Vernie Floyd Speer (January 27, 1913 – March 22, 1969) was an American professional baseball pitcher.

Floyd began his professional baseball career in 1938 in the now-defunct Cotton States League.

At the age of 30, Speer broke into the big leagues on April 25, 1943, with the Chicago White Sox.

[1] He later played for other minor league teams, including the St. Paul Saints in 1943, the Milwaukee Brewers in 1945 and the Oakland Oaks in 1946–48.

Speers was returned to his hometown of Booneville, where he was buried in the Carolan Community Cemetery, 5 miles outside of town.