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Gail Harris
Boyd Gail Harris

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut June 3, 1955
Final Game May 3, 1960
Born October 15, 1931 in Abingdon, VA

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 23 NYG NL  79  263   27   61   9  0  12   36   0  0  20  46  .232  .289  .403   81  106   0   2   3   2   6
 1956 24 NYG NL  12   38    2    5   0  1   1    1   0  0   3  10  .132  .233  .263   34   10   0   0   1   2   0
 1957 25 NYG NL  90  225   28   54   7  3   9   31   1  0  16  28  .240  .305  .418   93   94   0   2   2   6   4
 1958 26 DET AL 134  451   63  123  18  8  20   83   1  2  36  60  .273  .328  .481  114  217   1   6   3   4  10
 1959 27 DET AL 114  349   39   77   4  3   9   39   0  1  29  49  .221  .290  .327   65  114   1   2   3   6   7
 1960 28 DET AL   8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .000  .286  .000  -16    0   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      437 1331  159  320  38 15  51  190   2  3 106 194  .240  .304  .406   89  541   2  12  13  20  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        493   59  119  14  6  19   70   1  1  39  72  .240  .304  .406   89  201   1   4   5   7  10
 Career High    134  451   63  123  18  8  20   83   1  2  36  60  .273  .328  .481  114  217   1   6   3   6  10

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 23 NYG NL  287  210   30   3.8   106| .232  .267| .289  .338| .403  .422| .692  .760|  81  .408  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1956 24 NYG NL   43   33    3   2.4   102| .132  .263| .233  .330| .263  .415| .496  .745|  34  .247  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1957 25 NYG NL  249  177   29   4.4   102| .240  .267| .305  .331| .418  .414| .723  .745|  93  .481  -2.7  -0.3 100%
 1958 26 DET AL  498  347   70   5.4   104| .273  .270| .328  .339| .481  .409| .809  .749| 114  .603   7.1   0.7  33%
 1959 27 DET AL  387  283   33   3.1   103| .221  .267| .290  .339| .327  .408| .617  .748|  65  .350 -18.3  -1.9   0%
 1960 28 DET AL    7    5    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .286  .341| .000  .408| .286  .749| -16  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1471 1055  165   4.2   104| .240  .268| .304  .337| .406  .413| .710  .750|  89  .473 -26.6  -2.8  40%

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

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1955 23 NYG NL  1B   75    617   50   12   65  .982  .991  8.89  9.09                        
 1956 24 NYG NL  1B   11    108    9    3   12  .975  .989 10.64  8.71 10.64  9.82   11   99.0
 1957 25 NYG NL  1B   61    502   37    8   53  .985  .990  8.84  8.82 10.02  9.67   51  484.0
 1958 26 DET AL  1B  122    942   79   15   90  .986  .991  8.37  8.20  9.07  8.88  112 1013.3
 1959 27 DET AL  1B   93    728   57    6   59  .992  .990  8.44  8.27  9.39  9.84   83  752.0
 1960 28 DET AL  1B    5      8    1    0    1 1.000  .989  1.80  8.04  8.10  9.54    0   10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1955 23 NYG NL  1B   75    617   50   12   65  .982  .991  8.89  9.09                        
 1956 24 NYG NL  1B   11    108    9    3   12  .975  .989 10.64  8.71 10.64  9.82   11   99.0
 1957 25 NYG NL  1B   61    502   37    8   53  .985  .990  8.84  8.82 10.02  9.67   51  484.0
 1958 26 DET AL  1B  122    942   79   15   90  .986  .991  8.37  8.20  9.07  8.88  112 1013.3
 1959 27 DET AL  1B   93    728   57    6   59  .992  .990  8.44  8.27  9.39  9.84   83  752.0
 1960 28 DET AL  1B    5      8    1    0    1 1.000  .989  1.80  8.04  8.10  9.54    0   10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B* 367   2905  233   44  280  .986  .990  8.55  8.51              257 2358.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       367   2905  233   44  280  .986  .990  8.55  8.51

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.

Slugging %
1958 AL-.481-10

Triples
1958 AL-8-5

Hit By Pitch
1957 NL-6-5
1959 AL-6-9

Sac. Flies
1958 AL-6-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.
January 28, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Ozzie Virgil to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Finigan and $25,000.
May 7, 1960: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Sandy Amoros.
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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