Stan Spence
1940–1949 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,112G
.282AVG
.369OBP
.437SLG
More career statistics
1,090H
95HR
575RBI
21SB
6Rare feats
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 · Doubles | 196 | 197 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 248 | 249 |
| Batting · Runs | 541 | 540 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 21 | 22 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,112 | 4,446 | 3,871 | 541 | 1,090 | 196 | 60 | 95 | 575 | 520 | 248 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1,691 | .282 | .369 | .437 | .806 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1942-07-17 to 1942-07-31
47longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Six for Six | 1944-06-01 | 1 in 2,457 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1944-06-01 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1944-07-08 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 554 | 2139 | 527 | 30 | 265 | 272 | 109 | .287 | .374 | .425 |
| Away | 558 | 2307 | 563 | 65 | 310 | 248 | 140 | .277 | .352 | .448 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 77 | 321 | 73 | 5 | 46 | 39 | 16 | .262 | .349 | .409 |
| May | 194 | 812 | 194 | 18 | 100 | 102 | 38 | .278 | .365 | .428 |
| June | 193 | 800 | 197 | 19 | 103 | 78 | 38 | .275 | .344 | .416 |
| July | 238 | 921 | 196 | 10 | 108 | 115 | 55 | .247 | .338 | .372 |
| August | 229 | 879 | 222 | 20 | 112 | 106 | 54 | .293 | .373 | .460 |
| September | 173 | 682 | 199 | 22 | 102 | 72 | 44 | .328 | .397 | .534 |
| October | 8 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | .409 | .548 | .636 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 165 | 635 | 165 | 20 | 95 | 85 | 48 | .302 | .394 | .477 |
| new-york-yankees | 163 | 637 | 136 | 18 | 79 | 101 | 41 | .256 | .372 | .415 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 161 | 660 | 163 | 14 | 98 | 69 | 35 | .280 | .352 | .462 |
| cleveland-guardians | 157 | 646 | 141 | 15 | 81 | 73 | 41 | .252 | .331 | .408 |
| st-louis-browns | 145 | 605 | 183 | 15 | 96 | 55 | 27 | .336 | .393 | .518 |
| chicago-white-sox | 144 | 555 | 129 | 2 | 46 | 52 | 27 | .262 | .326 | .337 |
| boston-red-sox | 125 | 535 | 143 | 6 | 67 | 61 | 15 | .306 | .381 | .453 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 52 | 173 | 30 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 15 | .205 | .312 | .363 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  Boston Red Sox | 51 | 68 | 19 | 2 | 13 | – | .279 | – | – |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox | 86 | 203 | 47 | 2 | 28 | 1 | .232 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 149 | 629 | 203 | 4 | 79 | 5 | .323 | – | – |
| 1943 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 149 | 570 | 152 | 12 | 88 | 9 | .267 | – | – |
| 1944 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 153 | 592 | 187 | 18 | 100 | 3 | .316 | – | – |
| 1946 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 152 | 578 | 169 | 16 | 87 | 1 | .292 | – | – |
| 1947 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 147 | 506 | 141 | 16 | 73 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 114 | 391 | 92 | 12 | 61 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 111 | 334 | 80 | 13 | 46 | 1 | .240 | – | – |