James Lloyd Spencer was a Major League Baseball first baseman.
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12 Facts About Jim Spencer
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Jim Spencer was drafted by the California Angels in the first round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft upon graduation from Andover High School in Linthicum, Maryland.
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Jim Spencer was dealt along with Lloyd Allen from the Angels to the Texas Rangers for Mike Epstein, Rich Hand and Rick Stelmaszek on May 20,1973.
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Jim Spencer had one at-bat in the game, and flew out to left field.
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Jim Spencer regained the first base job in 1975 with Hargrove shifting to left field.
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Jim Spencer was traded twice in as many days at the 1975 Winter Meetings.
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On May 14,1977, Jim Spencer enjoyed a two home run, eight RBI game against the Cleveland Indians.
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Jim Spencer reached the post-season for the first time in his career in 1978.
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Jim Spencer did not appear in the 1978 American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals; however, he appeared in four of the six games of the World Series, and had two hits in twelve at-bats.
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On February 10,2002, Jim Spencer died of a heart attack in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 54.
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The night before his death, Jim Spencer played first base in a charity baseball game benefiting the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.
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Jim Spencer was buried at the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery in Taneytown, Maryland.
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