Joe Spencer (baseball)

Joseph B. Spencer Jr. (August 4, 1919 – May 17, 2003), nicknamed "J.B.", was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1940s.

Joe Spencer
Second baseman
Born: (1919-08-04)August 4, 1919
Gretna, Louisiana
Died: May 17, 2003(2003-05-17) (aged 83)
Gretna, Louisiana
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1942, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
1948, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams

A native of Gretna, Louisiana, Spencer attended Xavier College in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] He made his Negro leagues debut in 1942 with the Birmingham Black Barons, and played for the Homestead Grays during their Negro World Series championship 1943 and 1944 seasons.[2] In 1946, he played for the Seattle Steelheads of the short-lived West Coast Negro Baseball Association,[3] and finished his Negro league career with the New York Black Yankees in 1947 and 1948.

Following his Negro league career, he spent five seasons in minor league baseball, including the 1951 season when he played for the Elmwood Giants of the Mandak League.[4] Spencer died in Gretna in 2003 at age 83.

References
  1. "Joe Spencer". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. "Former Negro League Player Spencer Dies". michigansthumb.com. May 21, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  3. "Baseball continues losing important piece of Negro Leagues history". seattletimes.com. May 25, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. "Joe Spencer". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.


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