George Spencer (baseball) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids George Spencer |
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| Pitcher | |||
| Born: July 7, 1926 Bexley, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Died: September 10, 2014 (aged 88) Galena, Ohio, U.S. |
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| debut | |||
| August 17, 1950, for the New York Giants | |||
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| September 26, 1960, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 16–10 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.05 | ||
| Strikeouts | 82 | ||
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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. Spencer stood 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
A graduate of Bexley High School and Ohio State University, where he played quarterback on the OSU varsity football team, 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 131⁄2-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.
