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Horace Speed

Horace Arthur Speed

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 4, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Banning HS (Compton, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1975
Teams (by GP): Indians/Giants 1975-1979

Final Game: June 26, 1979
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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
1969	17	SFG-min	Rk	48	141	141		28	9	0	4						.199	.199	.348	.546		49							GRF · PION
1970	18	SFG-min	A	109	363	363		96	14	5	11						.264	.264	.421	.686		153							DEC · MIDW
1971	19	SFG-min	A	118	385	385		104	20	4	18						.270	.270	.483	.753		186							FRE · CALL
1972	20	SFG-min	AA	103	392	341	38	86	10	4	10	36	7	3	44	96	.252	.344	.393	.737		134		4	2	1			AMA · TL
1973	21	SFG-min	AA	120	481	406	77	124	20	5	25	88	15	3	59	92	.305	.398	.564	.962		229		7	4	5			AMA · TL
1974	22	SFG-min	AAA	141	573	505	67	138	28	10	14	83	16	3	53	119	.273	.344	.451	.796		228		5	4	6			PHX · PCL
1975	23	SFG-min	AAA	92	357	305	54	83	16	5	12	38	17	5	43	85	.272	.374	.475	.849		145		7	1	1			PHX · PCL
1975	23	SFG	NL	17	17	15	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.133	.235	.200	.435	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	/79

1976	24	SFG-min	AAA	134	535	448	75	109	19	5	18	73	12	4	73	128	.243	.358	.429	.786		192		9	1	4			PHX · PCL
1977	25	SFG-min	AAA	134	568	467	92	124	21	14	10	79	35	6	93	137	.266	.390	.435	.824		203		4	1	3			PHX · PCL
1978	26	CLE	AL	70	124	106	13	24	4	1	0	4	2	4	14	31	.226	.320	.283	.603	72	30	5	1	2	1	1	987/D
1979	27	CLE-min	AAA	66	270	219	35	45	5	2	4	18	9	3	45	79	.205	.342	.301	.643		66		1	4	1			TAC · PCL
1979	27	CLE	AL	26	19	14	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	7	.143	.368	.143	.511	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	7/D89
1980	28	ATL-min	AAA,AA	51	145	120	13	21	3	1	1	9	2	2	22	41	.175	.310	.242	.552		29		2	0	1			RMD,SAV · IL,SOUL
3 Yrs				113	160	135	21	28	5	1	0	6	4	5	20	46	.207	.316	.259	.576	64	35	5	2	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	229	194	30	40	7	1	0	9	6	7	29	66	.207	.316	.259	.576	64	50	7	3	3	1	1

CLE (2 yrs)				96	143	120	19	26	4	1	0	5	4	5	19	38	.217	.326	.267	.593	69	32	5	1	2	1	1
SFG (1 yr)				17	17	15	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.133	.235	.200	.435	20	3	0	1	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				96	143	120	19	26	4	1	0	5	4	5	19	38	.217	.326	.267	.593	69	32	5	1	2	1	1
NL (1 yr)				17	17	15	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.133	.235	.200	.435	20	3	0	1	0	0	0

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
1975	23	SFG	NL	17	17	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.481	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/79

1978	26	CLE	AL	70	124	-3	-1	-1	1	-2	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.4	.489	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	987/D
1979	27	CLE	AL	26	19	-1	-0	0	-0	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	7/D89
3 Seasons				113	160	-6	-2	-0	1	-4	-12	-1.3	5	-7	-0.9	.488	.497	-0.8	-0.3	-7	$

CLE (2 yrs)				96	143	-4	-2	-1	1	-4	-9	-0.9	5	-4	-0.6	.490	.497	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$
SFG (1 yr)				17	17	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.481	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

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
1975	23	SFG	NL	17	13	1	2.1	99	.286	.133	.270	.235	.342	.200	.390	.435	.732	20	.206	-1.6	-0.2	.385	.133	.067

