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Horace
Speed		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 4, 1951 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
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
1975 23 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 7 8 3 2 2
1976 24 BSN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 8 8 3 3 3
1977 25 BSN NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4
1978 26 BSN NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 9 9 3 3 3
1979 27 BSN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 3 3 3
1980 28 BSN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4
1981 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4
1982 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4
1983 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 3 3 3
1984 32 IND AL $ 435,714   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 3 3 3
1985 33 IND AL $ 435,714   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 9 9 3 3 3
1986 34 IND AL $ 435,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4
1987 35 IND AL $ 435,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 7 8 3 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 435,714   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4
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
1975 23 A   137 464 52 130 20 3 3 48 11 19 107 114 .280 .415 .356 .771 74.1  
1976 24 A   137 447 50 110 17 2 5 29 14 5 134 93 .246 .420 .327 .747 78.6  
1977 25 A   136 453 68 115 18 3 9 69 15 4 132 101 .254 .422 .366 .789 85.4  
1978 26 AAA   137 433 42 89 12 2 1 25 9 14 70 110 .206 .316 .249 .566 37.1  
1979 27 AAA   136 536 73 126 28 3 5 51 15 16 94 121 .235 .349 .326 .676 65.7  
1980 28 AAA   127 482 66 126 17 0 3 27 16 11 70 108 .261 .355 .315 .670 58.5  
1981 29 BSN NL 107 222 26 54 8 2 0 16 3 3 34 48 .243 .346 .297 .644 24.2 3.1
1982 30 BSN NL 153 503 51 96 17 6 2 35 7 7 62 135 .191 .281 .260 .542 35.3 0.0
1983 31 BSN NL 152 596 77 150 19 5 2 43 4 4 79 148 .252 .341 .310 .651 64.6 8.2
1984 32 IND AL 42 71 13 20 2 0 1 6 1 0 7 13 .282 .354 .352 .707 8.6 1.5
    AAA   25 89 13 26 2 1 1 6 6 1 17 13 .292 .406 .371 .776 15.4  
1985 33 IND AL 47 60 9 6 1 1 1 7 2 0 10 14 .100 .229 .200 .429 3.2 0.0
1986 34 IND AL 156 453 50 101 22 3 0 41 2 6 38 112 .223 .289 .285 .574 32.1 0.0
1987 35 IND AL 111 348 46 86 19 6 2 37 1 2 40 78 .247 .332 .353 .685 40.9 5.9
7 Years Sim 768 2253 272 513 88 23 8 185 20 22 270 548 .228 .314 .298 .612 208.9 18.8
4 Years AAA 425 1540 194 367 59 6 10 109 46 42 251 352 .238 .351 .304 .655 176.7  
3 Years A 410 1364 170 355 55 8 17 146 40 28 373 308 .260 .427 .350 .777 238.1  
7 Years Minors 835 2904 364 722 114 14 27 255 86 70 624 660 .249 .389 .325 .714 414.8  
162 Game Average 475 57 108 18 4 1 39 4 4 56 115 .228 .314 .298 .612 44.1  
Career Highs 156 596 77 150 22 6 2 43 7 7 79 148 .282 .354 .353 .707 64.6  
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   1591 185 351 64 16 3 118 15 14 186 378 .221 .306 .287 .593 143.5
vs LH   662 87 162 24 7 5 67 5 8 84 170 .245 .332 .325 .657 73.7
Home 378 1118 140 246 39 11 5 84 12 10 139 281 .220 .312 .288 .600 104.7
Away 390 1135 132 267 49 12 3 101 8 12 131 267 .235 .316 .307 .624 112.4
RISP   494 0 119 14 6 3 159 0 0 70 121 .241 .336 .312 .647 56.4
Pinch Hitting   31 5 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 .194 .306 .226 .531 2.5
Close/Late   279 50 66 11 1 1 15 0 0 39 75 .237 .335 .294 .629 29.7
Mar/Apr 110 313 32 62 13 3 0 22 4 4 38 72 .198 .288 .259 .547 23.7
May 131 352 51 85 16 2 3 34 4 3 48 80 .241 .337 .324 .661 40.4
June 128 369 39 90 14 2 2 31 2 4 52 88 .244 .335 .309 .644 41.0
July 123 380 51 80 14 4 0 23 2 3 51 103 .211 .309 .268 .577 33.2
August 143 448 53 95 11 10 1 37 5 5 37 115 .212 .278 .288 .565 34.3
Sep/Oct 133 391 46 101 20 2 2 38 3 3 44 90 .258 .338 .335 .673 44.6
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
1981 29 BSN NL CF 60 57 499.7 128 4 0 1 1.000 2.38   2.8
    LF 33 7 122.7 23 2 0 1 1.000 1.83    
    RF 8 3 31.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1982 30 BSN NL CF 150 150 1335.0 358 9 0 5 1.000 2.47   5.3
    RF 2 2 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 31 BSN NL CF 133 131 1166.7 282 5 0 1 1.000 2.21   3.9
    LF 18 18 163.3 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
1984 32 IND AL RF 24 7 106.7 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.4
    LF 6 4 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    CF 7 3 29.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 33 IND AL CF 9 5 52.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.3
    RF 12 4 50.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    LF 8 4 49.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.72    
1986 34 IND AL LF 150 147 1204.0 238 3 1 2 .996 1.80   2.5
    RF 7 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
1987 35 IND AL LF 57 55 464.7 79 3 1 1 .988 1.59   1.9
    RF 39 34 311.3 63 4 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    CF 15 11 109.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.72    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 374 357 3191.7 820 19 0 8 1.000 2.37   12.3
  LF 273 235 2045.3 383 9 2 4 .995 1.72   4.3
  RF 92 50 528.7 108 7 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.4
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   741 642 5768.6 1312 36 2 12 .999 2.10   17.0
Career Highs   157 152 1355.0 359 9 1 5 1.000 2.44    
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.
Games
1986-5-156
 Triples
1987-9-6
 Walks
1983-6-79
 Strikeouts
1982-1-135
1983-1-148
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 85th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1975
Injured on 7/19/1975 with a Fractured Nose, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/7/1977 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Injured on 7/31/1978 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/3/1980 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/3/1981, off Bill Butler (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1982, off Mark Fidrych (LAD)
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Indianapolis on 3/4/1984 (Going to IND: LF Horace Speed. Going to BSN: P Bill Slayback)
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
 
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