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 …

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1937 Hall of Fame Voting Results. Inducted: Morgan Bulkeley,Ban Johnson,Nap Lajoie,Connie Mack,John McGraw,Tris Speaker,George Wright,Cy Young Find Full Vote Totals and …

Jan 4, 2012 · Speaker further honed his outfield skills by working with Red Sox pitcher Cy Young. “When I was a rookie,” Speaker later recalled, Young “used to hit me flies to sharpen my …

Speaker was known for playing a very shallow center field, which helped him lead AL center fielders in assists eight times – while his ability to cover ground on balls hit over his head …

Elected in 1937 by the BBWAA were (L-R): Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young. The 1937 process of selecting inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame was markedly different from the …

Feb 10, 2009 · Once, while speaking with a sports writer and reflecting on his rookie year, Tris told the story of how Cy Young had spent hours hitting fly balls to him so that he could improve …

The Hall of Fame’s overall membership grew to eight, as Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young earned election through the second BBWAA vote, garnering the necessary 75 percent of votes …

In explaining his success as a center fielder, Speaker credited his teammate pitcher and future National Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young. Speaker said : “When I was a rookie, [Young] used …

Often regarded as Major League Baseball’s greatest defensive outfielder, “The Grey Eagle” trained for many years in Hot Springs as a player and as a manager. On March 18, 1912, at …