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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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MON	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 12	MON	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	MON		CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
4	4	Apr 16	MON		CHC	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 18	MON	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 19 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 19 (2)	MON	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 20	MON		PHI	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 21	MON		PHI	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	2	9	0	SS
10	10	Apr 22	MON		PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 25	MON		NYM	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 26 (1)	MON		NYM	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
13	13	Apr 26 (2)	MON		NYM	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	SS
14	14	Apr 27	MON	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 28	MON	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 29	MON	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	MON		LAD	W,9-8	CG	58	13.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
18	18	May 2	MON		LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
19	19	May 3	MON		LAD	L,1-6	CG	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
20	20	May 4	MON		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
21	21	May 5	MON		SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
22	22	May 6	MON		SDP	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
23	23	May 7	MON		SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
24	24	May 8	MON		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 9	MON		SFG	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
26	26	May 10 (1)	MON		SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
27	28 (1)	May 12	MON	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	4	8	1	SS
28	29	May 13	MON	@	LAD	L,6-8	CG	41	8.2	0	5	1	6	0	SS
29	30	May 14	MON	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	32 (1)	May 16	MON	@	SFG	W,5-0	GS	20	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
31	33	May 17	MON	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	43	11.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
32	34	May 18	MON	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
33	35	May 19	MON	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
34	36	May 20	MON	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	37	May 22	MON	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
36	38	May 23	MON	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
37	39	May 24	MON	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
38	40	May 25	MON		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
39	41	May 26	MON		STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
40	42	May 27	MON		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
41	43	May 29	MON		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
42	44	May 30	MON		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
43	45	May 31	MON		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	MON	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
45	47	Jun 2	MON	@	STL	W,8-1	GS	16	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
46	48	Jun 3	MON	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	10.1	4	4	0	8	3	SS
47	49	Jun 4	MON	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
48	50	Jun 5	MON	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
49	51	Jun 6	MON	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS	35	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
50	52	Jun 7	MON	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
51	53	Jun 9	MON		ATL	W,12-1	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
52	54	Jun 10	MON		ATL	W,11-2	GS	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
53	55	Jun 11	MON		ATL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	5	7	0	12	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	56	Aug 10	MON		PIT	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
55	57	Aug 11	MON		PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	60 (2)	Aug 14	MON		STL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
57	64 (3)	Aug 21	MON	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
58	65	Aug 22 (1)	MON	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
59	67 (1)	Aug 23	MON	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
60	68	Aug 25	MON		CIN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
61	69	Aug 26	MON		CIN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
62	70	Aug 27	MON		CIN	W,12-0	CG	28	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
63	71	Aug 28	MON		ATL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
64	72	Aug 29	MON		ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
65	73	Aug 30	MON		ATL	L,4-5	CG	50	12.0	5	4	0	9	3	SS
66	74	Aug 31	MON	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	45	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	75	Sep 1	MON	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	76	Sep 2	MON	@	CIN	L,0-7	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
69	77	Sep 3	MON		HOU	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
70	78	Sep 4	MON		HOU	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
71	79	Sep 5	MON		HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
72	80	Sep 6	MON		HOU	L,3-4	CG	48	12.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
73	81	Sep 7	MON	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	82	Sep 8	MON	@	PHI	L,5-10	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
75	83	Sep 9	MON	@	PHI	L,8-11	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
76	84	Sep 11	MON	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
77	85	Sep 12	MON	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
78	86	Sep 13	MON	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
79	87	Sep 15 (1)	MON		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
80	88	Sep 15 (2)	MON		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
81	92 (3)	Sep 18	MON		CHC	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
82	93	Sep 19	MON		CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
83	94	Sep 20	MON		CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
84	95	Sep 21	MON		PHI	W,1-0	CG	63	17.0	6	7	0	13	1	SS
85	96	Sep 22	MON		PHI	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
86	97	Sep 23	MON		PIT	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	SS
87	98	Sep 24	MON		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
88	99	Sep 25	MON		NYM	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	100	Sep 26	MON		NYM	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
90	101	Sep 27	MON		NYM	L,1-2	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
91	102	Sep 28	MON	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
92	103	Sep 29	MON	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
93	104	Sep 30	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
94	105	Oct 1	MON	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
95	106	Oct 2	MON	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
96	107	Oct 3	MON	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							96gm		834.2	175	280	17	472	57