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Robert
Speer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 5, 1910 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1944    1946   
Chet Covington Award 1943    1945    1947   
All-Star Selections 1938    1939    1943    1944    1945    1946    1947    1948   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Chet Covington Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 27 BNG EL 21 10 .677 35 35 29 3 0 301.0 245 96 20 48 325 2.87 .221 .252 .338 .590  
1939 28 BNG EL 25 5 .833 35 35 28 5 0 313.0 219 77 29 69 346 2.21 .196 .242 .324 .566  
1942 31 ALB EL 21 7 .750 35 35 27 5 0 306.7 256 103 29 58 301 3.02 .221 .257 .349 .606  
1943 32 ALB EL 25 7 .781 36 36 24 7 0 312.3 226 86 29 77 299 2.48 .198 .248 .328 .576  
1944 33 ALB EL 20 8 .714 31 31 25 5 0 274.0 207 76 17 67 242 2.50 .207 .256 .319 .575  
1945 34 ALB EL 19 12 .613 36 36 29 6 0 306.0 237 72 14 63 243 2.12 .211 .252 .289 .541  
1946 35 NSH SA 18 12 .600 36 36 30 2 0 313.0 240 113 25 105 247 3.25 .208 .272 .320 .592  
1947 36 NSH SA 28 6 .824 36 36 32 4 0 315.0 239 82 24 106 231 2.34 .210 .274 .324 .598  
1948 37 NSH SA 16 7 .696 29 29 12 1 0 211.3 184 86 21 71 115 3.66 .234 .297 .355 .652  
9 Years Sim 193 74 .723 309 309 236 38 0 2652.3 2053 791 208 664 2349 2.68 .211 .260 .327 .587  
Season Average 21 8 .724 34 34 26 4 0 294.7 228 87 23 73 261 2.68 .211 .260 .327 .587  
Career Highs 28 12 .833 36 36 32 7 0 315.0 256 113 29 106 346 3.66 .234 .297 .355 .652  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 27 BNG EL 35 103 7 18 5 1 0 6 0 1 2 46 .175 .187 .243 .430 3.8  
1939 28 BNG EL 35 101 6 24 4 0 0 11 0 0 3 34 .238 .260 .277 .537 7.2  
1942 31 ALB EL 35 110 10 18 2 1 1 7 1 0 7 45 .164 .212 .227 .439 5.1  
1943 32 ALB EL 36 112 6 20 2 1 0 6 0 1 1 48 .179 .186 .214 .400 1.8  
1944 33 ALB EL 31 90 9 21 3 2 0 7 0 2 7 36 .233 .289 .311 .600 8.0  
1945 34 ALB EL 36 102 9 11 2 2 0 3 1 0 6 59 .108 .157 .167 .324 0.6  
1946 35 NSH SA 36 104 8 14 1 0 1 6 0 0 8 55 .135 .195 .173 .368 2.7  
1947 36 NSH SA 36 123 15 26 2 1 0 8 2 0 5 60 .211 .242 .244 .486 7.1  
1948 37 NSH SA 29 74 6 12 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 44 .162 .205 .243 .448 2.8  
9 Years Sim 309 919 76 164 24 8 3 55 4 5 43 427 .178 .214 .232 .446 39.2  
162 Game Average 481 39 85 12 4 1 28 2 2 22 223 .178 .214 .232 .446 20.6  
Career Highs 36 123 15 26 5 2 1 11 2 2 8 60 .238 .289 .311 .600 8.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1938 27 BNG EL P 35 35 301.0 15 29 2 0 .957 1.32    
1939 28 BNG EL P 35 35 313.0 18 30 2 3 .960 1.38    
1942 31 ALB EL P 35 35 306.7 16 38 2 1 .964 1.58    
1943 32 ALB EL P 36 36 312.3 15 36 3 1 .944 1.47    
1944 33 ALB EL P 31 31 274.0 13 34 3 2 .940 1.54    
1945 34 ALB EL P 36 36 306.0 8 35 6 4 .878 1.26    
1946 35 NSH SA P 36 36 313.0 18 35 4 4 .930 1.52    
1947 36 NSH SA P 36 36 315.0 8 50 2 6 .967 1.66    
1948 37 NSH SA P 29 29 211.3 15 26 2 1 .953 1.75    
Career Totals   309 309 2652.3 126 313 26 22 .944 1.49    
Career Highs   36 36 315.0 18 50 6 6 .967 1.75    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1939 28 BNG EL 2 1 .667 3 3 3 0 0 27.0 23 8 3 3 32 2.67 .232 .255 .394 .649
1943 32 ALB EL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 16.3 18 9 3 2 14 4.96 .277 .299 .492 .791
1944 33 ALB EL 1 2 .333 3 3 2 1 0 21.7 15 9 2 3 22 3.74 .192 .222 .321 .543
1946 35 NSH SA 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 18.0 14 2 0 5 17 1.00 .212 .268 .303 .571
1947 36 NSH SA 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 17.3 15 12 2 6 12 6.23 .227 .292 .424 .716
1948 37 NSH SA 0 3 .000 3 3 1 0 0 22.3 38 18 4 8 25 7.25 .365 .411 .567 .978
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 9 .357 15 15 10 1 0 122.7 123 58 14 27 122 4.26 .257 .297 .425 .722
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 28 BNG EL 3 8 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .500 .556 .625 1.181
1943 32 ALB EL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 33 ALB EL 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333
1946 35 NSH SA 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1947 36 NSH SA 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 37 NSH SA 3 8 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .375 .625
Career Post-Season Batting 15 41 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .195 .214 .244 .458
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1938-3-2.87
1939-2-2.21
1942-6-3.02
1943-2-2.48
1944-2-2.50
1945-1-2.12
1946-9-3.25
1947-2-2.34
1948-10-3.66
CAR-2-2.68
 Wins
1938-4-21
1939-1-25
1942-4-21
1943-1-25
1944-2-20
1945-1-19
1946-3-18
1947-1-28
1948-10-16
CAR-13-193
 Winning Pct
1938-5-.677
1939-1-.833
1942-2-.750
1943-1-.781
