Horace Speed (baseball)
Appearance
Horace Speed | |
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Outfielder/Pinch runner | |
Born: Los Angeles, California | October 4, 1951|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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 | |
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]
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
- ^ a b c 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)
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- Amarillo Giants players
- Arizona Instructional League Giants players
- Baseball players from California
- Cardenales de Lara players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Decatur Commodores players
- Fresno Giants players
- Great Falls Giants players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- Phoenix Giants players
- Richmond Braves players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles
- Savannah Braves players
- Tacoma Tugs players
- American baseball outfielder, 1950s birth stubs