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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-28 / in Starts: 25-18
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	20 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 212 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	148 (67-50-31)
Avg. MLBer w/ 212 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	140 (70-43-26)

Most Driven In
M Bishop	11
T Cobb	6
Self	3
J Hauser	2
J Quinn	2
J Boley	2
O Orwoll	2
J Dykes	1

Most Driven In By
J Hauser	8
B Miller	4
S Hale	4
M Cochrane	3
A Simmons	3
Self	3
M Haas	1
J Boley	0

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2729	1	Apr 11	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.89	-0.061	2.40	-0.10%	-0.74	CF
2	2730	2	Apr 13	PHA		NYY	L,7-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	3	.91	-0.076	2.25	-0.11%	-0.43	CF
3	2731	3	Apr 16	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	3	2.23	-0.388	4.63	-0.48%	-1.53	CF
4	2732	4	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,6-11	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	3	.30	-0.027	.56	-0.03%	-0.39	CF
5	2733	5	Apr 20	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	1.55	0.106	2.78	0.11%	0.04	CF
6	2734	6	Apr 21	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-0	CG	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.154	.185	.192	.377	3	.72	0.115	1.41	0.14%	0.63	CF
7	2735	7	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	W,11-6	CG	5	5	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.258	.281	.355	.636	3	.19	0.013	.37	0.02%	1.53	CF
8	2736	8	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.278	.371	.649	3	.83	0.104	1.76	0.13%	0.66	CF
9	2737	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.256	.293	.410	.703	3	.75	0.244	1.81	0.36%	2.33	CF
10	2738	10	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.267	.372	.639	3	.95	-0.098	2.32	-0.14%	-0.90	CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	2739	11	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.260	.340	.600	3	1.05	-0.060	2.75	-0.10%	-0.40	CF
12	2740	12	May 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.259	.333	.593	3	1.07	0.015	3.01	0.03%	-0.07	CF
13	2741	13	May 4	PHA		DET	W,10-5	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.288	.364	.652	3	.39	0.022	1.05	0.04%	1.60	CF
14	2742	14	May 5	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.313	.441	.753	3	1.43	0.538	4.10	0.92%	1.32	CF
15	2743	15	May 7	PHA		DET	W,10-0	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.304	.438	.742	3	.13	-0.011	.41	-0.02%	-0.30	CF
16	2744	16	May 8	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.288	.412	.699	3	1.06	-0.293	3.35	-0.56%	-2.18	CF
17	2745	17	May 10	PHA		SLB	W,11-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.308	.438	.746	3	.51	0.019	1.82	0.04%	-1.62	CF
18	2746	18	May 11	PHA		SLB	W,11-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.301	.423	.724	3	.25	0.002	.93	0.00%	-0.09	CF
19	2747	19	May 12	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.287	.402	.690	3	1.64	-0.158	7.23	-0.42%	-1.07	CF
20	2748	20	May 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.388	.666	3	.82	-0.063	3.27	-0.15%	-0.46	CF
21	2749	21	May 14	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.274	.371	.644	3	1.41	-0.085	4.98	-0.18%	-0.62	CF
22	2750	22	May 15	PHA		CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.293	.419	.712	3	.35	0.053	1.37	0.12%	0.97	CF
23	2751	23	May 16	PHA		CLE	W,15-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.301	.433	.734	3	.26	0.016	1.00	0.04%	0.50	CF
24	2752	24	May 17	PHA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.255	.296	.431	.728	3	1.86	-0.014	6.19	-0.03%	-1.04	CF
25	2753	25	May 19	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.264	.304	.462	.766	3	.82	0.047	2.50	0.09%	0.26	CF
26	2754	26	May 21 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.304	.454	.758	3	1.36	0.077	4.40	0.15%	0.77	CF
27	2755	29 (2)	May 23	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.311	.473	.784	3	.77	0.154	2.75	0.33%	1.24	CF
28	2756	30	May 24 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.276	.323	.474	.797	3	1.63	0.067	9.59	0.24%	1.06	CF
29	2757	31	May 24 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.328	.483	.811	3	1.17	0.223	6.16	0.71%	2.43	CF
30	2758	32	May 25 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.326	.476	.802	3	1.46	-0.081	8.94	-0.30%	-0.31	CF
31	2759	33	May 25 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-9	GS-8	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.333	.496	.829	3	.53	-0.017	2.88	-0.06%	1.07	CF
