Junior Spivey

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Junior Spivey
Second baseman
Born: (1975-01-28) January 28, 1975 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 2, 2001 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 2005 for the Washington Nationals
Career statistics
Batting average	.270
Home runs	48
Runs batted in	201
Hits	419
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2001–2003) Milwaukee Brewers (2004–2005) Washington Nationals (2005)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (2002) World Series champion (2001)

Ernest Lee "Junior" Spivey, Jr. (born January 28, 1975 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was a 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 2002. He batted and threw right-handed.

Career

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. 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 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, and spent the entire 2006 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 2007, 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 2008, 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.^[1] During the 2009 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.

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

v t e Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 World Series Champions

4 Craig Counsell 5 Tony Womack 9 Matt Williams 12 Steve Finley 13 Midre Cummings 16 Reggie Sanders 17 Mark Grace 20 Luis Gonzalez 22 Greg Swindell 25 David Dellucci 26 Damian Miller 28 Greg Colbrunn 29 Danny Bautista 32 Albie Lopez 33 Jay Bell 34 Brian Anderson 36 Mike Morgan 37 Junior Spivey 38 Curt Schilling (World Series MVP) 40 Bobby Witt 43 Miguel Batista 44 Erubiel Durazo 48 Rod Barajas 49 Byung-Hyun Kim 51 Randy Johnson (World Series MVP) 54 Troy Brohawn 61 Lyle Overbay Manager 15 Bob Brenly Coaches Bench Bob Melvin Dwayne Murphy Third-Base Eddie Rodriguez Glenn Sherlock Chris Speier Pitching Bob Welch

Regular season National League Division Series National League Championship Series

Persondata
Name	Spivey, Junior
Alternative names	Spivey, Ernest Lee
Short description	Former professional baseball player
Date of birth	January 28, 1975
Place of birth	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Date of death
Place of death

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