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[edit] Biographical Information

Josh Harrison opened 2010 in AA and made his major league debut a little over a year later. He is the brother of former minor leaguer Vince Harrison, the nephew of former major leaguer John Shelby and the cousin of minor leaguers Jeremy Shelby and John Shelby III.

[edit] College

As a freshman at the University of Cincinnati, he hit .367/.473/.493 with 67 runs in 58 games and 10 steals in 11 tries. He was second in the Big East Conference in runs behind Craig Cooper and 5th in OBP. He played catcher, second, short and third as well as both corner outfield spots in a busy year in the field. Collegiate Baseball named him a Freshman All-American.

Josh batted .327/.403/.545 with 59 runs and 56 RBI in 56 games in 2007 and was 21-for-23 in steal attempts. He tied for 6th in the Big East in runs and was 9th in slugging. He was named second-team All-Big East. The infielder hit .264/.314/.365 with 14 steals in 18 tries that summer for the Cotuit Kettleers, starting at third base in the elite Cape Cod League.

As a junior, Harrison had a batting line of .378/.437/.559 with 66 runs and 54 RBI in 56 games. He stole 32 bases in 40 attempts. He was 4th in the Big East in average, second in doubles and was third in steals. He was named All-Conference at second base and split Big East Player of the Year honors with Chris Dominguez. Collegiate Baseball named him second-team All-American behind Jemile Weeks. The Chicago Cubs chose him in the sixth round of the 2008 amateur draft.

[edit] Cubs chain

After signing with scout Lukas McKnight, Harrison split the summer of '08 between the Boise Hawks (.351/.462/.509, 27 R, 25 RBI in 33 G) and the Peoria Chiefs (.262/.286/.336 in 31 G). Had he qualified, he would have been third in the Pioneer League in batting average.

Harrison started 2009 with Peoria and batted .337/.377/.479 with 7 triples and 51 runs in 79 games, stealing 16 bases in 25 tries. Had he qualified, he would have easily led the Midwest League in average. Promoted to the Daytona Cubs, he slipped a bit, to .286/.351/.400 with 10 steals in 11 attempts in 18 games. Overall, his .327 average led Cubs farmhands that year. On July 30, he was traded with Jose Ascanio and Kevin Hart to the Pittsburgh Pirates in return for Tom Gorzelanny and John Grabow.

[edit] Pirates chain

After the deal, Harrison was assigned to the Lynchburg Hillcats. He hit .270/.289/.362 in 34 games for the 2009 Lynchburg Hillcats then did well in the playoffs to help them win the Carolina League pennant.

Moved up to the AA Altoona Curve for 2010, Josh has started off with a very good OBP but little pop, at .295/.372/.353 in 40 games.

Harrison made his major league debut with the Pirates on May 31, 2011, going 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI as the starting third baseman against the New York Mets. He got to play because of injury problems to starting 3B Pedro Alvarez. It took him a while, but he hit his first major league homer on August 23rd, a solo shot at PNC Park off the Milwaukee Brewers' Marco Estrada.

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