Shane Spencer

52-Year-Old OutfielderOF
 Free Agent  
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League for 2006.
OFFree Agent  
January 12, 2008
Spencer was introduced on Friday as the hitting instructor for High-A Lake Elsinore, a San Diego affiliate, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Not that you were planning to draft him this year, but this indicates that the 35-year-old's playing career is finished after seven major league seasons and two in Japan.
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Spencer found himself in the news more for fighting and drinking than for hitting in 2004. That's not a good sign. He's set to play 2005 in Japan.
Spencer has value as a lefty-mashing reserve outfielder in real life. Anything more than that and he'll be overexposed against right-handed pitching and suffer as a result. In the right situation, he makes a decent $1 roster filler in deep leagues. He's free to sign anywhere he wants after refusing an assignment to Triple-A by the Rangers.
Spencer projects as a fourth or fifth outfielder with a little bit of pop, below-average on-base skills and no speed. If he gets another 280 at-bats as he has the last few seasons, he'll be a fringe roto player in AL leagues, but even that is not guaranteed at this point.
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OFFree Agent  
January 25, 2006
Spencer has re-signed with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League for 2006, the Japan Times reports.
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OFFree Agent  
December 24, 2004
Spencer has signed a one-year contract with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League, the Japan Times reports.
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OFNew York Yankees  
August 16, 2004
Spencer signed a minor league contract with the Yankees on Monday, the Associated Press reports.
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OFFree Agent  
August 7, 2004
The Mets released Spencer on Friday, the Associated Press reports.
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OFNew York Mets  
July 31, 2004
Spencer was designated for assignment in order to make room on the 40-man roster for Gerald Williams, the Mets' team site reports.
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