#15 Lane Speed, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Brooklyn Dodgers Wednesday, 7/16/1952 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Lane Speed
6/6/1923 29 Buffalo, NY 6"2 200
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Loyal Great Leader 2 / 6 (Fair) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years of Pro Service :
| Big League Contract $ 350,000 1954 5 Year(s), 70 Days (930 total Days) 107 Day(s) 5 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93-96 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Versus RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talent | 6 | 9 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 42 5
| | Pitches: Fastball Splitfinger-Fastball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 2 3 1 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 10 (Range), .915 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 5/23 | @NY1 | L 3-5 | * | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | L | | | | |
| 5/27 | @PHI | W 14-4 | * | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | W | | | | |
| 6/1 | @CIN | W 4-1 | * | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/5 | @SLN | W 7-3 | * | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/9 | @PIT | W 4-3 | * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/17 | CIN | W 7-0 | * | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/22 | SLN | W 4-0 | * | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/30 | NY1 | L 1-7 | * | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | L | | | | |
| 7/6 | BSN | W 5-4 | * | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7/13 | @PIT | L 8-9 | * | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3.27 | 134.2 | 109 | 53 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 8 | 47.1 | 3 | 11 | 64.7 |
| Projected | 30 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3.27 | 238.0 | 193 | 94 | 87 | 81 | 87 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.31 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 190 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .221 | .305 | .311 | .615 |
| vs. RHB | 311 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .215 | .265 | .264 | .529 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.73 | 56.0 | 45 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
| Road | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.66 | 78.2 | 64 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 33 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.54 | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | 23.1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| May | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.42 | 50.0 | 49 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 19 |
| June | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.88 | 50.0 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 22 |
| July | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 11.1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1947 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2.24 | 112.2 | 91 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 24 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 1.02 | .236 | DET |
| 1948 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 3.63 | 44.2 | 50 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | .314 | DET |
| 1949 | 39 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 4.45 | 295.1 | 319 | 165 | 146 | 3 | 102 | 88 | 15 | 2 | 1.43 | .299 | DET BRO,NL |
| 1950 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4.28 | 254.2 | 282 | 132 | 121 | 12 | 97 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 1.49 | .297 | BRO |
| 1951 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 3.46 | 288.2 | 274 | 135 | 111 | 9 | 98 | 97 | 15 | 3 | 1.29 | .266 | BRO,NL |
| 1952 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3.27 | 134.2 | 109 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 46 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 1.15 | .236 | BRO,NL |
| Total | 197 | 140 | 80 | 50 | 34 | 3.77 | 1130.2 | 1125 | 541 | 473 | 29 | 381 | 361 | 60 | 16 | 1.33 | .278 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1947, AAA | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.78 | 81.0 | 60 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0.94 | .226 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1947 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 17.1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.84 | 22.1 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1947 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .159 | .125 | .284 | DET |
| 1948 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
| 1949 | 39 | 100 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .287 | .250 | .537 | DET BRO,NL |
| 1950 | 34 | 100 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .175 | .210 | .385 | BRO |
| 1951 | 37 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | .186 | .262 | .268 | .530 | BRO,NL |
| 1952 | 17 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .192 | .224 | .417 | BRO,NL |
| Total | 197 | 386 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 85 | 0 | 2 | .168 | .228 | .228 | .456 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 17 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 5 | .762 | 134.2 | 1.40 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Detroit in 1947... Earned first career win on 7/20/1947... Had first career hit on 7/24/1947, off Melvin Winesap (PHA)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1947, going 2-1, 0.33... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1947, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1947, going 4-0, 1.04... Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1947... Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1948... Traded from Detroit to Brooklyn on 3/2/1949 (Going to BRO: P Lane Speed. Going to DET: P Rodney Westlake, SS Mike Powers)... Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1950, going 2-0, 1.07... Injured on 6/2/1950 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1951, off Lefty McGinnis (NY1)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1951, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1952, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1951 - 3.46 - 10th
| Wins 1949 - 21 - 5th
| Losses 1949 - 15 - 9th
| Saves 1948 - 34 - 1st
| BB 1951 - 98 - 9th
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SHO 1947 - 6 - 2nd 1950 - 2 - 10th 1951 - 3 - 7th
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