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Harry Bright

Harry James Bright

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
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: July 25, 1958
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees/Pirates/Cubs/Reds 1958-1965

Final Game: June 30, 1965
Died: March 13, 2000 in Sacramento, CA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1958 PIT NL 28 3B 7 5 5 52.1 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 0 5 2.58 2.14 .952 3.18 3.16
1959 PIT NL 29 OF 4 3 3 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -80 1.00 0.75 .977 2.20 2.20
1959 PIT NL 29 3B 3 0 0 15.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1 64 3.60 2.00 .950 2.94 2.93
1959 PIT NL 29 LF 3 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 1.50 1.00 .970 2.05 2.03
1959 PIT NL 29 2B 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -180 9.00 2.00 .975 5.40 5.20
1959 PIT NL 29 RF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -253 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.90
1961 WSA AL 31 3B 40 39 34 334.0 153 47 95 11 14 .928 2 6 3.83 3.55 .950 3.18 3.15
1961 WSA AL 31 C 8 6 4 52.1 28 24 4 0 1 1.000 -1 -23 4.82 3.50 .989 6.21 6.14 1 5 5 2 29% 36% 0
1961 WSA AL 31 2B 1 0 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 2.00 .980 5.10 5.20
1962 WSA AL 32 1B 99 95 85 833.0 880 800 70 10 83 .989 1 2 9.40 8.79 .990 9.44 9.41
1962 WSA AL 32 C 3 0 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -150 2.25 0.67 .990 6.30 6.27 0 1 2 0 0% 36% 0
1962 WSA AL 32 3B 1 1 1 9.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0 -53 2.00 2.00 .953 3.10 3.10
1963 TOT MLB 33 1B 36 30 18 248.1 277 265 8 4 32 .986 -3 -15 9.89 7.58 .990 9.48 9.50
1963 CIN NL 33 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.80
1963 NYY AL 33 1B 35 30 18 247.1 275 263 8 4 32 .985 -3 -16 9.86 7.74 .990 9.48 9.49
1963 NYY AL 33 3B 12 12 12 106.0 42 19 21 2 1 .952 -1 -15 3.40 3.33 .947 3.02 3.02
1963 NYY AL 33 RF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 2.00 2.00 .980 2.00 2.00
1964 NYY AL 34 1B 2 1 0 11.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 11 7.15 4.50 .991 9.37 9.40
3 Seasons 1B 137 126 103 1092.2 1166 1074 78 14 115 .988 -2 -2 9.49 8.41 .990 9.45 9.43
5 Seasons 3B 63 57 52 516.1 219 71 134 14 15 .936 1 3 3.57 3.25 .950 3.14 3.11
2 Seasons C 11 6 4 60.1 30 26 4 0 1 1.000 -2 -40 4.48 2.73 .989 6.22 6.17 1 6 7 2 22% 36% 0
1 Season OF 4 3 3 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -80 1.00 0.75 .977 2.20 2.20
1 Season LF 3 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 1.50 1.00 .970 2.05 2.03
2 Seasons RF 2 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -113 1.00 1.00 .980 2.00 1.95
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -72 7.20 2.00 .978 5.22 5.20
8 Seasons TOT 217 192 162 1701.1 1422 1176 218 28 131 .980 -5 -3 7.37 6.42 .984 7.29 7.26 1 6 7 2 22% 36% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1958 PIT NL 28 3B 0 5 0 -0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 29 3B 1 64 1 0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 29 LF 0 7 0 0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 29 2B -0 -180 -0 -0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 29 RF -2 -253 -1 -1 0 -1
1961 WSA AL 31 3B 2 6 1 -1 2 1
1961 WSA AL 31 C -1 -23 -1
1961 WSA AL 31 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 32 1B 1 2 1 0 1 0
1962 WSA AL 32 C -1 -150 -1
1962 WSA AL 32 3B -0 -53 -0 -0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 33 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 33 1B -3 -16 -3 -2 -1 0
1963 NYY AL 33 3B -1 -15 -1 -1 -0 0
1963 NYY AL 33 RF 0 27 0 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 34 1B 0 11 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1B -2 -2 -2 -2 0 0
5 Seasons 3B 1 3 0 -3 3 1
2 Seasons C -2 -40 -2
1 Season LF 0 7 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 2B -0 -72 -0 -0 0 0
2 Seasons RF -2 -113 -1 -1 0 -1
8 Seasons TOT -5 -3 -3 -6 3 1 -1 -2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 PIT NL 28 15 5 15 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1959 PIT NL 29 40 3 40 8 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 34 0
1960 PIT NL 30 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 WSA AL 31 72 45 72 48 0 8 0 1 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1962 WSA AL 32 113 96 113 102 0 3 99 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1963 NYY AL 33 60 43 60 47 0 0 34 0 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 1
1963 CIN NL 33 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 NYY AL 34 4 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 CHC NL 35 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
8 Seasons 336 193 336 215 0 11 136 2 63 0 3 0 2 5 0 127 4
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.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 WSA AL 32 3550 64% 80% 27% 198 90% 1 795 42 748 5 71 71 50 13 1 3 10 1 7 2 7 83 2 1 0 79 3 4 0 4 14 79%
1963 NYY AL 33 1029 60% 78% 30% 49 96% 1 265 17 243 6 20 10 8 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 32 1 0 1 28 1 4 2 2 3 67%
1963 CIN NL 33 4 50% 75% 50% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 34 48 77% 77% 38% 1 100% 0 10 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 4631 63% 80% 28% 248 92% 2 1072 59 1003 11 91 82 59 15 1 3 14 4 8 2 8 115 3 1 1 107 4 8 2 6 17 76%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 PIT NL 28 220 46% 79% 26% 15 93% 0 4 4 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 PIT NL 29 67 49% 94% 34% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 31 1455 64% 83% 27% 155 83% 2 47 32 10 5 96 72 20 1 3 11 0 8 3 11 14 8 3 12 1 1 0 13 15%
1962 WSA AL 32 40 78% 75% 25% 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 33 441 67% 78% 29% 39 87% 0 18 12 3 3 21 17 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
5 Seasons 2223 63% 82% 28% 219 84% 2 70 49 13 8 135 105 26 1 3 14 0 10 4 14 15 9 3 13 1 1 0 17 29%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 WSA AL 31 233 5.68 6.02 2 100% 0 0 24 1 0 0 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 WSA AL 32 41 10.13 10.13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 274 6.27 6.56 2 100% 0 0 26 1 0 0 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 3.75 4.26 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 WSA AL 31 1 5 90 5 2 0 29% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0.61 1.00
1962 WSA AL 32 0 1 18 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.17
2 Seasons 1 6 108 7 2 0 22% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 0.48 1.00
MLB Averages 38% 1.20 1.18

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 73 51% 79% 40% 8 38%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 73 51% 79% 40% 8 38%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.5% 63% 79% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 44 68% 73% 23% 6 0%
1963 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 77% 90% 39% 2 100%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 75 72% 80% 29% 8 25%
MLB Averages 40.6% 3.1% 63% 79% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1959 PIT NL 29 9 22% 89% 11% 1 0% 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 31 14 43% 86% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 23 35% 87% 17% 2 50% 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1962 AL  10 (4th)

                                         

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