Ernest Lee "Junior" Spivey Jr. (born January 28, 1975) is a former
second baseman in
Major League Baseball
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. In his five-year major league career, Spivey
batted .270 with 48
home run
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s and 201
runs batted in
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in 457
games
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. He made the
National League All-Star team in . He batted and threw
right-handed
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.
Career
Spivey attended
Cowley County College in
Arkansas City, Kansas
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. He was selected by the
Arizona Diamondbacks
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in the 36th round of the amateur draft and played in the major leagues for the Diamondbacks from to . He was a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks team when they won the
World Series
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in 2001, 4 games to 3, against the
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...
.
Spivey was traded to the
Milwaukee Brewers
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with
Craig Counsell
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,
Lyle Overbay
Lyle Stefan Overbay (born January 28, 1977) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees ...
,
Chad Moeller
Chad Edward Moeller OE-ler(born February 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 through 2010 for the Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinna ...
,
Chris Capuano
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and
Jorge de la Rosa
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for
Richie Sexson
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,
Shane Nance
Joseph Shane Nance (born September 7, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of three seasons in the majors, from to with the Milwaukee Brewers and in with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
College career
Nance attende ...
and Noochie Varner. Spivey played for the Brewers in and , until he was traded on June 10, 2005, to the
Washington Nationals
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for
pitcher
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Tomokazu Ohka
(born March 18, 1976) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox (–), Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals (2001–), Milwaukee Brewers (2005–), Toronto Blue Jays (), Cleveland Indians ...
. He signed with the
St. Louis Cardinals
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on December 23, and spent the entire season with the
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds
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. He filed for free agency from the Cardinals after the season.
Following a stint with the
Bridgeport Bluefish
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of the independent
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
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in , the
Boston Red Sox
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signed Spivey to a minor league contract and assigned him to the
Pawtucket Red Sox
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, their triple-A affiliate. Spivey re-signed with the Red Sox in January , but was released during
spring training
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.
Spivey was signed to a minor league contract by the
New York Mets
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on March 16, 2009. However, he was released on March 31.
During the season, Spivey played for the
Camden Riversharks
The Camden Riversharks were an American professional baseball team based in Camden, New Jersey, from 2001 to 2015. They were a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which was not at that time affiliat ...
of the Atlantic League and the
Tucson Toros
The Tucson Toros were a professional baseball team based in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.
The original Toros were a Triple-A minor league baseball team in the Pacific Coast League from 1969 to 1997, where they won the PCL Championship in ...
of the
Golden Baseball League
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The GBL was not affiliated with Major League Baseball or the orga ...
.
In 2010, Junior Spivey retired from baseball.
References
External links
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Profileat The Baseball Cube
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1975 births
Living people
Arizona Diamondbacks players
Milwaukee Brewers players
Washington Nationals players
African-American baseball players
Baseball players from Oklahoma
Cowley Tigers baseball players
Major League Baseball second basemen
National League All-Stars
Sportspeople from Oklahoma City
Arizona League Diamondbacks players
Lethbridge Black Diamonds players
High Desert Mavericks players
Tulsa Drillers players
El Paso Diablos players
Tucson Sidewinders players
Memphis Redbirds players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
Bridgeport Bluefish players
Camden Riversharks players
Tucson Toros players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople