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By Speece
Byron Franklin Speece

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

Debut April 21, 1924
Final Game June 26, 1930
Born January 6, 1897 in West Baden, IN
Died September 29, 1974 in Elgin, OR

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1924 27 WSH AL   2   1  21   1   0   0  14  0   54.3   60   30   16   0   27   15   2   2   243       1  2.65  4.06  153 1.601
 1925 28 CLE AL   3   5  28   3   3   0  13  1   90.3  106   48   43   0   28   26   3   3   405       1  4.28  4.43  103 1.483
 1926 29 CLE AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    1    1    0   0    2    1   0   0    10       0  0.00  4.06  inf 1.000
 1930 33 PHI NL   0   0  11   0   0   0   5  0   19.7   41   30   29   1    4    9   0   0   105       0 13.27  5.47   41 2.288
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .455   5   6  62   4   3   0  33  1  167.3  208  109   88   1   61   51   5   5   763       2  4.73  4.43   93 1.608
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   6  63   4   3   0  34  1  172.3  214  112   90   1   62   52   5   5   786   0   2  4.73  4.43   93 1.608
 Career High      3   5  28   3   3   0  14  1   90.3  106   48   43   1   28   26   3   3   405   0   1  2.65  4.43  153 1.483

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1924 27 WSH AL  21   20    1    3   1  1   0    1   0  0   0   5  .150  .150  .300   16    6   0           0    
 1925 28 CLE AL  28   31    2    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   0  10  .161  .161  .226   -3    7   0           0    
 1930 33 PHI NL  11    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .333  .333  .333   58    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       62   54    3    9   3  1   0    4   0  0   0  17  .167  .167  .259    7   14   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        141    8   24   8  3   0   10   0  0   0  44  .167  .167  .259    7   37   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     28   31    2    5   2  1   0    2   0  0   0  10                           7   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1924 27 WSH AL   20   17    1   1.6   109| .150  .294| .150  .363| .300  .404| .450  .767|  16  .112  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1925 28 CLE AL   31   26    1   1.0   116| .161  .301| .161  .371| .226  .422| .387  .793|  -3  .051  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1930 33 PHI NL    3    2    0   0.0   133| .333  .321| .333  .380| .333  .477| .666  .857|  58  .000  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        54   45    2   1.2   115| .167  .299| .167  .369| .259  .418| .426  .787|   7  .066  -8.0  -0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1924 27 WSH AL P 21 2 19 1 0 .955 .959 1.00 1.32 3.48 2.54 1 54.3 1925 28 CLE AL P 28 4 23 1 2 .964 .961 0.96 1.40 2.69 2.66 3 90.3 1926 29 CLE AL P 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 1.40 6.00 2.70 0 3.0 1930 33 PHI NL P 11 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 1.10 2.28 2.19 0 19.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1924 27 WSH AL P 21 2 19 1 0 .955 .959 1.00 1.32 3.48 2.54 1 54.3 1925 28 CLE AL P 28 4 23 1 2 .964 .961 0.96 1.40 2.69 2.66 3 90.3 1926 29 CLE AL P 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 1.40 6.00 2.70 0 3.0 1930 33 PHI NL P 11 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 1.10 2.28 2.19 0 19.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 62 8 47 2 3 .965 .960 0.89 1.32 2.96 2.57 4 167.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 62 8 47 2 3 .965 .960 0.89 1.32 2.96 2.57 4 167
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1924   WS    WSH NYG     W   1   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     3   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1924   WS    WSH NYG     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games Finished
1924 AL-14-9

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 1, 1924: Traded by the Omaha (Western) to the Washington Senators for Jim O'Neill and cash and a player to be named.

December 12, 1924: Traded by the Washington Senators with Carr Smith to the Cleveland Indians for Stan Coveleski.

May, 1926: Purchased by the Indianapolis (American Association) from the Cleveland Indians.

October 7, 1929: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Indianapolis (American Association) in the 1929 rule 5 draft.

July 16, 1930: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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