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Chris Speier
	Chris Edward Speier


	Born: June 28, 1950 in Alameda, CA
	62 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'1"	Wt: 175

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1970 - (Round 1 / Pick 2)
- High School: Encinal (Alameda, CA)
- College/Univ: University of California, Santa Barbara (1969)

Teams

												Park Factors			Attendance
Yr	Age	Team	Lg	Rank	W	L	W%	WC	Div	Lg	WS	Run	HR	Ballpark	Rank	Ratio
1971	21.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	1	90	72	.556		✓			0.98	0.98	Candlestick Park	10 / 12	0.77
1972	22.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	5	69	86	.445					1.04	1.05	Candlestick Park	11 / 12	0.50
1973	23.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	3	88	74	.543					1.04	1.01	Candlestick Park	10 / 12	0.60
1974	24.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	5	72	90	.444					1.05	1.00	Candlestick Park	12 / 12	0.37
1975	25.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	3	80	81	.497					1.04	0.98	Candlestick Park	12 / 12	0.38
1976	26.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	4	74	88	.457					1.02	0.99	Candlestick Park	12 / 12	0.45
1977	27.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	4	75	87	.463					1.01	0.96	Candlestick Park	12 / 12	0.44
1977	27.0	Montreal Expos	NL	5	75	87	.463					0.98	0.94	Stade Olympique	6 / 12	0.90
1978	28.0	Montreal Expos	NL	4	76	86	.469					0.98	0.89	Stade Olympique	7 / 12	0.86
1979	29.0	Montreal Expos	NL	2	95	65	.594					0.99	0.91	Stade Olympique	4 / 12	1.19
1980	30.0	Montreal Expos	NL	2	90	72	.556					0.99	0.88	Stade Olympique	4 / 12	1.27
1981	31.0	Montreal Expos	NL	2	60	48	.556		✓			1.00	0.89	Stade Olympique	3 / 12	1.41
1982	32.0	Montreal Expos	NL	3	86	76	.531					1.00	0.92	Stade Olympique	3 / 12	1.29
1983	33.0	Montreal Expos	NL	3	82	80	.506					0.99	0.90	Stade Olympique	2 / 12	1.29
1984	34.0	Montreal Expos	NL	5	78	83	.484					0.96	0.89	Stade Olympique	8 / 12	0.93
1984	34.0	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3	84	78	.519					0.99	0.91	Busch Stadium II	4 / 12	1.18
1984	34.0	Minnesota Twins	AL	2	81	81	.500					1.06	0.98	Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome	10 / 14	0.93
1985	35.0	Chicago Cubs	NL	4	77	84	.478					1.10	1.24	Wrigley Field	5 / 12	1.16
1986	36.0	Chicago Cubs	NL	5	70	90	.438					1.08	1.18	Wrigley Field	5 / 12	1.01
1987	37.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	1	90	72	.556		✓			0.95	1.04	Candlestick Park	7 / 12	0.93
1988	38.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	4	83	79	.512					0.96	1.01	Candlestick Park	9 / 12	0.87
1989	39.0	San Francisco Giants	NL	1	92	70	.568		✓	✓		0.96	1.01	Candlestick Park	5 / 12	0.98
19		5			1767	1729	.505	0	4	1	0	1.01	0.98			0.89

												Park Factors				Att
Yrs		Team			W	L	W%	WC	Div	Lg	WS	Run	HR			Ratio
10		SFG			813	799	.504	0	3	1	0	1.01				0.63
8		WSN			642	597	.518	0	1	0	0	0.99				1.13
1		STL			84	78	.519	0	0	0	0	0.99				1.18
1		MIN			81	81	.500	0	0	0	0	1.06				0.93
2		CHC			147	174	.458	0	0	0	0	1.09				1.09

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James