Harry Bright
Harry James Bright
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 22, 1929 in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1958
Final Game: June 30, 1965
Died: March 13, 2000 in Sacramento, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 28 PIT NL 15 26 24 4 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .250 .269 .417 .686 81 10 0 0 0 1 0 /5
1959 29 PIT NL 40 54 48 4 12 1 0 3 8 0 0 5 10 .250 .321 .458 .779 106 22 0 0 1 0 0 /5749
1960 30 PIT NL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 31 WSA AL 72 204 183 20 44 6 0 4 21 0 2 19 23 .240 .310 .339 .649 78 62 6 0 1 1 1 5/24
1962 32 WSA AL 113 425 392 55 107 15 4 17 67 2 1 26 51 .273 .319 .462 .781 108 181 14 2 2 3 0 3/25
1963 33 TOT MLB 61 174 158 15 37 7 0 7 23 0 0 13 32 .234 .295 .411 .706 96 65 4 1 1 1 1 35/9
1963 33 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1963 33 NYY AL 60 173 157 15 37 7 0 7 23 0 0 13 31 .236 .297 .414 .711 97 65 4 1 1 1 1 35/9
1964 34 NYY AL 4 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1965 35 CHC NL 27 26 25 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .280 .269 .320 .589 64 8 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 336 919 839 99 214 31 4 32 126 2 3 65 133 .255 .309 .416 .725 96 349 24 3 5 7 2
162 Game Avg. 162 443 405 48 103 15 2 15 61 1 1 31 64 .255 .309 .416 .725 96 168 12 1 2 3 1
PIT (3 yrs) 59 84 76 8 18 2 0 4 11 0 0 6 18 .237 .289 .421 .710 88 32 0 0 1 1 0
WSA (2 yrs) 185 629 575 75 151 21 4 21 88 2 3 45 74 .263 .316 .423 .739 98 243 20 2 3 4 1
NYY (2 yrs) 64 179 162 15 38 7 0 7 23 0 0 14 32 .235 .298 .407 .705 96 66 4 1 1 1 1
CHC (1 yr) 27 26 25 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .280 .269 .320 .589 64 8 0 0 0 1 0
CIN (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 87 111 102 9 25 3 0 4 15 0 0 6 27 .245 .282 .392 .674 81 40 0 0 1 2 0
AL (4 yrs) 249 808 737 90 189 28 4 28 111 2 3 59 106 .256 .312 .419 .731 98 309 24 3 4 5 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1958 28 PIT NL 26 19 3 4.2 103 .278 .250 .266 .269 .334 .417 .416 .686 .749 81 .457 -0.6 -0.1 .611 .208 .167 .0
1959 29 PIT NL 54 37 7 5.1 104 .257 .250 .269 .321 .335 .458 .416 .779 .751 106 .542 0.2 0.0 .750 .313 .208 .0
1960 30 PIT NL 4 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .406 .000 .736 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1961 31 WSA AL 204 149 18 3.2 100 .255 .240 .258 .310 .332 .339 .401 .649 .734 78 .338 -5.5 -0.5 .537 .191 .098 .0
1962 32 WSA AL 425 305 54 4.8 103 .275 .273 .263 .319 .335 .462 .410 .781 .745 108 .520 2.5 0.2 .700 .258 .189 3.6
1963 33 TOT MLB 174 127 19 4.0 95 .250 .234 .255 .295 .321 .411 .394 .706 .716 96 .482 -1.1 -0.1 .632 .259 .177 .0
1963 33 CIN NL 1 1 0 0.0 92 .000 .258 .000 .320 .000 .385 .000 .705 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1963 33 NYY AL 173 126 19 4.1 95 .250 .236 .255 .297 .322 .414 .394 .711 .716 97 .486 -0.8 -0.1 .637 .261 .178 .0
1964 34 NYY AL 6 4 0 0.0 97 .250 .200 .257 .333 .325 .200 .399 .533 .724 53 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
1965 35 CHC NL 26 19 2 2.8 95 .389 .280 .260 .269 .324 .320 .394 .589 .718 64 .334 -1.2 -0.1 .444 .040 .040
8 Seasons 919 664 103 4.2 100 .267 .255 .261 .309 .332 .416 .405 .725 .736 96 .465 -7.1 -0.7 .638 .237 .161 3.8
162 Game Avg. 443 320 50 4.2 100 .267 .255 .261 .309 .332 .416 .405 .725 .736 96 .465 -7.1 -0.7 .638 .237 .161 2
PIT (3 yrs) 84 60 10 4.5 104 .255 .237 .268 .289 .334 .421 .415 .710 .749 88 .484 -1.5 -0.2 .655 .263 .184 .0
WSA (2 yrs) 629 454 72 4.3 102 .269 .263 .261 .316 .334 .423 .407 .739 .741 98 .466 -3.0 -0.3 .647 .237 .160 3.7
NYY (2 yrs) 179 130 19 3.9 95 .250 .235 .255 .298 .322 .407 .394 .705 .716 96 .471 -1.1 -0.1 .633 .259 .173 .0
CHC (1 yr) 26 19 2 2.8 95 .389 .280 .260 .269 .324 .320 .394 .589 .718 64 .335 -1.2 -0.1 .444 .040 .040
CIN (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 92 .000 .258 .000 .320 .000 .385 .000 .705 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 111 80 12 4.0 101 .288 .245 .266 .282 .332 .392 .410 .674 .741 81 .449 -3.0 -0.3 .597 .206 .147 .0
AL (4 yrs) 808 584 91 4.2 100 .265 .256 .260 .312 .331 .419 .404 .731 .736 98 .467 -4.2 -0.4 .643 .242 .163 3.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 33 NYY AL WS LAD L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 28 PIT NL 26 3.9% 23.1% 3.9% 7.7% 33% 6.00 4.0 24.0 8.0 0.30 69%
1959 29 PIT NL 54 5.6% 18.5% 9.3% 7.4% 33% 2.00 4.8 16.0 6.0 0.86 65%
1960 30 PIT NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 50%
