Tris
Speaker
 
Nickname: The Grey Eagle
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 4, 1888 in Usa, TX, HUBBARD
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1911   
Silver Slugger Award 1909    1914    1917   
Gold Glove Award 1907    1908    1917    1918    1919    1920    1921   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1907 19 WS1 AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1908 20 WS1 AL $ 300,000   10 10 10 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1909 21 WS1 AL $ 300,000   10 10 10 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1910 22 WS1 AL $ 4,728,571   10 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1911 23 WAS AL $ 5,228,571   9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1912 24 WAS AL $ 11,000,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 10
1913 25 WAS AL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1914 26 WAS AL $ 11,000,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 10
1915 27 WAS AL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 10
1916 28 WAS AL $ 24,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1917 29 DET AL $ 24,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1918 30 DET AL $ 24,000,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 10
1919 31 DET AL $ 24,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1920 32 DET AL $ 24,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 6 6 10 10 10
1921 33 DET AL $ 24,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10
1922 34 NYA AL $ 18,100,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10
1923 35 NYA AL $ 18,100,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1924 36 NYA AL $ 18,100,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 24,000,000   10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1907 19 WS1 AL 138 516 76 161 30 8 5 56 22 15 61 54 .312 .384 .430 .815 78.4 19.7
1908 20 WS1 AL 152 581 82 182 33 9 4 86 29 22 71 54 .313 .386 .422 .808 88.6 21.2
1909 21 WS1 AL 152 560 87 168 33 7 6 72 28 16 85 56 .300 .394 .416 .810 89.5 26.3
1910 22 WS1 AL 129 483 65 166 20 6 3 52 19 18 61 30 .344 .417 .429 .845 78.7 23.3
1911 23 WAS AL 128 470 75 139 28 17 6 83 1 7 74 16 .296 .391 .466 .857 79.6 16.4
1912 24 WAS AL 148 552 92 176 46 15 5 91 20 17 88 18 .319 .408 .484 .892 101.4 22.1
1913 25 WAS AL 138 505 105 162 45 10 2 89 19 12 95 13 .321 .424 .461 .885 96.2 28.4
1914 26 WAS AL 140 504 91 170 37 15 6 81 27 13 85 9 .337 .429 .506 .935 105.1 33.2
1915 27 WAS AL 143 502 59 146 35 13 2 55 17 20 100 14 .291 .407 .424 .831 85.4 23.9
1916 28 WAS AL 149 550 84 159 35 10 10 63 13 10 70 11 .289 .367 .444 .811 85.9 24.0
1917 29 DET AL 141 515 88 175 22 17 8 93 34 27 75 12 .340 .418 .495 .913 95.9 25.5
1918 30 DET AL 150 550 85 152 28 10 5 83 28 15 79 10 .276 .365 .391 .756 79.1 20.7
1919 31 DET AL 137 502 63 130 25 6 2 68 13 12 52 23 .259 .323 .345 .667 52.8 9.2
1920 32 DET AL 144 523 87 146 29 15 4 76 21 16 67 22 .279 .356 .415 .771 75.9 13.9
1921 33 DET AL 125 452 71 140 26 7 7 80 23 14 57 9 .310 .381 .445 .826 75.8 13.5
1922 34 NYA AL 149 579 99 175 43 15 10 99 10 13 70 17 .302 .372 .480 .852 97.1 17.6
1923 35 NYA AL 103 341 54 92 13 6 3 37 3 3 45 16 .270 .353 .370 .723 42.5 6.9
1924 36 NYA AL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
18 Years Sim 2371 8688 1363 2639 528 186 88 1264 327 250 1235 384 .304 .387 .438 .825 1407.4 345.8
162 Game Average 593 93 180 36 12 6 86 22 17 84 26 .304 .387 .438 .825 96.2  
Career Highs 152 581 105 182 46 17 10 99 34 27 100 56 .344 .429 .506 .935 105.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6069 952 1866 372 129 66 887 240 182 884 247 .307 .392 .444 .836 1028.6
vs LH   2619 411 773 156 57 22 377 87 68 351 137 .295 .376 .423 .800 408.3
Home 1181 4250 675 1275 252 93 49 641 159 125 572 183 .300 .380 .438 .818 686.7
Away 1190 4438 688 1364 276 93 39 623 168 125 663 201 .307 .394 .438 .832 750.2
