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Name	Team	Age
Gene Speaker	Retired (1968, Age 37)	Died (1997, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 18 (1955)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ed ONeill League	0	12 years (114 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B	D
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	B+	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	4/4/1931
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	3
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1955

Minors

58.00

3 / 7

5 / 10

3 / 12

5 / 9

9 / 10

3 / 6

4 / 4

32 / 58

1955

Majors

1.90

4

3

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1955

Pos (LF)

93.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 93

1956

Majors

43.51

121

66

29

5 / 7

4 / 5

3 / 3

4 / 8

8 / 9

5 / 6

5 / 5

34 / 43

1957

Majors

63.07

144

108

18

0 / 3

3 / 7

0 / 9

4 / 11

6 / 12

5 / 8

7 / 13

25 / 63

1958

Majors

60.40

141

106

21

1 / 6

3 / 12

1 / 9

0 / 13

6 / 8

0 / 3

3 / 9

14 / 60

1959

Majors

64.81

162

122

0

2 / 11

1 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 11

2 / 6

2 / 10

8 / 64

1960

Majors

57.36

142

108

20

1 / 14

1 / 4

0 / 6

1 / 7

1 / 6

1 / 11

1 / 9

6 / 57

1961

Majors

64.79

162

122

0

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 12

0 / 9

1 / 6

2 / 10

0 / 6

3 / 64

1962

Majors

64.69

162

122

0

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 15

0 / 8

1 / 12

1 / 7

0 / 8

2 / 64

1963

Majors

57.21

145

106

17

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 12

1 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 5

2 / 57

1964

Majors

53.96

138

95

24

0 / 9

0 / 11

1 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 6

1 / 7

2 / 53

1965

Majors

61.90

162

106

0

-2 / 7

-3 / 6

-2 / 18

0 / 3

-7 / 10

1 / 10

-1 / 7

-14 / 61

1966

Majors

55.49

162

91

0

0 / 7

-7 / 6

-2 / 6

-4 / 9

1 / 12

-2 / 8

-2 / 7

-16 / 55

1967

Majors

47.91

162

78

0

0 / 7

-2 / 8

-3 / 8

-1 / 6

-7 / 8

0 / 4

-3 / 6

-16 / 47

1968

Majors

29.86

162

32

0

-6 / 1

-1 / 4

-6 / 3

-3 / 5

-3 / 4

0 / 8

-1 / 4

-20 / 29

Total

1969

1265

129

4 / 100

4 / 110

-5 / 121

7 / 119

18 / 126

18 / 100

16 / 100

64 / 869

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1968-11-01	Gene Speaker has retired from the Arizona Rattlers
1964-04-12	Gene Speaker of the Arizona Rattlers is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1963-06-04	Gene Speaker of the Arizona Rattlers is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1960-07-07	Gene Speaker of the Arizona Rattlers is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1958-09-07	Gene Speaker of the Arizona Rattlers is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1957-07-10	Gene Speaker of the Arizona Rattlers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1956-09-09	The San Francisco Frogs have promoted Gene Speaker to the major league team. The San Francisco Frogs have sent Orie Thomas to the minors.
1956-08-27	The San Francisco Frogs have promoted Orie Thomas to the major league team. The San Francisco Frogs have sent Gene Speaker to the minors.
1956-08-25	Gene Speaker of the San Francisco Frogs is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1956-07-20	Gene Speaker of the San Francisco Frogs is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1955-09-28	The San Francisco Frogs have promoted Gene Speaker to the major league team.