Speed appeared in 17 games for the Giants as a 23-year-old, hitting .133 over that limited time, with two hits over 15 official at-bats, with two runs scored and an RBI.
After spending all of 1976 in the Minors he signed with the Indians in December of 1977 as a Free Agent and made it back to the Major League level with 70 games in 1978, where he hit .226 with 24 hits, 13 runs scored and four RBIs.
He’d be back in 1979, albeit for only 26 games, hitting .143 with two hits in 14 at-bats, in what turned out to be the last games of his Big League career, spending the bulk of the season in the Minors.
In 1980 he’d be in the Atlanta Braves Minor League system, playing in both Triple and Double A ball, not finding much success with a combined .175 average, before calling it a career.
Overall, Speeds Big League time resulted in a career .207 batting average, with 28 hits over 135 at-bats, with 21 runs scored and six RBI’s over 113 games.