1961 31 WSA AL 204 2.0% 11.3% 9.3% 4.9% 23% 1.21 8.0 45.8 8.7 0.95 77%
1962 32 WSA AL 425 4.0% 12.0% 6.1% 8.5% 34% 1.96 7.7 23.1 5.9 0.81 77%
1963 33 TOT MLB 174 4.0% 18.4% 7.5% 8.1% 38% 2.46 4.9 22.6 6.9 0.76 69%
1963 33 CIN NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1963 33 NYY AL 173 4.1% 17.9% 7.5% 8.1% 38% 2.38 5.1 22.4 6.8 0.76 69%
1964 34 NYY AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 67%
1965 35 CHC NL 26 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 3.9% 14% 3.1 6.3 0.86 69%
8 Seasons 919 3.5% 14.5% 7.1% 7.3% 31% 2.05 6.3 26.2 6.7 0.82 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 28 PIT NL 0 0 50% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 29 PIT NL 0 0 7% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1960 30 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 31 WSA AL 3 0 27% 62 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 37% 9 7 2 6 4 2 4 1 3
1962 32 WSA AL 0 0 32% 152 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 44% 27 19 8 7 5 2 14 3 11
1963 33 TOT MLB 2 0 18% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20% 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 2 2
1963 33 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 33 NYY AL 2 0 18% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20% 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 2 2
1964 34 NYY AL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 CHC NL 0 0 14% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
8 Seasons 6 0 27% 297 2 3 40% 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 18 36% 48 34 12 17 13 4 23 7 16
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1958 28 PIT NL 26 50% 6 4 1 0 1 2.08 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 11 2 18% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1959 29 PIT NL 50 70% 12 27 6 1 2 1.63 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 5 1 20% 42 4 10% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 4
1960 30 PIT NL 4 50% 0 4 0 0 0 1.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 31 WSA AL 204 53% 44 24 3 0 2 2.13 4 0 5 0 4 2 2 0 2 1 50% 47 6 13% 17 4 24% 134 17 13% 10 5 50% 8 1 13% 0
1962 32 WSA AL 425 29% 107 15 4 1 3 1.80 17 0 5 13 4 8 9 0 2 2 100% 69 14 20% 43 14 33% 267 52 19% 31 15 48% 29 8 28% 0
1963 33 TOT MLB 174 75% 37 12 2 0 0 1.29 7 0 6 2 5 4 3 0 3 1 33% 34 4 12% 13 3 23% 113 17 15% 9 3 33% 8 2 25% 0
1963 33 CIN NL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1963 33 NYY AL 173 75% 37 11 2 0 0 1.39 7 0 6 2 5 4 3 0 3 1 33% 34 4 12% 13 3 23% 112 17 15% 9 3 33% 7 2 29% 0
1964 34 NYY AL 6 83% 1 1 0 0 0 1.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 CHC NL 26 73% 7 25 7 0 4 1.80 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 3 1 33% 23 4 17% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 915 48% 214 112 23 2 12 1.76 32 0 19 15 17 16 16 0 8 5 63% 172 24 14% 83 24 29% 595 96 16% 57 25 44% 50 12 24% 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 28 15 26 24 4 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .250 .269 .417 .686 81 10 0 0 0 1 0
1959 29 55 80 72 8 18 2 0 4 11 0 0 6 16 .250 .304 .444 .748 98 32 0 0 1 1 0
1960 30 59 84 76 8 18 2 0 4 11 0 0 6 18 .237 .289 .421 .710 88 32 0 0 1 1 0
1961 31 131 288 259 28 62 8 0 8 32 0 2 25 41 .239 .304 .363 .667 81 94 6 0 2 2 1
1962 32 244 713 651 83 169 23 4 25 99 2 3 51 92 .260 .313 .422 .736 97 275 20 2 4 5 1
1963 33 305 887 809 98 206 30 4 32 122 2 3 64 124 .255 .310 .420 .730 97 340 24 3 5 6 2
1964 34 309 893 814 98 207 30 4 32 122 2 3 65 125 .254 .310 .419 .729 97 341 24 3 5 6 2
1965 35 336 919 839 99 214 31 4 32 126 2 3 65 133 .255 .309 .416 .725 96 349 24 3 5 7 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 28 16 28 26 4 7 1 0 1 3 0 1 6 .269 .286 .423 .709 3 15
1959 29 42 58 52 4 14 1 0 4 9 0 6 10 .269 .345 .519 .864 8 40
1960 30 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1961 31 72 203 183 21 44 6 0 4 22 0 19 23 .240 .310 .339 .649 19 72
1962 32 113 418 388 55 103 14 4 16 67 2 25 51 .265 .311 .446 .757 54 113
1963 33 61 174 159 16 38 7 0 7 24 0 13 32 .239 .299 .415 .714 20 61
1964 34 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 4
1965 35 27 26 25 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 27
8 Seasons 339 917 842 101 206 29 4 32 128 2 65 133 .245 .299 .403 .701 106 336
162 Game Avg. 162 438 402 48 98 14 2 15 61 1 31 64 .245 .299 .403 .701 51 336

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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