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

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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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 14	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 15	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 16	WSH		PHA	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 17	WSH		PHA	L,3-13	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 21	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 22	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 23	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-15	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	WSH		BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 3	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 4	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	19	May 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 7	WSH	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
21	21	May 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
23	23	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,12-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 18	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	28	May 19	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 21	WSH	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 22	WSH	@	DET	T,6-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 23	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	36 (1)	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	37	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	38	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,13-5	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	39	May 31	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	40	Jun 1	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	41	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	5
41	42	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
42	43	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
43	44	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	45	Jun 7	WSH		CLE	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
45	46	Jun 8	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	47	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
47	48	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	49	Jun 11	WSH		CHW	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	50	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	51	Jun 13	WSH		CHW	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	52	Jun 16	WSH		DET	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	53	Jun 17	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	54	Jun 18	WSH		DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	55	Jun 19	WSH		DET	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	56	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	57	Jun 21 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
57	58	Jun 22 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	59	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-13	GS	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	60	Jun 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
60	61	Jun 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
61	62	Jun 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
62	63	Jun 26	WSH		BOS	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	64	Jun 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
64	65	Jun 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
65	66	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
66	67	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	69	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	70	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-21	GS	40	5.2	2	1	0	3	0
72	73	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
73	74	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	75	Jul 8 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	76	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	77	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	78	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-9	CG	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	79	Jul 11	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	80	Jul 12	WSH	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	81	Jul 13 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	82	Jul 13 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,9-13	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	83	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
83	84	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	85	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	86	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	87	Jul 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
87	88	Jul 21 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	89	Jul 21 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	90	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	91	Jul 22 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	92	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	93	Jul 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,14-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	94	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
94	95	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	96	Jul 27	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	97	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	98	Jul 29	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	99	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,10-1	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	101 (1)	Aug 2	WSH		DET	L,6-7	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	102	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	103	Aug 4 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,11-2	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	109 (5)	Aug 10	WSH		NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	112 (2)	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
104	113	Aug 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
105	114	Aug 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
106	115	Aug 18	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	14	0	0	14	2
107	116	Aug 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
108	117	Aug 20 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	118	Aug 20 (2)	WSH	@	DET	T,6-6	CG	60	15.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	119	Aug 21	WSH	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
111	120	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	121	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	122	Aug 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
114	123	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
115	124	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	125	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	126	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	127	Aug 31	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	128	Sep 3	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	129	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	0	0	1	1	0
121	130	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	131	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	132	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	133	Sep 6 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	134	Sep 8	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	135	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	136	Sep 10 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
128	137	Sep 10 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,11-1	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	138	Sep 11	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	139	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	140	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	141	Sep 14	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	142	Sep 15	WSH		DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	143	Sep 17	WSH		CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	151 (7)	Sep 26 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
136	154 (2)	Sep 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-15	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	157 (2)	Oct 2	WSH		PHA	W,9-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
							137gm		136.0	402	24	13	439	22