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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 21)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	SFG		LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
2	2	Apr 11	SFG		LAD	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 13	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
6	6	Apr 16	SFG	@	CIN	W,14-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 17	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
8	8	Apr 18	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 20	SFG	@	ATL	W,12-11	CG	52	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 21	SFG	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
11	11	Apr 23	SFG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
13	13	Apr 25	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
14	14	Apr 26	SFG		STL	L,7-15	GS	45	7.1	2	3	0	5	1	SS
15	15	Apr 27	SFG		STL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 28	SFG		STL	L,2-4	CG	64	16.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
17	17	Apr 30	SFG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	SFG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
19	19	May 2 (1)	SFG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	58	14.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
20	20	May 2 (2)	SFG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
21	21	May 4	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 5	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	23	May 6	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
24	24	May 8	SFG	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
25	25	May 9 (1)	SFG	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 9 (2)	SFG	@	MON	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 11	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
28	28	May 12	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	42	10.2	4	6	0	10	1	SS
29	29	May 13	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	30	May 14	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 15	SFG	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	37	11.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
32	32	May 16	SFG	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
33	33	May 17	SFG		SDP	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
34	34	May 18	SFG		SDP	L,6-7	CG	45	11.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
35	35	May 19	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
36	36	May 20	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	37	May 21	SFG		ATL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
38	38	May 22	SFG		ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
39	39	May 23 (1)	SFG		ATL	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
40	40	May 23 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
41	41	May 24	SFG		HOU	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	9	1	13	1	SS
42	42	May 25	SFG		HOU	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
43	43	May 26	SFG		HOU	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
44	44	May 27	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
45	45	May 28	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	46	May 29	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	47	May 30	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	2	7	0	9	1	SS
48	48	May 31	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	43	12.0	4	8	1	13	4	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
50	50	Jun 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-11	GS	37	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	51	Jun 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	1	8	1	10	1	SS
52	52	Jun 4	SFG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
53	53	Jun 5	SFG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	54	Jun 6	SFG		PHI	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
55	55	Jun 8	SFG		MON	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
56	56	Jun 9	SFG		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
57	57	Jun 10	SFG		MON	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
58	58	Jun 11	SFG		NYM	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	59	Jun 12	SFG		NYM	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
60	60	Jun 13 (1)	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
61	61	Jun 13 (2)	SFG		NYM	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
62	62	Jun 15	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS	30	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
63	63	Jun 16	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
64	64	Jun 17	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
65	67 (2)	Jun 20	SFG	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
66	68	Jun 21	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
67	69	Jun 22	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
68	70	Jun 23 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
69	71	Jun 23 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
70	72	Jun 24	SFG		SDP	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
71	73	Jun 25	SFG	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
72	74	Jun 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
73	75	Jun 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,8-12	CG	47	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
74	76	Jun 28	SFG		HOU	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
75	77	Jun 29	SFG		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
76	78	Jun 30	SFG		HOU	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	79	Jul 2	SFG		ATL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
78	80	Jul 3	SFG		ATL	L,0-4	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	81	Jul 4	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
80	82	Jul 5	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
81	83	Jul 6	SFG	@	STL	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
82	84	Jul 7	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
83	85	Jul 9	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
84	86	Jul 10	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
85	87	Jul 11	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
86	88	Jul 15	SFG		PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	0	SS
87	89	Jul 16	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
88	90	Jul 17	SFG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
89	91	Jul 18 (1)	SFG		STL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	9	0	13	3	SS
90	92	Jul 18 (2)	SFG		STL	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
91	93	Jul 19	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
92	94	Jul 20	SFG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
93	95	Jul 21	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	97 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	26	5.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
95	98	Jul 24 (2)	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
96	99	Jul 25	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	37	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	SS
97	100	Jul 26	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
98	101	Jul 27	SFG	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
99	102	Jul 28	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
100	103	Jul 30	SFG		LAD	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
101	104	Jul 31	SFG		LAD	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	105	Aug 1 (1)	SFG		LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
103	106	Aug 1 (2)	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
104	107	Aug 2	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
105	108	Aug 3	SFG		CIN	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
106	109	Aug 4	SFG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
107	112 (2)	Aug 7	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
108	113	Aug 8 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-2	GF	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
109	115 (1)	Aug 9	SFG	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	SS
110	116	Aug 10	SFG	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
111	125 (8)	Aug 21	SFG		MON	W,5-4	GS	69	16.0	7	4	0	11	0	3B 2B 1B
112	126	Aug 22	SFG		MON	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B SS
113	127	Aug 24	SFG		NYM	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
114	128	Aug 25	SFG		NYM	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
115	129	Aug 27	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
116	130	Aug 28	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B SS
117	131	Aug 29	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
118	132	Aug 31	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	133	Sep 1	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
120	139 (5)	Sep 6	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
121	141 (1)	Sep 8	SFG	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
122	142	Sep 9	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
123	143	Sep 10	SFG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
124	144	Sep 11	SFG		CIN	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
125	145	Sep 12 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
126	146	Sep 12 (2)	SFG		CIN	L,8-9	GS	52	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B SS
127	147	Sep 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS	39	10.0	1	3	1	5	3	SS 3B
128	148	Sep 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-6	GS	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS 2B
129	149	Sep 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
130	150	Sep 17	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
131	151	Sep 18	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
132	152	Sep 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	153	Sep 21	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	GS	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS 3B
134	154	Sep 22	SFG		LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
135	155	Sep 23	SFG		LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
136	156	Sep 24	SFG		HOU	L,5-14	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
137	157	Sep 25	SFG		HOU	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
138	158	Sep 26	SFG		HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
139	159	Sep 28	SFG	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
							148gm		1237.0	241	464	19	724	85