Horace Speed
[edit] Biography
Horace Speed (Horace Arthur Speed) was born on October 4, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 10, 1975 for the San Francisco Giants. Speed played for the San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 3 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1975
| SF
| N
| 17
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .133
| .235
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| 70
| 106
| 13
| 24
| 0
| 4
| .226
| .320
| .283
| 4
| 1
| 14
| 31
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 5
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 14
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .368
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 17
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .133
| .235
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 96
| 120
| 19
| 26
| 0
| 5
| .217
| .326
| .267
| 4
| 1
| 19
| 38
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 113
| 135
| 21
| 28
| 0
| 6
| .207
| .316
| .259
| 5
| 1
| 20
| 46
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1975
| SF
| N
| OF
| 9
| 3
| 39
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1975
| SF
| N
| RF
| 5
| 1
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1975
| SF
| N
| LF
| 5
| 2
| 23
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 61
| 27
| 318.2
| 85
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| LF
| 12
| 2
| 40
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| RF
| 31
| 11
| 151.1
| 34
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| CF
| 22
| 14
| 127.1
| 41
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 16
| 2
| 53.2
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| CF
| 3
| 1
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| LF
| 10
| 1
| 30.1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| RF
| 3
| 0
| 7.1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 39
| 12
| 174.2
| 38
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 27
| 5
| 93.1
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 25
| 15
| 143.1
| 44
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 86
| 32
| 411.1
| 108
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
- Granted free agency (November 2, 1977).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 7, 1977).
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