Is Tris Speaker considered an outstanding batter?

 
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He played with the Washington Senators (1927) and the Philadelphia Athletics (1928). One of the outstanding batters in American League history (his major-league lifetime batting average was .345) he was also regarded as one of the best defensive outfielders in the league.

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