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Harry Danning
Harry Danning (Harry The Horse)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut July 30, 1933
Final Game September 25, 1942
Born September 6, 1911 in Los Angeles, CA
Died November 29, 2004 in Valparaiso, IN
Brother of Ike Danning

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 21 NYG NL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .333  .000    2    0   0           0   1
 1934 22 NYG NL  53   97    8   32   7  0   1    7   1      1   9  .330  .337  .433  106   42   1           0   5
 1935 23 NYG NL  65  152   16   37  11  1   2   20   0      9  16  .243  .286  .368   76   56   2           0   4
 1936 24 NYG NL  32   69    3   11   2  2   0    4   0      1   5  .159  .183  .246   15   17   3           1   5
 1937 25 NYG NL  93  292   30   84  12  4   8   51   0     18  20  .288  .331  .438  107  128   1           1   8 MVP-14
 1938 26 NYG NL 120  448   59  137  26  3   9   60   1     23  40  .306  .345  .438  113  196   1           4  14 MVP-16,AS
 1939 27 NYG NL 135  520   79  163  28  5  16   74   4     35  42  .313  .359  .479  122  249   6           2  12 MVP-9,AS
 1940 28 NYG NL 140  524   65  157  34  4  13   91   3     35  31  .300  .349  .454  119  238   2           5  18 MVP-7,AS
 1941 29 NYG NL 130  459   58  112  22  4   7   56   1     30  25  .244  .292  .355   80  163   3           1  12 MVP-35,AS
 1942 30 NYG NL 119  408   45  114  20  3   1   34   3     34  29  .279  .335  .350  100  143   3           0  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     890 2971  363  847 162 26  57  397  13  0 187 217  .285  .330  .415  104 1232  22   0   0  14  94
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        541   66  154  29  5  10   72   2  0  34  39  .285  .330  .415  104  224   4   0   0   3  17
 Career High    140  524   79  163  34  5  16   91   4  0  35  42  .313  .359  .479  122  249   6   0   0   5  18

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 21 NYG NL    3    3    0   0.0    91| .000  .273| .333  .326| .000  .374| .333  .699|   2  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1934 22 NYG NL   99   71   14   5.2   103| .330  .285| .337  .340| .433  .405| .770  .744| 106  .547   0.7   0.1     
 1935 23 NYG NL  163  121   16   3.5   102| .243  .283| .286  .338| .368  .403| .654  .742|  76  .373  -5.2  -0.5     
 1936 24 NYG NL   74   66    3   1.2   102| .159  .285| .183  .344| .246  .398| .429  .742|  15  .078  -8.6  -0.9     
 1937 25 NYG NL  312  217   42   5.2   102| .288  .281| .331  .343| .438  .399| .769  .742| 107  .561   1.4   0.1     
 1938 26 NYG NL  476  326   67   5.5   100| .306  .276| .345  .340| .438  .393| .783  .733| 113  .601   7.1   0.7     
 1939 27 NYG NL  563  375   89   6.3   104| .313  .282| .359  .347| .479  .402| .838  .749| 122  .646  14.8   1.4     
 1940 28 NYG NL  566  387   82   5.7    99| .300  .273| .349  .338| .454  .393| .803  .730| 119  .620  13.1   1.3     
 1941 29 NYG NL  493  362   47   3.5    96| .244  .268| .292  .339| .355  .378| .647  .717|  80  .420 -13.9  -1.4     
 1942 30 NYG NL  445  312   48   4.2    88| .279  .257| .335  .329| .350  .357| .685  .686| 100  .539  -0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3194 2240  408   4.9    99| .285  .274| .330  .339| .415  .389| .745  .728| 104  .553   9.1   0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1933 21 NYG NL   C    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  3.80               0             
 1934 22 NYG NL   C   37     78   13    1    1  .989  .985  2.46  4.09               0             
 1935 23 NYG NL   C   44    153   22    4    6  .978  .976  3.98  4.17               1             
 1936 24 NYG NL   C   24     70   10    1    2  .988  .979  3.33  4.21               0             
 1937 25 NYG NL   C   86    332   57    7    7  .982  .980  4.52  4.62               3             
 1938 26 NYG NL   C  114    449   50    8    7  .984  .979  4.38  4.26               7              AS
 1939 27 NYG NL   C  132    550   80    6   13  .991  .982  4.77  3.93               8              AS
 1940 28 NYG NL   C  131    634   91   15   13  .980  .978  5.53  4.05               7              AS
 1941 29 NYG NL   C  116    530   77    4    8  .993  .983  5.23  4.06               3              AS
                 1B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  9.70                              AS
 1942 30 NYG NL   C  116    459   55   11    7  .979  .979  4.43  4.28               3             
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1941 29 NYG NL  1B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  9.70                             

 1933 21 NYG NL   C    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  3.80               0             
 1934 22 NYG NL   C   37     78   13    1    1  .989  .985  2.46  4.09               0             
 1935 23 NYG NL   C   44    153   22    4    6  .978  .976  3.98  4.17               1             
 1936 24 NYG NL   C   24     70   10    1    2  .988  .979  3.33  4.21               0             
 1937 25 NYG NL   C   86    332   57    7    7  .982  .980  4.52  4.62               3             
 1938 26 NYG NL   C  114    449   50    8    7  .984  .979  4.38  4.26               7             
 1939 27 NYG NL   C  132    550   80    6   13  .991  .982  4.77  3.93               8             
 1940 28 NYG NL   C  131    634   91   15   13  .980  .978  5.53  4.05               7             
 1941 29 NYG NL   C  116    530   77    4    8  .993  .983  5.23  4.06               3             
 1942 30 NYG NL   C  116    459   55   11    7  .979  .979  4.43  4.28               3             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C  801   3257  455   57   64  .985  .980  4.63  4.17              32             
                 1B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  9.70                             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total       802   3259  455   57   64  .985  .980  4.63  4.18

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   3  12   0   3  1  0  0   2   0   2  .250  .250  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   5  14   0   3  1  0  0   2   0   3  .214  .214  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1940   NYG NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1941   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/4      0   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1938
1939
1940 *
1941 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1937-NL-14-0.12
1938-NL-16-0.04
1939-NL-9-0.10
1940-NL-7-0.19
1941-NL-35-0.01
Car-447-0.46 shares

Batting Average
1939 NL-.313-9

Total Bases
1939 NL-249-9

Doubles
1940 NL-34-7

Home Runs
1939 NL-16-9

RBI
1940 NL-91-9

Offensive Win%
1939 NL-.646-10

Hit By Pitch
1938 NL-4-8
1940 NL-5-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1940 NL-18-3
1942 NL-15-9

At Bats per Home Run
1939 NL-32.5-9

Youngest Player
1933 NL-21-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1909) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.5 (668) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
December 19, 1946: Released by the New York Giants.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1938 1939 1940 * 1941 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1937-NL-14-0.12 1938-NL-16-0.04 1939-NL-9-0.10 1940-NL-7-0.19 1941-NL-35-0.01 Car-447-0.46 shares	Batting Average 1939 NL-.313-9	Total Bases 1939 NL-249-9	Doubles 1940 NL-34-7	Home Runs 1939 NL-16-9
RBI 1940 NL-91-9	Offensive Win% 1939 NL-.646-10	Hit By Pitch 1938 NL-4-8 1940 NL-5-8	Grounded into Double Plays 1940 NL-18-3 1942 NL-15-9	At Bats per Home Run 1939 NL-32.5-9	Youngest Player 1933 NL-21-6