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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
3	3	Apr 17	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 18	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 19	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	30	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 21	SFG		HOU	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	SFG		HOU	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	SFG		HOU	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	1	4	2	7	0	SS
10	10	Apr 25	SFG		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 26	SFG		PHI	W,8-6	CG	45	10.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
12	12	Apr 27	SFG		PHI	L,6-7	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
13	13	Apr 28	SFG		MON	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 29	SFG		MON	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	SFG		MON	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	SFG		MON	W,13-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	SFG		NYM	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
18	18	May 2	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 3	SFG		NYM	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
20	20	May 5	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	4	1	9	3	SS
21	21	May 6	SFG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
22	22	May 7	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
23	23	May 9	SFG	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
24	24	May 10	SFG	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
25	25	May 11	SFG	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
26	26	May 12	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 13	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
28	28	May 14	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
29	29	May 16 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
30	30	May 16 (2)	SFG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
31	31	May 17	SFG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 18	SFG		CIN	L,5-8	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	34 (1)	May 20	SFG		ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
34	37 (2)	May 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
35	38	May 23	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
36	39	May 24	SFG	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
37	40	May 26	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
38	41	May 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
39	42	May 28 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	1	SS
40	43	May 28 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	51	10.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
41	44	May 29	SFG		LAD	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
42	45	May 30	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	46	May 31	SFG		LAD	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 1	SFG		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
45	48	Jun 2	SFG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
46	49	Jun 3	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
47	50	Jun 4 (1)	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
48	51	Jun 4 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,1-9	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
49	52	Jun 6	SFG		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
50	53	Jun 7	SFG		STL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
51	54	Jun 8	SFG		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
52	55	Jun 10	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
53	56	Jun 11 (1)	SFG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
54	57	Jun 11 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,3-1	GS	13	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
55	58	Jun 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
56	59	Jun 15 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
57	60	Jun 15 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,7-9	GS	35	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
58	61	Jun 16	SFG	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
59	62	Jun 17	SFG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	46	10.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
60	63	Jun 18	SFG	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
61	64	Jun 19	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	47	10.1	2	5	1	8	0	SS
62	65	Jun 20	SFG	@	CHC	L,8-15	GS	37	6.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
63	66	Jun 21	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	67	Jun 23	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
65	68	Jun 24	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	44	11.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
66	69	Jun 25	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	63	14.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
67	70	Jun 26	SFG		ATL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
68	71	Jun 27	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
69	72	Jun 28	SFG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
70	73	Jun 29	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
71	74	Jun 30	SFG		LAD	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	75	Jul 1	SFG		LAD	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
73	76	Jul 2	SFG		LAD	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
74	77	Jul 3	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
75	78	Jul 4	SFG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
76	79	Jul 6	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
77	80	Jul 7	SFG	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	6	5	0	11	1	SS
78	81	Jul 8	SFG	@	MON	W,12-1	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	82	Jul 9	SFG	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
80	83	Jul 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
81	84	Jul 11	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
82	85	Jul 12	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	86	Jul 14	SFG		PHI	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
84	87	Jul 15	SFG		PHI	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
85	88	Jul 16	SFG		PHI	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	2	8	1	11	2	SS
86	89	Jul 18	SFG		MON	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
87	90	Jul 19	SFG		MON	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
88	91	Jul 21	SFG		NYM	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
89	92	Jul 22	SFG		NYM	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
90	93	Jul 23	SFG		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	94	Jul 28	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	95	Jul 29	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
93	96	Jul 30 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
94	97	Jul 30 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
95	98	Jul 31	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	99	Aug 1	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
97	100	Aug 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,11-12	CG	43	8.2	2	6	0	8	1	SS
98	101	Aug 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
99	102	Aug 4	SFG		HOU	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
100	103	Aug 5	SFG		HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
101	104	Aug 6 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
102	105	Aug 6 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
103	106	Aug 8 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,15-4	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	107	Aug 8 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
105	108	Aug 9	SFG		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
106	109	Aug 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
107	110	Aug 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
108	111	Aug 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
109	112	Aug 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
110	113	Aug 15	SFG		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
111	114	Aug 16	SFG		CHC	W,14-9	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
112	115	Aug 17	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
113	116	Aug 18	SFG		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
114	117	Aug 19	SFG		STL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
115	118	Aug 20	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
116	119	Aug 22	SFG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	5	9	0	14	3	SS
117	121 (1)	Aug 25	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
118	122	Aug 26	SFG	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	51	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	123	Aug 27	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
120	124	Aug 28	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
121	125	Aug 29	SFG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
122	126	Aug 30	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	127	Sep 1	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
124	128	Sep 2	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	129	Sep 3	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	41	9.1	2	5	0	7	1	SS
126	130	Sep 4	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
127	131	Sep 5	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
128	133 (1)	Sep 7	SFG		HOU	L,1-5	CG	57	13.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
129	134	Sep 8	SFG		HOU	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
130	135	Sep 9	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
131	136	Sep 10 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
132	137	Sep 10 (2)	SFG		CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
133	138	Sep 12	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
134	139	Sep 13	SFG		LAD	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
135	140	Sep 16 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	5	4	2	11	1	SS
136	141	Sep 16 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
137	142	Sep 17	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
138	143	Sep 18	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
139	144	Sep 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
140	145	Sep 20	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
141	146	Sep 22	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	43	10.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
142	147	Sep 23	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
143	148	Sep 24	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
144	149	Sep 26	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
145	150	Sep 27	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
146	151	Sep 29	SFG		ATL	W,14-3	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
147	152	Sep 30	SFG		ATL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
148	153	Oct 1	SFG		ATL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
149	154	Oct 3	SFG		SDP	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	7	1	8	0	SS
150	155	Oct 4	SFG		SDP	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
							150gm		1320.1	243	517	20	780	69