Baseball player
| Vern Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Left fielder | |
| Born: (1894-02-04)February 4, 1894 Wixom, Michigan | |
| Died: June 3, 1971(1971-06-03) (aged 77) Wixom, Michigan | |
| Batted: LeftThrew: 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 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| 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 in 1938 and was acquitted.
Spencer was born and died in Wixom, Michigan.
References
- "Remembering a 1938 trial more about morals than murder, part two". sootoday.com. October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
.jpg){kind=small}   | This biographical article relating to an American baseball outfielder born in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1894 births
- 1971 deaths
- New York Giants (baseball) players
- Baseball players from Oakland County, Michigan
- Pontiac Indians players
- Mt. Clemens Bathers players
- American 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
- Lansing Senators players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball outfielder, 1890s birth stubs