Junior Spivey

**Junior Spivey**

Free Agent — No. --
Second baseman
Born: January 28, 1975 (1975-01-28) (age 33)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
June 2, 2001 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Batting average	.270
Home runs	48
Runs batted in	201
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2001-2003) Milwaukee Brewers (2004-2005) Washington Nationals (2005) St. Louis Cardinals (2006)

Ernest Lee "Junior" Spivey, Jr. (born January 28, 1975 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a second baseman, formerly in Major League Baseball, who is now a free agent. He last played in the Boston Red Sox organization. He bats and throws right-handed.

Spivey attended Cowley County College, Kansas. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 36th round of the 1996 amateur draft and played in the major leagues for the Diamondbacks from 2001 to 2003. 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 2004 and 2005, 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. On October 4, 2006 he filed for free agency from the Cardinals.

In his first four seasons, Spivey batted .277 with 41 home runs and 177 runs batted in in 380 games. He made the National League All-Star team in 2002.

Following a stint with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2007, the Boston Red Sox signed him to a minor league contract and assigned him to the Pawtucket Red Sox, their triple-A affiliate. Spivey resigned with the Red Sox in January 2008, but was released during spring training.