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Bob Speake

Robert Charles Speake (Spook)

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: August 22, 1930 in Springfield, MO
High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, MO)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1955
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants 1955-1959

Final Game: June 8, 1959
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 24 CHC NL 95 294 261 36 57 9 5 12 43 3 4 28 71 .218 .300 .429 .729 91 112 1 3 0 1 4 7/39
1957 26 CHC NL 129 463 418 65 97 14 5 16 50 5 6 38 68 .232 .299 .404 .703 88 169 3 3 1 3 1 837
1958 27 SFG NL 66 84 71 9 15 3 0 3 10 0 1 13 15 .211 .333 .380 .714 91 27 1 0 0 0 1 7
1959 28 SFG NL 15 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 -28 1 1 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 305 854 761 110 170 26 10 31 104 8 11 80 158 .223 .301 .406 .707 88 309 6 6 2 4 6
162 Game Avg. 162 454 404 58 90 14 5 16 55 4 6 42 84 .223 .301 .406 .707 88 164 3 3 1 2 3
SFG (2 yrs) 81 97 82 9 16 3 0 3 11 0 1 14 19 .195 .313 .341 .654 75 28 2 0 1 0 1
CHC (2 yrs) 224 757 679 101 154 23 10 28 93 8 10 66 139 .227 .299 .414 .713 89 281 4 6 1 4 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 24 CHC NL 95 294 -4 -1 1 2 -3 -6 -0.7 10 4 0.3 .494 .496 0.2 -0.3 2 $ 7/39
1957 26 CHC NL 129 463 -6 1 1 3 -4 -5 -0.7 15 10 0.8 .496 .497 0.7 -0.2 8 $ 837
1958 27 SFG NL 66 84 0 -1 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.1 .498 .499 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 7
1959 28 SFG NL 15 13 -2 -0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $
4 Seasons 305 854 -13 -2 2 4 -7 -15 -1.9 28 14 0.9 .495 .498 0.8 -0.5 9 $
SFG (2 yrs) 81 97 -2 -1 -0 -0 -0 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $
CHC (2 yrs) 224 757 -10 -0 2 4 -7 -11 -1.4 25 14 1.1 .495 .497 0.9 -0.5 10 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1955 24 CHC NL 294 210 34 4.3 106 .251 .218 .266 .300 .337 .429 .420 .729 .757 91 .464 -4.5 -0.4 .679 .314 .211 4.8
1957 26 CHC NL 463 334 51 4.2 102 .240 .232 .267 .299 .331 .404 .414 .703 .745 88 .449 -8.1 -0.8 .633 .261 .172 7.6
1958 27 SFG NL 84 58 9 4.2 104 .226 .211 .267 .333 .335 .380 .418 .714 .753 91 .449 -0.7 -0.1 .672 .338 .169 .0
1959 28 SFG NL 13 12 0 0.0 102 .143 .091 .267 .167 .332 .091 .413 .258 .745 -28 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .182 .091 .000
4 Yrs 854 614 94 4.1 104 .241 .223 .267 .301 .333 .406 .417 .707 .750 88 .445 -15.4 -1.5 .645 .284 .183 12.7
162 Game Avg. 454 326 50 4.1 104 .241 .223 .267 .301 .333 .406 .417 .707 .750 88 .445 -15.4 -1.5 .645 .284 .183 7
SFG (2 yrs) 97 70 9 3.5 104 .217 .195 .267 .313 .335 .341 .417 .654 .752 75 .366 -2.8 -0.3 .594 .305 .146 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 757 544 85 4.2 104 .244 .227 .267 .299 .333 .414 .416 .713 .749 89 .455 -12.6 -1.2 .651 .281 .187 12.4

