Tris Speaker
Tristram " Tris " E. Speaker ( April 4, 1888 in Hubbard, Texas, † December 8, 1958 in Lake Whitney, Texas) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. His nickname was The Grey Eagle and spoke.
Biography
Tris Speaker was born in Hubbard, Texas and grew up there as well. When a riding accident, he broke his right arm and became the left-handed. Later, he injured his left arm in an accident while American football. The surgeons wanted to amputate his arm, Speaker refused and his arm healed again. In 1905, he played a season college baseball at Fort Worth Polytechnic Institute. 1906 Speaker played successfully in the Cleburne Railroaders, a team in minor league baseball. Here he discovered the Boston Red Sox and committed him. His first game in the American League denied Speaker on September 14, 1907 against the Philadelphia Athletics. Overall, he played seven games in the 1907 Major League. 1908, leaving the Red Sox Speaker the Little Rock Travelers in exchange for the provision of the club premises for the preparation training. Tris Speaker was in Little Rock so good performances that the Red Sox decided to surrender the contract. This season, Speaker denied even 31 games in the American League with a batting average of 22.4 %.
In 1909, Speaker regulars on the position of center fielder. In 143 games, he came up with a batting average of 30.9 %. With the commitment of Duffy Lewis led to the formation of one million U.S. dollars Outfields which Speaker, Lewis and Harry Hooper formed. His best year with the Red Sox had Tris Speaker in 1912. He played in all games with, achieved a batting average of 38.3 %. He led the American League with 10 home runs and 53 doubles. Karrierebestmarken reach him with 222 base hits, 136 runs, 580 at- bats and 52 stolen bases. In the World Series against the New York Giants, the Red Sox were able to prevail in eight games. Speaker led his team with a batting average of 30%, nine base hits and four runs scored. His second success with the Red Sox in the World Series celebrated Speaker 1915. Speaker and Babe Ruth, then still as a pitcher, the strongest players were at Boston's win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
After the World Series success speaker should accept a reduction in salary of $ 15,000 to $ 9,000. He refused to sign such a contract and was transferred on 12 April 1916, the Cleveland Indians. When the Indians became Speaker with an annual salary of $ 40,000 to the highest paid baseball player of his time. 1916 Ty Cobb also ended Speaker series of nine titles as a player with the best batting average in the American League. With 38.6 % Speaker was significantly better than Cobb with 37.1 %. Also outstanding were Speakers performances on the defensive. Some even referred to him as the fifth infielder.
During the season 1919 Tris Speaker also took over the tasks of the manager in the Indians. In 1920, he led his team to the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Indians won the first World Series in its history, Speaker his third as a player and his first and only as a manager.
On May 17, 1925 Speaker reached the fifth player in the history of Major League and the second player the Indians by Nap Lajoie its 3000th Basehit against Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators. His career as a manager, he had to quit after the season 1926. Speaker and Ty Cobb were suspected of being involved in a betting scandal, so the president of the American League Ban Johnson recommended both for the resignation.
As a player, Speaker denied two seasons with the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics. He finished his career with 3514 base hits. Among them were 793 doubles, with whom he cites the eternal Fame Major League Baseball today. His batting average of 34.5 % is the füntbeste the MLB.
1937 Tris Speaker was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He died at the age of 70 in 1958 in Lake Whitney, Texas.