Tris Speaker

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Tris Speaker
Tris Speaker.jpg
Outfielder , manager
Born: April 4, 1888
Hubbard , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: December 8, 1958
Lake Whitney , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Left Threw: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 14,  1907  with the  Boston Americans
Last MLB assignment
August 30,  1928  with the  Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 345
Hits    3,515
Home runs    117
RBI    1,529
Teams

As a player

As a manager

Awards

member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1937
Quota    82.1%

Tristram E. "Tris" Speaker (born April 4, 1888 in Hubbard , Texas , † December 8, 1958 in Lake Whitney , Texas) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball . His nicknames were The Gray Eagle and Spoke .

biography

Tris Speaker was born and raised in Hubbard, Texas. In a riding accident he broke his right arm and became left-handed. He later injured his left arm in an American football accident . The surgeons wanted to amputate the arm, Speaker refused and his arm healed again. In 1905 he played one season of college baseball at the Fort Worth Polytechnic Institute . In 1906 Speaker played successfully with the Cleburne Railroaders , a team in minor league baseball . Here the Boston Red Sox discovered him and signed him. Speaker played his first game in the American League on September 14, 1907 against the Philadelphia Athletics . In total, he played seven games in the major league in 1907. In 1908, the Red Sox speakers left the Little Rock Travelers in exchange for providing the club grounds for preparatory training. Tris Speaker performed so well in Little Rock that the Red Sox decided to buy back the contract. This season Speaker played 31 games in the American League with a batting average of 22.4%.

1909 Speaker became a regular player in the centerfielder position . In 143 games he came to a batting average of 30.9%. With the engagement of Duffy Lewis , the Million Dollar Outfield was formed , which was formed by Speaker, Lewis and Harry Hooper . His best year with the Red Sox had Tris Speaker 1912. He played in all games, achieved a batting average of 38.3%. He led the American League with 10 home runs and 53 doubles. He achieved career records with 222 base hits, 136 runs, 580 at-bats and 52 stolen bases. In the World Series against the New York Giants , the Red Sox were able to prevail in eight games. Speaker led his team with a batting average of 30%, nine base hits and four runs achieved. Speaker celebrated his second success with the Red Sox in the World Series in 1915 . Speaker and Babe Ruth , then still a pitcher , were the strongest players in Boston in the win against the Philadelphia Phillies .

After the World Series success, Speaker should accept a salary cut from $ 15,000 to $ 9,000. He refused to sign such a contract and was transferred to the Cleveland Indians on April 12, 1916 . At the Indians, Speaker became the highest-paid baseball player of his time with an annual salary of $ 40,000. In 1916, Speaker also ended Ty Cobb's streak of nine titles as the top batting average player in the American League. With 38.6%, Speaker was significantly better than Cobb with 37.1%. Speakers' defensive performance was also outstanding. Some even referred to him as the fifth infielder.

During the 1919 season, Tris Speaker also took on the duties of manager at the Indians. In 1920 he led his team to the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers . The Indians won the first World Series in their history, Speaker his third as a player and his first and only as a manager.

On May 17, 1925, Speaker reached his 3,000th basehit against Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators as the fifth player in the history of the Major League and the second player in the Indians after Nap Lajoie . He had to end his career as a manager after the 1926 season. Speaker and Ty Cobb were suspected of being involved in a betting scandal, so American League President Ban Johnson recommended both of them resign .

As a player, Speaker played two seasons with the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics. He ended his career with 3,514 base hits. Among them were 793 doubles with which he still tops the all-time leaderboard in Major League Baseball. His batting average of 34.5% is the fifth best in the MLB.

In 1937, Tris Speaker was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . He died in Lake Whitney, Texas in 1958 at the age of 70.

His stations as a player

His stations as a manager

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Commons : Tris Speaker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Speaker, Tris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Speaker, Tristram E .; The Gray Eagle; Spoke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player and manager
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Hubbard , Texas
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1958
Place of death Lake Whitney , Texas