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Spec Shea
Francis Joseph Shea (The Naugatuck Nugget)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 19, 1947
Final Game August 27, 1955
Born October 2, 1920 in Naugatuck, CT
Died July 19, 2002 in New Haven, CT

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1947 26 NYY AL  14   5  27  23  13   3   3  1  178.7  127   63   61  10   89   89   4   0   734       0  3.07  3.56  116 1.209 MVP-14,RoY-3,AS
 1948 27 NYY AL   9  10  28  22   8   3   4  1  155.7  117   66   59  10   87   71   2   1   663       1  3.41  4.07  119 1.310
 1949 28 NYY AL   1   1  20   3   0   0  10  1   52.3   48   36   31   5   43   22   0   1   239       0  5.33  4.07   76 1.739
 1951 30 NYY AL   5   5  25  11   2   2   7  0   95.7  112   59   46  11   50   38   4   1   431       0  4.33  3.83   89 1.693
 1952 31 WSH AL  11   7  22  21  12   2   1  0  169.0  144   62   55   6   92   65   2   4   723       0  2.93  3.56  122 1.396
 1953 32 WSH AL  12   7  23  23  11   1   0  0  164.7  151   82   72  11   75   38   4   3   706       1  3.94  3.92   99 1.372
 1954 33 WSH AL   2   9  23  11   1   0   9  0   71.3   97   54   49   9   34   22   2   3   334       0  6.18  3.57   58 1.836
 1955 34 WSH AL   2   2  27   4   1   1  16  2   56.3   53   31   25   4   27   16   1   2   246   0   0  3.99  3.96   99 1.420
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .549  56  46 195 118  48  12  50  5  943.7  849  453  398  66  497  361  19  15  4076   0   2  3.80  3.79  100 1.426
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  42  25  10   2  10  1  205.0  184   98   86  14  107   78   4   3   885   0   0  3.80  3.79  100 1.426
 Career High     14  10  28  23  13   3  16  2  178.7  151   82   72  11   92   89   4   4   734   0   1  2.93  4.07  122 1.209

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 26 NYY AL  27   56    8   11   2  1   0    1   0  0   5   9  .196  .262  .268   48   15   8           0   1 MVP-14,RoY-3,AS
 1948 27 NYY AL  28   47    4    7   0  2   0    4   0  0   6  11  .149  .259  .234   32   11   5           1   1
 1949 28 NYY AL  20   12    1    3   0  0   0    4   0  0   2   2  .250  .357  .250   62    3   0           0   0
 1951 30 NYY AL  25   28    5    6   0  0   1    5   0  0   2   7  .214  .267  .321   61    9   1           0   0
 1952 31 WSH AL  22   63    6   15   2  0   0   10   0  0   2  16  .238  .262  .270   50   17   1           0   2
 1953 32 WSH AL  23   62    2   11   1  1   0    6   0  0   2   9  .177  .203  .226   17   14   4           0   3
 1954 33 WSH AL  23   20    2    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .050  .050  .100  -59    2   0   0       0   0
 1955 34 WSH AL  27   10    1    4   2  0   0    2   0  0   0   3  .400  .400  .600  170    6   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      195  298   29   58   8  4   1   33   0  0  19  63  .195  .245  .258   39   77  19   0   0   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        248   24   48   7  3   1   27   0  0  16  52  .195  .245  .258   39   64  16   0   0   1   6
 Career High     28   63    8   15   2  2   1   10   0  0   6  16                          17   8   0   0   1   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 26 NYY AL   69   54    4   2.0    96| .196  .261| .262  .341| .268  .376| .530  .717|  48  .204  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 1948 27 NYY AL   59   46    3   1.7   105| .149  .272| .259  .357| .234  .393| .493  .749|  32  .144  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1949 28 NYY AL   14    9    1   3.0   107| .250  .271| .357  .363| .250  .393| .607  .756|  62  .310  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1951 30 NYY AL   31   23    2   2.3    99| .214  .263| .267  .343| .321  .385| .588  .728|  61  .231  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1952 31 WSH AL   66   51    4   2.1    94| .238  .257| .262  .336| .270  .375| .532  .710|  50  .226  -4.4  -0.5   0%
 1953 32 WSH AL   68   58    3   1.4   101| .177  .267| .203  .343| .226  .393| .429  .736|  17  .106  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1954 33 WSH AL   20   19    0   0.0    95| .050  .259| .050  .334| .100  .379| .150  .713| -59  .000  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1955 34 WSH AL   10    6    2   8.9   100| .400  .263| .400  .342| .600  .391|1.000  .733| 170  .772   1.0   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       337  266   19   1.9    99| .195  .264| .245  .344| .258  .384| .503  .728|  39  .180 -26.5  -2.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1947 26 NYY AL   P   27      9   14    0    0 1.000  .954  0.85  0.95  1.16  1.92   23  178.7 AS
 1948 27 NYY AL   P   28      4   17    1    0  .955  .963  0.75  0.91  1.21  2.02   22  155.7
 1949 28 NYY AL   P   20      2    9    1    1  .917  .965  0.55  1.01  1.89  2.12    3   52.3
 1951 30 NYY AL   P   25      7   14    1    3  .955  .955  0.84  0.99  1.97  2.07   11   95.7
 1952 31 WSH AL   P   22     14   23    0    1 1.000  .966  1.68  1.03  1.97  2.10   21  169.0
 1953 32 WSH AL   P   23      5   24    0    2 1.000  .957  1.26  0.88  1.58  1.95   23  164.7
 1954 33 WSH AL   P   23      5   17    1    1  .957  .961  0.96  0.93  2.78  2.01   11   71.3
 1955 34 WSH AL   P   27      3    7    2    0  .833  .952  0.37  0.83  1.60  1.98    4   56.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1947 26 NYY AL   P   27      9   14    0    0 1.000  .954  0.85  0.95  1.16  1.92   23  178.7
 1948 27 NYY AL   P   28      4   17    1    0  .955  .963  0.75  0.91  1.21  2.02   22  155.7
 1949 28 NYY AL   P   20      2    9    1    1  .917  .965  0.55  1.01  1.89  2.12    3   52.3
 1951 30 NYY AL   P   25      7   14    1    3  .955  .955  0.84  0.99  1.97  2.07   11   95.7
 1952 31 WSH AL   P   22     14   23    0    1 1.000  .966  1.68  1.03  1.97  2.10   21  169.0
 1953 32 WSH AL   P   23      5   24    0    2 1.000  .957  1.26  0.88  1.58  1.95   23  164.7
 1954 33 WSH AL   P   23      5   17    1    1  .957  .961  0.96  0.93  2.78  2.01   11   71.3
 1955 34 WSH AL   P   27      3    7    2    0  .833  .952  0.37  0.83  1.60  1.98    4   56.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 195     49  125    6    8  .967  .960  0.89  0.94  1.66  2.01  118  943.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       195     49  125    6    8  .967  .960  0.89  0.94  1.66  2.01  118    944

