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John Harkins
John Joseph Harkins (Pa)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb.
School Rutgers University

Debut May 2, 1884
Final Game May 1, 1888
Born April 12, 1859 in New Brunswick, NJ
Died November 20, 1940 in New Brunswick, NJ

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 25 CLV NL  12  32  46  45  42   3   1  0  391.0  399  300  160   7  108  192   0  48  1709       0  3.68  3.15   86 1.297
 1885 26 BRO AA  14  20  34  34  33   1   0  0  293.0  303  224  122   7   56  141   7  39  1276       0  3.75  3.31   88 1.225
 1886 27 BRO AA  15  16  34  33  33   0   1  0  292.3  286  203  117   6  114  118   5  26  1292       0  3.60  3.44   96 1.368
 1887 28 BRO AA  10  14  24  24  22   0   0  0  199.0  262  184  133   6   77   36   5   0   931       0  6.02  4.29   71 1.704
 1888 29 BAL AA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   12   12    6   0    3    2   0   0     0       0  6.75  3.00   44 1.875
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .381  51  83 139 137 131   4   2  0 1183.3 1262  923  538  26  358  489  17 113  5208       0  4.09  3.45   84 1.369
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  20  34  33  32   0   0  0  291.3  310  227  132   6   88  120   4  27  1283   0   0  4.09  3.45   84 1.369
 Career High     15  32  46  45  42   3   1  0  391.0  399  300  160   7  114  192   7  48  1709   0   0  3.60  4.29   96 1.225

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 25 CLV NL  61  229   24   47   4  2   0   20          7  45  .205  .229  .240   46   55                    
 1885 26 BRO AA  43  159   20   42   4  2   1   15   0      9      .264  .304  .333  101   53               0    
 1886 27 BRO AA  41  142   18   32   4  2   1   15   2     17      .225  .308  .303   92   43               0    
 1887 28 BRO AA  27   98   10   23   5  0   0   16   4      7      .235  .292  .286   60   28               1    
 1888 29 BAL AA   1    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      1      .000  .250  .000  -17    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      173  631   73  144  17  6   2   66   6  0  41  45  .228  .276  .284   72  179   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        591   68  135  16  6   2   62   6  0  38  42  .228  .276  .284   72  168   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High     61  229   24   47   5  2   1   20   4  0  17  45  .205  .229  .240   46   55   0   0   0   1   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 25 CLV NL  236  182   13   1.9    76| .205  .254| .229  .294| .240  .351| .469  .646|  46  .230 -14.4  -1.6     
 1885 26 BRO AA  168  117   16   3.6    73| .264  .251| .304  .297| .333  .337| .637  .634| 101  .528   0.1   0.0     
 1886 27 BRO AA  159  110   13   3.1    74| .225  .246| .308  .309| .303  .327| .611  .636|  92  .446  -0.9  -0.1     
 1887 28 BRO AA  106   75    8   2.8    98| .235  .281| .292  .345| .286  .379| .578  .725|  60  .298  -5.2  -0.5     
 1888 29 BAL AA    4    3    0   0.0    69| .000  .242| .250  .300| .000  .320| .250  .620| -17  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       673  487   50   2.7    78| .228  .255| .276  .307| .284  .347| .560  .653|  72  .364 -20.8  -2.2     

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 25 CLV NL P 46 15 81 17 3 .850 .892 2.09 2.12 2.21 2.29 45 391.0 OF 17 26 2 6 0 .824 .867 1.65 1.76 4 3 10 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.10 SS 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .870 2.00 4.20 1885 26 BRO AA P 34 36 57 10 0 .903 .878 2.74 1.79 2.86 1.90 34 293.0 OF 9 8 0 4 0 .667 .879 0.89 1.83 5 2 2 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.00 1886 27 BRO AA P 34 24 57 8 2 .910 .885 2.38 1.87 2.49 2.00 33 292.3 OF 8 5 0 3 0 .625 .877 0.62 1.75 1 1 6 1887 28 BRO AA P 24 10 35 5 1 .900 .882 1.88 2.09 2.04 2.27 24 199.0 OF 4 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 0.50 2.00 0 1 3 2B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 .909 1.00 6.00 1888 29 BAL AA P 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .889 4.00 2.30 4.50 2.48 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 28 BRO AA 2B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 .909 1.00 6.00 1884 25 CLV NL 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.10 1885 26 BRO AA 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.00 1884 25 CLV NL OF 17 26 2 6 0 .824 .867 1.65 1.76 4 3 10 1885 26 BRO AA OF 9 8 0 4 0 .667 .879 0.89 1.83 5 2 2 1886 27 BRO AA OF 8 5 0 3 0 .625 .877 0.62 1.75 1 1 6 1887 28 BRO AA OF 4 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 0.50 2.00 0 1 3 1884 25 CLV NL P 46 15 81 17 3 .850 .892 2.09 2.12 2.21 2.29 45 391.0 1885 26 BRO AA P 34 36 57 10 0 .903 .878 2.74 1.79 2.86 1.90 34 293.0 1886 27 BRO AA P 34 24 57 8 2 .910 .885 2.38 1.87 2.49 2.00 33 292.3 1887 28 BRO AA P 24 10 35 5 1 .900 .882 1.88 2.09 2.04 2.27 24 199.0 1888 29 BAL AA P 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .889 4.00 2.30 4.50 2.48 1 8.0 1884 25 CLV NL SS 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .870 2.00 4.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 139 85 234 40 6 .889 .885 2.29 1.97 137 1183.3 OF 38 41 2 14 0 .754 .872 1.13 1.80 10 7 21 3B 2 3 0 1 0 .750 .833 1.50 3.05 2B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 .909 1.00 6.00 SS 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .870 2.00 4.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 181 130 238 57 7 .866 .883 2.03 1.98
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1885 AA-1.72-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1885 AA-4.33-5

Games
1884 NL-46-7
1885 AA-34-9

Innings
1884 NL-391.0-7
1885 AA-293.0-10

Strikeouts
1884 NL-192-8
1885 AA-141-10

Games Started
1884 NL-45-7
1885 AA-34-9

Comp. Games
1884 NL-42-7
1885 AA-33-9

Shutouts
1884 NL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1885 AA-7-6
1886 AA-6-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1884 NL-108-4
1885 AA-56-10

Hits Allowed
1884 NL-399-7
1885 AA-303-9

SO to Walk
1885 AA-2.52-7

Losses
1884 NL-32-1
1885 AA-20-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1884 NL-160-2
1885 AA-122-5

Wild Pitches
1884 NL-48-1
1885 AA-39-2
1886 AA-26-10
Car-113-56

Batters Faced
1884 NL-1709-7
1885 AA-1276-9

Games Finished
1886 AA-1-9

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 25 (913) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 3, 1885: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the Cleveland Blues.

February, 1888: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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