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Rich Harden
James Richard Harden

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 21, 2003

Born November 30, 1981 in Victoria, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 17th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2003 21 OAK AL   5   4  15  13   0   0   0  0   74.7   72   38   37   5   40   67   1   6   324   1   0  4.46  4.44  100 1.500
 2004 22 OAK AL  11   7  31  31   0   0   0  0  189.7  171   90   84  16   81  167   3   4   803   6   1  3.99  4.54  114 1.329
 2005 23 OAK AL  10   5  22  19   2   1   0  0  128.0   93   42   36   7   43  121   2   6   514   0   0  2.53  4.36  172 1.063
 2006 24 OAK AL   4   0   9   9   0   0   0  0   46.7   31   22   22   5   26   49   1   0   191   0   0  4.24  4.43  104 1.221
 2007 25 OAK AL   1   2   7   4   0   0   2  0   25.7   18    7    7   3   11   27   0   0   100   1   0  2.45  4.20  171 1.130
 2008 26 TOT      5   2  15  15   0   0   0  0   89.3   63   22   21   6   36  112   1   2   359   1   0  2.12  3.95  187 1.108
         OAK AL   5   1  13  13   0   0   0  0   77.0   57   21   20   5   31   92   1   1   311   1   0  2.34  3.86  165 1.143
         CHC NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0   12.3    6    1    1   1    5   20   0   1    48   0   0  0.73  4.50  617 0.892
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .643  36  20  99  91   2   1   2  0  554.0  448  221  207  42  237  543   8  18  2291   9   1  3.36  4.37  130 1.236
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   7  35  32   0   0   0  0  198.0  160   79   74  15   84  194   2   6   819   3   0  3.36  4.37  130 1.236
 Career High     11   7  31  31   2   1   2  0  189.7  171   90   84  16   81  167   3   6   803   6   1  2.12  4.54  187 1.063

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 22 OAK AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 26 TOT      4    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .125  .125  .125  -32    1   2   0   0   0   0
         OAK AL   2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   40    1   1   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       53   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .077  .077  .077  -59    1   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         40    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  24  .077  .077  .077  -59    3   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     22    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5                           1   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 22 OAK AL    5    5    0   0.0   109| .000  .269| .000  .337| .000  .432| .000  .770|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 2008 26 TOT      10    9    0   0.0   103| .125  .263| .125  .333| .125  .416| .250  .749| -32  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         OAK AL    5    4    0   0.0    97| .250  .257| .250  .324| .250  .400| .500  .724|  40  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CHC NL    5    5    0   0.0   110| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .432| .000  .774|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        15   14    0   0.0   106| .077  .266| .077  .335| .077  .422| .154  .757| -59  .000  -3.0  -0.2   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 21 OAK AL P 15 5 11 1 3 .941 .958 1.07 0.49 1.93 1.73 13 74.7 2004 22 OAK AL P 31 15 18 1 2 .971 .948 1.06 0.45 1.57 1.66 31 189.7 2005 23 OAK AL P 22 12 8 1 2 .952 .952 0.91 0.46 1.41 1.69 19 128.0 2006 24 OAK AL P 9 6 7 0 0 1.000 .956 1.44 0.41 2.51 1.56 9 46.7 2007 25 OAK AL P 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.41 1.05 1.61 4 25.7 2008 26 TOT P 15 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.53 0.45 0.81 1.68 15 89.3 OAK AL P 13 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.46 0.45 0.70 1.67 13 77.0 CHC NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.45 1.46 1.76 2 12.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 21 OAK AL P 15 5 11 1 3 .941 .958 1.07 0.49 1.93 1.73 13 74.7 2004 22 OAK AL P 31 15 18 1 2 .971 .948 1.06 0.45 1.57 1.66 31 189.7 2005 23 OAK AL P 22 12 8 1 2 .952 .952 0.91 0.46 1.41 1.69 19 128.0 2006 24 OAK AL P 9 6 7 0 0 1.000 .956 1.44 0.41 2.51 1.56 9 46.7 2007 25 OAK AL P 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.41 1.05 1.61 4 25.7 2008 26 TOT P 15 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.53 0.45 0.81 1.68 15 89.3 OAK AL P 13 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.46 0.45 0.70 1.67 13 77.0 CHC NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.45 1.46 1.76 2 12.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 99 45 48 3 7 .969 .953 0.94 0.45 1.51 1.67 91 554.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 99 45 48 3 7 .969 .953 0.94 0.45 1.51 1.67 91 554
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2003   ALDS  OAK BOS     L   2   0  13.50  1  1  0  0   1.1   2   2   2   1 
 2006   ALCS  OAK DET     L   1   1   4.76  0  1  0  0   5.2   5   3   5   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      0-2   3   1   6.43  1  2  0  0   7     7   5   7   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   ALDS  OAK BOS     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

Hits Allowed/9IP
2004 AL-8.11-4

Strikeouts/9IP
2004 AL-7.92-8

Strikeouts
2004 AL-167-8

Comp. Games
2005 AL-2-10

Shutouts
2005 AL-1-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
2004 AL-81-7

Youngest Player
2003 AL-21-6

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1497) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 22.0 (245) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 38th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 17th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 2001.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Oakland Athletics$336,500
2006Oakland Athletics$1,250,000
2007Oakland Athletics$2,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,836,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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