Horace Speed

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: October 4, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Phineas Banning HS (Wilmington, CA).

High School: Phineas Banning HS (Wilmington, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1975 (Age 23-188d, 13,608th in major league history)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 26, 1979 (Age 27-265d)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Horace Arthur Speed

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

135

.207

RBI

OBP

.317

SLG

.259

OPS

.576

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-34 / in Starts: 12-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	47 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	70 (35-25-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (37-25-13)

Most Driven In
B Bell	1
P Dade	1
A Thornton	1
G Alexander	1
W Cage	0
R Manning	0
R Pruitt	0

Most Driven In By
T Veryzer	3
D Kuiper	3
P Dade	2
B Bell	1
R Manning	1
T Cox	1
B DÃaz	1
A Thornton	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	18	2 (1)	Apr 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
2	19	10 (7)	Apr 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH CF
3	20	14 (3)	Apr 25	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.15	-0.051	1.35	-0.04%	-0.57	CF
4	21	15	Apr 26	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6						PR
5	22	16	Apr 27	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.99	-0.020	1.13	-0.01%	-0.17	CF
6	23	18 (1)	Apr 29	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.39	-0.010	.45	-0.01%	-0.40	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	24	54 (35)	Jun 11	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	8						PR
8	25	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.61	-0.121	.61	-0.03%	-0.82	CF
9	26	56	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,9-10	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	.42	-0.005	.12	0.00%	-0.33	CF
10	27	58 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		MIL	L,6-8	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	3						PR
11	28	59	Jun 17	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	10-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	2	2.22	0.074	.24	0.01%	0.37	RF
12	29	63 (3)	Jun 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.278	.578	9	1.19	0.059	.04	0.00%	0.52	CF
13	30	65 (1)	Jun 23	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	7-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.316	.679	1	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.49	RF
14	31	66	Jun 24	CLE		TOR	W,12-3	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.391	.316	.707	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.38	CF
15	32	68 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.407	.318	.726	7	.86	0.025	.05	0.00%	0.18	CF
16	33	73 (4)	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.379	.292	.671	7	.65	-0.031	.03	0.00%	-0.30	CF LF
17	34	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.394	.393	.787	5	1.15	0.212	.05	0.01%	1.54	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	35	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-9	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.400	.817	5	.73	-0.009	.05	0.00%	-0.15	LF
19	36	78 (2)	Jul 3	CLE		BAL	W,9-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.273	.375	.364	.739	6	.46	-0.023	.03	0.00%	-1.38	CF
20	37	79	Jul 4	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.375	.364	.739	3						PR
21	38	81 (1)	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	4-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.395	.371	.767	1	.76	0.029	.02	0.00%	0.35	PH RF CF
22	39	83 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,5-12	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.378	.351	.729	6	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	RF
23	40	84	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.354	.325	.679	7	1.71	-0.153	.04	0.00%	-1.06	CF RF
24	41	85	Jul 9	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.346	.318	.664	7	.43	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-1.08	RF
25	42	86	Jul 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.327	.298	.625	6	1.32	-0.102	.01	0.00%	-0.91	CF
26	43	88 (1)	Jul 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.316	.286	.602	7	1.06	-0.052	.02	0.00%	-0.30	PH RF
27	44	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.316	.286	.602	7						PR LF RF
28	45	90	Jul 17	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.316	.286	.602	7						RF
29	46	91	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-3	5-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.316	.286	.602	7	.06	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.18	RF
30	47	93 (1)	Jul 21	CLE		SEA	W,11-0	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.310	.280	.590	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.15	CF
31	48	94	Jul 22	CLE		SEA	W,8-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.305	.275	.580	7	.17	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH RF
32	49	95	Jul 24	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	11-GF(16)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.226	.311	.283	.594	7	2.11	-0.084	.03	0.00%	-0.30	PR RF
33	50	96	Jul 25	CLE		CAL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.308	.268	.576	7	.33	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.39	RF
34	51	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.309	.259	.567	7	.91	0.011	.02	0.00%	0.13	RF
35	52	98	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-11	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.310	.262	.572	9	.02	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.12	RF
36	53	99	Jul 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,17-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.306	.258	.564	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.15	CF
37	54	100	Jul 28	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.306	.258	.564	1						RF
38	55	101	Jul 29	CLE		OAK	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.306	.258	.564	1						PR
39	56	102	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	L,4-5	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.320	.266	.586	6	1.48	0.148	.01	0.00%	1.33	RF
40	57	103	Jul 31	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239	.333	.299	.632	6	.37	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.02	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	58	104	Aug 1	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.243	.341	.300	.641	8	.72	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.20	RF
42	59	105	Aug 2	CLE		KCR	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.233	.337	.288	.625	8	.98	0.063	.01	0.00%	0.72	RF
43	60	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.326	.276	.602	8	.45	-0.033	.01	0.00%	-1.08	RF
44	61	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	9-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.322	.273	.595	5	2.28	-0.057	.03	0.00%	-0.22	PR
45	62	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.309	.259	.568	8	1.28	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.99	CF
46	63	110 (1)	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.305	.256	.561	8	.25	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.17	RF
47	64	115 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,5-6	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.309	.253	.562	8	1.18	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.11	CF
48	65	116	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.309	.253	.562	8						RF
49	66	124 (7)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.309	.253	.562	1						CF
50	67	125	Aug 23	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.309	.253	.562	9						CF
51	68	126	Aug 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-8	CG(11)	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.216	.320	.273	.593	8	1.65	0.025	.00	0.00%	1.18	CF
52	69	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.320	.273	.593	9						CF
53	70	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.320	.273	.593	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
54	71	129	Aug 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.330	.286	.616	8	.81	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.13	CF
55	72	131 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		MIL	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.330	.286	.616	9						PR RF
56	73	132	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,12-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.232	.333	.284	.618	8	.22	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.19	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	74	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.330	.281	.612	5	.09	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.15	RF
58	75	136 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.327	.278	.606	1	3.45	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-0.76	RF
59	76	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.325	.276	.600	7	1.66	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PR LF
60	77	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-2	5-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.330	.283	.613	9	.08	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.25	LF
61	78	141 (2)	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	6-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.336	.300	.636	6	.25	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.22	RF
62	79	142	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,6-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.297	.630	6	.19	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.10	RF
63	80	145 (2)	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.331	.294	.625	6	.27	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.10	LF
64	81	148 (2)	Sep 17	CLE		DET	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.331	.294	.625	2						LF
65	82	149	Sep 18	CLE		BAL	L,3-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.322	.286	.608	9	.65	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.59	RF
66	83	150	Sep 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.322	.286	.608	2						LF
67	84	151	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.320	.283	.603	2	.18	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.35	LF
68	85	152	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.320	.283	.603	2						LF
69	86	153	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.320	.283	.603	7						LF
70	87	154	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.320	.283	.603	8						RF
							36-34		124	106	13	24	4	1	0	4	14	1	31	1	2	1	2	5	2	4	.226	.320	.283	.603		.85	-0.559	.10	-0.08%	-7.13

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