Tris Speaker

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Tris Speaker was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball center fielder renowned for his exceptional defense and hitting, primarily with the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Major League Baseball player
baseball center fielder
human
bats left
battedTitleLeader American League batting champion 1916
battingAverage .345
brokeIntoMLBAs outfielder
burialPlace Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
surface form: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1888-04-04
dateOfDeath 1958-12-08
doubles 792
eraOfActivity early 20th century
finalMLBGameDate 1928-08-30
finalMLBTeam Philadelphia Athletics
fullName Tristram E. Speaker
gamesPlayed 2789
givenName Tristram
HallOfFameInductionYear 1937
HallOfFameMethod Baseball Writers' Association of America
hits 3514
homeRuns 117
knownFor exceptional defensive play in center field
line-drive hitting
league Major League Baseball
managedTeam Cleveland Indians
MLBDebutDate 1907-09-14
MLBDebutLeague American League
MLBDebutTeam Boston Americans
nickname The Grey Eagle
Tris
placeOfBirth Hubbard, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Lakewood, Ohio, United States
positionPlayed center fielder
role player-manager
runsBattedIn 1529
runsScored 1882
sexOrGender male
stolenBases 432
team Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
surface form: Washington Senators
throws right
warService served in World War I-era U.S. Navy reserve (stateside)
WorldSeriesChampion 1912
1915
1920

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1915 World Series notableBatter Tris Speaker
1912 World Series notablePlayer Tris Speaker
Cleveland Indians notablePlayer Tris Speaker
Duffy Lewis notableTeammate Tris Speaker
Duffy Lewis teammate Tris Speaker