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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SFG		HOU	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
2	2	Apr 6	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	SFG		HOU	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
4	4	Apr 8	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 9	SFG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 10	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
7	7	Apr 12	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
8	8	Apr 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
9	9	Apr 14	SFG	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
10	10	Apr 15	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 16	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 17	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 18	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
14	14	Apr 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
15	15	Apr 20	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
16	16	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
17	17	Apr 23	SFG		MON	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
18	18	Apr 25	SFG		MON	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
19	19	Apr 26	SFG		NYM	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
20	20	Apr 27	SFG		NYM	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
21	21	Apr 28 (1)	SFG		NYM	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
22	22	Apr 28 (2)	SFG		NYM	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
23	23	Apr 30	SFG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	SFG		PHI	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 4	SFG	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
26	26	May 5 (1)	SFG	@	MON	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
27	27	May 5 (2)	SFG	@	MON	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	28	May 7 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
29	29	May 7 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
30	30	May 8	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
31	31	May 10	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
32	32	May 11	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
33	33	May 12 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
34	34	May 12 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	W,6-2	GF	11	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	SS
35	35	May 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	37 (1)	May 15	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	38	May 17	SFG		SDP	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
38	40 (1)	May 19 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,8-2	GF	28	7.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
39	41	May 19 (2)	SFG		SDP	L,7-10	CG	57	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
40	42	May 21 (1)	SFG		ATL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
41	43	May 21 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
42	44	May 22	SFG		ATL	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
43	45	May 23	SFG		LAD	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
44	46	May 24	SFG		LAD	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	8	1	10	1	SS
45	47	May 25	SFG		LAD	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
46	48	May 26	SFG		LAD	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
47	49	May 27	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
48	52 (2)	May 31	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	53	Jun 1	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
50	54	Jun 2	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
51	56 (1)	Jun 5	SFG		STL	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
52	57	Jun 6	SFG		STL	W,9-5	GF	20	5.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
53	58	Jun 7	SFG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
54	59	Jun 8	SFG		PIT	L,2-5	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
55	60	Jun 9	SFG		PIT	L,1-14	GF	13	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
56	61	Jun 11	SFG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
57	62	Jun 12	SFG		CHC	L,1-10	CG	49	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
58	63	Jun 13	SFG		CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
59	64	Jun 14	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	65	Jun 15	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
61	66	Jun 16	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
62	67	Jun 17	SFG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	68	Jun 18	SFG	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
64	69	Jun 19	SFG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
65	70	Jun 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
66	71	Jun 22	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
67	72	Jun 23	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	3	5	0	8	1	SS
68	73	Jun 24	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
69	74	Jun 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
70	75	Jun 26	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
71	76	Jun 27	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
72	77	Jun 28	SFG		LAD	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
73	78	Jun 29	SFG		LAD	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	79	Jun 30	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	80	Jul 2	SFG		SDP	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
76	81	Jul 3	SFG		SDP	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
77	82	Jul 4	SFG		SDP	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	83	Jul 5	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
79	84	Jul 6	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
80	85	Jul 7	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
81	86	Jul 8	SFG	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	16	3.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
82	88 (1)	Jul 10	SFG	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
83	89	Jul 12	SFG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
84	90	Jul 13	SFG		PHI	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
85	91	Jul 14 (1)	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
86	92	Jul 14 (2)	SFG		PHI	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
87	93	Jul 16	SFG		NYM	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
88	94	Jul 17	SFG		NYM	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	95	Jul 19	SFG		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
90	96	Jul 20	SFG		MON	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
91	97	Jul 21 (1)	SFG		MON	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
92	98	Jul 21 (2)	SFG		MON	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
93	99	Jul 25 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,13-14	CG	50	8.2	1	3	1	5	0	SS
94	100	Jul 25 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
95	101	Jul 26	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
96	102	Jul 27	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
97	103	Jul 28	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
98	104	Jul 29	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
99	105	Jul 30	SFG	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	43	12.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
100	106	Jul 31	SFG	@	ATL	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	107	Aug 1	SFG		CIN	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
102	108	Aug 2	SFG		CIN	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
103	109	Aug 3	SFG		ATL	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
104	110	Aug 4 (1)	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
105	111	Aug 4 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
106	112	Aug 5	SFG		HOU	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
107	113	Aug 6	SFG		HOU	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	114	Aug 9	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	SS
109	115	Aug 11 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
110	116	Aug 11 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	SS
111	117	Aug 12	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
112	118	Aug 13	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
113	119	Aug 14	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
114	120	Aug 16	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	4	2	0	6	1	SS
115	121	Aug 17	SFG	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
116	122	Aug 18	SFG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
117	123	Aug 19	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
118	124	Aug 20	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
119	126 (1)	Aug 23	SFG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
120	127	Aug 24	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	43	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
121	128	Aug 25	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
122	129	Aug 27	SFG		PIT	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
123	130	Aug 28	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	44	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
124	131	Aug 29	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
125	132	Aug 30	SFG		STL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
126	133	Aug 31	SFG		STL	W,3-2	GS	11	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	135 (1)	Sep 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
128	136	Sep 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-5	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	137	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	48	10.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS
130	138	Sep 6	SFG	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
131	146 (7)	Sep 14	SFG		HOU	L,0-5	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
132	152 (5)	Sep 19	SFG		CIN	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
133	153	Sep 20	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
134	154	Sep 21	SFG		CIN	W,8-6	CG	43	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
135	155	Sep 22	SFG		CIN	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
136	156	Sep 24	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
137	158 (1)	Sep 27	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
138	161 (2)	Oct 1	SFG		SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
139	162	Oct 2	SFG		SDP	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
							139gm		1178.1	215	453	21	689	84