Career
A right-hander, he was primarily a relief pitcher for the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers. Spencer stood 6 feet 1 inch (185 m) tall and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg). The Giants would famously overcome a 13½-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.
