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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 13	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
9	9	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
12	12	Apr 29	BOS		NYY	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 3	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 4	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	15	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	11.1	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	19	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	20	May 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
21	21	May 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	25	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
32	32	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	10.2	6	0	0	6	0
37	37	Jun 1 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
38	38	Jun 2	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
39	39	Jun 3	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 4	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	42	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	1	0	1	2	0
43	43	Jun 9	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 19	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 21 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
55	61 (6)	Jun 29	BOS		PHA	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	62	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
57	63	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	64	Jul 1	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	65	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	66	Jul 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	67	Jul 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	71 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	73 (1)	Jul 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
64	74	Jul 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	75	Jul 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	76	Jul 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	77	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	78	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
69	79	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	80	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
71	81	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	82	Jul 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	83	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	84	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	85	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	86	Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	87	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	88	Jul 23 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	89	Jul 23 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	11.2	3	0	0	3	0
81	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
82	92	Jul 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	93	Jul 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	94	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	95	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	96	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	97	Jul 31	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	98	Aug 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	99	Aug 3 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	100	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	101	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	102	Aug 6	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	103	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	104	Aug 9	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
95	105	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	106	Aug 11	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	107	Aug 12	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
98	108	Aug 13	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	109	Aug 14	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	110	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	111	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	112	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	113	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
104	114	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	115	Aug 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	116	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	117	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	118	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	119	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
110	120	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	121	Aug 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	122	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
113	123	Aug 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	124	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	125	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	2	1	0	3	1
116	126	Sep 2	BOS	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
117	127	Sep 4	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	128	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,10-9	CG	0	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
119	129	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	130	Sep 7	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
121	131	Sep 8	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	132	Sep 9	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	133	Sep 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	134	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	135	Sep 13	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	136	Sep 14	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	137	Sep 15	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
128	138	Sep 16	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	139	Sep 18 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	140	Sep 18 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
131	141	Sep 20	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
132	142	Sep 21	BOS		CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	143	Sep 22	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
134	144	Sep 23	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	145	Sep 25 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	146	Sep 25 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	147	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	148	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
139	149	Sep 30	BOS		DET	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	150	Oct 1	BOS		DET	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	151	Oct 2 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
142	152	Oct 2 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							142gm			319	35	10	364	11