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 24 CHC NL 294 4.1% 24.2% 9.5% 8.8% 46% 2.54 3.7 21.8 6.1 1.07 61%
1957 26 CHC NL 463 3.5% 14.7% 8.2% 7.6% 36% 1.79 6.1 26.1 8.4 0.83 73%
1958 27 SFG NL 84 3.6% 17.9% 15.5% 7.1% 40% 1.15 4.7 23.7 7.1 0.78 63%
1959 28 SFG NL 13 0.0% 30.8% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.8 11.0 1.67 54%
4 Yrs 854 3.6% 18.5% 9.4% 7.9% 39% 1.98 4.8 24.5 7.3 0.90 67%
MLB Averages 2.4% 12.5% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.39 7.1 37.5 8.3 1.00 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 24 CHC NL -4.5 -0.4 251 0.0 4.9 -4.9 1.08 -0.7 0.7 -7.4 -0.7 0.94 -7.5 1.52 15
1957 26 CHC NL -8.1 -0.8 451 -0.4 8.2 -8.6 1.12 -0.7 0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.95 -3.3 2.09 20
1958 27 SFG NL -0.7 -0.1 85 0.2 2.0 -1.8 1.39 0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.0 1.01 2.2 1.69 41
1959 28 SFG NL -2.0 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.70 -0.2 0.1 -2.4 -0.2 1.12 -2.1 1.70 11
4 Yrs -15.4 -1.5 800 -0.4 15.3 -15.7 1.15 -1.2 0.9 -12.7 -1.3 0.95 -10.7 1.75 87

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 24 CHC NL 3 0 32% 60 3 4 43% 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 5 4 1 4 2 2 3 0 3
1957 26 CHC NL 6 0 40% 133 5 6 45% 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 17 51% 25 14 10 6 3 3 10 1 8
1958 27 SFG NL 2 0 24% 40 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 54% 8 3 4 2 2 0 3 0 3
1959 28 SFG NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 11 0 35% 236 8 11 42% 5 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 18 51% 39 21 15 12 7 5 16 1 14

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 24 CHC NL 294 91% 57 15 2 0 1 1.52 12 0 2 8 1 5 7 0 1 0 0% 53 1 2% 25 4 16% 154 24 16% 10 5 50% 16 4 25% 0
1957 26 CHC NL 463 77% 97 20 7 0 4 2.09 16 0 15 10 5 6 10 0 5 1 20% 82 3 4% 39 12 31% 263 31 12% 21 9 43% 16 7 44% 0
1958 27 SFG NL 84 100% 15 41 7 1 5 1.69 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 21 1 5% 8 2 25% 59 7 12% 3 2 67% 3 3 100% 0
1959 28 SFG NL 13 100% 1 11 1 0 1 1.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 12 1 8% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
4 Yrs 854 84% 170 87 17 1 11 1.75 31 0 21 21 6 12 19 0 7 2 29% 160 6 4% 75 19 25% 488 63 13% 35 16 46% 37 15 41% 0
MLB Averages 48% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 24 95 294 261 36 57 9 5 12 43 3 4 28 71 .218 .300 .429 .729 91 112 1 3 0 1 4
1956 25 95 294 261 36 57 9 5 12 43 3 4 28 71 .218 .300 .429 .729 91 112 1 3 0 1 4
1957 26 224 757 679 101 154 23 10 28 93 8 10 66 139 .227 .299 .414 .713 89 281 4 6 1 4 5
1958 27 290 841 750 110 169 26 10 31 103 8 11 79 154 .225 .303 .411 .713 89 308 5 6 1 4 6
1959 28 305 854 761 110 170 26 10 31 104 8 11 80 158 .223 .301 .406 .707 88 309 6 6 2 4 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 24 100 307 274 37 59 9 5 12 44 3 29 75 .215 .296 .416 .712 34 95
1957 26 135 485 438 69 103 15 5 17 53 5 40 71 .235 .302 .409 .710 53 129
1958 27 69 89 75 9 16 3 0 3 11 0 14 16 .213 .337 .373 .710 9 66
1959 28 16 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 15
4 Yrs 320 894 798 115 178 27 10 32 108 8 84 166 .223 .300 .402 .703 96 305
162 Game Avg. 162 453 404 58 90 14 5 16 55 4 43 84 .223 .300 .402 .703 49 305

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (8th)

                                         

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