Spec Harkness

Frederick Harvey Harkness

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 13, 1887 in Los Angeles, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1910
Team: Naps 1910-1911

Final Game: July 5, 1911
Died: May 18, 1952 in Compton, CA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1908	20	BTE,POR	B,A	47	135	135		19	3	1	0					.141	.141	.178	.319		24				BTE,POR · NWES,PCL
1909	21	POR	A	62	153	153		17	1	0	0					.111	.111	.118	.229		18				POR · PCL
1910	22	CLE	AL	26	53	50	2	7	1	1	0	3	0	2	24	.140	.173	.200	.373	16	10	0	1	1
1911	23	POR	A	18	43	43		3	0	0	0					.070	.070	.070	.140		3				POR · PCL
1911	23	CLE	AL	12	20	19	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	7	.316	.350	.368	.718	100	7	0	0	1
1912	24	POR	AA	39	77	77		15	3	0	0					.195	.195	.234	.429		18				POR · PCL
1913	25	VEN	AA	45	84	84		11	2	0	0					.131	.131	.155	.286		13				VEN · PCL
1914	26	VEN	AA	22	37	37		8	0	0	1					.216	.216	.297	.514		11				VEN · PCL
1915	27	SPO,ABR	B	30	62	62		6	2	0	0					.097	.097	.129	.226		8				SPO,ABR · NWES
1921	33	POR	AA																						POR · PCL
2 Yrs				38	73	69	4	13	2	1	0	5	0	3	31	.188	.222	.246	.469	41	17	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	311	294	17	55	9	4	0	21	0	13	132	.188	.222	.246	.469	41	72	0	4

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1910	22	CLE	AL	26	53	-5	4	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	-0.0	0	$	1
1911	23	CLE	AL	12	20	-0	2	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.513	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
2 Seasons				38	73	-6	6	0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1910	22	CLE	AL	53	44	2	1.2	76	.269	.140	.251	.173	.317	.200	.324	.373	.642	16	.148	-5.1	-0.6	.279	.100	.060
1911	23	CLE	AL	20	13	2	4.1	97	.500	.316	.282	.350	.349	.368	.371	.718	.720	100	.498	-0.0	0.0	.615	.105	.053
2 Yrs				73	57	4	1.9	82	.342	.188	.260	.222	.326	.246	.337	.469	.663	41	.250	-5.1	-0.6	.357	.101	.058
162 Game Avg.				311	243	17	1.9	82	.342	.188	.260	.222	.326	.246	.337	.469	.663	41	.250	-5.1	-0.6	.357	.101	.058

Cumulative Batting

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
1910	22	26	53	50	2	7	1	1	0	3	0		2	24	.140	.173	.200	.373	16	10		0	1
1911	23	38	73	69	4	13	2	1	0	5	0		3	31	.188	.222	.246	.469	41	17		0	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1910	22	27	55	52	2	8	1	1	4	2	25	.154	.185	.212	.397	2	26
1911	23	13	21	20	2	6	1	0	2	1	7	.300	.333	.350	.683	2	12
2 Yrs		40	76	72	4	14	2	1	6	3	32	.194	.227	.250	.477	4	38
162 Game Avg.		162	308	292	16	57	8	4	24	12	130	.194	.227	.250	.477	16	38

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