George_Spencer_(baseball)

George Spencer (baseball)

George Spencer (baseball)

American baseball player (1926-2014)

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 0 inches (1.83 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).

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A graduate of Bexley High School and 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 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.

References

  1. [1]
    "George Spencer Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Lost Lettermen.com". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  3. [3]
    Park, Jack, The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia, page 221


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