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Chris
Speier		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 197
 
Born: June 28, 1950 in Usa, CA, ALAMEDA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1977   
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
1971 21 STL NL     6 6 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
1972 22 STL NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1973 23 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1974 24 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
1975 25 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
1976 26 STL NL $ 2,435,714   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
1977 27 PHN NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
1978 28 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1979 29 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1980 30 LAD NL $ 3,930,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1981 31 LAD NL $ 3,930,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
1982 32 PIT NL $ 3,930,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1983 33 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1984 34 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1985 35 MIL NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1986 36 MIL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,930,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
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
1971 21 AAA   137 554 94 166 12 5 15 50 8 19 67 61 .300 .375 .421 .796 83.3  
1972 22 AAA   136 509 55 114 16 1 9 44 13 10 82 74 .224 .332 .312 .644 58.6  
1973 23 STL NL 75 176 27 40 3 1 4 17 2 1 12 14 .227 .277 .324 .601 16.9 1.1
1974 24 STL NL 149 528 48 149 21 6 3 42 3 3 66 46 .282 .361 .362 .723 68.5 12.9
1975 25 STL NL 153 571 80 152 26 3 15 59 7 4 68 56 .266 .348 .401 .749 79.3 16.9
1976 26 STL NL 155 583 81 161 25 5 4 52 8 5 84 71 .276 .366 .357 .723 78.7 16.2
1977 27 PHN NL 152 606 82 162 29 4 9 84 2 6 84 49 .267 .353 .373 .726 85.0 16.0
1978 28 LAD NL 99 354 53 108 12 4 6 42 1 2 46 19 .305 .386 .412 .798 52.1 13.0
1979 29 LAD NL 120 392 37 92 8 0 6 45 1 2 49 39 .235 .318 .301 .619 39.5 5.4
1980 30 LAD NL 113 450 67 125 17 7 6 53 2 4 51 40 .278 .347 .387 .734 57.7 10.8
1981 31 LAD NL 125 466 48 136 18 0 8 50 5 4 46 36 .292 .356 .382 .738 61.1 15.8
1982 32 PIT NL 151 467 55 110 15 5 8 48 2 6 52 66 .236 .311 .340 .652 46.1 4.1
1983 33 PIT NL 153 510 50 118 17 4 11 63 0 7 49 60 .231 .298 .345 .643 52.1 6.9
1984 34 PIT NL 156 528 58 130 17 2 9 54 5 4 84 84 .246 .350 .337 .687 64.9 8.6
1985 35 MIL NL 128 371 57 91 11 1 10 42 3 3 41 64 .245 .319 .361 .680 43.1 8.7
1986 36 MIL NL 111 304 28 59 7 1 2 27 1 1 27 82 .194 .260 .243 .503 17.4 0.0
14 Years Sim 1840 6306 771 1633 226 43 101 678 42 52 759 726 .259 .338 .356 .694 762.4 136.4
2 Years AAA 273 1063 149 280 28 6 24 94 21 29 149 135 .263 .355 .369 .724 142.0  
162 Game Average 555 67 143 19 3 8 59 3 4 66 63 .259 .338 .356 .694 67.1  
Career Highs 156 606 82 162 29 7 15 84 8 7 84 84 .305 .386 .412 .798 85.0  
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   4340 510 1127 161 29 60 467 27 35 514 498 .260 .337 .352 .689 531.0
vs LH   1966 261 506 65 14 41 211 15 17 245 228 .257 .339 .367 .706 253.8
Home 922 3111 361 766 93 21 53 302 18 20 386 375 .246 .329 .341 .670 367.6
Away 918 3195 410 867 133 22 48 376 24 32 373 351 .271 .346 .372 .718 417.2
RISP   1511 0 387 45 7 21 522 0 0 204 171 .256 .336 .337 .673 188.4
Pinch Hitting   107 13 30 3 0 1 25 0 0 8 17 .280 .328 .336 .664 11.9
Close/Late   811 89 207 16 6 11 82 0 0 97 98 .255 .334 .330 .665 95.6
Mar/Apr 298 1022 116 276 40 6 16 106 6 2 121 117 .270 .347 .368 .715 135.0
May 328 1107 152 294 43 5 19 118 10 7 149 137 .266 .352 .365 .717 149.2
June 315 1111 142 323 45 9 20 128 5 11 123 112 .291 .360 .401 .762 158.6
July 282 990 123 241 41 8 13 104 3 14 120 117 .243 .324 .340 .664 111.0
August 307 1028 109 228 31 5 15 104 10 8 123 132 .222 .306 .305 .611 101.9
Sep/Oct 310 1048 129 271 26 10 18 118 8 10 123 111 .259 .336 .354 .690 129.0
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
