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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
2	3	Apr 8	SFG	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	3	4	0	7	2	SS
3	4	Apr 10	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
4	5	Apr 11 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	1	5	2	SS
5	6	Apr 11 (2)	SFG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
6	7	Apr 12	SFG		SDP	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
7	8	Apr 14	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
8	9	Apr 15	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
9	10	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
10	11	Apr 17	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
11	12	Apr 18 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
12	13	Apr 18 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
13	14	Apr 19	SFG		STL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
14	15	Apr 20	SFG		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
15	16	Apr 21	SFG		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	3	SS
16	17	Apr 23	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
17	18	Apr 24	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
18	19	Apr 25	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
19	20	Apr 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
20	21	Apr 28	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
21	22	Apr 29	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	52	13.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
22	23	Apr 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	24	May 1	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
24	25	May 2	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	6	7	0	13	1	SS
25	26	May 4	SFG		PIT	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
26	27	May 5	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
27	28	May 7	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
28	29	May 8	SFG		ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
29	30	May 9 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
30	31	May 9 (2)	SFG		ATL	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	32	May 10	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
32	33	May 11	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
33	35 (1)	May 14	SFG		LAD	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
34	36	May 15	SFG		LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
35	37	May 16	SFG		LAD	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	3	3	2	8	1	SS
36	38	May 18	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
37	41 (2)	May 21	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
38	42	May 22	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	27	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
39	43	May 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	2	SS
40	44	May 25	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	45	May 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
42	46	May 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
43	47	May 28	SFG		MON	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
44	48	May 29	SFG		MON	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	2	7	0	SS
45	49	May 30 (1)	SFG		MON	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
46	50	May 30 (2)	SFG		MON	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
47	51	May 31	SFG		NYM	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	52	Jun 1	SFG		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
49	53	Jun 2	SFG		NYM	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
50	54	Jun 4	SFG		PHI	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
51	55	Jun 5	SFG		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
52	56	Jun 6 (1)	SFG		PHI	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	57	Jun 6 (2)	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
54	58	Jun 8	SFG	@	MON	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	59	Jun 9	SFG	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
56	60	Jun 10	SFG	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
57	61	Jun 11	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
58	62	Jun 12	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	1	8	2	SS
59	63	Jun 13	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	2	3	1	6	1	SS
60	64	Jun 14	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
61	65	Jun 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
62	66	Jun 16	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
63	67	Jun 18 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
64	68	Jun 18 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
65	69	Jun 19	SFG		SDP	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
66	70	Jun 20 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	71	Jun 20 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	SS
68	72	Jun 22	SFG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
69	73	Jun 23	SFG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
70	74	Jun 25	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
71	75	Jun 26	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	76	Jun 27	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
73	77	Jun 28	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
74	78	Jun 29	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
75	79	Jun 30	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	80	Jul 1	SFG		STL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	82 (1)	Jul 3	SFG		STL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
78	83	Jul 4	SFG		LAD	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
79	84	Jul 5	SFG		LAD	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
80	85	Jul 6	SFG		HOU	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
81	86	Jul 7	SFG		HOU	L,4-18	GS	30	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
82	87	Jul 8	SFG		HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	88	Jul 9	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
84	89	Jul 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
85	90	Jul 11	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
86	91	Jul 15	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	0	7	0	7	0	SS
87	92	Jul 16	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
88	93	Jul 17	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
89	94	Jul 18 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
90	95	Jul 18 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
91	96	Jul 19	SFG	@	ATL	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
92	97	Jul 20	SFG	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	47	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	SS
93	98	Jul 21	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
94	99	Jul 22	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-7	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
95	100	Jul 23	SFG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
96	101	Jul 24	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
97	102	Jul 25 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	9	0	10	2	SS
98	104 (1)	Jul 27	SFG		ATL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
99	105	Jul 28	SFG		ATL	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
100	106	Jul 29	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
101	107	Jul 30	SFG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
102	108	Jul 31	SFG		PIT	W,15-11	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	109	Aug 1 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
104	110	Aug 1 (2)	SFG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
105	111	Aug 2	SFG		LAD	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
106	112	Aug 3	SFG		LAD	L,1-9	CG	50	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
107	113	Aug 4	SFG	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
108	114	Aug 5	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
109	115	Aug 6	SFG	@	STL	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
110	116	Aug 7	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
111	117	Aug 8 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	11.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
112	118	Aug 8 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-8	GS	22	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
113	119	Aug 10	SFG		MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
114	120	Aug 11	SFG		MON	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
115	121	Aug 13	SFG		NYM	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
116	122	Aug 14	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
117	123	Aug 15	SFG		NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	124	Aug 17	SFG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
119	125	Aug 18	SFG		PHI	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	126	Aug 20	SFG	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
121	127	Aug 21	SFG	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
122	128	Aug 22	SFG	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
123	129	Aug 23	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
124	130	Aug 24	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
125	131	Aug 25	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
126	132	Aug 28 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
127	133	Aug 28 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
128	134	Aug 29	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
129	135	Aug 31	SFG		ATL	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	SFG		ATL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
131	137	Sep 3	SFG		HOU	W,16-6	GS	19	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
132	138	Sep 4	SFG		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
133	139	Sep 5 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
134	140	Sep 5 (2)	SFG		HOU	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
135	141	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
136	142	Sep 7	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
137	143	Sep 8	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
138	144	Sep 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	48	10.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
139	145	Sep 11	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
140	146	Sep 12	SFG	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
141	147	Sep 13	SFG		LAD	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
142	148	Sep 14	SFG		LAD	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
143	149	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
144	150	Sep 16	SFG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
145	151	Sep 17	SFG		SDP	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
146	152	Sep 18	SFG		SDP	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
147	153	Sep 19	SFG		SDP	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
148	154	Sep 21	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
149	155	Sep 22	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
150	156	Sep 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
151	157	Sep 24	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
152	158	Sep 25	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
153	159	Sep 26	SFG	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
154	160	Sep 28	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
155	161	Sep 29	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	40	9.1	2	5	0	7	2	SS
156	162	Sep 30	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
							156gm		1349.0	239	517	33	789	95