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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 13	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	6	Apr 15	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	GF	17	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	10 (3)	Apr 20 susp	CHC		PIT	L,8-10	GF	16	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	12 (1)	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,6-0	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
5	15 (2)	Apr 26	CHC		MON	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	16	Apr 27	CHC		MON	W,12-10	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	17	Apr 28	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	GF	9	2.1	2	1	1	4	0	SS
8	18	Apr 29	CHC	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	32	8.1	3	4	0	7	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	24 (5)	May 4 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	31 (6)	May 13	CHC		SFG	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	35 (3)	May 18	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
12	39 (3)	May 23	CHC		HOU	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	40	May 24	CHC		HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	41	May 25	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	GF	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	49 (7)	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	52 (2)	Jun 6	CHC	@	STL	W,9-3	GS	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B SS
17	53	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	54	Jun 8	CHC	@	STL	W,14-2	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
19	56 (1)	Jun 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
20	57	Jun 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
21	58	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	59	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	60	Jun 14	CHC		STL	L,0-1	GF	12	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	61	Jun 15	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
25	66 (4)	Jun 21	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
26	68 (1)	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-19	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
27	69	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	70	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	71	Jun 28	CHC		NYM	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	73 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		MON	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	74	Jul 1 susp	CHC		MON	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
32	75	Jul 2	CHC		MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
33	76	Jul 3	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
34	77	Jul 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	3B
35	78	Jul 5	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
36	79	Jul 6	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
37	81 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	82	Jul 10	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-11	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	83	Jul 11	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	84	Jul 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
41	85	Jul 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	87 (1)	Jul 18	CHC		SFG	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	89 (1)	Jul 20	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
44	90	Jul 21	CHC		SDP	W,6-1	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
45	91	Jul 22	CHC		SDP	W,6-4	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
46	93 (1)	Jul 25	CHC		LAD	W,8-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
47	94	Jul 26	CHC		LAD	W,9-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
48	98 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	99	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	101 (1)	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-12	GF	15	3.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
51	103 (1)	Aug 4	CHC		NYM	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
52	106 (2)	Aug 6 susp	CHC		NYM	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
53	107	Aug 7	CHC		NYM	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
54	108	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	110 (1)	Aug 10	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
56	111	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	L,7-10	GF	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	112	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	113	Aug 13	CHC		PIT	W,9-8	GS	23	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	114	Aug 14	CHC	@	MON	L,4-5	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
60	115	Aug 15 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
61	116	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
62	117	Aug 16	CHC	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
63	118	Aug 17	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
64	122 (3)	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	125 (2)	Aug 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B 3B
66	126	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	127	Aug 27	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
68	128	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
69	130 (1)	Aug 31	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	20	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	132 (1)	Sep 2 susp	CHC		HOU	L,7-8	GS	46	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
71	133	Sep 3	CHC		HOU	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
72	135 (1)	Sep 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
73	137 (1)	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	138	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
75	139	Sep 10	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
76	144 (4)	Sep 16	CHC	@	MON	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
77	148 (3)	Sep 20	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	GF	23	6.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
78	149	Sep 21	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
79	150	Sep 22	CHC		MON	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
80	156 (5)	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
81	160 (3)	Oct 5	CHC		STL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
							83gm		383.2	62	106	3	171	15