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Chris Speier
Chris Edward Speier

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 182 lb.
School Laney JC

MLB Debut April 7, 1971
Final Game October 1, 1989
Born June 28, 1950 in Alameda, CA (age 73)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 SFN NL  162  596   61  120  19   6   7   51   4   3   53  120  .201  .277  .289  .565    80   172   5   2   0  10  17  
 1972 22 SFN NL  162  643  121  169  26   1  23   69   9   7   86  128  .263  .352  .414  .766   110   266   4   3   1   4   8  MVP-5
 1973 23 SFN NL  162  606   62  154  22   3  13   53   5   5   58   89  .254  .326  .365  .691    98   221  23   2   0   8  18  
 1974 24 SFN NL  152  549   63  127  13   7   6   41   2   0   50   83  .231  .304  .313  .617    89   172  30   0   0   7   4  
 1975 25 SFN NL  148  533   68  164  37   6  11   71   7   5   74   42  .308  .390  .462  .851   128   246  15   4   1   0   8  MVP-14
 1976 26 SFN NL  152  516   51  114  25   3   1   48   1   2   83   64  .221  .331  .287  .618    92   148   4   4   0   4  14  
 1977 27 NYN NL  129  449   45  105  21   2   6   45   0   0   48   68  .234  .305  .330  .635    89   148   2   4   2   0   5  
 1978 28 NYN NL  139  471   44  128  14   3  11   68   0   0   49   65  .272  .335  .384  .720   108   181   1   8   2   0  19  
 1979 29 NYN NL  106  348   38   83   9   2   2   31   0   0   36   43  .239  .316  .293  .609    84   102   1   3   1   5   9  
 1980 30 NYN NL  129  410   37  101  12   6   2   45   0   0   34   44  .246  .301  .320  .621    89   131   5   4   3   0  12  
 1981 31 NYN NL  142  467   38   97  14   1   5   53   1   2   37   48  .208  .262  .274  .536    80   128   3   7   1   0  21  
 1982 32 NYN NL  141  497   40  122  24   1   5   50   0   1   32   65  .245  .288  .328  .616    89   163   0   5   1   0  14  
 1983 33 NYN NL   83  246   30   67  10   2   3   20   1   0   20   36  .272  .335  .366  .700    99    90   1   0   1   3   4  
 1984 34 CHA AL   30   87    1   11   6   0   0    9   0   0    6   12  .126  .181  .195  .376    54    17   2   1   0   0   3  
 1985 35 SFN NL   70  170   11   45   8   0   2   11   0   1   10   22  .265  .304  .347  .651    97    59   4   1   0   0   7  
 1986 36 SFN NL   66  152   18   36   6   0   3   15   0   1   12   35  .237  .297  .336  .632    92    51   0   0   5   1   8  
 1987 37 SFN NL  117  326   36   72  15   0  13   33   1   2   44   55  .221  .316  .387  .703    94   126   0   1   1   2   2  
 1988 38 SFN NL   46   71    5   13   2   0   0    3   1   2   19   13  .183  .356  .211  .567    85    15   3   0   0   0   2  
 1989 39 SFN NL   19   42    3   12   6   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .286  .318  .429  .747   113    18   0   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons     2155 7179  772 1740 289  43 113  720  32  31  753 1035  .242  .316  .342  .658        2454 103  49  19  44 177
 Per 600 PA           530   57  128  21   3   8   53   2   2   56   76                                 181   8   4   1   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SFN     1256 4204  499 1026 179  26  79  399  30  28  491  654  .244  .327  .355  .682        1494  88  17   8  36  90
   With NYN      869 2888  272  703 104  17  34  312   2   3  256  369  .243  .304  .327  .630         943  13  31  11   8  84
   With CHA       30   87    1   11   6   0   0    9   0   0    6   12  .126  .181  .195  .376          17   2   1   0   0   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2260 7156  770 1759 302  50 112  720  42  54  847  988  .246  .327  .349  .676        2497  73  44 106  35 183
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 21 SFN NL  29   47   2.5   0   0   0  .000  31  178  133  .747    0    0  .000  SS   2e34      -64   
 1972 22 SFN NL  24   98   5.3   0   0   0  .000  16  206  175  .850    0    0  .000  SS   2e22        4   
 1973 23 SFN NL  32   71   3.9   0   0   0  .000  41  199  133  .668    0    0  .000  SS   2e36        3   
 1974 24 SFN NL  23   57   3.4   2   0   0  .000  20  159  125  .786    0    0  .000  SS   2e25      -80   
 1975 25 SFN NL  33  100   6.7   1   0   0  .000  12  148  119  .804    0    0  .000  SS   2e16       74   
 1976 26 SFN NL  25   53   3.4   0   0   0  .000  24  176  107  .608    0    0  .000  SS   3e22       10   
 1977 27 NYN NL  19   47   3.6   0   0   0  .000  25  151  103  .682    0    0  .000  SS   3e27      -22   
 1978 28 NYN NL  33   59   4.3   0   0   0  .000  19  159  106  .667    0    0  .000  SS   3e20       61   
 1979 29 NYN NL  31   33   3.3   5   2   0  .400  22  128   78  .609    0    0  .000  SS   3e26      -39   
 1980 30 NYN NL  22   39   3.2   3   1   0  .333  12  152  111  .730    0    0  .000  SS   3e29      -61   
 1981 31 NYN NL  25   30   2.1   2   0   0  .000  27  170  118  .694    0    0  .000  SS   3e30      -64   
