Chris Speier was born on Wednesday, June 28, 1950, in Alameda, California. Speier was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 7, 1971, with the San Francisco Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Chris Speier baseball stats page.
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Chris Speier![]() Chris Speier Autograph on a 1972 Topps Baseball Card (#165 | Checklist) |
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Chris SpeierChris Speier Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Chris SpeierChris Speier Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1971 | 21 | Giants | 157 | 601 | 74 | 141 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 56 | 6 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | .235 | .307 | .323 |
| 1972 | 22 | Giants | 150 | 562 | 74 | 151 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 71 | 82 | 2 | 92 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .269 | .361 | .400 |
| 1973 | 23 | Giants | 153 | 542 | 58 | 135 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 71 | 66 | 4 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | .249 | .332 | .356 |
| 1974 | 24 | Giants | 141 | 501 | 55 | 125 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 53 | 62 | 8 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .250 | .336 | .361 |
| 1975 | 25 | Giants | 141 | 487 | 60 | 132 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 69 | 70 | 7 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | .271 | .362 | .415 |
| 1976 | 26 | Giants | 145 | 495 | 51 | 112 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 60 | 1 | 52 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | .226 | .311 | .297 |
| 1977 | 27 | Giants | 6 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 |
| 1977 | 27 | Expos | 139 | 531 | 58 | 125 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 67 | 3 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .235 | .321 | .343 |
| 1978 | 28 | Expos | 150 | 501 | 47 | 126 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 60 | 10 | 75 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | .251 | .329 | .329 |
| 1979 | 29 | Expos | 113 | 344 | 31 | 78 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .227 | .317 | .331 |
| 1980 | 30 | Expos | 128 | 388 | 35 | 103 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 52 | 18 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .265 | .351 | .330 |
| 1981 | 31 | Expos | 96 | 307 | 33 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .225 | .310 | .290 |
| 1982 | 32 | Expos | 156 | 530 | 41 | 136 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 47 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | .257 | .316 | .360 |
| 1983 | 33 | Expos | 88 | 261 | 31 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .257 | .332 | .341 |
| 1984 | 34 | Expos | 25 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .150 | .171 | .150 |
| 1984 | 34 | Cardinals | 38 | 118 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .178 | .242 | .331 |
| 1984 | 34 | Twins | 12 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .278 | .212 |
| 1985 | 35 | Cubs | 106 | 218 | 16 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .243 | .295 | .349 |
| 1986 | 36 | Cubs | 95 | 155 | 21 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .284 | .349 | .452 |
| 1987 | 37 | Giants | 111 | 317 | 39 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 42 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .249 | .342 | .394 |
| 1988 | 38 | Giants | 82 | 171 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .216 | .311 | .333 |
| 1989 | 39 | Giants | 28 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .243 | .333 | .351 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 19 Years | 2,260 | 7,156 | 770 | 1,759 | 302 | 50 | 112 | 4 | 720 | 847 | 106 | 988 | 73 | 44 | 35 | 183 | .246 | .327 | .349 | ||
Chris SpeierChris Speier Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1971 Giants | SS | 156 | 155 | 4,047 | 789 | 5.1 | 756 | 239 | 517 | 33 | 95 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 5.04 |
| 1972 Giants | SS | 150 | 150 | 3,960 | 780 | 5.2 | 760 | 243 | 517 | 20 | 69 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 5.18 |
| 1973 Giants | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
| 1973 Giants | SS | 150 | 147 | 3,897 | 758 | 5.1 | 725 | 255 | 470 | 33 | 92 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 5.02 |
| 1974 Giants | 2B | 4 | 2 | 63 | 13 | 3.3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.57 |