1973 23 STL NL SS 45 21 229.0 29 110 3 20 .979 5.46   1.2
    3B 16 15 139.7 6 48 3 5 .947 3.48   0.5
    2B 11 11 89.0 25 48 2 7 .973 7.38   0.6
1974 24 STL NL 2B 102 90 809.3 165 347 4 71 .992 5.69   4.0
    3B 35 33 310.0 15 80 5 7 .950 2.76   0.6
    SS 10 8 74.0 7 35 4 7 .913 5.11   0.4
1975 25 STL NL SS 147 147 1320.3 242 611 21 118 .976 5.81   3.0
    3B 5 0 10.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
1976 26 STL NL SS 152 151 1333.3 223 599 27 124 .968 5.55   2.5
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64   0.0
1977 27 PHN NL SS 151 150 1342.7 252 653 30 126 .968 6.07   5.1
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1978 28 LAD NL SS 97 95 854.3 138 384 13 60 .976 5.50   5.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 3 4 0 2 1.000 12.60   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 29 LAD NL SS 107 102 906.7 145 375 19 66 .965 5.16   3.2
    2B 12 5 59.0 19 30 2 6 .961 7.47   0.4
    3B 3 1 13.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.77   0.0
1980 30 LAD NL SS 110 108 953.3 125 401 17 72 .969 4.97   2.5
    2B 2 2 17.0 0 10 0 1 1.000 5.29   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 31 LAD NL SS 118 116 1030.7 208 465 23 120 .967 5.88   2.9
    2B 6 0 16.7 6 8 0 2 1.000 7.56   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 32 PIT NL SS 149 148 1268.7 202 544 33 93 .958 5.29   2.2
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1983 33 PIT NL SS 146 144 1283.7 165 580 30 102 .961 5.22   3.9
    2B 4 0 6.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.69   0.0
1984 34 PIT NL SS 149 146 1298.0 204 582 24 98 .970 5.45   5.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
1985 35 MIL NL 2B 49 42 386.0 80 138 6 22 .973 5.08   1.2
    3B 41 19 220.3 22 55 2 6 .975 3.15   0.7
    SS 30 18 191.0 16 90 3 15 .972 4.99   1.1
1986 36 MIL NL 2B 37 31 264.3 49 128 4 25 .978 6.03   1.7
    SS 36 21 212.0 29 103 1 19 .992 5.60   1.1
    3B 20 12 110.3 9 22 2 1 .939 2.53   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1447 1375 12297.6 1985 5532 248 1040 .968 5.50   39.1
  2B 230 181 1666.3 350 723 18 138 .984 5.80   8.2
  3B 127 80 822.3 56 213 12 22 .957 2.94   2.2
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1805 1636 14787.2 2391 6468 278 1200 .970 5.39   49.5
Career Highs   154 151 1345.7 253 654 33 127 .980 6.07    
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
1979 29 LAD NL 16 51 8 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 12 2 .196 .348 .275 .623
Career Post-Season Batting 16 51 8 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 12 2 .196 .348 .275 .623
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
1984-5-156
 At-Bats
1977-5-606
 Singles
1976-7-127
 Triples
1974-6-6
1976-5-5
1980-4-7
 Walks
1984-5-84
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by St. Louis in 1971
Had first career hit on 4/16/1973, off Jim Mcandrew (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1973, off Tom Bradley (COL)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1974, hitting .615 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 6/16/1976
7/31/1976: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Traded from Philadelphia to Los Angeles on 2/4/1978 (Going to LAD: 2B Tom Heintzelman, SS Chris Speier, C Bill Fahey. Going to PHN: C Tim Blackwell, SS U l Washington, SS Toby Harrah)
Injured on 6/28/1978 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
7/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $3,930,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Indianapolis on 7/16/1980
Injured on 8/16/1980 with a Spasms Back, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 5/17/1981 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1981, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh on 3/4/1982 (Going to LAD: P Mark Fidrych. Going to PIT: SS Chris Speier)
10/29/1982: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,600,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/13/1985 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Released by Milwaukee on 10/3/1986
 
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