George Spencer (baseball)

George Spencer

Pitcher

Born: July 7, 1926
Bexley, Ohio

Died: September 10, 2014 (aged 88)
Columbus, Ohio

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

August 17, 1950, for the New York Giants

Last MLB appearance

September 26, 1960, for the Detroit Tigers

MLB statistics

16–10

4.05

251⅓

Teams

Career highlights and awards

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.^[1] Spencer stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg).

A graduate of Bexley High School and The Ohio State University, where he played quarterback on the OSU varsity football team,^[2]^[3] 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 13½-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.

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