Horace Arthur Speed III (born October 4, 1951) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played three seasons for the San Francisco Giants and the Cleveland Indians.[1]
Horace Speed | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Los Angeles, California, U.S. | October 4, 1951|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 10, 1975, for the San Francisco Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 26, 1979, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .207 |
Hits | 28 |
Runs batted in | 6 |
Teams | |
Speed was selected by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB Draft.[1] He made his major league debut with San Francisco as a pinch runner for catcher Dave Rader in 1975, as the Giants defeated the San Diego Padres, 2–0.[2] He then signed as a free agent with the Indians on December 7, 1977, and had his most productive major league season with the team in 1978, appearing in 70 games.[1]
Speed made his final major league appearance in 1979, as a pinch runner for Cliff Johnson, in a Cleveland 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.[3]