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   3   3   2.35  2  0  0  1  15.1  10   4   8  10 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   3   5   0   2  1  0  0   1   0   2  .400  .400  .600   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1947   NYY AL      1  0  0   3     3   1   1   2   2  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1947   NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1947 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-AL-14-0.07
Car-993-0.07 shares

ERA
1947 AL-3.07-8
1948 AL-3.41-6

Wins
1947 AL-14-9

Won-Loss %
1947 AL-.737-1
1952 AL-.611-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1947 AL-1.209-3
1948 AL-1.310-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1947 AL-6.40-1
1948 AL-6.76-1
1952 AL-7.67-8
1953 AL-8.25-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1947 AL-4.48-9
1948 AL-4.10-10

Comp. Games
1953 AL-11-10

Shutouts
1947 AL-3-5
1948 AL-3-5
1951 AL-2-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1947 AL-89-10
1952 AL-92-7

Hit Batsmen
1947 AL-4-5

Adjusted ERA+
1948 AL-119-10
1952 AL-122-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (324) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 31 (749) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (667) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1940 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
May 3, 1952: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jackie Jensen, Jerry Snyder, and Archie Wilson to the Washington Senators for Irv Noren and Tom Upton.
January 19, 1956: Released by the Washington Senators.
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Uniforms
View Spec Shea's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1947 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1947-AL-14-0.07 Car-993-0.07 shares	ERA 1947 AL-3.07-8 1948 AL-3.41-6	Wins 1947 AL-14-9	Won-Loss % 1947 AL-.737-1 1952 AL-.611-9	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1947 AL-1.209-3 1948 AL-1.310-8
Hits Allowed/9IP 1947 AL-6.40-1 1948 AL-6.76-1 1952 AL-7.67-8 1953 AL-8.25-8	Strikeouts/9IP 1947 AL-4.48-9 1948 AL-4.10-10	Comp. Games 1953 AL-11-10	Shutouts 1947 AL-3-5 1948 AL-3-5 1951 AL-2-10	Bases On Balls Allow. 1947 AL-89-10 1952 AL-92-7	Hit Batsmen 1947 AL-4-5
Adjusted ERA+ 1948 AL-119-10 1952 AL-122-9