By Speece

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: January 6, 1897 in West Baden Springs, IN us

Died: September 29, 1974 in Elgin, OR

Buried: Elgin Cemetery, Elgin, OR

Debut: April 21, 1924 (Age 27-106d, 5,402nd in MLB history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 10, 1930 (Age 33-185d)
vs. NYG 0.1 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: Byron Franklin Speece

Career

0.7

4.73

167.1

1.608

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1924	27	WSH	AL	2	1	.667	2.65	21	1	14	0	0	0	54.1	60	30	16	0	27		15	2	1	2	241	154	4.09	1.601	9.9	0.0	4.5	2.5	0.56
1925	28	CLE	AL	3	5	.375	4.28	28	3	13	3	0	1	90.1	106	48	43	0	28		26	3	1	3	405	104	3.57	1.483	10.6	0.0	2.8	2.6	0.93
1926	29	CLE	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	10		4.25	1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50

1930	33	PHI	NL	0	0		13.27	11	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	41	30	29	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	105	42	3.86	2.288	18.8	0.5	1.8	4.1	2.25
1932	35	NYY-min	AA	1	1	.500	8.05	13						19.0	28	20	17		10									2.000	13.3		4.7			NWK IL
1934	37	NYG-min	A	22	8	.733	2.99	38						247.0	242	98	82		61									1.227	8.8		2.2			NVL SOUA
1935	38	NYG-min	A	15	12	.556	3.30	38						207.0	219	89	76		41									1.256	9.5		1.8			NVL SOUA
1936	39	CIN-min	A1	22	9	.710	3.86	42						240.0	244	126	103		57									1.254	9.2		2.1			NVL SOUA
1937	40	CIN-min	A1	10	15	.400	5.75	40	20					144.0	184	103	92		42									1.569	11.5		2.6			NVL SOUA
1938	41	BRO-min	A1	0	0		4.00	2						9.0	10	4	4		0									1.111	10.0		0.0			NVL SOUA
4 Yrs				5	6	.455	4.73	62	4	34	3	0	1	167.1	208	109	88	1	61	0	51	5	2	5	761	94	3.78	1.608	11.2	0.1	3.3	2.7	0.84
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.455	4.73	64	4	35	3	0	1	172	214	112	91	1	63	0	53	5	2	5	784	94	3.78	1.608	11.2	0.1	3.3	2.7	0.84

CLE (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	4.15	30	3	15	3	0	1	93.1	107	49	43	0	30		27	3	1	3	415	108	3.59	1.468	10.3	0.0	2.9	2.6	0.90
WSH (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.65	21	1	14	0	0	0	54.1	60	30	16	0	27		15	2	1	2	241	154	4.09	1.601	9.9	0.0	4.5	2.5	0.56
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		13.27	11	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	41	30	29	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	105	42	3.86	2.288	18.8	0.5	1.8	4.1	2.25

AL (3 yrs)				5	6	.455	3.60	51	4	29	3	0	1	147.2	167	79	59	0	57		42	5	2	5	656	120	3.77	1.517	10.2	0.0	3.5	2.6	0.74
NL (1 yr)				0	0		13.27	11	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	41	30	29	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	105	42	3.86	2.288	18.8	0.5	1.8	4.1	2.25