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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
2	4 (2)	Apr 12	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
3	6 (1)	Apr 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	9	0	9	0	SS
4	7	Apr 15	SFG		LAD	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
5	9 (1)	Apr 17	SFG		LAD	L,6-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
				Player went from San Francisco Giants to Montreal Expos
6	15	Apr 29	MON	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
7	16	Apr 30	MON	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	2	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17	May 1	MON	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
9	18	May 3	MON	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
10	19	May 4	MON	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
11	20	May 5	MON	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
12	21	May 6	MON	@	SDP	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
13	22	May 7	MON	@	SDP	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
14	23	May 10	MON		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	24	May 11	MON		LAD	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
16	25	May 12	MON		LAD	L,2-8	CG	50	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
17	26	May 13	MON		CHC	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	27	May 14	MON		CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	28	May 15 (1)	MON		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
20	29	May 15 (2)	MON		CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
21	30	May 17	MON	@	ATL	L,6-9	CG	42	8.2	3	3	1	7	0	SS
22	31	May 18	MON	@	ATL	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
23	32	May 19	MON		SDP	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
24	33	May 20	MON		SDP	L,4-12	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
25	36 (2)	May 24	MON	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	51	13.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
26	37	May 25	MON	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
27	38	May 26	MON	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
28	39	May 27	MON	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
29	40	May 28	MON	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
30	41	May 29	MON	@	STL	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
31	42	May 30 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
32	43	May 30 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
33	44	May 31	MON	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	45	Jun 1	MON		NYM	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	SS
35	46	Jun 2	MON		NYM	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
36	47	Jun 3	MON		STL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	48	Jun 4	MON		STL	W,8-7	CG	58	13.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
38	49	Jun 5	MON		STL	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
39	50	Jun 6	MON		ATL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
40	51	Jun 8	MON		ATL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
41	52	Jun 10	MON	@	CIN	L,1-13	GS	30	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	53	Jun 11	MON	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
43	54	Jun 12 (1)	MON	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	22	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
44	58 (3)	Jun 15	MON	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	59	Jun 17	MON		CIN	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
46	60	Jun 18	MON		CIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
47	61	Jun 19	MON		CIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
48	62	Jun 20	MON		HOU	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	63	Jun 21	MON		HOU	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
50	64	Jun 22	MON		HOU	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
51	65	Jun 24	MON	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
52	66	Jun 25	MON	@	PIT	L,2-10	GS	37	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
53	67	Jun 26 (1)	MON	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
54	68	Jun 26 (2)	MON	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
55	69	Jun 27	MON		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
56	70	Jun 28	MON		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
57	71	Jun 29	MON		CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
58	72	Jun 30	MON		NYM	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	73	Jul 1 (1)	MON		NYM	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
60	74	Jul 1 (2)	MON		NYM	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
61	75	Jul 2	MON		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
62	76	Jul 3	MON		NYM	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
63	77	Jul 4 (1)	MON	@	CHC	W,19-3	GS	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
64	79 (1)	Jul 5	MON	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
65	80	Jul 6	MON	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
66	81	Jul 8	MON	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
67	82	Jul 9	MON	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	64	16.2	2	10	1	13	2	SS
68	83	Jul 10	MON	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
69	84	Jul 11	MON		PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
70	85	Jul 12	MON		PIT	L,4-5	CG	45	12.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
71	86	Jul 13	MON		PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
72	87	Jul 15	MON		STL	W,7-6	CG	62	14.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
73	88	Jul 16	MON		STL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
74	89	Jul 17	MON		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
75	90	Jul 21	MON	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
76	91	Jul 22	MON	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
77	92	Jul 23	MON	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
78	93	Jul 24 (1)	MON	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
79	94	Jul 24 (2)	MON	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	50	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
80	95	Jul 25	MON	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
81	96	Jul 26 (1)	MON	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
82	97	Jul 26 (2)	MON	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	65	15.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
83	99 (1)	Jul 28	MON	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
84	100	Jul 29	MON		LAD	L,1-4	CG	26	6.2	1	5	0	6	1	SS
85	101	Jul 30	MON		LAD	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
86	102	Jul 31	MON		LAD	L,2-8	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	103	Aug 1	MON		SFG	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
88	104	Aug 2	MON		SFG	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
89	105	Aug 3	MON		SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
90	106	Aug 4	MON	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
91	107	Aug 5	MON	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	2	8	0	SS
92	108	Aug 6	MON	@	ATL	L,1-3	GS	36	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
93	110 (1)	Aug 8	MON		SDP	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	111	Aug 9	MON		SDP	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
95	112	Aug 10 (1)	MON	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	113	Aug 10 (2)	MON	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
97	114	Aug 11	MON	@	PHI	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
98	115	Aug 12	MON	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	1	1	0	2	1	SS
99	116	Aug 13	MON	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	39	9.1	3	4	0	7	1	SS
100	117	Aug 14	MON	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
101	118	Aug 16	MON		PHI	L,5-7	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
102	119	Aug 17	MON		PHI	W,13-0	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
103	120	Aug 18	MON		PHI	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
104	121	Aug 19 (1)	MON		ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
105	122	Aug 19 (2)	MON		ATL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
106	123	Aug 20	MON		ATL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
107	124	Aug 21	MON		ATL	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
108	125	Aug 22	MON	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
109	126	Aug 23	MON	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
110	127	Aug 26	MON	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	2	6	0	8	1	SS
111	128	Aug 27	MON	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
112	129	Aug 28	MON	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
113	130	Aug 29	MON		CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
114	131	Aug 30	MON		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
115	132	Aug 31	MON		CIN	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	133	Sep 2	MON		HOU	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
117	134	Sep 3	MON		HOU	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
118	135	Sep 4	MON		HOU	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
119	136	Sep 5	MON	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
120	137	Sep 6	MON	@	NYM	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
121	138	Sep 7	MON	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
122	140 (1)	Sep 9	MON	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
123	141	Sep 10	MON	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
124	142	Sep 11	MON	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
125	143	Sep 12	MON		NYM	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
126	144	Sep 13	MON		NYM	W,8-5	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
127	145	Sep 14	MON		CHC	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	3	5	2	10	0	SS
128	146	Sep 15	MON		CHC	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
129	147	Sep 16	MON		PIT	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
130	148	Sep 17	MON		PIT	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
131	149	Sep 18	MON		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
132	150	Sep 21 (1)	MON		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
133	151	Sep 21 (2)	MON		STL	L,2-8	GS	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
134	152	Sep 22	MON		STL	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
135	153	Sep 23	MON		PHI	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
136	154	Sep 24	MON		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
137	155	Sep 25	MON		PHI	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
138	156	Sep 26	MON	@	STL	W,9-5	GS	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
139	157	Sep 27	MON	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
140	158	Sep 28	MON	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
141	159	Sep 29	MON	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
142	161 (1)	Oct 1	MON	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	47	11.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
143	162	Oct 2	MON	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
							143gm		1269.1	239	455	23	717	77