1944-3-.714
1945-4-.613
1946-9-.600
1947-1-.824
1948-2-.696
CAR-1-.723
 Games Pitched
1938-2-35
1939-3-35
1942-5-35
1943-10-36
1945-6-36
1946-10-36
 Games Started
1938-2-35
1939-3-35
1942-5-35
1943-1-36
1945-1-36
1946-1-36
1947-6-36
CAR-33-309
 Complete Games
1938-2-29
1939-3-28
1942-7-27
1943-1-24
1944-4-25
1945-1-29
1946-1-30
1947-2-32
1948-9-12
CAR-3-236
Shutouts
1938-4-3
1939-1-5
1942-2-5
1943-1-7
1944-1-5
1945-1-6
1946-5-2
1947-4-4
CAR-4-38
 Innings Pitched
1938-4-301.0
1939-3-313.0
1942-6-306.7
1943-1-312.3
1944-9-274.0
1945-1-306.0
1946-1-313.0
1947-4-315.0
CAR-26-2652.3
 Homeruns Allowed
1946-10-25
1947-9-24
 Strikeouts
1938-3-325
1939-2-346
1942-7-301
1943-3-299
1944-9-242
1946-5-247
CAR-23-2349
 Walks Allowed
1946-2-105
1947-3-106
1948-9-71
CAR-40-664
 Walks per 9IP
1938-1-1.4
1939-8-2.0
1942-3-1.7
1943-8-2.2
1944-6-2.2
1945-7-1.9
CAR-25-2.3
Hits per 9IP
1938-7-7.3
1939-2-6.3
1942-7-7.5
1943-2-6.5
1944-2-6.8
1945-2-7.0
1946-1-6.9
1947-2-6.8
1948-4-7.8
CAR-4-7.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1938-4-9.7
1939-4-9.9
1942-10-8.8
1943-8-8.6
CAR-20-8.0
 WHiP
1938-3-0.97
1939-2-0.92
1942-4-1.02
1943-2-0.97
1944-1-1.00
1945-2-0.98
1946-6-1.10
1947-5-1.10
CAR-3-1.02
 OAVG
1938-8-.221
1939-2-.196
1942-6-.221
1943-2-.198
1944-2-.207
1945-3-.211
1946-1-.208
1947-2-.210
1948-4-.234
CAR-4-.211
 OOBP
1938-3-.252
1939-2-.242
1942-1-.257
1943-1-.248
1944-1-.256
1945-2-.252
1946-4-.272
1947-4-.274
1948-8-.297
CAR-1-.260
 OSLG
1938-4-.338
1939-3-.324
1942-4-.349
1943-3-.328
1944-1-.319
1945-1-.289
1946-1-.320
1947-5-.324
1948-7-.355
CAR-3-.327
OOPS
1938-2-.590
1939-3-.566
1942-3-.606
1943-2-.576
1944-1-.575
1945-1-.541
1946-2-.592
1947-5-.598
1948-6-.652
CAR-2-.587
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 55    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 224    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 171)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 95    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  1. Gerald Foutz (904)
  2. Clarence Dewar (896)
  3. Josue Heide (833)
  4. Fred Eager (813)
  5. David Stice (812)
  6. Steven Varnum (811)
  7. Russell Campuzano (809)
  8. Johnny Vizcarra (804)
  9. Travis Raffaele (798)
  10. Nathan Southall (790)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Kirk Muncie (980)
  2. Anthony Britten (980)
  3. Johnny Vizcarra (978)
  4. Forrest Williams (977)
  5. Timothy Tan (974)
  6. David Hafley (974)
  7. Richard Cloud (973)
  8. William Stokley (972)
  9. Peter Dugger (972)
  10. Russell Campuzano (970)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Binghamton in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/19/1938, off Jeff Jost (HAZ)
Earned first career win on 4/19/1938
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1938, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1939, going 7-1, 1.52
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Albany on 2/16/1942 to a 4-year deal worth $3,491,400 per year
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1942, off Kirk Muncie (ELM)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1942, going 5-0, 1.33
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1943, going 5-0, 1.86
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1943, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Chet Covington Award in 1943, going 25-7, 2.48 ERA
Injured on 5/16/1944 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Struck out 15 batters against Wilkes-Barre on 6/2/1944
Struck out 15 batters against Wilkes-Barre on 6/18/1944
Pitched NO-HITTER against Elmira on 6/27/1944, striking out 6
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1944, going 7-0, 2.43
Pitched NO-HITTER against Binghamton on 9/12/1944, striking out 10
Injured on 9/21/1944 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Class A Championship with Albany in 1944
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1945, winning 2 games with a 4.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Chet Covington Award in 1945, going 19-12, 2.12 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/27/1946 to a 3-year deal worth $8,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Class A Championship with Nashville in 1946
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1947, going 7-1, 1.14
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1947, going 6-1, 2.03
Won Chet Covington Award in 1947, going 28-6, 2.34 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1948, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Injured on 6/7/1948 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Injured on 7/3/1948 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
 
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