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Spec Shea Stats

Spec Shea was born on Saturday, October 2, 1920, in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Shea was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1947, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Spec Shea baseball stats page.

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Spec Shea

Spec Shea Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#164)

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Birth Name:	Francis Joseph Shea
Nickname:	Frank or Spec or The Naugatuck Nugget
Born On:	10-02-1920
Born In:	Naugatuck, Connecticut
Zodiac:	Libra
Died On:	07-19-2002
Died In:	New Haven, Connecticut
Cemetery:	St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck, Connecticut

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00
Weight:	195
First Game:	04-19-1947 (Age 26)
Last Game:	08-27-1955
Draft:	Not Applicable

Spec Shea Spec Shea Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1947	Yankees	27	23	3	14	5	.737	3.07	13	3	1	178.2	734	127	61	63	10	89	-	89	0	4	0	-
1948	Yankees	28	22	4	9	10	.474	3.41	8	3	1	155.2	663	117	59	66	10	87	-	71	1	2	1	-
1949	Yankees	20	3	10	1	1	.500	5.33	0	0	1	52.1	239	48	31	36	5	43	-	22	1	0	0	-
1951	Yankees	25	11	7	5	5	.500	4.33	2	2	0	95.2	431	112	46	59	11	50	-	38	1	4	0	-
1952	Senators	22	21	1	11	7	.611	2.93	12	2	0	169.0	723	144	55	62	6	92	-	65	4	2	0	-
1953	Senators	23	23	0	12	7	.632	3.94	11	1	0	164.2	706	151	72	82	11	75	-	38	3	4	1	-
1954	Senators	23	11	9	2	9	.182	6.18	1	0	0	71.1	334	97	49	54	9	34	0	22	3	2	0	-
1955	Senators	27	4	16	2	2	.500	3.99	1	1	2	56.1	246	53	25	31	4	27	0	16	2	1	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
8 Years		195	118	50	56	46	.549	3.80	48	12	5	943.2	4,076	849	398	453	66	497	0	361	15	19	2	-

Spec Shea Spec Shea Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1947	Yankees	27	56	8	11	2	1	0	0	1	5	-	9	8	-	0	1	.196	.262	.268
1948	Yankees	28	47	4	7	0	2	0	0	4	6	-	11	5	-	1	1	.149	.259	.234
1949	Yankees	20	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	-	2	0	-	0	0	.250	.357	.250
1951	Yankees	25	28	5	6	0	0	1	0	5	2	-	7	1	-	0	0	.214	.267	.321
1952	Senators	22	63	6	15	2	0	0	0	10	2	-	16	1	-	0	2	.238	.262	.270
1953	Senators	23	62	2	11	1	1	0	0	6	2	-	9	4	-	0	3	.177	.203	.226
1954	Senators	23	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	6	0	0	0	0	.050	.050	.100
1955	Senators	27	10	1	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
8 Years		195	298	29	58	8	4	1	0	33	19	0	63	19	0	1	7	.195	.245	.258

Spec Shea Spec Shea Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1947 Yankees	P	27	23	536	23	0.9	23	9	14	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.16	-
1948 Yankees	P	28	22	467	22	0.8	21	4	17	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	1.21	-
1949 Yankees	P	20	3	157	12	0.6	11	2	9	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	1.89	-
1951 Yankees	P	25	11	287	22	0.9	21	7	14	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	1.98	-
1952 Senators	P	22	21	507	37	1.7	37	14	23	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.97	-
1953 Senators	P	23	23	494	29	1.3	29	5	24	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.59	-
1954 Senators	P	23	11	214	23	1.0	22	5	17	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	2.78	-
1955 Senators	P	27	4	169	12	0.4	10	3	7	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	1.60	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		195	118	2,831	180	0.9	174	49	125	6	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	1.66	--
8 Years		195	118	2,831	180	0.9	174	49	125	6	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	1.66	--

Spec Shea Spec Shea Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1947 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.2	56.0	1.00	4.48	4.48
1948 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.3	11.8	0.82	4.10	5.03
1949 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.51	3.78	7.39
1951 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	28.0	4.0	5.6	0.76	3.57	4.70
1952 Senators	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.9	6.3	0.71	3.46	4.90
1953 Senators	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.9	10.3	0.51	2.08	4.10
1954 Senators	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.3	20.0	0.65	2.78	4.29
1955 Senators	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.3	5.0	0.59	2.56	4.31
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
8 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	298.0	4.7	9.0	0.73	3.44	4.74

Spec Shea Spec Shea Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1947 New York Yankees	20	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1948 New York Yankees	20	Undetermined	-	-
1949 New York Yankees	20	Undetermined	-	-
1951 New York Yankees	19	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Washington Senators	17	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Washington Senators	17	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Washington Senators	17	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Washington Senators	17	Undetermined	-	-
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