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Harley Boss

Elmer Harley Boss (Lefty)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 19, 1908 in Hodge, LA
School: Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1928
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators 1928-1933

Final Game: September 24, 1933
Died: May 15, 1964 in Nashville, TN
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, TN
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1928 WSH AL 19 1B 5 2 1 33 32 0 1 2 .970 6.40 .990 10.42
1929 WSH AL 20 1B 18 9 9 131 119 9 3 13 .977 7.11 .993 10.22
1930 WSH AL 21 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .990 10.00
1933 CLE AL 24 1B 110 109 103 1140 1062 71 7 89 .994 10.30 .989 10.27
4 Seasons 1B 134 120 113 1306 1215 80 11 104 .992 9.66 .989 10.27
4 Seasons TOT 134 120 113 1306 1215 80 11 104 .992 9.66 .989 10.27
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1928 WSH AL 19 12 2 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1929 WSH AL 20 28 9 28 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1930 WSH AL 21 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1933 CLE AL 24 112 109 112 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Seasons 155 120 155 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1933 AL  71 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1933 AL  10.30 (2nd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1933 AL  .994 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1928 AL  born 1908-11-19 (4th)
1929 AL  born 1908-11-19 (6th)

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