32	2760	34	May 26	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.331	.511	.842	3	.88	-0.005	4.10	-0.01%	0.85	CF
33	2761	35	May 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.331	.504	.835	3	1.44	-0.008	3.61	-0.01%	-0.24	CF
34	2762	36	May 28	PHA		NYY	L,4-11	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.285	.329	.496	.825	3	1.21	0.079	4.65	0.18%	0.38	CF
35	2763	37	May 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.296	.338	.514	.852	3	1.14	0.013	2.36	0.02%	-0.33	CF
36	2764	38	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.290	.335	.503	.839	3	.56	0.045	1.31	0.06%	0.10	CF
37	2765	39	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.289	.333	.497	.830	3	.65	0.023	1.49	0.03%	-0.63	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	2766	40	Jun 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.289	.337	.493	.831	3	.86	0.092	2.11	0.14%	0.94	CF
39	2767	41	Jun 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.282	.329	.481	.810	3	.57	-0.015	1.42	-0.02%	-0.21	CF
40	2768	42	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.280	.326	.472	.798	3	.67	0.020	1.50	0.03%	0.07	CF
41	2769	43	Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.274	.320	.463	.783	3	1.61	-0.098	4.08	-0.15%	-0.85	CF
42	2770	44	Jun 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.313	.452	.765	3	1.01	-0.106	2.10	-0.13%	-1.27	CF
43	2771	49 (4)	Jun 12	PHA	@	DET	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.311	.450	.761	9	.39	-0.010	.72	-0.01%	-0.12	PH
44	2772	50	Jun 13	PHA	@	DET	W,12-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.309	.447	.756	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.26	CF
45	2773	56 (5)	Jun 20 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.308	.444	.752	9	.02	-0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.24	PH
46	2774	57	Jun 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.306	.442	.748	9	.19	-0.005	.85	-0.01%	-0.37	PH
47	2775	64 (6)	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.304	.439	.744	9	.56	-0.015	1.93	-0.03%	-0.18	PH
48	2776	67 (2)	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,7-4	5-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.308	.448	.756	2	.89	0.042	1.17	0.03%	0.74	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	2777	68	Jul 1 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-12	7-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.267	.310	.455	.765	6	.07	0.009	.17	0.01%	0.27	CF
50	2778	70 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.309	.452	.760	2	.02	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.81	CF
51	2779	73 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.309	.452	.760	2						CF
52	2780	74	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,11-3	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.312	.455	.767	8	.25	0.005	.20	0.00%	0.22	PH
53	2781	79 (4)	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,10-3	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.311	.453	.763	8	1.80	-0.042	2.22	-0.03%	-0.50	PH
54	2782	80	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.314	.461	.775	7	1.14	0.071	1.45	0.05%	0.63	PH
55	2783	81	Jul 12 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.318	.464	.782	8	3.59	0.136	4.34	0.10%	0.40	PH
56	2784	84 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	PHA		DET	L,6-11	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.315	.462	.777	2	.57	-0.013	.59	-0.01%	-0.80	CF
57	2785	88 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.313	.460	.773	8	1.91	-0.049	1.37	-0.02%	-0.18	PH
58	2786	93 (4)	Jul 25 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,16-0	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.313	.460	.773	4						LF
59	2787	94	Jul 25 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-7	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.313	.460	.773	8	4.75	0.013	4.47	0.01%	-0.10	PH
60	2788	96 (1)	Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.317	.460	.776	9	1.70	0.073	2.82	0.07%	0.61	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	2789	103 (6)	Aug 3	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.315	.457	.772	9	.19	-0.005	.81	-0.01%	-0.18	PH
62	2790	112 (8)	Aug 14	PHA		DET	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.313	.455	.768	8	.56	-0.015	2.19	-0.04%	-0.18	PH
63	2791	116 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.312	.453	.765	9	1.94	-0.052	8.16	-0.13%	-0.12	PH
64	2792	127 (10)	Aug 30	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.310	.450	.761	8	2.79	-0.071	16.84	-0.26%	-0.18	PH
							36-28		212	191	28	51	22	2	3	32	10	0	5	2	2		7		5	1	.267	.310	.450	.761		.94	0.494	2.83	0.63%	1.75

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