Tris Speaker

American baseball player (1888-1958)

Person human Q1205542

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Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: April 4, 1888
Date of death: December 8, 1958
Place of birth: Texas
Place of death: Texas
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: baseball player
Educated at: Texas Wesleyan University^[8]
Award received: Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame^[9]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[16]
Country for sport: United States^[20]
End of work period: August 30, 1928^[22]
Family name: Speaker^[18]
League or competition: Major League Baseball^[14]
Manner of death: natural causes^[19]
Member of sports team: Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins^[11]^[12]^[13]
P14750: CD4D-2686-645B-4BF7-0BD9^[23]
Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery^[6]
Position played on team / speciality: center fielder^[15]
Sport: baseball^[17]
Start of work period: September 14, 1907^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

en Tris Speaker en Tristram Edgar Speaker en Tristram E. Speaker de Tristram Edgar Speaker ja トリス・スピーカー ko 트리스스피커 ko 트리스 스피커 pt Tristram Edgar Speaker ru Спикер, Трис ru Трис Спикер zh 特里斯·史畢克

🔖 Identifiers · 31

ISNI: 0000000032940655
VIAF cluster ID: 23814385
Library of Congress authority ID: n93081166
American National Biography ID: 1900204
Baseball Almanac ID: speaktr01
Baseball Reference major league player ID: s/speaktr01
Baseball Reference manager ID: speaktr01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID: speake001tri
CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas ID: tristram-e-speaker-659
ESPN.com MLB player ID: 17920
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Tris-Speaker
FAST ID: 327022

Show all 31 identifiers +19

FanGraphs player ID: 1012309
Find a Grave memorial ID: 965
Freebase ID: /m/01d61p
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000013631410781
Handbook of Texas ID: fsp04
IMDb ID: nm0817269
Kinobox person ID: 909108
MLB.com player ID: 122566
Movie Walker Press person ID: 14765
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ID: speaker-tris
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007318525805171
Notable Names Database ID: 132/000085874
Retrosheet person ID: speat101
The Baseball Cube player ID: 18286
Trading Card Database name ID: 5548
WikiBaseball ID: Tris_Speaker
WikiTree person ID: Speaker-44
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmDht4M4Q9XkbTGv9VKVC
Yale LUX ID: person/61f468a1-1ac0-4d08-a6ae-4be6ba9f04e8

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🔗 Connections

Member of sports team 3

Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins

Award received 1

Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Texas Wesleyan University

Instance of 1

human

League or competition 1

Major League Baseball

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Occupation 1

baseball player

Place of birth 1

Texas

Place of death 1

Texas

Position played on team / speciality 1

center fielder

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

baseball

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Summary

Born in Texas^[1], he… he was born on April 4, 1888^[2]. He died in Texas^[3]. He died on December 8, 1958^[4]. He worked as a baseball player^[5].

FAQs

Where was Tris Speaker born?

Tris Speaker's place of birth was Texas^[1].

Where did Tris Speaker die?

Tris Speaker passed away in Texas^[3].

What did Tris Speaker do for work?

Tris Speaker worked as baseball player^[5].

Where did Tris Speaker go to school?

Tris Speaker was educated at Texas Wesleyan University^[8].

What awards did Tris Speaker receive?

Honors received include Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Tris Speaker — place of birth (P19): Texas. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Tris Speaker — place of death (P20): Texas. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Tris Speaker — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Tris Speaker — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Tris Speaker — member of sports team (P54): Boston Red Sox. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Tris Speaker — member of sports team (P54): Cleveland Guardians. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Tris Speaker — member of sports team (P54): Minnesota Twins. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Tris Speaker — educated at (P69): Texas Wesleyan University. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Tris Speaker — occupation (P106): baseball player. ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2022-04-04. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Tris Speaker — league or competition (P118): Major League Baseball. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Tris Speaker — place of burial (P119): Fairview Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Tris Speaker — award received (P166): Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Tris Speaker — position played on team / speciality (P413): center fielder. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Tris Speaker — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Tris Speaker — date of birth (P569): April 4, 1888. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Tris Speaker — date of death (P570): December 8, 1958. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Tris Speaker — sport (P641): baseball. MLB.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Tris Speaker — family name (P734): Speaker. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Tris Speaker — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Tris Speaker — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Tris Speaker — start of work period (P2031): September 14, 1907. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Tris Speaker — end of work period (P2032): August 30, 1928. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Tris Speaker — P14750 (P14750): CD4D-2686-645B-4BF7-0BD9. wikidata.org.

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4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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P14750 → CD4D-2686-645B-4BF7-0BD9

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Award received → Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

Member of sports team → Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins

Manner of death → natural causes

Family name → Speaker

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