What is Tris Speaker?
[[File:Tris Speaker.jpg|right|220px]] '''Tristram E. Speaker''' (April 4, 1888 - December 8, 1958), was an [[Americans|American]] [[Baseball|baseball player]]. He was one of the greatest [[center fielder]]s in baseball history, both on offense and defense. He had a .345 career [[batting average]] (fourth all-time), and the record for most career doubles, with 792. He played 22 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]], with the [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans/Red Sox]], [[Cleveland Indians]], [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators]], and [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]]. He also was the [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] of the Indians from 1916 to 1926. Speaker was born in [[Hubbard, Texas]] on April 4, 1888. ==Hall of Fame== Speaker, who retired from baseball in 1928, was chosen for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/speaker-tris |title=Hall of Famers: Tris Speaker |access-date=2012-12-02 |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame }}</ref> His induction ceremony was held in 1939.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/node/11142 |title=Tristram E Speaker - Induction Speech |access-date=2012-12-02 |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame }}</ref> ==Death== Speaker died of a [[heart attack]] in [[Lake Whitney, Texas]] on December 8, 1958. He was on a fishing trip with a friend when he died.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tris Speaker Obituary |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 9, 1958 |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/tris_speaker_obituary.shtml |access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category|Tris Speaker}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Speaker, Tris}} [[Category:1888 births]] [[Category:1958 deaths]] [[Category:American baseball players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Texas]] [[Category:Boston Red Sox players]] [[Category:Baseball coaches]] [[Category:National Baseball Hall of Fame members]]