Roy Spencer
1925–1938 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60)
636G
.247AVG
.301OBP
.298SLG
More career statistics
448H
3HR
203RBI
4SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,814 | 1,812 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 3 |
| Batting · Hits | 448 | 445 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 130 | 129 |
| Batting · Runs | 177 | 178 |
| Batting · RBI | 203 | 202 |
| Batting · Walks | 128 | 129 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 636 | 1,995 | 1,814 | 177 | 448 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 203 | 128 | 130 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 540 | .247 | .301 | .298 | .599 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1931-04-19 to 1931-04-29
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 hits | 1932-05-18 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1931-04-19 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1931-05-27 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 304 | 948 | 226 | 1 | 102 | 67 | 51 | .266 | .309 | .326 |
| Away | 332 | 1047 | 219 | 2 | 100 | 62 | 78 | .228 | .268 | .270 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 171 | 48 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 14 | .314 | .333 | .386 |
| May | 117 | 337 | 82 | 1 | 39 | 28 | 25 | .272 | .326 | .336 |
| June | 113 | 365 | 77 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 18 | .228 | .260 | .272 |
| July | 115 | 351 | 86 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 17 | .267 | .311 | .317 |
| August | 128 | 430 | 88 | 1 | 39 | 31 | 30 | .226 | .277 | .280 |
| September | 108 | 333 | 63 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 24 | .209 | .249 | .243 |
| October | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 72 | 254 | 56 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 23 | .238 | .268 | .255 |
| new-york-yankees | 69 | 216 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 18 | .259 | .329 | .307 |
| chicago-white-sox | 69 | 245 | 45 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 8 | .208 | .269 | .278 |
| boston-red-sox | 69 | 237 | 62 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 5 | .278 | .291 | .363 |
| detroit-tigers | 64 | 231 | 43 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 23 | .203 | .247 | .236 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 192 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 6 | .241 | .281 | .293 |
| cleveland-guardians | 54 | 203 | 49 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 13 | .268 | .325 | .311 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 29 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | .293 | .343 | .328 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 28 | 6 | – | 2 | 1 | .214 | – | – |
| 1926 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 44 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .386 | – | – |
| 1927 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 92 | 26 | – | 14 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1929 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 50 | 116 | 18 | 1 | 9 | – | .155 | – | – |
| 1930 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 93 | 321 | 82 | – | 35 | 3 | .255 | – | – |
| 1931 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 145 | 480 | 130 | 1 | 59 | – | .271 | – | – |
| 1932 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 102 | 317 | 78 | 1 | 41 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Cleveland Guardians | 75 | 227 | 46 | – | 23 | – | .203 | – | – |
| 1934 | Cleveland Guardians | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1936 |  New York Giants | 19 | 18 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .278 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 51 | 117 | 24 | – | 4 | – | .205 | – | – |
| 1938 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 45 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .267 | – | – |