Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Tris Speaker

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Tris Speaker.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Tris Speaker

Tristram Edgar Speaker, nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career batting average of .345. His 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list. Defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder. His fielding glove was known as the place "where triples go to die."

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy.
Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.
The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one. — © Tris Speaker
The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.
It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.
If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.
When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball.
Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.
Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.
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