Kansas State University Athletics
2014 Baseball

Kyle Speer
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Manhattan
Game-Highs
Hits: 2 (Last: 3/18/14 vs. Air Force)
RBI: 2 (3/22/13 vs. Bethune-Cookman)
Runs Scored: 3 (2/28/14 vs. Grand Canyon)
Walks: 2 (Last: 5/10/13 at KU)
Strikeouts: 2 (Last: 2/23/14 at Saint Mary's)
Junior (2014)
- Hit .179 (7-for-39) with a double, a triple, 4 RBIs, and 6 runs scored in 30 games
- Also had 9 walks to help him post a .327 OBP
- Started 7 games, all in the outfield
- Went 1-for-11 as a pinch-hitter
- Went 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, and 3 runs scored in a start on Feb. 28 vs. Grand Canyon
- Was 0-for-2 with a walk and an RBI in final start of the season on March 7 vs. Iowa
- Appeared in 19 games after his final start of the year on March 7
- Went 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI on March 18 vs. Air Force
Sophomore (2013)
- Batted .143 (5-for-35) with 2 doubles, 4 RBI and 4 runs scored in 23 games
- Started 7 games as the designated hitter
- Went 3-for-8 (.375) with 2 RBI and 3 runs scored in series vs. Bethune-Cookman
- Had a pinch-hit RBI double vs. Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship on May 23
- Collected one hit in his only at-bat of the Super Regional on June 9 vs. Oregon State
2013 Summer League
Played for the Junction City Brigade ... Batted .333 (20-for-60) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs and 18 RBI
Freshman (2012)
- Saw time in 33 games during his freshman campaign, including eight starts
- Hit .167 with three doubles and two RBI
- Was perfect on all 18 fielding chances, including an outfield assist at the plate against Oklahoma State on April 29
- Registered a season-best two hits in a non-conference game at Kansas on April 25 ... The contest against the Jayhawks featured one of two doubles on the year and his first RBI of the season
- Also doubled in a pinch-hit appearance at Minnesota on March 14, while he drove in a run in a 1-for-2 effort against KU on May 13
Manhattan HS: Lettered four years for the Indians under head coach Don Hess... A three-time second team all-state player by the state's coaches, while he earned first team honors as both a junior and senior by Rivals.com... Joined fellow K-State freshman Austin Fisher as the only two sophomores on the coaches' all-state team in 2009... Also earned first team all-league accolades as a sophomore, junior and senior... Hit .534 with nine doubles, two triples, two home runs and 34 RBI as a senior in 2011, which followed a season in which he hit .465 with seven doubles, four homers and 28 RBI as a junior... Helped guide team to a regional championship as a junior... Earned the Kansas High School Activities Association Citizen of the Year Award in 2011.
Personal: Kyle Edward Speer was born October 22, 1992, in Manhattan, Kan... Son of Mark and Pam Speer... Has one sister, Katie... Plans on majoring in nutrition and kinesiology.
Season | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | OBP | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | SB-A |
2012 | .167 | 33-8 | 54 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .274 | .222 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0-0 |
2013 | .143 | 23-9 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .200 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0-0 |
2014 | .179 | 30-7 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .327 | .256 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0-0 |
Career | .164 | 86-24 | 128 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
0 | 10 | .290 | .227 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
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