Bob Spence

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1946)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Spence

|position=First baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|2|10|mf=y}}

|birth_place=San Diego, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 5

|debutyear={{mlby|1969}}

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 6

|finalyear={{mlby|1971}}

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.202

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=19

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox (1969–1971)

}}

John Robert (Bob) Spence (born February 10, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball player. Spence played for the Chicago White Sox from {{mlby|1969}} to {{mlby|1971}}. He batted left and threw right-handed.{{cite web |title=Bob Spence |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spencbo01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 23, 2022}}

He was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (4th overall pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.

He attended St. Augustine High School in San Diego, California and graduated in 1964. Following his retirement from baseball, he returned to St. Augustine as a teacher.