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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1958 PIT NL 28 3B 7 5 52.1 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 0.2 4.6 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 2.58 2.14 .947 3.18 2.86
1959 PIT NL 29 OF 4 3 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -80.0 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 -1 1.00 0.75 .967 2.20 1.90
1959 PIT NL 29 3B 3 0 15.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.8 64.0 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 3.60 2.00 .950 2.94 2.67
1959 PIT NL 29 LF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .967 2.05 1.60
1959 PIT NL 29 2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1959 PIT NL 29 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 -253.3 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 -1 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.60
1961 WSA AL 31 3B 40 39 334.0 153 47 95 11 14 .928 1.8 6.5 0.8 1.9 -1.1 1 3.83 3.55 .951 3.18 2.79
1961 WSA AL 31 C 8 6 52.1 28 24 4 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -22.9 -1 4.82 3.50 .989 6.21 5.44 1 5 5 2 29%
1961 WSA AL 31 2B 1 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.10 4.70
1962 WSA AL 32 1B 99 95 833.0 880 800 70 10 83 .989 1.4 2.0 1.4 1.2 0.2 0 9.40 8.79 .990 9.44 8.76
1962 WSA AL 32 C 3 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -150.0 -1 2.25 0.67 1.000 6.30 5.57 0 1 2 0 0%
1962 WSA AL 32 3B 1 1 9.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 2.00 2.00 .967 3.10 2.80
1963 TOT MLB 33 1B 36 30 248.1 277 265 8 4 32 .986 -3.2 -15.5 -3.2 -1.0 -2.2 0 9.89 7.58 .990 9.48 8.58
1963 CIN NL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1963 NYY AL 33 1B 35 30 247.1 275 263 8 4 32 .985 -3.2 -15.5 -3.2 -1.0 -2.2 0 9.86 7.74 .990 9.48 8.59
1963 NYY AL 33 3B 12 12 106.0 42 19 21 2 1 .952 -1.3 -14.7 -1.3 -0.2 -1.1 0 3.40 3.33 .948 3.02 2.85
1963 NYY AL 33 RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.00 1.70
1964 NYY AL 34 1B 2 1 11.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 7.15 4.50 .989 9.37 8.10
3 Seasons 1B 137 126 1092.2 1166 1074 78 14 115 .988 -1.7 -1.9 -1.7 0.3 -2.0 0 9.49 8.41 .990 9.45 8.70
5 Seasons 3B 63 57 516.1 219 71 134 14 15 .936 1.1 2.6 0.1 2.6 -2.5 1 3.57 3.25 .950 3.14 2.80
2 Seasons C 11 6 60.1 30 26 4 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -39.8 -2 4.48 2.73 .990 6.22 5.47 1 6 7 2 22%
1 Season OF 4 3 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -80.0 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 -1 1.00 0.75 .967 2.20 1.90
1 Season LF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .967 2.05 1.60
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 7.20 2.00 1.000 5.22 4.75
2 Seasons RF 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -113.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 -1 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.65
8 Seasons TOT 217 192 1701.1 1422 1176 218 28 131 .980 -4.7 -3.3 -2.7 3.0 -5.7 -1 1 -2 7.37 6.42 .964 7.29 6.66 1 6 7 2 22%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 15 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1959 PIT NL 29 40 3 40 40 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 4 30 0
1960 PIT NL 30 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 WSA AL 31 72 45 72 72 0 8 0 1 40 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1962 WSA AL 32 113 96 113 113 0 3 99 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1963 NYY AL 33 60 43 60 60 0 0 35 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 1
1963 CIN NL 33 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 NYY AL 34 4 1 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 CHC NL 35 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
8 Seasons 336 193 336 336 0 11 137 2 63 0 3 0 2 4 123 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 3629 62% 78% 26% 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 1049 59% 77% 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 49 76% 76% 37% 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 4731 62% 78% 27% 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 61% 77% 27% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 28 226 45% 77% 25% 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 71 46% 89% 32% 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 1511 61% 80% 26% 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 41 76% 73% 24% 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 33 447 66% 77% 28% 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 2296 61% 79% 27% 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 61% 77% 27% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 31 247 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 44 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 291 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 3.76 4.26 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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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 0.63 0.99
1962 WSA AL 32 0 1 18 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.14
2 Seasons 1 6 108 7 2 0 22% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 0.49 0.99
MLB Averages 38% 1.20 1.19

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 76 49% 76% 38% 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 76 49% 76% 38% 8 38%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.3% 61% 77% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 10 20% 80% 10% 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 24 33% 83% 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 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 45 67% 71% 22% 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 34 71% 82% 35% 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 79 68% 76% 28% 8 25%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 28% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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