Horace Arthur Speed III (born October 4, 1951) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played three seasons for the San Francisco Giants and the Cleveland Indians. Speed was selected by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut with San Francisco as a pinch runner for catcher Dave Rader in 1975, as the Giants defeated the San Diego Padres, 2–0. He then signed as a free agent with the Indians on December 7, 1977, and had his most productive major league season with the team in 1978, appearing in 70 games. Speed made his final major league appearance in 1979, as a pinch runner for Cliff Johnson, in a Cleveland 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. References External links , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League) 1951 births Living people African-American baseball players Amarillo Giants players Arizona Instructional League Giants players Baseball players from Los Angeles Cardenales de Lara players Cleveland Indians players Decatur Commodores players Fresno Giants players Great Falls Giants players Major League Baseball outfielders Navegantes del Magallanes players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Phoenix Giants players Richmond Braves players San Francisco Giants players Savannah Braves players Tacoma Tugs players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople