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Bob
Speake		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 183
 
Born: August 22, 1930 in Usa, MO, SPRINGFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 MON NL     4 4 4 6 7 6 4 6 5 5 6 6 4 6 5
1956 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 4 6 5 4 6 5 4 6 5
1957 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 6 5 4 6 5 5 6 6
1958 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 6 5 5 6 6 4 6 6
1959 28 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1960 29 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 6 5 4 6 6
1961 30 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 6 5 5 6 6
1962 31 MON NL     4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1963 32 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 5 6 6 3 5 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 7 6 4 6 5 3 5 4 4 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 24 AA   56 206 40 59 8 1 23 50 3 1 41 38 .286 .405 .670 1.075 53.5  
    A   34 134 29 50 10 0 14 36 1 5 27 24 .373 .478 .761 1.239 40.1  
1956 25 MON NL 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
    AAA   53 189 29 43 5 5 10 27 2 5 19 34 .228 .298 .466 .764 25.9  
    AA   81 297 64 90 15 3 28 70 5 3 42 48 .303 .389 .657 1.046 70.6  
1957 26 MON NL 90 154 31 35 6 4 7 14 0 0 14 33 .227 .292 .455 .746 20.0 2.9
1958 27 MON NL 51 57 12 12 4 0 3 10 0 0 4 18 .211 .262 .439 .701 6.9 0.9
1959 28 MON NL 27 32 9 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .188 .289 .188 .477 2.7 0.0
1960 29 MON NL 30 45 11 16 1 0 4 7 0 0 4 8 .356 .408 .644 1.053 10.7 2.5
1961 30 MON NL 38 46 8 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .130 .149 .174 .323 -0.7 0.0
1962 31 AA   137 550 91 146 25 5 41 96 12 8 53 101 .265 .330 .553 .883 98.6  
1963 32 MON NL 21 31 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .161 .212 .194 .406 1.0 0.0
7 Years Sim 262 368 76 81 14 4 14 39 0 0 30 88 .220 .278 .394 .672 40.8 6.4
1 Years AAA 53 189 29 43 5 5 10 27 2 5 19 34 .228 .298 .466 .764 25.9  
3 Years AA 274 1053 195 295 48 9 92 216 20 12 136 187 .280 .364 .605 .969 222.6  
1 Years A 34 134 29 50 10 0 14 36 1 5 27 24 .373 .476 .761 1.237 40.1  
5 Years Minors 361 1376 253 388 63 14 116 279 23 22 182 245 .282 .367 .601 .968 288.6  
162 Game Average 227 46 50 8 2 8 24 0 0 18 54 .220 .278 .394 .672 25.2  
Career Highs 90 154 31 35 6 4 7 14 0 0 14 33 .356 .408 .644 1.053 20.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   342 62 74 14 4 10 33 0 0 26 82 .216 .272 .368 .640 34.8
vs LH   26 7 7 0 0 4 6 0 0 4 6 .269 .355 .731 1.086 6.8
Home 117 156 33 33 5 2 6 16 0 0 12 36 .212 .268 .385 .652 16.6
Away 145 212 43 48 9 2 8 23 0 0 18 52 .226 .286 .401 .687 25.0
RISP   75 0 18 5 0 1 22 0 0 5 19 .240 .284 .347 .631 7.3
Pinch Hitting   88 15 22 7 1 3 18 0 0 8 23 .250 .313 .455 .767 12.3
Close/Late   62 30 18 5 0 3 15 0 0 5 12 .290 .343 .516 .859 10.4
Mar/Apr 35 32 10 16 2 1 4 10 0 0 1 5 .500 .515 1.000 1.515 11.5
May 48 53 12 10 3 0 2 9 0 0 5 15 .189 .259 .358 .617 5.1
June 45 55 10 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 10 .218 .246 .327 .573 4.2
July 40 49 12 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 9 .163 .241 .347 .588 4.4
August 36 74 14 15 3 1 3 5 0 0 10 18 .203 .298 .392 .690 9.3
Sep/Oct 51 105 16 20 2 1 2 5 0 0 7 31 .190 .239 .286 .525 7.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1956 25 MON NL 1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 26 MON NL LF 20 18 156.7 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.7
    1B 10 7 61.0 64 11 1 4 .987 11.07   0.2
    RF 8 5 44.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    CF 4 2 18.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 27 MON NL CF 11 8 63.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.3
    LF 6 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    1B 5 0 6.3 10 1 0 3 1.000 15.64   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1959 28 MON NL 1B 5 4 37.0 42 1 1 3 .977 10.46   0.1
    RF 4 1 14.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00    
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1960 29 MON NL 1B 9 9 76.0 73 5 0 5 1.000 9.24   0.1
    LF 4 2 17.7 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.08   0.2
    RF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 30 MON NL 1B 17 9 93.3 102 6 0 18 1.000 10.41   0.2
    CF 5 2 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 32 MON NL CF 7 6 46.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 49 29 276.7 294 24 2 34 .994 10.34   0.6
  LF 34 21 198.0 39 3 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.9
  CF 29 19 153.0 22 0 2 0 .917 1.29   0.4
  RF 21 6 73.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.47   0.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   134 75 701.6 374 28 4 35 .990 5.16   1.9
Career Highs   43 32 280.7 109 13 2 18 1.000 8.81    
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
1958 27 MON NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
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  1. Billy Cowan (977)
  2. Glenallen Hill (973)
  3. Ray Lankford (969)
  4. Junior Felix (968)
  5. Mike Devereaux (968)
  6. Carlos Paula (966)
  7. Luis Gonzalez (966)
  8. Jim Nettles (964)
  9. Candy Maldonado (962)
  10. Curt Motton (960)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Montreal in 1955
Injured on 4/6/1955 with a Broken Foot, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 7/14/1956 with a Bruised Heel, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 9/2/1956, off Jim Owens (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1957, off Frank Sullivan (BRK)
Injured on 3/27/1958 with a Concussion, out for one week
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
4/2/1960: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
3/3/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
 
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