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What was Tris speaker traded for?
After 1915, Red Sox president Joseph Lannin wanted Speaker to take a pay cut from about $15,000 (equal to $362,862 today) to about $9,000 .
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Speaker refused and offered $12,000 ($290,289 today).
On April 8, 1916, Lannin traded Speaker to the Cleveland Indians.
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Was Speaker happy with this?
The angry Speaker held out until he received $10,000 (equal to $224,893 today) of the cash that Boston collected.
With an annual salary of $40,000.
what did he do after the trade?
Speaker hit over .350 in nine of his eleven years with Cleveland.
In 1916, he led the league in.
Any notable wins?
In 1916, he led the league in hits, doubles, batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.
Cobb had won the previous nine consecutive AL batting titles.
Did he take the Indians to the championship?
Speaker outhit him with a .386 batting average compared to Cobb's .371.

Question: What were the terms of his contract?
Self-contained rewrite: What were the terms of Speaker's contract with Indians?