Chris Speier
Chris Edward Speier
Born: June 28, 1950
Alameda, CA USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175
College: Laney College, University of California, Santa Barbara
Career: 1971-1989
Draft: Round 11 (1968 June Amateur Draft, Washington Senators)
Draft: Round 1 (1970 January Secondary Draft, San Francisco Giants)
School: Alameda HS (CA)
Laney College
Minor League Statistics
Chris Speier compiled a career batting average of .246 with 112 home runs and 720 RBI in his 2260-game career with the San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs. He began playing during the 1971 season and last took the field during the 1989 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 157 | 670 | 601 | 74 | 141 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 90 | .235 | .307 | .323 | .630 | 194 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
1972 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 150 | 658 | 562 | 74 | 151 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 71 | 9 | 4 | 82 | 92 | .269 | .361 | .400 | .761 | 225 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
1973 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 153 | 617 | 542 | 58 | 135 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 69 | .249 | .332 | .356 | .688 | 193 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
1974 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 141 | 577 | 501 | 55 | 125 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 62 | 64 | .250 | .336 | .361 | .697 | 181 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
1975 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 141 | 564 | 487 | 60 | 132 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 5 | 70 | 50 | .271 | .362 | .415 | .777 | 202 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
1976 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 145 | 572 | 495 | 51 | 112 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 52 | .226 | .311 | .297 | .608 | 147 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
1977 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | NL | Montreal Expos | 139 | 604 | 531 | 58 | 125 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 78 | .235 | .321 | .343 | .664 | 182 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
1978 | NL | Montreal Expos | 150 | 570 | 501 | 47 | 126 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 75 | .251 | .329 | .329 | .659 | 165 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
1979 | NL | Montreal Expos | 113 | 391 | 344 | 31 | 78 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 45 | .227 | .317 | .331 | .649 | 114 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
1980 | NL | Montreal Expos | 128 | 447 | 388 | 35 | 103 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 38 | .265 | .351 | .330 | .681 | 128 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
1981 | NL | Montreal Expos | 96 | 351 | 307 | 33 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 29 | .225 | .310 | .290 | .600 | 89 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
1982 | NL | Montreal Expos | 156 | 585 | 530 | 41 | 136 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 67 | .257 | .316 | .360 | .677 | 191 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
1983 | NL | Montreal Expos | 88 | 298 | 261 | 31 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 37 | .257 | .332 | .341 | .673 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
1984 | NL | Montreal Expos | 25 | 43 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .150 | .171 | .150 | .321 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 129 | 118 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .178 | .242 | .331 | .573 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1984 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 12 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .212 | .278 | .212 | .490 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1985 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 106 | 240 | 218 | 16 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 34 | .243 | .295 | .349 | .644 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
1986 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 95 | 176 | 155 | 21 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 32 | .284 | .349 | .452 | .800 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
1987 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 111 | 364 | 317 | 39 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 51 | .249 | .342 | .394 | .736 | 125 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
1988 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 82 | 201 | 171 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 39 | .216 | .311 | .333 | .645 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
1989 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 28 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .243 | .333 | .351 | .685 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2260 | 8155 | 7156 | 770 | 1759 | 302 | 50 | 112 | 720 | 42 | 54 | 847 | 988 | .246 | .327 | .349 | .676 | 2497 | 183 | 35 | 73 | 44 | 106 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 156 | 155 | 1349.0 | 239 | 517 | 33 | 95 | .958 | 5.044 | 4.846 |
1972 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 150 | 150 | 1320.0 | 243 | 517 | 20 | 69 | .974 | 5.182 | 5.067 |
1973 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 150 | 147 | 1299.7 | 255 | 470 | 33 | 92 | .956 | 5.021 | 4.833 |
1973 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
1974 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 135 | 132 | 1157.3 | 210 | 445 | 21 | 82 | .969 | 5.094 | 4.852 |
1974 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2B | 4 | 2 | 21.0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.571 | 3.250 |
1975 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 136 | 135 | 1169.0 | 247 | 420 | 12 | 81 | .982 | 5.135 | 4.904 |
