Bob Speake

High Level

MLB

Years

1955-1959 (1955-1959)

Proper Name

Robert Charles Speake

Nickname

Spook

Positions

OF (125) ... 1B (47)

Height / Weight

6-1 / 178

Bats / Throws

Left / Left

Birthdate

August 22,1930

Death Date

October 3,2024 Age: 94.042

Place

Springfield, Missouri

High School

Springfield Central (Springfield,MO)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1948-Chicago Cubs

MLB Debut

April 19,1955

MLBAM ID

122565

Retrosheet#

speab101

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Yearly Summary

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1955	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	11	24	OF	98	95	261	36	57	9	5	12	43	3	4	28	71	3	0	1	4	1	112	293	26	31	.218	.300	.429	.729	.314	.211	.251	9.56	24.23	2.54	21.75
1957	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	11	26	OF-1B	98	129	418	65	97	14	5	16	50	5	6	38	68	3	1	3	1	3	169	463	35	62	.232	.299	.404	.703	.261	.172	.240	8.21	14.69	1.79	26.13
1958	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	23	27	OF		66	71	9	15	3	0	3	10	0	1	13	15	0	0	0	1	1	27	84	6	9	.211	.333	.380	.713	.338	.169	.226	15.48	17.86	1.15	23.67
1959	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	26	28	OF-1B		15	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	13	0	1	.091	.167	.091	.258	.091	.000	.143	7.69	30.77	4.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (4 yrs)		MLB						305	761	110	170	26	10	31	104	8	11	80	158	6	2	4	6	6	309	853	67	103	.223	.301	.406	.707	.284	.183	.241	9.38	18.52	1.98	24.55
Tot:	NL (4 yrs)		NL						305	761	110	170	26	10	31	104	8	11	80	158	6	2	4	6	6	309	853	67	103	.223	.301	.406	.707	.284	.183	.241	9.38	18.52	1.98	24.55
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

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