, where he played quarterback on the OSU varsity football team,[2][3] Spencer was a key member of the 1951 Giants' pitching staff, leading the club in saves and winning ten of 14 decisions, including a key August start over the front-running Brooklyn Dodgers. The Giants would famously overcome a 13½-game, mid-August deficit to tie Brooklyn on the season's final day, then defeated the Dodgers for the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's historic Game 3 home run.
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