Junior Spivey

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* Milwaukee Brewers (by|2004-by|2005)
* Washington Nationals (by|2005)
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* All-Star selection (2002)

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 by|1996 amateur draft and played in the major leagues for the Diamondbacks from by|2001 to by|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 by|2004 and by|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, by|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 by|2002.

Following a stint with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in by|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 by|2008, but was released during spring training.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=s/spiveju01
* [http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=150160 Minor league splits and situational stats]