Tubby Spencer
1905–1918 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns
450G
.225AVG
.281OBP
.279SLG
More career statistics
298H
3HR
133RBI
13SB
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 · Games | 450 | 447 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,326 | 1,319 |
| Batting · Doubles | 43 | 44 |
| Batting · Hits | 298 | 299 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 46 | 102 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,457 | 1,452 |
| Batting · Runs | 106 | 107 |
| Batting · RBI | 133 | 106 |
| Batting · Triples | 10 | 11 |
| Batting · Walks | 87 | 88 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 450 | 1,457 | 1,326 | 106 | 298 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 133 | 87 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 370 | .225 | .281 | .279 | .560 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1908-05-29 to 1908-06-08
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1916-09-08 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1907-09-27 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 5 | 6 total bases | 1911-08-14 | 1 in 43 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 209 | 649 | 126 | 1 | 47 | 44 | 33 | .217 | .262 | .269 |
| Away | 238 | 803 | 173 | 2 | 59 | 44 | 69 | .234 | .270 | .295 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 121 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | .189 | .215 | .261 |
| May | 82 | 261 | 51 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 16 | .212 | .241 | .270 |
| June | 68 | 193 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 12 | .233 | .285 | .273 |
| July | 61 | 195 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 13 | .198 | .241 | .232 |
| August | 104 | 352 | 77 | 2 | 34 | 28 | 39 | .243 | .298 | .312 |
| September | 75 | 263 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 8 | .258 | .289 | .335 |
| October | 18 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .215 | .224 | .215 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 68 | 242 | 47 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 13 | .222 | .298 | .255 |
| new-york-yankees | 66 | 209 | 49 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 19 | .258 | .297 | .321 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 66 | 214 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 15 | .246 | .280 | .303 |
| cleveland-guardians | 63 | 213 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 11 | .230 | .254 | .296 |
| boston-red-sox | 57 | 176 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | .153 | .176 | .215 |
| chicago-white-sox | 53 | 160 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | .176 | .194 | .223 |
| detroit-tigers | 38 | 132 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | .250 | .280 | .282 |
| st-louis-browns | 25 | 71 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | .390 | .451 | .508 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  St. Louis Browns | 34 | 111 | 27 | – | 10 | 2 | .243 | – | – |
| 1906 | St. Louis Browns | 57 | 188 | 33 | – | 6 | 4 | .176 | – | – |
| 1907 | St. Louis Browns | 70 | 227 | 61 | 1 | 16 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1908 | St. Louis Browns | 91 | 286 | 61 | – | 23 | 1 | .213 | – | – |
| 1909 |  Boston Red Sox | 29 | 74 | 12 | – | 7 | 2 | .162 | – | – |
| 1911 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 11 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 4 | – | .156 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Detroit Tigers | 19 | 54 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .370 | – | – |
| 1917 | Detroit Tigers | 70 | 192 | 46 | – | 22 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1918 | Detroit Tigers | 66 | 155 | 34 | – | 9 | 1 | .219 | – | – |