Bob Speake

{{Short description|American baseball player (1930–2024)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Speake

|position=Outfielder, first baseman

|image=

|caption=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1930|8|22}}

|birth_place=Springfield, Missouri, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2024|10|3|1930|8|22}}

|death_place=Topeka, Kansas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 16

|debutyear=1955

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 8

|finalyear=1959

|finalteam=San Francisco Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.223

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=31

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=104

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1955}}, {{mlby|1957}})
• San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1958}}–{{mlby|1959}})

}}

Robert Charles Speake (August 22, 1930 – October 3, 2024), nicknamed Spook, was an American professional baseball player. He was an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball in the 1950s.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/speakbo01.shtml |title=Bob Speake Stats |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=2008-12-18}} Speake died in Topeka, Kansas, on October 3, 2024, at the age of 94.{{cite web |title=Bob Speake |url=https://www.ppdfuneral.com/obituaries/bob-speake |website=Parker-Price & Davidson |access-date=7 October 2024}}