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Chris Speier

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: June 28, 1950 in Alameda, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 11th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Alameda HS (Alameda, CA) and the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Laney College (Oakland, CA).

High Schools: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA), Encinal HS (Alameda, CA)

Schools: Laney College (Oakland, CA), University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1971 (Age 20-283d, 13,097th in major league history)
vs. SDP 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1989 (Age 39-095d)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Chris Edward Speier

Nicknames: Spy

Pronunciation: \spire\

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Relatives: Father of Justin Speier

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.6

7156

1759

112

.246

770

RBI

720

OBP

.327

SLG

.349

OPS

.676

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MON	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	MON	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
3	4 (1)	Apr 15	MON	@	NYM	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
4	6 (1)	Apr 18	MON		PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
5	7	Apr 19	MON		PHI	L,4-13	CG	46	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
6	8	Apr 20	MON		PHI	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	SS
7	9	Apr 21	MON		PIT	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
8	10	Apr 22	MON		PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
9	11	Apr 23	MON		PIT	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	12	Apr 25	MON	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	49	10.1	3	4	0	7	1	SS
11	13	Apr 26	MON	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	7	1	14	2	SS
12	14	Apr 27	MON	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
13	15	Apr 29	MON	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	6	0.2	0	0	2	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	21 (5)	May 4 (2)	MON		SFG	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
15	22	May 5	MON		HOU	W,10-1	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
16	30 (7)	May 17	MON		CIN	W,9-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
17	31	May 19	MON		ATL	W,11-8	GF	22	4.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
18	35 (3)	May 24	MON	@	CIN	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
19	36	May 25	MON	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	SS
20	37	May 26	MON	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
21	38	May 27	MON	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
22	39	May 28 susp	MON	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
23	40	May 30	MON	@	STL	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
24	41	May 31	MON	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	42	Jun 1	MON	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	54	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
26	43	Jun 2	MON		CHC	W,8-7	CG	56	13.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
27	44	Jun 3	MON		CHC	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
28	45	Jun 4	MON		CHC	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
29	46	Jun 5	MON		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
30	47	Jun 6	MON		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
31	48	Jun 7	MON		STL	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
32	49	Jun 8 (1)	MON		STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
33	50	Jun 8 (2)	MON		STL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
34	51	Jun 10	MON		SDP	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	52	Jun 11	MON		SDP	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
36	58 (5)	Jun 17	MON	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	2	7	0	SS
37	59	Jun 18	MON	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
38	60	Jun 19	MON	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	42	9.1	3	4	0	7	0	SS
39	61	Jun 20	MON	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	62	Jun 21	MON	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
41	63	Jun 22	MON	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
42	64	Jun 24	MON	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
43	65	Jun 25	MON	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
44	66	Jun 26	MON	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
45	67	Jun 27	MON		PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
46	69 (1)	Jun 29	MON		PIT	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
47	70	Jun 30	MON		PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	71	Jul 1	MON		PHI	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
49	72	Jul 2	MON		PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
50	73	Jul 3	MON	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
51	74	Jul 4 (1)	MON	@	NYM	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
52	75	Jul 4 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
53	76	Jul 5	MON	@	NYM	L,5-7	GS	37	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
54	78 (1)	Jul 10	MON		STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
55	79	Jul 11	MON		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
56	80	Jul 12 (1)	MON		CHC	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
57	81	Jul 12 (2)	MON		CHC	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	4	3	2	9	1	SS
58	82	Jul 13	MON		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
59	83	Jul 15	MON	@	CIN	L,7-11	GS	34	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
60	84	Jul 16	MON	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
61	85	Jul 17	MON	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
62	87 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	MON	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
63	89 (1)	Jul 20	MON	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
64	97 (7)	Jul 28 (2)	MON		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
65	98	Jul 29	MON		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	99	Jul 30	MON		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	100	Aug 1	MON		ATL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
68	101	Aug 2	MON		ATL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
69	102	Aug 3	MON		ATL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
70	103	Aug 4 (1)	MON		NYM	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
71	104	Aug 4 (2)	MON		NYM	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
72	105	Aug 5	MON		NYM	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
73	106	Aug 6	MON		NYM	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
74	107	Aug 7	MON		NYM	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
75	109 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	MON	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
76	110	Aug 9 (2)	MON	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
77	111	Aug 10	MON	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
78	112	Aug 11	MON	@	STL	L,0-16	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	113	Aug 12	MON	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
80	114	Aug 13	MON	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
81	115	Aug 15	MON	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
82	116	Aug 16	MON	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
83	117	Aug 17 (1)	MON	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
84	118	Aug 17 (2)	MON	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
85	119	Aug 19	MON		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
86	120	Aug 20	MON		LAD	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
87	121	Aug 21	MON		LAD	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
88	122	Aug 22	MON		SDP	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
89	123	Aug 23	MON		SDP	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
90	124	Aug 24	MON		SDP	W,12-9	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
91	125	Aug 25	MON		SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
92	126	Aug 27	MON		SFG	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
93	127	Aug 29	MON	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
94	128	Aug 30	MON	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
95	129	Aug 31 (1)	MON	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
96	130	Aug 31 (2)	MON	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	131	Sep 1	MON	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
98	132	Sep 2	MON	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
99	133	Sep 3	MON	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
100	134	Sep 4	MON	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
101	135	Sep 5	MON	@	SFG	W,8-0	GS	16	5.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
102	136	Sep 6	MON	@	SFG	W,9-0	GS	16	4.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
103	137	Sep 7	MON	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
104	138	Sep 9	MON		NYM	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
105	139	Sep 10	MON		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
106	140	Sep 11	MON		CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
107	141	Sep 12	MON		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
108	142	Sep 13	MON		PIT	L,0-4	GS	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
109	143	Sep 14	MON		PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
110	144	Sep 16 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
111	145	Sep 16 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	2	10	0	12	1	SS
112	146	Sep 17	MON	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
113	147	Sep 19	MON	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	41	8.1	4	4	0	8	2	SS
114	148	Sep 20	MON	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
115	149	Sep 21	MON	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
116	150	Sep 22	MON	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
117	151	Sep 23	MON	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
118	152	Sep 24	MON	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
119	153	Sep 25	MON	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
120	154	Sep 26	MON	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
121	155	Sep 27	MON	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
122	156	Sep 28	MON	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
123	157	Sep 29	MON		STL	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	3	8	0	11	2	SS
124	158	Sep 30	MON		STL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
125	159	Oct 1	MON		STL	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
126	160	Oct 3	MON		PHI	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
127	161	Oct 4	MON		PHI	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
128	162	Oct 5	MON		PHI	W,8-7	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							128gm		1055.2	187	397	21	605	62