1975 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 3B | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 |
1976 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 135 | 129 | 1169.3 | 225 | 441 | 18 | 81 | .974 | 5.126 | 4.933 |
1976 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2B | 7 | 5 | 41.7 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.616 | 3.714 |
1976 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 3B | 5 | 2 | 22.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 3.176 | 1.600 |
1976 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 5.000 |
1977 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 138 | 138 | 1233.3 | 236 | 435 | 21 | 75 | .970 | 4.896 | 4.862 |
1977 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 5 | 4 | 36.0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 5.750 | 4.600 |
1978 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 148 | 148 | 1287.0 | 245 | 467 | 18 | 93 | .975 | 4.979 | 4.811 |
1979 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 112 | 110 | 949.0 | 194 | 355 | 17 | 52 | .970 | 5.207 | 4.902 |
1980 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 127 | 122 | 1053.7 | 187 | 396 | 21 | 62 | .965 | 4.980 | 4.591 |
1980 | NL | Montreal Expos | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
1981 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 96 | 96 | 834.7 | 175 | 280 | 17 | 57 | .964 | 4.906 | 4.740 |
1982 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 155 | 152 | 1332.7 | 291 | 405 | 13 | 76 | .982 | 4.700 | 4.490 |
1983 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 74 | 62 | 577.0 | 107 | 196 | 12 | 31 | .962 | 4.726 | 4.095 |
1983 | NL | Montreal Expos | 3B | 12 | 5 | 56.7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 2.700 | 1.417 |
1983 | NL | Montreal Expos | 2B | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 34 | 33 | 287.7 | 49 | 124 | 3 | 25 | .983 | 5.413 | 5.088 |
1984 | AL | Minnesota Twins | SS | 12 | 11 | 94.0 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .977 | 4.021 | 3.500 |
1984 | NL | Montreal Expos | SS | 13 | 4 | 49.7 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .960 | 4.349 | 1.846 |
1984 | NL | Montreal Expos | 3B | 4 | 2 | 19.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.263 | 2.250 |
1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 1.000 |
1985 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 58 | 30 | 309.0 | 61 | 125 | 7 | 33 | .964 | 5.417 | 3.207 |
1985 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 31 | 6 | 107.7 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 2.424 | .935 |
1985 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 13 | 10 | 92.0 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 9 | .961 | 4.793 | 3.769 |
1986 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 53 | 14 | 211.3 | 21 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.683 | 1.189 |
1986 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 23 | 12 | 132.3 | 32 | 46 | 2 | 11 | .975 | 5.305 | 3.391 |
1986 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 7 | 4 | 40.0 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.075 | 3.857 |
1987 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2B | 55 | 33 | 346.7 | 80 | 105 | 2 | 23 | .989 | 4.803 | 3.364 |
1987 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 3B | 44 | 35 | 306.3 | 22 | 84 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 3.114 | 2.409 |
1987 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 22 | 7 | 97.0 | 16 | 40 | 1 | 8 | .982 | 5.196 | 2.545 |
1988 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2B | 45 | 22 | 244.7 | 46 | 87 | 2 | 18 | .985 | 4.892 | 2.956 |
1988 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 3B | 22 | 8 | 108.7 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.899 | 1.591 |
1988 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 12 | 6 | 66.3 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 7 | .978 | 5.970 | 3.667 |
1989 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 9 | 2 | 32.7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 3.857 | 1.556 |
1989 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 3B | 9 | 0 | 23.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.348 | .667 |
1989 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2B | 4 | 2 | 22.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.727 | 3.500 |
1989 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 15.000 | 5.000 |
Totals | 2224 | 1938 | 17535.0 | 3314 | 6259 | 288 | 1121 | .971 | 4.913 | 4.304 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | NLCS | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .357 | .400 | .643 | 1.043 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Montreal Expos | NEDIV | 5 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .400 | .526 | .533 | 1.060 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1981 | NL | Montreal Expos | NLCS | 5 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .188 | .278 | .188 | .465 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1987 | NL | San Francisco Giants | NLCS | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 57 | 50 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .280 | .368 | .400 | .768 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | NLCS | SS | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 4.500 | 4.250 |
1981 | NL | Montreal Expos | NEDIV | SS | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.545 | 6.400 |
1981 | NL | Montreal Expos | NLCS | SS | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 6 | .939 | 6.341 | 6.200 |
1987 | NL | San Francisco Giants | NLCS | 2B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.000 |
Totals | 15 | 15 | 130.0 | 37 | 47 | 3 | 10 | .966 | 5.815 | 5.600 |
Awards
1972 - NL TSN All-Star SS
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