TRIS SPEAKER·1923

At thirty-five, Tris Speaker still sprayed League Park like a younger man with a grudge. He hit .380 with fifty-nine doubles, a career-high seventeen homers, and one hundred thirty ribbies—two hundred eighteen knocks on a .610 slug. The Grey Eagle owned the gaps and the counting line in the same summer. The three frames that follow keep the 1923 crest loud.

59 DOUBLES

Fifty-nine doubles into the gaps — the doubles king still writing the ledger at thirty-five.

17 HOMERS

Career-high seventeen homers — spray turned into lift without quitting the gaps.

130 RBI

One hundred thirty ribbies and a .380 clip — counting crest for the Grey Eagle.

Speaker, Cleveland, 1924. Library of Congress National Photo Company Collection via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.