By Speece
[edit] Biography
Born on January 6, 1897 in West Baden, Indiana, By Speece (Byron Franklin Speece) played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 4 year career. Speece broke into the bigs on April 21, 1924 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 2.65 ERA in 54.1 innings pitched in 1924, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 2.65
| 15
| 30
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.1
| 60
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 28
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 4.28
| 26
| 48
| 43
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 90.1
| 106
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1926
| CLE
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.27
| 9
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.2
| 41
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.27
| 9
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.2
| 41
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 51
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 3.60
| 42
| 79
| 59
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 147.2
| 167
| 0
| 57
| 0
| 5
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 62
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 4.73
| 51
| 109
| 88
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 167.1
| 208
| 1
| 61
| 0
| 5
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1926
| CLE
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 47
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| 21
| 20
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .150
| .150
| .300
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 28
| 31
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .161
| .161
| .226
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CLE
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 51
| 51
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .157
| .157
| .255
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 62
| 54
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .167
| .167
| .259
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Omaha (Western) to Washington Senators in exchange for Jim O'Neill and cash and a player to be named (February 1, 1924).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Carr Smith to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Stan Coveleski (December 12, 1924).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Indianapolis (American Association) (May, 1926).
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Indianapolis (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 7, 1929).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 16, 1930).
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