RISP   2252 0 709 143 54 25 1063 0 0 473 87 .315 .420 .460 .879 451.3
Pinch Hitting   58 11 23 4 2 1 11 2 3 10 0 .397 .478 .586 1.064 13.8
Close/Late   1048 178 298 54 21 11 134 0 1 202 39 .284 .398 .407 .806 178.9
Mar/Apr 253 943 149 286 54 17 6 142 41 28 145 53 .303 .391 .416 .807 154.3
May 425 1600 267 484 111 39 9 215 53 51 229 65 .303 .387 .438 .824 259.9
June 421 1541 231 475 103 30 20 221 60 38 213 72 .308 .390 .453 .842 263.9
July 404 1476 219 439 93 30 14 241 59 33 211 69 .297 .383 .430 .813 241.6
August 420 1545 244 480 82 32 17 223 54 45 201 66 .311 .388 .438 .826 252.7
Sep/Oct 447 1583 253 475 85 38 22 222 60 55 236 59 .300 .387 .443 .831 264.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1907 19 WS1 AL RF 133 133 1186.3 256 1 1 0 .996 1.95   4.0
1908 20 WS1 AL RF 152 152 1362.3 293 4 0 1 1.000 1.96   5.0
1909 21 WS1 AL RF 148 147 1321.3 275 5 1 0 .996 1.91   3.4
1910 22 WS1 AL RF 126 125 1129.7 223 2 0 0 1.000 1.79   2.6
1911 23 WAS AL RF 126 125 1104.0 227 4 0 1 1.000 1.88   3.6
1912 24 WAS AL RF 146 144 1291.3 242 9 2 1 .992 1.75   3.4
1913 25 WAS AL RF 136 135 1211.3 263 1 1 0 .996 1.96   3.5
1914 26 WAS AL RF 137 136 1220.0 220 5 0 0 1.000 1.66   2.6
1915 27 WAS AL RF 140 140 1264.0 254 8 0 4 1.000 1.87   2.8
1916 28 WAS AL RF 83 82 732.7 155 6 0 3 1.000 1.98   0.7
    SS 65 65 561.7 113 181 12 55 .961 4.71   1.1
1917 29 DET AL RF 140 139 1253.0 270 9 0 1 1.000 2.00   5.4
1918 30 DET AL RF 149 147 1336.0 266 10 2 3 .993 1.86   3.3
1919 31 DET AL RF 133 132 1181.7 243 4 0 1 1.000 1.88   3.3
1920 32 DET AL RF 141 139 1242.3 260 3 1 0 .996 1.91   3.9
1921 33 DET AL RF 124 119 1066.3 252 4 3 0 .988 2.16   4.1
1922 34 NYA AL CF 118 116 1028.0 299 11 0 4 1.000 2.71   4.8
    RF 31 30 272.0 66 0 0 0 1.000 2.18    
1923 35 NYA AL CF 80 76 679.7 213 2 1 0 .995 2.85   2.5
    RF 9 7 64.7 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.95    
1924 36 NYA AL 1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 2054 2032 18239.0 3778 76 11 16 .997 1.90   51.6
  CF 199 192 1708.7 512 13 1 4 .998 2.77   7.3
  SS 65 65 561.7 113 181 12 55 .961 4.71   1.1
  1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   2320 2289 20513.3 4407 271 24 76 .995 2.05   60.0
Career Highs   152 152 1362.3 365 187 12 58 1.000 9.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1911 23 WAS AL 5 20 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .350 .381 .500 .881
1917 29 DET AL 4 19 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 .263 .300 .368 .668
Career Post-Season Batting 9 39 6 12 3 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 .308 .341 .436 .777
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1907-5-.312
1908-4-.313
1909-3-.300
1910-1-.344
1912-7-.319
1913-3-.321
1914-1-.337
1915-5-.291
1917-1-.340
CAR-47-.304
On-Base Pct
1907-5-.384
1908-2-.386
1909-1-.394
1910-1-.417
1911-7-.391
1912-2-.408
1913-1-.424
1914-1-.429
1915-1-.407
1917-2-.418
1918-9-.365
1921-10-.381
CAR-17-.387
Slugging Pct
1907-4-.430
1908-5-.422
1909-1-.416
1910-2-.429
1911-3-.466
1912-1-.484
1913-3-.461
1914-1-.506
1915-2-.424
1916-1-.444
1917-1-.495
1918-8-.391
1922-5-.480
CAR-40-.438
OPS
1907-4-.815
1908-4-.808
1909-1-.810
1910-1-.845
1911-3-.857
1912-1-.892
1913-1-.885
1914-1-.935
1915-1-.831
1916-4-.811
1917-1-.913
1918-4-.756
1922-4-.852
CAR-23-.825
XR
1907-10-78.4
1908-4-88.6
1909-1-89.5
1910-7-78.7
1912-1-101.4
1913-1-96.2
1914-1-105.1
1915-2-85.4
1916-4-85.9
1917-3-95.9
1918-5-79.1
1922-3-97.1
CAR-5-1407.4
Games
1908-5-152
1909-2-152
1912-3-148
1916-3-149
1918-1-150
1919-2-137
1920-3-144
1922-3-149
CAR-3-2371
At-Bats
1908-7-581
1916-9-550
1918-10-550
1922-3-579
CAR-5-8688
Runs
1908-9-82
1909-7-87
1912-10-92
1913-2-105
1914-3-91
1916-6-84
1917-10-88
1918-4-85
1920-7-87
1922-3-99
CAR-8-1363
Hits
1908-4-182
1909-4-168
1910-2-166
1912-8-176
1913-10-162
1914-5-170
1915-9-146
1916-9-159
1917-4-175
1922-8-175
