Tris Speaker - Wikipedia
Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed " the Gray Eagle ", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1907 to 1928.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Tris Speaker. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
1937 Hall of Fame Voting - Baseball-Reference.com
1937 Hall of Fame Voting Results. Inducted: Morgan Bulkeley,Ban Johnson,Nap Lajoie,Connie Mack,John McGraw,Tris Speaker,George Wright,Cy Young Find Full Vote Totals and Statistics for all Players Who Were on the Ballot.
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Tris Speaker - Society for American Baseball Research
Speaker further honed his outfield skills by working with Red Sox pitcher Cy Young. “When I was a rookie,” Speaker later recalled, Young “used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield ball.”
Speaker, Tris - Baseball Hall of Fame
Speaker was known for playing a very shallow center field, which helped him lead AL center fielders in assists eight times – while his ability to cover ground on balls hit over his head helped him lead AL center fielders in putouts seven times.
Tris Speaker: Hunting The Grey Eagle - PSA
Feb 10, 2009 · Once, while speaking with a sports writer and reflecting on his rookie year, Tris told the story of how Cy Young had spent hours hitting fly balls to him so that he could improve his fielding abilities and gain judgment on the distance and direction a …
Second BBWAA election brings Lajoie, Speaker, Young to …
The Hall of Fame’s overall membership grew to eight, as Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young earned election through the second BBWAA vote, garnering the necessary 75 percent of votes in their second year on the ballot. Lajoie led the trio with 168 of …
Tris Speaker Stats & Facts – This Day In Baseball
Speaker later gave much of the credit for his outstanding ability to judge fly balls to Cy Young, a member of Boston’s pitching staff his first few years with the team. Speaker said, “When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball.”
Tris Speaker - BaseballBiography.com
He was anxious to improve his fielding and later recalled, “When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball.” Blessed with great speed and a powerful batting swing, he also worked to make himself a better batter and baserunner.