1978	26	CLE	AL	124	94	9	2.6	93	.316	.226	.260	.320	.325	.283	.383	.603	.708	72	.277	-3.4	-0.4	.473	.170	.057	.0
1979	27	CLE	AL	19	13	1	2.0	102	.286	.143	.270	.368	.334	.143	.408	.511	.743	45	.179	-0.8	-0.1	.615	.429	.000	.0
3 Yrs				160	120	11	2.4	94	.311	.207	.262	.316	.328	.259	.386	.576	.714	64	.258	-5.9	-0.6	.479	.193	.052	.0
162 Game Avg.				229	172	16	2.4	94	.311	.207	.262	.316	.328	.259	.386	.576	.714	64	.258	-5.9	-0.6	.479	.193	.052

CLE (2 yrs)				143	107	10	2.5	94	.313	.217	.261	.326	.326	.267	.386	.593	.712	69	.264	-4.2	-0.4	.490	.200	.050	.0
SFG (1 yr)				17	13	1	2.1	99	.286	.133	.270	.235	.342	.200	.390	.435	.732	20	.207	-1.6	-0.2	.385	.133	.067

AL (2 yrs)				143	107	10	2.5	94	.313	.217	.261	.326	.326	.267	.386	.593	.712	69	.264	-4.2	-0.4	.490	.200	.050	.0
NL (1 yr)				17	13	1	2.1	99	.286	.133	.270	.235	.342	.200	.390	.435	.732	20	.207	-1.6	-0.2	.385	.133	.067

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1975	23	SFG	NL	17	0.0%	47.1%	5.9%	5.9%	50%	8.00	1.9		15.0	1.50	41%

1978	26	CLE	AL	124	0.0%	25.0%	11.3%	4.0%	21%	2.21	3.4		26.5	1.11	61%
1979	27	CLE	AL	19	0.0%	36.8%	26.3%	0.0%	0%	1.40	2.0		14.0	0.67	37%
3 Yrs				160	0.0%	28.8%	12.5%	3.8%	21%	2.30	2.9		22.5	1.09	56%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.6%	6.4%	28%	1.50	6.9	46.2	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	23	SFG	NL	-1.6	-0.2	17	0.2	0.4	-0.3	1.40	-0.1	0.2	-1.1	-0.1	1.14	-1.0	1.00	1

1978	26	CLE	AL	-3.4	-0.4	131	-0.6	1.5	-2.0	.85	-0.6	-0.1	-7.1	-0.7	0.91	-6.8	0.49	4
1979	27	CLE	AL	-0.8	-0.1	23	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.26	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.92	-1.0		0
3 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	171	-0.2	2.5	-2.6	.96	-0.7	0.5	-8.3	-0.8	0.93	-8.7	0.59	5

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	23	SFG	NL	0	0	50%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1978	26	CLE	AL	2	0	33%	49	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	60%	8	4	4	4	1	2	3	0	3
1979	27	CLE	AL	0	0	86%	32	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
3 Yrs				2	0	42%	105	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	15	11	4	5	2	2	5	1	4

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
1975	23	SFG	NL	17	65%	2			1	0	0	0	1.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	2	67%	13	1	8%	0	0		0	0		0

1978	26	CLE	AL	124	58%	24			4	0	0	0	0.49	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	20	5	25%	10	2	20%	70	5	7%	3	1	33%	6	2	33%	0
1979	27	CLE	AL	19	32%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		13	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				160	56%	28			5	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	26	5	19%	13	4	31%	96	7	7%	4	1	25%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1975	23	17	17	15	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.133	.235	.200	.435	20	3	0	1	0	0	0
1976	24	17	17	15	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.133	.235	.200	.435	20	3	0	1	0	0	0
1977	25	17	17	15	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.133	.235	.200	.435	20	3	0	1	0	0	0
1978	26	87	141	121	15	26	5	1	5	2	4	15	39	.215	.309	.273	.582	66	33	5	2	2	1	1
1979	27	113	160	135	21	28	5	1	6	4	5	20	46	.207	.316	.259	.576	64	35	5	2	2	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1975	23	17	20	16	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	8	.188	.350	.313	.663	1	17

1978	26	70	127	108	15	26	4	1	0	5	2	15	31	.241	.336	.296	.632	11	70
1979	27	26	19	14	8	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	7	.143	.368	.143	.511	1	26
3 Yrs		113	166	138	27	31	6	1	0	8	4	22	46	.225	.341	.283	.624	13	113
162 Game Avg.		162	238	198	39	44	9	1	0	11	6	32	66	.225	.341	.283	.624	19	113

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