| 1974 Giants | SS | 135 | 132 | 3,471 | 676 | 5.0 | 655 | 210 | 445 | 21 | 82 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 5.10 |
| 1975 Giants | 3B | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.80 |
| 1975 Giants | SS | 136 | 135 | 3,507 | 679 | 5.0 | 667 | 247 | 420 | 12 | 81 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 5.14 |
| 1976 Giants | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 15.00 |
| 1976 Giants | 2B | 7 | 5 | 123 | 26 | 3.7 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.71 |
| 1976 Giants | 3B | 5 | 2 | 66 | 9 | 1.8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 3.27 |
| 1976 Giants | SS | 135 | 129 | 3,510 | 684 | 5.1 | 666 | 225 | 441 | 18 | 81 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 5.12 |
| 1977 Giants | SS | 5 | 4 | 108 | 25 | 5.0 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .920 | 5.75 |
| 1977 Expos | SS | 138 | 138 | 3,699 | 692 | 5.0 | 671 | 236 | 435 | 21 | 75 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 4.90 |
| 1978 Expos | SS | 148 | 148 | 3,861 | 730 | 4.9 | 712 | 245 | 467 | 18 | 93 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 4.98 |
| 1979 Expos | SS | 112 | 110 | 2,847 | 566 | 5.1 | 549 | 194 | 355 | 17 | 52 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 5.21 |
| 1980 Expos | 3B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
| 1980 Expos | SS | 127 | 122 | 3,159 | 604 | 4.8 | 583 | 187 | 396 | 21 | 62 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .965 | 4.98 |
| 1981 Expos | SS | 96 | 96 | 2,502 | 472 | 4.9 | 455 | 175 | 280 | 17 | 57 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 4.91 |
| 1982 Expos | SS | 155 | 152 | 3,996 | 709 | 4.6 | 696 | 291 | 405 | 13 | 76 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 4.70 |
| 1983 Expos | 2B | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1983 Expos | 3B | 12 | 5 | 168 | 19 | 1.6 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .895 | 2.73 |
| 1983 Expos | SS | 74 | 62 | 1,731 | 315 | 4.3 | 303 | 107 | 196 | 12 | 31 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 4.73 |
| 1984 Expos | 3B | 4 | 2 | 57 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.26 |
| 1984 Expos | SS | 13 | 4 | 147 | 25 | 1.9 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 4.41 |
| 1984 Cardinals | 3B | 2 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.20 |
| 1984 Cardinals | SS | 34 | 33 | 861 | 176 | 5.2 | 173 | 49 | 124 | 3 | 25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 5.43 |
| 1984 Twins | SS | 12 | 11 | 282 | 43 | 3.6 | 42 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 4.02 |
| 1985 Cubs | 2B | 13 | 10 | 276 | 51 | 3.9 | 49 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 4.79 |
| 1985 Cubs | 3B | 31 | 6 | 321 | 31 | 1.0 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .935 | 2.44 |
| 1985 Cubs | SS | 58 | 30 | 927 | 193 | 3.3 | 186 | 61 | 125 | 7 | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 5.42 |
| 1986 Cubs | 2B | 7 | 4 | 120 | 27 | 3.9 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.08 |
| 1986 Cubs | 3B | 53 | 14 | 633 | 64 | 1.2 | 63 | 21 | 42 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 2.69 |
| 1986 Cubs | SS | 23 | 12 | 396 | 80 | 3.5 | 78 | 32 | 46 | 2 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 5.32 |
| 1987 Giants | 2B | 55 | 33 | 1,038 | 187 | 3.4 | 185 | 80 | 105 | 2 | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 4.81 |
| 1987 Giants | 3B | 44 | 35 | 918 | 107 | 2.4 | 106 | 22 | 84 | 1 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 3.12 |
| 1987 Giants | SS | 22 | 7 | 291 | 57 | 2.6 | 56 | 16 | 40 | 1 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 5.20 |
| 1988 Giants | 2B | 45 | 22 | 732 | 135 | 3.0 | 133 | 46 | 87 | 2 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 4.91 |
| 1988 Giants | 3B | 22 | 8 | 324 | 35 | 1.6 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.92 |
| 1988 Giants | SS | 12 | 6 | 198 | 45 | 3.8 | 44 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 6.00 |
| 1989 Giants | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 15.00 |
| 1989 Giants | 2B | 4 | 2 | 66 | 14 | 3.5 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.73 |
| 1989 Giants | 3B | 9 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0.7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.35 |
| 1989 Giants | SS | 9 | 2 | 96 | 15 | 1.7 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 3.94 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| SS Totals | 1,900 | 1,785 | 47,493 | 9,113 | 4.8 | 8,838 | 3,057 | 5,781 | 275 | 1,043 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 5.02 | |
