Tris Speaker

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: April 4, 1888 in Hubbard, TX us

Died: December 8, 1958 in Lake Whitney, TX

Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hubbard, TX

High School: Hubbard HS (Hubbard, TX)

School: Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: September 12, 1907 (Age 19-161d, 2,971st in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 30, 1928 (Age 40-148d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1937. (Voted by BBWAA on 165/201 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Tris Speaker's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Tristram Edgar Speaker

Nicknames: The Grey Eagle

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Uncle of Tex Jeanes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

134.9

10195

3514

117

.345

1882

RBI

1531

436

OBP

.428

SLG

.500

OPS

.928

OPS+

158

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

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
4	4	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 3	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	23	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	29	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 23	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-13	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	35	May 30	CLE		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	May 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	37	May 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 2	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 4	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 5	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	45	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
50	50	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,0-14	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
56	56	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 23	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	58	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	61	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	64	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	67	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
71	71	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	73	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
77	77	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	83	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
84	84	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	7	0	0	7	0
86	86	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	87	Jul 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
88	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	36	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	89	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
90	90	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	91	Jul 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	92	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	93	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-19	GS	39	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	94	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	95	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	96	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	97	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	100	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	101	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-11	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	103	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,9-1	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	104	Aug 8	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	105	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	106	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
107	107	Aug 12	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	109	Aug 14	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	110	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	111	Aug 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	117 (5)	Aug 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4		12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	119 (1)	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	121	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	122	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	123	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	124	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	125	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	126	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	127	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
122	128	Sep 5	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
123	129	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	130	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
125	131	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	132	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
127	133	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
128	134	Sep 12	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	135	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	136	Sep 14	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	137	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	W,14-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
132	138	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	139	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	140	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	141	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	142	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	143	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	144	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
139	145	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	146	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	147	Sep 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	148	Sep 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	149	Sep 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	150	Sep 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	151	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
146	152	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
147	153	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
148	154	Oct 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
							148gm			368	25	10	403	8