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Name Team Age
Cotton Speier Retired (1991, Age 33) Died (2028, Age 71)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6
(1979)		 LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cool Papa Bell League 0 8 years (32 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  C- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C  B- A 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- A+ D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 11/6/1957
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (CF)
C  (37.2 %) F  (1.2 %) F  (0.9 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1983 AHP 32 62 22 3 1 3 11 7 18 1.001 .420 .581 .355
1983 HHP 40 88 28 4 3 4 19 6 19 .933 .365 .568 .318
1983 LHP 53 121 41 6 3 6 25 9 29 .973 .386 .587 .339
1983 RHP 27 29 9 1 1 1 5 4 8 .911 .394 .517 .310
1984 AHP 35 89 30 6 0 2 11 2 15 .824 .352 .472 .337
1984 HHP 41 77 18 0 1 8 19 7 18 .877 .306 .571 .234
1984 LHP 58 133 41 6 0 8 24 9 26 .890 .357 .534 .308
1984 RHP 31 33 7 0 1 2 6 0 7 .667 .212 .455 .212
1985 AHP 34 119 30 6 1 3 13 10 30 .710 .315 .395 .252
1985 HHP 34 113 28 5 0 7 16 8 26 .787 .310 .478 .248
1985 LHP 53 152 41 8 1 8 21 12 36 .829 .335 .493 .270
1985 RHP 44 80 17 3 0 2 8 6 20 .592 .267 .325 .212
1986 AHP 36 66 16 2 1 0 8 9 12 .636 .333 .303 .242
1986 HHP 38 87 20 1 3 6 15 8 27 .812 .295 .517 .230
1986 LHP 40 60 14 1 0 5 18 13 9 .870 .370 .500 .233
1986 RHP 44 93 22 2 4 1 5 4 30 .644 .268 .376 .237
1987 AHP 68 233 55 11 3 8 30 16 54 .697 .285 .412 .236
1987 HHP 47 156 55 7 5 13 37 6 34 1.092 .380 .712 .353
1987 LHP 64 127 39 8 2 12 32 10 17 1.038 .353 .685 .307
1987 RHP 95 262 71 10 6 9 35 12 71 .765 .307 .458 .271
1988 AHP 49 195 55 10 2 8 25 13 47 .802 .325 .477 .282
1988 HHP 47 174 43 6 3 5 20 10 39 .689 .286 .402 .247
1988 LHP 48 120 36 6 4 4 20 10 26 .868 .351 .517 .300
1988 RHP 80 249 62 10 1 9 25 13 60 .691 .285 .406 .249
1989 AHP 55 189 38 6 2 5 26 13 43 .589 .256 .333 .201
1989 HHP 49 166 40 3 1 9 28 12 42 .730 .296 .434 .241
1989 LHP 47 93 23 5 3 4 19 7 23 .795 .300 .495 .247
1989 RHP 88 262 55 4 0 10 35 18 62 .606 .266 .340 .210
1990 AHP 24 49 15 2 0 4 10 1 12 .912 .320 .592 .306
1990 HHP 14 17 3 0 0 1 1 1 6 .575 .222 .353 .176
1990 LHP 37 59 15 1 0 4 9 2 15 .753 .279 .475 .254
1990 RHP 5 7 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 1.429 .429 1.000 .429
1991 AHP 11 15 2 1 0 0 1 0 8 .333 .133 .200 .133
1991 HHP 22 26 6 2 0 2 8 1 8 .798 .259 .538 .231
1991 LHP 31 36 8 3 0 2 9 1 13 .715 .243 .472 .222
1991 RHP 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total AHP 344 1017 263 47 10 33 135 71 239 .730 .308 .422 .259
Total HHP 332 904 241 28 16 55 163 59 219 .831 .315 .515 .267
Total LHP 431 901 258 44 13 53 177 73 194 .882 .342 .541 .286
Total RHP 419 1020 246 31 13 35 121 57 264 .683 .283 .400 .241
Total 676 1921 504 75 26 88 298 130 458 .777 .311 .466 .262
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Cotton Speier has retired from the Colorado Highlanders
1991-07-30The Colorado Highlanders have removed Cotton Speier from the trade block.
1991-07-24The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Lou Anderson to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Cotton Speier to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Keith Anderson to the minors. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Dave Seats to the minors.
1991-06-15The Colorado Highlanders have placed Cotton Speier on the trade block.
1991-05-22The Colorado Highlanders have designated Cotton Speier for assignment.
1990-08-21Cotton Speier of the Colorado Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1990-04-05The Colorado Highlanders have acquired Cotton Speier from the waiver wire.
1990-04-01The Houston Matadors have designated Cotton Speier for assignment.
1986-06-25The Houston Bushwackers have acquired Cotton Speier from the waiver wire.
1986-06-20The Minnesota DareDevils have designated Cotton Speier for assignment.
1985-03-07A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Detectives and the Colorado Highlanders. The Colorado Highlanders receive Hooks Alexander, Draft Pick 1985 Round 1 BAL (Mudcat Nathan) from the Baltimore Detectives in exchange for Dutch Wheaton, Cotton Speier, Tom Gross, Draft Pick 1985 Round 1 WAS (Thurston Howell). Protest This Trade.
1985-03-01The Colorado Highlanders have promoted John Nelson to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Cotton Speier to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Tex McFarlane to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Lyn Thomas to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Lanny Adair to the minors. The Colorado Highlanders have waived Chris Alvarez. The Colorado Highlanders have waived Gene Scheinblum.
1984-10-03The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Slick Stanford to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Lanny Adair to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have sent John Nelson to the minors. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Cotton Speier to the minors.
1984-09-17The Colorado Highlanders have removed Cotton Speier from the trade block.
1984-07-21The Colorado Highlanders have placed Cotton Speier on the trade block.
1984-05-01The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Cotton Speier to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have waived Al Agee.
1984-04-14The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Al Agee to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Cotton Speier to the minors.
1983-06-17The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Cotton Speier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have sent Kevin Hernandez to the minors.
1983-06-16The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Kevin Hernandez to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have sent Cotton Speier to the minors.
1983-05-12The Philadelphia Stars have removed Cotton Speier from the trade block.
1983-04-25The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Dino Marinaro to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Charlie Kelleher to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Cotton Speier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have waived Red Leonard. The Philadelphia Stars have waived Javier Musser. The Philadelphia Stars have waived Jack Rueter.
1983-04-06The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Miguel Kunz to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have sent Cotton Speier to the minors.
1983-04-06The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Cotton Speier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have sent Ray Jones to the minors.
1983-04-04The Philadelphia Stars have placed Cotton Speier on the trade block.