Tris Speaker

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: April 4, 1888 in Hubbard, TX us

Died: December 8, 1958 in Lake Whitney, TX

Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hubbard, TX

High School: Hubbard HS (Hubbard, TX)

School: Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: September 12, 1907 (Age 19-161d, 2,971st in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 30, 1928 (Age 40-148d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1937. (Voted by BBWAA on 165/201 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Tris Speaker's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Tristram Edgar Speaker

Nicknames: The Grey Eagle

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Uncle of Tex Jeanes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

134.9

10195

3514

117

.345

1882

RBI

1531

436

OBP

.428

SLG

.500

OPS

.928

OPS+

158

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 15	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 16	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	15.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
22	22	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 8	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	25	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	26	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	3	0	1	4	0
27	27	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	31	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 21	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	35	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	May 26	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	14.1	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	41	May 31	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	44	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	T,5-5	CG	0	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	53	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,3-19	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
58	58	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	60	Jun 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	62	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	2	1	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	66	Jun 29	CLE		SLB	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
67	67	Jun 30	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	69	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
75	75	Jul 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	77	Jul 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	7.2	2	0	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
86	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
87	87	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	88	Jul 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	89	Jul 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 23	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	93	Jul 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	94	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
95	95	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	96	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	97	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	103 (5)	Aug 5	CLE		PHA	W,12-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
99	104	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
100	105	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	106	Aug 8	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	107	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	108	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	109	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	110	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	111	Aug 12	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-11	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
107	112	Aug 13	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	113	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	114	Aug 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	115	Aug 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
111	116	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	12.2	3	0	0	3	0
112	117	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
113	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
115	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
116	121	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
117	123 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-9	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	124	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
120	126	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	127	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	128	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
123	129	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
124	130	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	131	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
126	132	Sep 3	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
127	133	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	134	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	135	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	136	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
131	137	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
132	138	Sep 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	139	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	140	Sep 11	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	141	Sep 12	CLE		DET	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
136	142	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	143	Sep 14	CLE		PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	144	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	145	Sep 16	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
140	146	Sep 17	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
142	148	Sep 20	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	149	Sep 21	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
144	150	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	151	Sep 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
146	152	Sep 24	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	153	Sep 25	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	154	Sep 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	155	Sep 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	53	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
150	156	Oct 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
151	157	Oct 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							151gm			356	24	10	390	10