 1982 32 NYN NL  31   45   3.1   0   0   0  .000   9  193  155  .803    0    0  .000  SS   3e14      -60   
 1983 33 NYN NL  19   30   4.5   2   0   0  .000  11   75   41  .547    0    0  .000  SS   4e31       27   
 1984 34 CHA AL  10    2   1.0   1   1   0 1.000   4   16    9  .562    0    0  .000  SS   4e17     -130   
 1985 35 SFN NL  79   16   3.2   9   5   0  .556  13   59   34  .576    0    0  .000  SS   4e33        7   
 1986 36 SFN NL  19   12   2.8  25   7   0  .280   6   44   29  .659    0    0  .000  SS   4e22     -168   
 1987 37 SFN NL  41   42   4.4   8   2   0  .250  13   92   55  .598    0    0  .000  UT             -33   
 1988 38 SFN NL  78    6   2.8  23   6   0  .261   3   20   13  .650    0    0  .000  SS   4e22      -78   
 1989 39 SFN NL   7    5   4.3   6   4   0  .667   0    8    7  .875    0    0  .000  2B   4e34       62   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 19 Seasons          800   3.7  87  28   0  .322 308 2333 1651  .708    0    0  .000                 -21   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 22.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 21 SFN NL  SS   162   291   543   31  101   .964   162  1441.2   5.21
 1972 22 SFN NL  SS   162   279   593   16  100   .982   158  1430.0   5.49  GG
 1973 23 SFN NL  SS   162   313   561   41  136   .955   162  1441.0   5.46
 1974 24 SFN NL  SS   149   244   484   20   91   .973   141  1278.1   5.13
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .2   0.00
 1975 25 SFN NL  SS   130   259   384   10   67   .985   122  1124.2   5.15
                 3B    21    18    34    2    3   .963    18   161.2   2.89
 1976 26 SFN NL  SS    97   188   307   19   55   .963    96   855.0   5.21
                 2B    42   139   121    2   25   .992    42   375.2   6.23
                 3B    14    15    21    3    1   .923    12   107.2   3.01
 1977 27 NYN NL  SS   129   188   408   25   57   .960   125  1142.0   4.70
 1978 28 NYN NL  SS   139   279   372   19   62   .972   139  1210.0   4.84
 1979 29 NYN NL  SS   103   161   337   22   60   .958    99   888.2   5.04
 1980 30 NYN NL  SS   128   192   446   12   69   .982   117  1063.1   5.40
 1981 31 NYN NL  SS   141   226   472   27   77   .963   133  1198.0   5.24
 1982 32 NYN NL  SS   141   234   469    9   56   .987   136  1217.1   5.20
 1983 33 NYN NL  SS    81   128   223   11   41   .970    68   632.0   5.00
                 2B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0      .2  13.50
 1984 34 CHA AL  SS    29    43    71    4   10   .966    29   228.2   4.49
 1985 35 SFN NL  SS    64   101   141   13   21   .949    48   426.1   5.11
                 3B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1986 36 SFN NL  SS    43    82   109    5   19   .974    32   282.1   6.09
                 3B     8     2     5    1    0   .875     3    29.0   2.17
 1987 37 SFN NL  SS    68   152   174   13   35   .962    66   535.0   5.48
                 3B    43    35    80    0   10  1.000    37   310.0   3.34
 1988 38 SFN NL  SS    19    36    43    3    7   .963    16   138.0   5.15
                 3B     2     0     2    0    0  1.000     1    11.0   1.64
                 2B     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1989 39 SFN NL  2B     9    20    19    0    6  1.000     7    57.0   6.16
                 1B     4     9     1    0    0  1.000     3    12.0   7.50
                 3B     1     2     3    0    1  1.000     1     8.0   5.62
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1947  3396  6137  300 1064   .969  1849 16532.1   5.19
                 3B    91    72   145    6   15   .973    72   629.1   3.10
                 2B    55   160   141    2   31   .993    49   437.0   6.20
                 1B     4     9     1    0    0  1.000     3    12.0   7.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1972 NLCS  SFN PIN   W    5  18  2  5  0  0  0   2  4  4  .278  .409  .278  0
      WS    SFN NYA   L    5  23  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  .130  .130  .130  0
 1979 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    4  11  2  4  1  0  0   0  3  0  .364  .533  .455  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  SFN   76-86   Raul Camacho
 1972  SFN  110-52   Raul Camacho
 1973  SFN   75-87   Raul Camacho, Joe Russo
 1974  SFN   76-86   Bob Mittleman
 1975  SFN   69-93   Bob Mittleman
 1976  SFN   62-100  Bob Mittleman
 1977  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1978  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1979  NYN  107-55   Jon Fellows
 1980  NYN   76-86   Jon Fellows
 1981  NYN   81-81   Jon Fellows
 1982  NYN   80-82   Jon Fellows
 1983  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea
 1985  SFN   72-90   Pat Carr
 1986  SFN   83-79   Pat Carr
 1987  SFN   82-80   Pat Carr
 1988  SFN   92-70   Pat Carr
 1989  SFN   91-71   Pat Carr

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