John Harkins

John Joseph Harkins (Pa)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 12, 1859 in New Brunswick, NJ
School: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1884
Teams (by GP): Grays/Blues/Orioles 1884-1888

Final Game: May 1, 1888
Died: November 18, 1940 in New Brunswick, NJ
Buried: St. Peters Cemetery, New Brunswick, NJ
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1883	24	TRE	N/A	25	26	.490	1.05	51	51		50	1		437.0	399	270	51		63	213			25			1.057	8.2		1.3	4.4	3.38	TRE · ISAS
1884	25	CLV	NL	12	32	.273	3.68	46	45	1	42	3	0	391.0	399	300	160	7	108	192		0	48	1709	85	1.297	9.2	0.2	2.5	4.4	1.78
1885	26	BRO	AA	14	20	.412	3.75	34	34	0	33	1	0	293.0	303	224	122	7	56	141	7	1	47	1276	89	1.225	9.3	0.2	1.7	4.3	2.52
1886	27	BRO	AA	15	16	.484	3.60	34	33	1	33	0	0	292.1	286	203	117	6	114	118	5	0	20	1292	95	1.368	8.8	0.2	3.5	3.6	1.04
1887	28	BRO	AA	10	14	.417	6.02	24	24	0	22	0	0	199.0	262	184	133	6	77	36	5	0	16	931	71	1.704	11.8	0.3	3.5	1.6	0.47
1888	29	BAL	AA	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	12	6	0	3	2	0	0	2	39	46	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	2.3	0.67
5 Yrs				51	83	.381	4.09	139	137	2	131	4	0	1183.1	1262	923	538	26	358	489	17	1	133	5247	84	1.369	9.6	0.2	2.7	3.7	1.37
162 Game Avg.				13	20	.381	4.09	34	34	0	32	1	0	292	311	227	133	6	88	120		0	33	1293	84	1.369	9.6	0.2	2.7	3.7	1.37

BRO (3 yrs)				39	50	.438	4.27	92	91	1	88	1	0	784.1	851	611	372	19	247	295	17	1	83	3499	84	1.400	9.8	0.2	2.8	3.4	1.19
BAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	12	6	0	3	2	0	0	2	39	46	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	2.3	0.67
CLV (1 yr)				12	32	.273	3.68	46	45	1	42	3	0	391.0	399	300	160	7	108	192		0	48	1709	85	1.297	9.2	0.2	2.5	4.4	1.78

AA (4 yrs)				39	51	.433	4.29	93	92	1	89	1	0	792.1	863	623	378	19	250	297	17	1	85	3538	84	1.405	9.8	0.2	2.8	3.4	1.19
NL (1 yr)				12	32	.273	3.68	46	45	1	42	3	0	391.0	399	300	160	7	108	192		0	48	1709	85	1.297	9.2	0.2	2.5	4.4	1.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1884	25	CLV	NL	391.0	46	45	300	6.91	5.71	0.00	0.00	105.0	5.99	-30	-2.7	1.0	-0.9	-0.2	-6	.442	.484	$
1885	26	BRO	AA	293.0	34	34	224	6.88	5.48	-0.03	0.00	103.0	5.67	-39	-3.2		-0.4	-2.3	-25	.405	.480	$
1886	27	BRO	AA	292.1	34	33	203	6.25	5.65	-0.15	0.00	99.0	5.74	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.4	0.0	3	.471	.494	$
1887	28	BRO	AA	199.0	24	24	184	8.32	6.58	-0.07	0.00	99.0	6.58	-35	-2.5		-0.2	-1.8	-23	.396	.485	$
1888	29	BAL	AA	8.0	1	1	12	13.50	5.25	0.00	0.00	95.0	4.99	-7	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-7	.117	.498	$
5 Seasons				1183.1	139	137	923	7.02	5.78	-0.06	0.00	101.9	5.94	-123	-9.8	1.0	-1.9	-4.7	-59	.430	.488	$

BRO (3 yrs)				784.1	92	91	611	7.01	5.82	-0.08	0.00	100.5	5.93	-85	-6.7	1.0	-1.0	-4.1	-46	.427	.486	$
BAL (1 yr)				8.0	1	1	12	13.50	5.25	0.00	0.00	95.0	4.99	-7	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-7	.117	.498	$
CLV (1 yr)				391.0	46	45	300	6.91	5.71	0.00	0.00	105.0	5.99	-30	-2.7	1.0	-0.9	-0.2	-6	.442	.484	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1884	25	12	32	.273	3.68	46	45	1	42	3	391.0	399	300	160	7	108	192		0	48	1709	85	1.297	9.2	0.2	2.5	4.4	1.78	85
1885	26	26	52	.333	3.71	80	79	1	75	4	684.0	702	524	282	14	164	333	7	1	95	2985	87	1.266	9.2	0.2	2.2	4.4	2.03	87
1886	27	41	68	.376	3.68	114	112	2	108	4	976.1	988	727	399	20	278	451	12	1	115	4277	89	1.297	9.1	0.2	2.6	4.2	1.62	89
1887	28	51	82	.383	4.07	138	136	2	130	4	1175.1	1250	911	532	26	355	487	17	1	131	5208	85	1.366	9.6	0.2	2.7	3.7	1.37	85
1888	29	51	83	.381	4.09	139	137	2	131	4	1183.1	1262	923	538	26	358	489	17	1	133	5247	84	1.369	9.6	0.2	2.7	3.7	1.37	84

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1884	25	46	20	.697	2.61	600.0	496	193	174	9	134	294	0	1.050	7.4	2.0	4.4	2.19	0.1	46
1885	26	35	16	.686	2.70	464.0	390	154	139	9	72	223	9	0.996	7.6	1.4	4.3	3.10	0.2	34
1886	27	28	12	.700	2.65	363.0	295	119	107	6	118	146	5	1.138	7.3	2.9	3.6	1.24	0.1	34
1887	28	15	13	.536	3.72	254.0	253	117	105	6	74	46	5	1.287	9.0	2.6	1.6	0.62	0.2	24
1888	29	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	13	7	6	0	3	2	0	1.600	11.7	2.7	1.8	0.67	0.0	1
5 Yrs		124	62	.667	2.83	1691.0	1447	590	531	30	401	711	19	1.093	7.7		3.8	1.77	0.2	139

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 AA 1.720 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 AA 4.331 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1884 NL 46 (7th) 1885 AA 34 (9th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1884 NL 391.0 (7th) 1885 AA 293.0 (10th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1884 NL 192 (8th) 1885 AA 141 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1884 NL 45 (7th) 1885 AA 34 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1884 NL 42 (7th) 1885 AA 33 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1884 NL 3 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1885 AA 7 (6th) 1886 AA 6 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1884 NL 108 (4th) 1885 AA 56 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1884 NL 399 (7th) 1885 AA 303 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1885 AA 2.518 (7th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 0.161 (2nd) Career 0.198 (163rd)	Losses s c a p y 1884 NL 32 (1st) 1885 AA 20 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1884 NL 160 (2nd) 1885 AA 122 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1884 NL 48 (1st) 1885 AA 47 (2nd) Career 133 (50th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1884 NL 1,709 (7th) 1885 AA 1,276 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1886 AA 1 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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