Vern Spencer

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{for|the country music singer and actor|Vernon "Tim" Spencer}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Vern Spencer

|position=Left fielder

|image =

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|2|4}}

|birth_place=Wixom, Michigan

|death_date={{death date and age|1971|6|3|1894|2|4}}

|death_place=Wixom, Michigan

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 4

|debutyear=1920

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1920

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.200

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=19

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1920}})

}}

Vernon Murray Spencer (February 4, 1894 – June 3, 1971) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Spencer played for the New York Giants in the {{baseball year|1920}} season. In 45 career games, he had 28 hits in 140 at-bats. He batted left and threw right-handed.

He was tried for murder in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada in 1938 and was acquitted.{{cite web |url=https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/remembering-a-1938-trial-more-about-morals-than-murder-part-two-5897870 |title=Remembering a 1938 trial more about morals than murder, part two |website=sootoday.com |date=2 October 2022 |access-date=2022-10-03}}

Spencer was born and died in Wixom, Michigan.