By Speece

Byron Franklin Speece

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 6, 1897 in West Baden, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1924
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators/Phillies 1924-1930

Final Game: June 26, 1930
Died: September 29, 1974 in Elgin, OR
Buried: Elgin Cemetery, Elgin, OR
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1922	25	NRF	D	14	9	.609		28						201.0	192	80			31							1.109	8.6		1.4			NRF · NESL
1923	26	OMA	A	26	14	.650		49						314.0	344	177			82							1.357	9.9		2.4			OMA · WL
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	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	1.483	10.6	0.0	2.8	2.6	0.93
1926	29	INA	AA	17	10	.630	4.06	36						204.0	234	103	92		47							1.377	10.3		2.1			INA · AA
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		1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50

1927	30	TOL,INA	AA	12	10	.545	4.14	41						174.0	185	96	80		60							1.408	9.6		3.1			TOL,INA · AA
1928	31	INA	AA	1	4	.200	5.20	28						83.0	109	59	48		26	37	3		1			1.627	11.8		2.8	4.0	1.42	INA · AA
1929	32	INA	AA	9	2	.818	3.80	36						109.0	109	55	46		35							1.321	9.0		2.9			INA · AA
1930	33	NWK	AA	3	4	.429	3.38	19						48.0	36	19	18		13							1.021	6.8		2.4			NWK · IL
1930	33	PHI	NL	0	0		13.27	11	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	41	30	29	1	4	9	0	0	0	105	42	2.288	18.8	0.5	1.8	4.1	2.25
1931	34	NWK	AA	12	6	.667	2.84	50						95.0	93	36	30		37							1.368	8.8		3.5			NWK · IL
1932	35	NYY-min	A,AA	10	7	.588	4.54	32						115.0	129	67	58		45							1.513	10.1		3.5			NVL,NWK · SOUA,IL
1933	36	NVL	A	17	10	.630	3.67	38						216.0	222	100	88		64							1.324	9.2		2.7			NVL · SOUA
1934	37	SFG-min	A	22	8	.733	2.99	38						247.0	242	98	82		61							1.227	8.8		2.2			NVL · SOUA
1935	38	SFG-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	LAD-min	A1	0	0		4.00	2						9.0	10	4	4		0							1.111	10.0		0.0			NVL · SOUA
1940	43	POR	AA	7	9	.438	3.95	36	17					173.0	182	101	76		43							1.301	9.5		2.2			POR · PCL
1941	44	POR	AA	9	12	.429	3.53	26	22		12	1		148.0	163	72	58		30	42	1	0	1			1.304	9.9		1.8	2.6	1.40	POR · PCL
1942	45	POR	AA	9	6	.600	3.92	19	16		10	0		124.0	127	65	54		36	48	3	0	1			1.315	9.2		2.6	3.5	1.33	POR · PCL
1943	46	SLE	AA	13	9	.591	2.83	27	23		15	1		175.0	167	66	55		41	54	1	0	1			1.189	8.6		2.1	2.8	1.32	SLE · PCL
1944	47	SLE	AA	10	13	.435	2.80	31	27		15	5		180.0	181	68	56		30	67	1	0	1			1.172	9.0		1.5	3.4	2.23	SLE · PCL
1945	48	SLE	AA	3	3	.500	4.33	17	4		2	1		54.0	61	31	26		17	17	1	0	0			1.444	10.2		2.8	2.8	1.00	SLE · PCL
4 Yrs				5	6	.455	4.73	62	4	34	3	0	1	167.1	208	109	88	1	61	51	5	2	5	761	94	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	53	5	2	5	784	94	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	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	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	9	0	0	0	105	42	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	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	9	0	0	0	105	42	2.288	18.8	0.5	1.8	4.1	2.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1924	27	WSH	AL	55.1	21	1	30	4.88	4.95	0.37	0.00	98.6	4.52	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.2	4	.488	.498	$
1925	28	CLE	AL	90.1	28	3	48	4.78	5.22	-0.08	0.00	101.2	5.36	6	0.5	1.0	-0.0	1.3	17	.519	.503	$
1926	29	CLE	AL	3.0	2	0	1	3.00	4.51	0.17	0.00	108.4	4.70	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.529	.500	$

1930	33	PHI	NL	19.2	11	0	30	13.73	6.15	-0.70	0.00	105.3	7.21	-14	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-12	.397	.493	$
4 Seasons				168.1	62	4	109	5.83	5.23	0.00	0.00	101.0	5.29	-11	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.487	.499	$

CLE (2 yrs)				93.1	30	3	49	4.73	5.19	-0.07	0.00	101.5	5.34	6	0.6	1.0	-0.0	1.4	18	.519	.502	$
WSH (1 yr)				55.1	21	1	30	4.88	4.95	0.37	0.00	98.6	4.52	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.2	4	.488	.498	$
PHI (1 yr)				19.2	11	0	30	13.73	6.15	-0.70	0.00	105.3	7.21	-14	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-12	.397	.493	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1924	27	WSH	AL	WS	W	NYG	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1924	27	WSH	AL	252	0.0%	6.0%	10.7%			77%
1925	28	CLE	AL	404	0.0%	6.4%	6.9%	1.2%	5%	82%
1926	29	CLE	AL	11	0.0%	9.1%	18.2%			64%

1930	33	PHI	NL	105	1.0%	8.6%	3.8%			81%
4 Yrs				772	0.1%	6.6%	7.9%	0.7%	2%	80%
MLB Averages					1.2%	7.3%	8.0%	3.2%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1924	27	2	1	.667	2.65	21	1	14	0	0	54.1	60	30	16	0	27	15	2	1	2	241	154	1.601	9.9	0.0	4.5	2.5	0.56	154
1925	28	5	6	.455	3.67	49	4	27	3	1	144.2	166	78	59	0	55	41	5	2	5	646	118	1.528	10.3	0.0	3.4	2.6	0.75	118
1926	29	5	6	.455	3.60	51	4	29	3	1	147.2	167	79	59	0	57	42	5	2	5	656	120	1.517	10.2	0.0	3.5	2.6	0.74	120
1927	30	5	6	.455	3.60	51	4	29	3	1	147.2	167	79	59	0	57	42	5	2	5	656	120	1.517	10.2	0.0	3.5	2.6	0.74	120
1928	31	5	6	.455	3.60	51	4	29	3	1	147.2	167	79	59	0	57	42	5	2	5	656	120	1.517	10.2	0.0	3.5	2.6	0.74	120
1929	32	5	6	.455	3.60	51	4	29	3	1	147.2	167	79	59	0	57	42	5	2	5	656	120	1.517	10.2	0.0	3.5	2.6	0.74	120
1930	33	5	6	.455	4.73	62	4	34	3	1	167.1	208	109	88	1	61	51	5	2	5	761	94	1.608	11.2	0.1	3.3	2.7	0.84	94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1924	27	4	2	.667	2.62	55.0	61	18	16	0	27	15	2	1.600	10.0	4.4	2.5	0.56	0.0	21
1925	28	6	4	.600	3.49	98.0	103	42	38	0	27	28	3	1.327	9.5	2.5	2.6	1.04	0.0	28
1926	29	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.667	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	0.0	2

1930	33	0	2	.000	8.22	23.0	36	23	21	1	4	11	0	1.739	14.1	1.6	4.3	2.75	0.4	11
4 Yrs		10	8	.556	3.77	179.0	200	83	75	1	60	55	5	1.453	10.1		2.8	0.92	0.1	62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Finished s c a p y 1924 AL 14 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1924 AL 14 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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