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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
14	14	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE		CHW	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	17	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	18	May 3	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 4	CLE		SLB	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 5	CLE		SLB	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
24	24	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
26	26	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	57	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
35	35	May 23	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	GS	33	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	37	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	May 26	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	40	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
41	41	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	May 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	48 (4)	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	49	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
46	50	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	51	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	52	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
49	53	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	54	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	55	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
52	56	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	57	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	58	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	59	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	60	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	61	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	62	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	64 (1)	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	4	1	0	5	1
60	65	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	67	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	68	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
66	71	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	72	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	74	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
70	75	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	76	Jul 4	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	77	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	78	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	79	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	80	Jul 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	81	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	82	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	3	2	0	5	0
78	83	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	87	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	88	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	89	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
85	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
90	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	96	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	97	Jul 25	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	98	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	99	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	100	Jul 29	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	101	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	102	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	103	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
99	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	106	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	107	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	109	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	110	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	111	Aug 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	112	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	113	Aug 10	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	114	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	50	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	115	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	116	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
112	117	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	118	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	119	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	120	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	121	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	123	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	124	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	125	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	126	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	127	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
123	128	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	129	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	131	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	4	0	1	5	0
127	132	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	133	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	134	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	136	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	137	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	138	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	139	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
135	140	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
136	141	Sep 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
137	142	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	143	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
139	144	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
140	145	Sep 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
141	146	Sep 18	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	147	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	148	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
144	149	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	150	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
146	151	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	152	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
148	153	Sep 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	154	Sep 27	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							149gm			397	21	8	426	8