Horace Speed (baseball)
Horace Arthur Speed III (born October 4, 1951) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played three seasons for the San Francisco Giants and the Cleveland Indians.[1]
| Horace Speed | |||
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| Outfielder/Pinch runner | |||
| Born: October 4, 1951 Los Angeles, California | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 10, 1975, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 26, 1979, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| AVG | .207 | ||
| H | 28 | ||
| SB | 4 | ||
| Teams | |||
Speed was selected by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB Draftt.[1] He made his major league debut with San Francisco as a pinch runner for catcher Dave Rader in 1975, as the Giants defeated the San Diego Padres, 2–0.[2] He then signed as a free agent with the Indians on December 7, 1977, and had his most productive major league season with the team in 1978, appearing in 70 games.[1]
Speed made his final major league appearance in 1979, as a pinch runner for Cliff Johnson, in a Cleveland 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.[3]
References
- Baseball Reference
- San Francisco Giants 2, San Diego Padres 0. Game played on Thursday, April 10, 1975 (N) at San Diego Stadium. Baseball Reference box score. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 3. Game played on Tuesday, June 26, 1979 (N) at Memorial Stadium. Baseball Reference box score Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
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