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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	MON	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	27	6.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	MON	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	MON	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	56	14.0	2	11	0	13	1	SS
5	5	Apr 11	MON	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	MON		CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	MON		CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 16	MON		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 17	MON		NYM	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18	MON		NYM	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 20	MON	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 21	MON	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	MON	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24	MON		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	MON		SDP	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
16	16	Apr 27	MON		SFG	W,14-8	GS	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
17	17	Apr 28	MON		SFG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 29	MON		SFG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
19	19	Apr 30	MON		LAD	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	MON		LAD	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	21	May 3	MON	@	SDP	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
22	22	May 4	MON	@	SDP	W,12-1	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	23	May 5	MON	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
24	24	May 6	MON	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	0	SS
25	25	May 8	MON	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
26	26	May 9	MON	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
27	27	May 10	MON	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
28	28	May 11	MON	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
29	29	May 12	MON	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	42	10.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 13	MON	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
31	31	May 15	MON	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	3	1	0	4	1	SS
32	32	May 16	MON	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 17 susp	MON	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
34	34	May 18	MON	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
35	35	May 19	MON	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
36	37 (1)	May 21	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
37	38	May 22	MON		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
38	39	May 23	MON		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
39	40	May 27 (1)	MON		STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
40	41	May 27 (2)	MON		STL	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
41	42	May 29	MON		PHI	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
42	43	May 30	MON		PHI	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
43	44	May 31	MON		PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46 (1)	Jun 2	MON	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
45	47	Jun 3	MON	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	48	Jun 4	MON	@	ATL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
47	49	Jun 5	MON	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
48	50	Jun 6	MON	@	ATL	W,12-2	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
49	51	Jun 8	MON	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	7	0	12	1	SS
50	52	Jun 9	MON	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
51	54 (1)	Jun 11	MON		ATL	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	55	Jun 13	MON		ATL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
53	56	Jun 14	MON		ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
54	57	Jun 15	MON		HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	58	Jun 16	MON		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	59	Jun 17	MON		HOU	W,19-3	GS	16	4.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
57	60	Jun 18	MON		CIN	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
58	61	Jun 19	MON		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
59	62	Jun 20	MON		CIN	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
60	63	Jun 22	MON		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
61	64	Jun 23	MON		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
62	65	Jun 24	MON		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
63	66	Jun 25	MON	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
64	67	Jun 26	MON	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
65	68	Jun 27	MON	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
66	69	Jun 29	MON	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	71 (1)	Jul 2	MON	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
68	73 (1)	Jul 4	MON	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
69	74	Jul 5	MON	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	75	Jul 6	MON		LAD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
71	95 (19)	Jul 27 (2)	MON		PIT	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
72	96	Jul 28	MON		PIT	L,3-5	GS	25	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
73	97	Jul 29	MON		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
74	98	Jul 30 (1)	MON		STL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
75	99	Jul 30 (2)	MON		STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
76	100	Jul 31	MON		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	101	Aug 1	MON		CHC	W,7-5	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
78	102	Aug 2	MON		CHC	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	103	Aug 3	MON		NYM	W,10-6	GS	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
80	104	Aug 4	MON		NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	4	SS
81	105	Aug 5 (1)	MON		NYM	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
82	106	Aug 5 (2)	MON		NYM	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
83	107	Aug 7	MON	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
84	108	Aug 8	MON	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
85	109	Aug 9	MON	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
86	110	Aug 10 (1)	MON	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
87	112 (1)	Aug 11	MON	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
88	113	Aug 13	MON	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
89	114	Aug 14	MON	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
90	115	Aug 15	MON	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	116	Aug 17	MON		ATL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
92	117	Aug 18	MON		ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
93	118	Aug 19	MON		ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
94	119	Aug 20	MON	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
95	121 (1)	Aug 22	MON	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
96	122	Aug 24	MON	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
97	123	Aug 27	MON		HOU	L,0-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
98	125 (1)	Aug 29	MON		HOU	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
99	126	Aug 31	MON		CIN	W,8-7	GS	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	128 (1)	Sep 2	MON		CIN	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
101	129	Sep 3 (1)	MON		NYM	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
102	130	Sep 3 (2)	MON		NYM	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
103	131	Sep 4	MON		NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
104	148 (16)	Sep 19 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,4-1	GF	32	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
105	150 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
106	153 (2)	Sep 23	MON	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
107	154	Sep 24 (1)	MON	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
108	155	Sep 24 (2)	MON	@	PIT	W,7-6	GF	6	2.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
109	157 (1)	Sep 26	MON	@	PIT	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
110	158	Sep 28	MON		PHI	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
111	159	Sep 29	MON		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
112	160	Sep 30	MON		PHI	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
							112gm		949.0	194	355	17	566	52