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b. July 30, 1947 · California Angels 1968–1973, Texas Rangers 1973–1975, Chicago White Sox 1976–1977, New York Yankees 1978–1981, Oakland Athletics 1981–1982

In 1977, for the White Sox, he drove in eight runs in a game in May and eight more in a game in July, which nobody else has done twice in one season. He hit 18 home runs that year in 128 games.

Fifteen seasons gave him 1,227 hits, 146 home runs, 599 runs batted in and a .250 average, with Gold Gloves in 1970 and 1977. He was chosen for one All-Star team, in 1973.

The Yankees signed him in 1978 and he hit 23 home runs off the bench in 1979 in 295 at bats. He died of a heart attack in 2002, at fifty-four. The 1988 ballot gave him no votes at all.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1973
Gold Glove	2	1970, 1977

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1968	CAL	19	68	2	13	1	0	0	5	3	10	0	.191
1969	CAL	113	386	39	98	14	3	10	31	26	53	1	.254
1970	CAL	146	511	61	140	20	4	12	68	28	61	0	.274
1971	CAL	148	510	50	121	21	2	18	59	48	63	0	.237
1972	CAL	82	212	13	47	5	0	1	14	12	25	0	.222
1973	CAL/TEX	131	439	45	115	16	5	6	54	43	50	0	.262
1974	TEX	118	352	36	98	11	4	7	44	22	27	1	.278
1975	TEX	132	403	50	107	18	1	11	47	35	43	0	.266
1976	CHW	150	518	53	131	13	2	14	70	49	52	6	.253
1977	CHW	128	470	56	116	16	1	18	69	36	50	1	.247
1978	NYY	71	150	12	34	9	1	7	24	15	32	0	.227
1979	NYY	106	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	38	25	0	.288
1980	NYY	97	259	38	61	9	0	13	43	30	44	1	.236
1981	NYY/OAK	79	234	20	44	8	0	4	13	19	27	1	.188
1982	OAK	33	101	6	17	3	1	2	5	3	20	0	.168
Career	—	1553	4908	541	1227	179	27	146	599	407	582	11	.250

On this day & linked events

1947

Born July 30, 1947

Hanover, PA, USA

2002

Died February 10, 2002

1968

Major-league debut: Jim Spencer

Jim Spencer made a major-league debut on September 7, 1968.

1982

Final major-league game: Jim Spencer

Jim Spencer played a final major-league game on June 20, 1982.

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