Park College Athletics

Spencer played for Parkland College from 2006 to 2008, winning a conference championship title with the Cobras in 2007. After Parkland, Patton transferred to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he played for three seasons, earning a Rawlings Collegiate Gold Glove in 2011. The Urbana-native was then drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2011 in the 24th round, making his major league debut in 2014 with the Texas Rangers and in 2016, Spencer Patton became a World Series Champion with the Chicago Cubs. Spencer continued his career in Japan pitching for the DeNA BayStars from 2017-2020, winning the Nippon Professional Baseball Championship in 2017. Patton then returned to the MLB, joining the Texas Rangers pitching staff in 2021. Currently, Spencer is a member of Unlimited Potential Incorporated and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He and his wife Jilleta Patton recently moved back to Spencer’s hometown of Farina, Illinois with their three young children.