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Tris Speaker
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Birthdate: 4/4/1888
Died: 12/8/1958
Height / Weight: ' " / 193 lbs.
Place of Birth: Hubbard, TX, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Tris Speaker, lifetime batting average - .344. Tris scored 1881 runs and had 1559 career RBI's. stole 433 career bases and had 224 lifetime triples. As great a hitter that Tris was, he is noted for his outstanding defense. Speaker played a very shallow center field to catch balls that would be singles and could run back deep to catch long fly balls. Probably the greatest fielding center field of all time. Played C.F. in 2700 games and caught 6771 fly outs. Speaker had 448 assists for an average of 25.6 per/year. This Hall of Famer has to rank as one of the greatest player of all time. Tris was remarkably injury free over his long baseball career. Tip your hat to this fans' favorite; who personally brought fans cheering his every catch and his ability to hit over .375 - 4 times in a year. baseballhistorian.com archives All Rights Reserved Tris Speaker


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1914 BOS (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
22 years   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1907 BOS (AL) 7 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .200 SLG
1908 BOS (AL) 31 116 12 26 2 2 0 9 4 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 .224 .262 SLG
1909 BOS (AL) 143 544 73 168 26 13 7 77 38 0 35 0 0 7 17 0 .309 .362 SLG
1910 BOS (AL) 141 538 92 183 20 14 7 65 52 0 35 0 0 6 12 0 .340 .404 SLG
1911 BOS (AL) 141 500 88 167 34 13 8 70 59 0 25 0 0 13 17 0 .334 .418 SLG
1912 BOS (AL) 153 580 136 222 53 12 10 90 82 0 52 0 0 6 7 0 .383 .464 SLG
1913 BOS (AL) 141 520 94 189 35 22 3 71 65 22 46 0 0 7 16 0 .363 .441 SLG
1914 BOS (AL) 158 571 101 193 46 18 4 90 77 25 42 29 0 7 13 0 .338 .423 SLG
1915 BOS (AL) 150 547 108 176 25 12 0 69 81 14 29 25 0 7 17 0 .322 .416 SLG
1916 CLE (AL) 151 546 102 211 41 8 2 79 82 20 35 27 0 4 15 0 .386 .470 SLG
1917 CLE (AL) 142 523 90 184 42 11 2 60 67 14 30 0 0 7 15 0 .352 .432 SLG
1918 CLE (AL) 127 471 73 150 33 11 0 61 64 9 27 0 0 3 11 0 .318 .403 SLG
1919 CLE (AL) 134 494 83 146 38 12 2 63 73 12 15 0 0 8 20 0 .296 .395 SLG
1920 CLE (AL) 150 552 137 214 50 11 8 107 97 13 10 13 0 5 20 0 .388 .483 SLG
1921 CLE (AL) 132 506 107 183 52 14 3 75 68 12 2 4 0 2 12 0 .362 .439 SLG
1922 CLE (AL) 131 426 85 161 48 8 11 71 77 11 8 3 0 1 12 0 .378 .474 SLG
1923 CLE (AL) 150 574 133 218 59 11 17 130 93 15 8 9 0 4 22 0 .380 .469 SLG
1924 CLE (AL) 135 486 94 167 36 9 9 65 72 13 5 7 0 4 13 0 .344 .432 SLG
1925 CLE (AL) 117 429 79 167 35 5 12 87 70 12 5 2 0 4 15 0 .389 .479 SLG
1926 CLE (AL) 150 539 96 164 52 8 7 86 94 15 6 1 0 0 28 0 .304 .408 SLG
1927 WSH (AL) 141 523 71 171 43 6 2 73 55 8 9 8 0 4 15 0 .327 .395 SLG
1928 PHA (AL) 64 191 28 51 22 2 3 30 10 5 5 1 0 2 9 0 .267 .310 SLG
22 years   2789 10195 1882 3514 792 222 117 1529 1381 220 432 129 0 103 309 0 .345 .428 .SLG



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