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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.
Hall of Fame center fielder Tris Speaker [3] [4] [5] holds the Major League Baseball career doubles record with 792. [6] Pete Rose [7] is second with 746, the National League record. [8] Speaker, Rose, Stan Musial [9] (725), and Ty Cobb [10] (724) are the only players with more than 700 doubles. [6]
Set by Hall of Famer Tris Speaker (1907–28). [108] Speaker is regarded as the greatest fielding centerfielder ever, known for playing exceptionally shallow and going back on balls rather than coming in. Playing shallow in his era both erased a lot of hits and led to high assist totals: 14 seasons with more than 20 and four with more than 35.
Speaker batted .337 for the Red Sox, with 1327 hits in 3935 at bats. [11] He also hit 241 of his all-time record 792 doubles for the Red Sox. [ 11 ] During his time with the Red Sox, he led the American League in doubles, home runs , extra base hits , and on-base percentage in 1912, and in hits, doubles, extra base hits, and total bases in 1914 ...
The Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers are the only franchises to see three players reach 3,000 hits while on their roster: for Cleveland, Lajoie, while the team was the Naps, Tris Speaker, and most recently Eddie Murray, both when the franchise was known as the Indians, and, for the Tigers, Cobb, Al Kaline, and most recently Miguel Cabrera ...
Tris Speaker (1888–1958), American Hall-of-Fame baseball player; Tristram Speedy (1836–1911), English explorer and adventurer; Tristram Stuart (born 12 March 1977), English activist and author; Tristram Tyrwhitt (c. 1530–1590), English Member of Parliament; Tristram Welman (1849–1931), English amateur cricketer
The 28th South African Parliament is the seventh Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 29 May 2024 and consists of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The National Assembly contains 400 members, while the ...
The speaker of the National Assembly presides over the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa. The office of speaker of the National Assembly was preceded by the offices of speaker of the House of Assembly (1910–1984) under the 1909 and 1961 constitutions and speaker of Parliament under the ...