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Junior Spivey

American baseball player (born 1975)

Summary

American baseball player (born 1975)

Field	Value
name	Junior Spivey
position	Second baseman
bats	Right
throws	Right
birth_date
birth_place	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	June 2
debutyear	2001
debutteam	Arizona Diamondbacks
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	September 27
finalyear	2005
finalteam	Washington Nationals
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Batting average
stat1value	.270
stat2label	Home runs
stat2value	48
stat3label	Runs batted in
stat3value	201

Arizona Diamondbacks (–)
Milwaukee Brewers (–)
Washington Nationals ()
All-Star (2002) Ernest Lee "Junior" Spivey Jr. (born January 28, 1975) is an American former second baseman in Major League Baseball. In his five-year major league career, Spivey batted .270 with 48 home runs and 201 runs batted in in 457 games. He made the National League All-Star team in . He batted and threw right-handed.

Career

Spivey attended Cowley County College in Arkansas City, Kansas. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks 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 in 2001, 4 games to 3, against the New York Yankees.

Spivey was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers with Craig Counsell, Lyle Overbay, Chad Moeller, Chris Capuano and Jorge de la Rosa for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance and Noochie Varner. Spivey played for the Brewers in and , until he was traded on June 10, 2005, to the Washington Nationals for pitcher Tomokazu Ohka. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals on December 23, and spent the entire season with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds. He filed for free agency from the Cardinals after the season.

Following a stint with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in , the Boston Red Sox signed Spivey to a minor league contract and assigned him to the Pawtucket Red Sox, their triple-A affiliate. Spivey re-signed with the Red Sox in January , but was released during spring training.

Spivey was signed to a minor league contract by the New York Mets on March 16, 2009. However, he was released on March 31. During the season, Spivey played for the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League and the Tucson Toros of the Golden Baseball League.

In 2010, Junior Spivey retired from baseball.

References

"Armas, Spivey out".

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