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Full Name: Justin James Speier Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/200 First Game: May 27, 1998
Birthdate: November 6, 1973 MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Daly City, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on November 6, 1973 in Daly City, California, Justin Speier (Justin James Speier) played for the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 9 year career. Speier broke into the bigs on May 27, 1998 with the Florida Marlins, and put up a 3.29 ERA in 68.1 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Justin Speier's best season was 2003, when he posted a 4.05 ERA and struck out 66 batters.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1998 FLA N 18 0 0 3 8.38 15 18 18 0 0 0 19.1 25 7 12 1 2 0
1998 CHI N 1 0 0 0 13.50 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 1 0 1 0
1998 TOT N 19 0 0 3 8.71 17 20 20 0 0 0 20.2 27 7 13 1 3 0
1999 ATL N 19 0 0 0 5.65 22 18 18 0 0 0 28.2 28 8 13 1 0 0
2000 CLE A 47 0 5 2 3.29 69 27 25 0 0 0 68.1 57 9 28 3 7 4
2001 COL N 42 0 4 3 3.70 47 24 23 0 0 0 56 47 8 12 3 4 5
2001 CLE A 12 0 2 0 6.97 15 16 16 0 0 0 20.2 24 5 8 0 2 3
2001 Total 54 0 6 3 4.58 62 40 39 0 0 0 76.2 71 13 20 3 6 8
2002 COL N 63 0 5 1 4.33 47 31 30 0 0 1 62.1 51 9 19 4 1 3
2003 COL N 72 0 3 1 4.05 66 37 33 0 0 9 73.1 73 11 23 6 0 7
2004 TOR A 62 0 3 8 3.91 52 32 30 0 0 7 69 61 8 25 6 4 5
2005 TOR A 65 0 3 2 2.57 56 20 19 0 0 0 66.2 48 10 15 2 1 3
2006 TOR A 58 0 2 0 2.98 55 18 17 0 0 0 51.1 47 5 21 3 4 1
2007 ANA A 51 0 2 3 2.88 47 17 16 0 0 0 50 36 6 12 1 2 4
Total NL 215 0 12 8 4.63 199 130 124 0 0 10 241 226 43 80 15 8 15
Total AL 295 0 17 15 3.40 294 130 123 0 0 7 326 273 43 109 15 20 20
Total 510 0 29 23 3.92 493 260 247 0 0 17 567 499 86 189 30 28 35

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1998 FLA N P 18 0 19.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.000
1998 CHI N P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 TOT N P 19 0 20.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.000
1999 ATL N P 19 0 28.2 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.000
2000 CLE A P 47 0 68.1 1 6 1 0 0 1 13 0 1 .875
2001 COL N P 42 0 56 2 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1.000
2001 CLE A P 12 0 20.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
2001 Total P 54 0 76.2 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 1.000
2002 COL N P 63 0 62.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
2003 COL N P 72 0 73.1 4 5 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 1.000
2004 TOR A P 62 0 69 1 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 .750
2005 TOR A P 65 0 66.2 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.000
2006 TOR A P 58 0 51.1 4 4 0 1 0 1 9 1 1 1.000
2007 ANA A P 51 0 50 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 .875
Total P 510 0 567 21 40 4 2 0 6 50 15 2 .938

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1998 FLA N 18 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TOT N 19 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ATL N 19 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CLE A 47 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 COL N 42 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CLE A 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Total 54 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 COL N 63 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 COL N 72 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TOR A 62 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 TOR A 65 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TOR A 58 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 ANA A 51 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 215 14 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 295 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 510 17 0 3 0 0 .176 .176 .176 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 55th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1995 - signed June 7, 1995).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Kevin Orie and Todd Noel to Florida Marlins in exchange for Felix Heredia and Steve Hoff (July 31, 1998).
  • Traded by Florida Marlins to Atlanta Braves in exchange for a player to be named later (April 1, 1999); Florida Marlins received Matthew Targac (June 11, 1999).
  • Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Atlanta Braves (November 23, 1999).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later (May 19, 2001); Cleveland Indians received Brian Jenkins (May 21, 2001).
  • Claimed on waivers by Colorado Rockies from New York Mets (May 29, 2001).
  • Traded by Colorado Rockies to Toronto Blue Jays as part of 3-team trade in which Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Joe Kennedy to Colorado Rockies; Toronto Blue Jays sent Mark Hendrickson to Tampa Bay Devil Rays (December 14, 2003); and Toronto Blue Jays sent Sandy Nin to Colorado Rockies (December 15, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (October 30, 2006).
  • Signed by Anaheim Angels (November 9, 2006).

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