Vern Spencer
Appearance
Vern Spencer | |
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Left fielder | |
Born: Wixom, Michigan | February 4, 1894|
Died: June 3, 1971 Wixom, Michigan | (aged 77)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 4, 1920, for the New York Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 1, 1920, for the New York Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .200 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 19 |
Teams | |
Vernon Murray Spencer (February 4, 1894 – June 3, 1971) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Spencer played for the New York Giants in the 1920 season. In 45 career games, he had 28 hits in 140 at-bats. He batted left and threw right-handed.
He was tried for murder in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada and was acquitted.[1]
Spencer was born and died in Wixom, Michigan.
References
- ^ "Remembering a 1938 trial more about morals than murder, part two". sootoday.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1971 deaths
- New York Giants (NL) players
- Baseball players from Oakland County, Michigan
- Pontiac Indians players
- Mt. Clemens Bathers players
- People acquitted of murder
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Denver Bears players
- Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
- Reading Marines players
- Springfield Reapers players
- Terre Haute Highlanders players
- Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- American baseball outfielder, 1890s birth stubs