Tubby Spencer

{{Short description|American baseball player (1884–1945)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tubby Spencer

|image=Tubby Spencer.jpg

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1884|1|26}}

|birth_place=Oil City, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1945|2|1|1884|1|26}}

|death_place=San Francisco, California, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 23

|debutyear=1905

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 1

|finalyear=1918

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.225

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=133

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1905}}–{{mlby|1908}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1909}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1911}})
• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1916}}–{{mlby|1918}})

}}

Edward Russell "Tubby" Spencer (January 26, 1884 – February 1, 1945) was an American catcher for the St. Louis Browns (1905–08), Boston Red Sox (1909), Philadelphia Phillies (1911), and Detroit Tigers (1916–18).

He led the American League in being hit by pitches (9) in 1917. In nine seasons he played in 449 games and had 1,326 at bats, 106 runs, 298 hits, 43 doubles, 10 triples, 3 home runs, 133 RBI, 13 stolen bases, 87 walks, .225 batting average, .281 on-base percentage, .279 slugging percentage, 370 total bases, and 27 sacrifice hits.

He died in San Francisco, California at the age of 61.