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Don Newcombe League
4-8-2162
Joe Spehr Second Base
Retired (1959, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .323 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .963 Status Deceased (1996) Option Years 0  
H 1688 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 07-02-1921
HR 297 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(66 games)
RBI 1067
SB 124
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt B- Control D    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 4
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 8
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 PHI
144
575
137
203
27
7
40
109
75
 81 2 2
18
 7 5
1.061
.428
.633
.280
.353
1951 PHI-WAS
144
574
115
208
37
10
38
126
70
 77 1 5
13
 10 7
1.090
.429
.660
.298
.362
1951 PHI
19
75
13
23
4
1
1
7
11
 18 0 1
3
 3 2
.817
.391
.427
.120
.307
1951 WAS
125
499
102
185
33
9
37
119
59
 59 1 4
10
 7 5
1.131
.435
.695
.325
.371
1952 WAS
145
571
126
185
31
10
39
139
65
 92 4 2
10
 3 8
1.014
.396
.618
.294
.324
1953 WAS
144
556
132
190
36
8
32
115
61
 59 2 1
17
 2 10
1.016
.408
.608
.266
.342
1954 WAS
144
577
121
198
31
8
36
137
67
 93 3 3
16
 5 6
1.024
.412
.612
.269
.343
1955 WAS
144
549
103
175
40
5
28
110
67
 73 0 8
15
 4 11
.951
.388
.563
.244
.319
1956 WAS
144
561
91
149
14
10
27
113
63
 109 2 7
11
 4 2
.809
.338
.471
.205
.266
1957 WAS
130
514
84
169
23
5
28
102
42
 59 1 10
13
 12 5
.930
.374
.556
.228
.329
1958 WAS
142
520
91
147
26
2
23
88
73
 98 4 2
9
 2 6
.847
.374
.473
.190
.283
1959 WAS
129
231
38
64
12
0
6
28
21
 37 0 2
2
 3 2
.742
.335
.407
.130
.277
Total
1410
5228
1038
1688
277
65
297
1067
604
 778 19 42
124
 52 62
.963
.392
.571
.248
.323
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Joe Spehr has retired from the Washington Generals
1959-10-01Joe Spehr of the Washington Generals is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1957-07-14Joe Spehr of the Washington Generals is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1951-04-25A trade has been completed between the Washington Generals and the Philadelphia Pythians. The Philadelphia Pythians receive Wally Turner, Jim Schofield, Draft Pick - 1952 Round 3 (WAS) from the Washington Generals in exchange for Joe Spehr, Ed Arrojo.