| 3B Totals | 184 | 75 | 2,622 | 284 | 1.5 | 277 | 73 | 204 | 7 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.85 | |
| 2B Totals | 138 | 78 | 2,439 | 454 | 3.3 | 448 | 176 | 272 | 6 | 59 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 4.96 | |
| 1B Totals | 2 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 15.00 | |
| 19 Years | 2,224 | 1,938 | 52,572 | 9,861 | 4.4 | 9,573 | 3,314 | 6,259 | 288 | 1,121 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 4.92 | |
Chris SpeierChris Speier Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1971 Giants | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 75.1 | 6.7 | 13.1 | - | - | - |
| 1972 Giants | 9 | 4 | .692 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 37.5 | 6.1 | 7.9 | - | - | - |
| 1973 Giants | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 49.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
| 1974 Giants | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 55.7 | 7.8 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
| 1975 Giants | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 48.7 | 9.7 | 7.1 | - | - | - |
| 1976 Giants | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 165.0 | 9.5 | 12.4 | - | - | - |
| 1977 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
| 1977 Expos | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 106.2 | 6.8 | 14.0 | - | - | - |
| 1978 Expos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 100.2 | 6.7 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
| 1979 Expos | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 49.1 | 7.6 | 13.2 | - | - | - |
| 1980 Expos | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 388.0 | 10.2 | 12.1 | - | - | - |
| 1981 Expos | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 153.5 | 10.6 | 12.3 | - | - | - |
| 1982 Expos | 1 | 6 | .143 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 75.7 | 7.9 | 8.8 | - | - | - |
| 1983 Expos | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 2 | n/a | 130.5 | 7.1 | 11.9 | - | - | - |
| 1984 Expos | 0 | 0 | .000 | 13 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.0 | 40.0 | - | - | - |
| 1984 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 39.3 | 6.2 | 14.8 | - | - | - |
| 1984 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 33.0 | - | - | - |
| 1985 Cubs | 1 | 3 | .250 | 14 | 4 | n/a | 54.5 | 6.4 | 9.1 | - | - | - |
| 1986 Cubs | 2 | 2 | .500 | 18 | 9 | n/a | 25.8 | 4.8 | 6.7 | - | - | - |
| 1987 Giants | 4 | 7 | .364 | 16 | 2 | n/a | 28.8 | 6.2 | 8.1 | - | - | - |
| 1988 Giants | 3 | 3 | .500 | 14 | 2 | n/a | 57.0 | 4.4 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
| 1989 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 12 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.1 | 18.5 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 19 Years | 42 | 54 | .438 | 124 | 20 | 0 | 63.9 | 7.2 | 9.9 | - | - | - |
Chris SpeierChris Speier Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1971 San Francisco Giants | 35 | $12,750.00 | - | - |
| 1972 San Francisco Giants | 35 | $13,500.00 | Stats | - |
| 1973 San Francisco Giants | 35 | $15,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 1974 San Francisco Giants | 35 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
| 1975 San Francisco Giants | 35 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1976 San Francisco Giants | 35 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1977 San Francisco Giants | 35 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1977 Montreal Expos | 4 | $240,000.00 | - | - |
| 1978 Montreal Expos | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1979 Montreal Expos | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1980 Montreal Expos | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1981 Montreal Expos | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1982 Montreal Expos | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1983 Montreal Expos | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1984 Montreal Expos | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1984 St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1984 Minnesota Twins | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1985 Chicago Cubs | 28 | $225,000.00 | - | - |
| 1986 Chicago Cubs | 28 | $275,000.00 | - | - |
| 1987 San Francisco Giants | 2 | $275,000.00 | - | - |
| 1988 San Francisco Giants | 35 | $400,000.00 | - | - |
| 1989 San Francisco Giants | 35 | $425,000.00 | - | - |
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