Chris Speier

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: June 28, 1950 in Alameda, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 11th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Alameda HS (Alameda, CA) and the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Laney College (Oakland, CA).

High Schools: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA), Encinal HS (Alameda, CA)

Schools: Laney College (Oakland, CA), University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1971 (Age 20-283d, 13,097th in major league history)
vs. SDP 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1989 (Age 39-095d)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Chris Edward Speier

Nicknames: Spy

Pronunciation: \spire\

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Relatives: Father of Justin Speier

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.6

7156

1759

112

.246

770

RBI

720

OBP

.327

SLG

.349

OPS

.676

OPS+

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

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 9	SFG		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	SFG		SDP	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
6	6	Apr 11	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 12	SFG		HOU	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 13	SFG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
9	9	Apr 14	SFG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 15 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,0-11	GS	45	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 15 (2)	SFG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
12	12	Apr 17 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,15-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
13	13	Apr 17 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 18	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
15	15	Apr 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
16	16	Apr 20	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	17	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
19	19	Apr 24	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
20	20	Apr 25	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
21	21	Apr 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
22	22	Apr 27	SFG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
23	23	Apr 28	SFG	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
24	24	Apr 29	SFG	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	5	0	10	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 1	SFG		PIT	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
26	26	May 2	SFG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 3	SFG		PIT	L,5-14	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 4	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
29	29	May 5	SFG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
30	30	May 6 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,11-9	CG	54	12.0	4	2	1	7	2	SS
31	31	May 6 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
32	32	May 8	SFG		STL	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
33	33	May 9	SFG		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
34	34	May 10	SFG		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
35	35	May 11	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
36	36	May 12	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
37	37	May 13	SFG		LAD	L,3-15	CG	53	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
38	38	May 14	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	2	5	1	SS
39	39	May 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	40	May 16	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
41	41	May 18	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	4	SS
42	42	May 19	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
43	43	May 20	SFG	@	HOU	L,7-8	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
44	44	May 21	SFG	@	HOU	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
45	45	May 22	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	SS
46	46	May 24	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
47	47	May 25	SFG		MON	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
48	48	May 26	SFG		MON	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
49	49	May 27	SFG		MON	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
50	50	May 28	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
51	51	May 29	SFG		NYM	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
52	52	May 30	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	53	Jun 1	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	54	Jun 2	SFG		PHI	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
55	55	Jun 3	SFG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
56	56	Jun 4	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
57	57	Jun 5	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	58	Jun 6	SFG	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	59	Jun 8	SFG	@	MON	L,3-17	GS	32	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
60	60	Jun 9	SFG	@	MON	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	3	8	2	13	1	SS
61	61	Jun 10	SFG	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
62	62	Jun 11	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
63	63	Jun 12	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
64	64	Jun 13	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
65	65	Jun 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
66	66	Jun 16	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
67	67	Jun 17	SFG	@	PHI	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
68	68	Jun 19	SFG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
69	69	Jun 20	SFG		CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
70	70	Jun 21	SFG		CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
71	71	Jun 22	SFG		HOU	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
72	72	Jun 23	SFG		HOU	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	5	1	6	4	SS
73	73	Jun 24 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
74	74	Jun 24 (2)	SFG		HOU	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
75	75	Jun 26	SFG		ATL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
76	76	Jun 27	SFG		ATL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	77	Jun 28	SFG	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
78	78	Jun 29	SFG	@	HOU	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
79	79	Jun 30	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	80	Jul 1 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
81	81	Jul 1 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,7-8	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
82	82	Jul 2	SFG	@	ATL	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
83	83	Jul 3	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
84	84	Jul 4	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
85	85	Jul 5	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
86	86	Jul 6	SFG		STL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
87	87	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
88	88	Jul 8	SFG		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
89	89	Jul 10	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
90	97 (7)	Jul 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
91	98	Jul 21	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
92	99	Jul 22	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	52	13.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
93	100	Jul 26 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
94	101	Jul 26 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
95	102	Jul 27	SFG		SDP	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	103	Jul 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
97	104	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
98	105	Jul 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
99	106	Jul 31	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	107	Aug 1	SFG	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	1	6	2	9	1	SS 2B
101	108	Aug 3	SFG		LAD	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
102	109	Aug 4	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
103	110	Aug 5	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
104	111	Aug 7	SFG		MON	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
105	112	Aug 8	SFG		MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
106	113	Aug 9	SFG		MON	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	114	Aug 10	SFG		NYM	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
108	115	Aug 11	SFG		NYM	W,8-7	CG	51	13.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
109	116	Aug 12	SFG		NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
110	117	Aug 14	SFG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
111	118	Aug 15	SFG		PHI	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
112	119	Aug 16	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
113	120	Aug 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
114	121	Aug 18	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	28	5.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
115	122	Aug 19	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
116	125 (2)	Aug 22	SFG	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
117	126	Aug 24	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
118	127	Aug 25	SFG	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
119	128	Aug 26	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
120	129	Aug 27	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
121	130	Aug 28	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
122	131	Aug 29	SFG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
123	132	Aug 31	SFG		ATL	L,4-10	GS	44	7.2	4	1	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	133	Sep 1	SFG		ATL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
125	134	Sep 2 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
126	135	Sep 2 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,11-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
127	136	Sep 3	SFG		LAD	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
128	137	Sep 4	SFG		LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
129	138	Sep 5	SFG		LAD	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
130	139	Sep 7	SFG		HOU	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
131	140	Sep 8	SFG		HOU	L,7-9	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
132	141	Sep 9	SFG		HOU	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
133	142	Sep 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
134	143	Sep 11	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	49	10.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
135	144	Sep 12	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
136	145	Sep 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
137	146	Sep 14	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	147	Sep 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
139	149 (1)	Sep 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
140	150	Sep 18	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
141	151	Sep 19	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
142	152	Sep 20	SFG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
143	153	Sep 21 (1)	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
144	154	Sep 21 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,7-2	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
145	156 (1)	Sep 23	SFG		SDP	L,9-11	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
146	157	Sep 24	SFG	@	HOU	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
147	158	Sep 25	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
148	159	Sep 26	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
149	160	Sep 28	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	53	14.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
150	162 (1)	Sep 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
							151gm		1301.2	255	471	33	759	92