CAR-6-2639
Total Bases
1907-7-222
1908-5-245
1909-2-233
1910-7-207
1912-3-267
1913-8-233
1914-1-255
1915-4-213
1916-2-244
1917-2-255
1918-8-215
1922-2-278
CAR-7-3803
Singles
1908-10-136
1910-3-137
CAR-11-1837
Doubles
1907-4-30
1908-3-33
1909-2-33
1911-6-28
1912-1-46
1913-1-45
1914-1-37
1915-1-35
1916-1-35
1918-8-28
1919-9-25
1920-10-29
1922-2-43
CAR-2-528
Triples
1911-1-17
1912-6-15
1914-5-15
1915-3-13
1917-1-17
1919-10-6
1920-5-15
1922-5-15
CAR-8-186
Homeruns
1907-5-5
1908-10-4
1909-1-6
1911-5-6
1914-7-6
1916-3-10
1917-4-8
1918-4-5
1922-3-10
CAR-34-88
RBIs
1908-2-86
1909-7-72
1911-7-83
1912-6-91
1913-5-89
1914-7-81
1917-3-93
1918-3-83
1919-5-68
1920-9-76
1922-3-99
CAR-6-1264
Caught Stealing
1908-5-22
1915-5-20
1917-3-27
CAR-16-250
Walks
1907-7-61
1908-3-71
1909-2-85
1910-7-61
1911-7-74
1912-3-88
1913-3-95
1914-3-85
1915-1-100
1916-6-70
1917-4-75
1918-2-79
1919-5-52
1920-2-67
1921-2-57
1922-4-70
CAR-3-1235
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 293    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 64    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Washington in 1907
Had first career hit on 4/12/1907, off Cy Vorhees (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/28/1907, off Ned Garvin (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1907, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 9/12/1907 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1907
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1908, hitting .403 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1908
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1909, hitting .300 with 6 HR, 72 RBI
2/13/1910: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,728,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 4/22/1910
Injured on 7/7/1910 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1910, hitting .410 with 1 HR, 14 RBI
10/19/1911: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $11,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Washington in 1911
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1913, hitting .474 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Injured on 10/1/1913 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1914, hitting .393 with 1 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1914, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 20 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1914, hitting .337 with 6 HR, 81 RBI
10/14/1915: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $24,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Traded from Washington to Detroit on 2/16/1917 (Going to DET: RF Tris Speaker. Going to WAS: 3B Joe Gedeon, P Eppa Rixey)
Injured on 5/11/1917 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1917, hitting .361 with 2 HR, 25 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1917, hitting .340 with 8 HR, 93 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1917
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1918, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1918, hitting .405 with 1 HR, 21 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1918
Had 2000th career hit on 6/18/1919, off Ray Caldwell (CHA)
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1919
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1920
Hit for the cycle against New York (A) on 6/22/1921
Injured on 9/9/1921 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1921
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/20/1922 to a 6-year deal worth $18,100,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 5/23/1922
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1922, hitting .556 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1922, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/21/1922
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1922, hitting .571 with 0 HR, 5 RBI