Tim Harkness
Thomas William Harkness
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: December 23, 1937 in Lachine, PQ, CAN
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1961
Final Game: July 28, 1964
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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
1961 23 LAD NL 5 11 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .500 .636 .750 1.386 256 6 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1962 24 LAD NL 92 73 62 9 16 2 0 2 7 1 0 10 20 .258 .370 .387 .757 110 24 0 1 0 0 1 3
1963 25 NYM NL 123 420 375 35 79 12 3 10 41 4 3 36 79 .211 .290 .339 .629 81 127 5 7 0 2 5 3/8
1964 26 NYM NL 39 128 117 11 33 2 1 2 13 1 1 9 18 .282 .336 .368 .703 101 43 5 1 0 1 1 3
4 Seasons 259 632 562 59 132 18 4 14 61 7 4 58 118 .235 .315 .356 .671 92 200 10 9 0 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 395 352 37 83 11 3 9 38 4 3 36 74 .235 .315 .356 .671 92 125 6 6 0 2 4
NYM (2 yrs) 162 548 492 46 112 14 4 12 54 5 4 45 97 .228 .301 .346 .647 86 170 10 8 0 3 6
LAD (2 yrs) 97 84 70 13 20 4 0 2 7 2 0 13 21 .286 .405 .429 .833 129 30 0 1 0 0 1

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
1961 23 LAD NL 11 4 5 33.4 112 .571 .500 .279 .636 .347 .750 .435 1.386 .782 256 .974 2.4 0.2 2.500 .750 .250 .0
1962 24 LAD NL 73 46 10 5.8 97 .350 .258 .261 .370 .328 .387 .397 .757 .724 110 .610 1.4 0.1 .783 .306 .129 1.3
1963 25 NYM NL 420 306 38 3.3 89 .240 .211 .254 .290 .316 .339 .380 .629 .696 81 .428 -9.1 -1.0 .563 .227 .128 5.7
1964 26 NYM NL 128 91 13 3.8 91 .316 .282 .260 .336 .317 .368 .386 .703 .703 101 .470 0.2 0.0 .589 .162 .085 1.3
4 Seasons 632 447 66 4.0 91 .273 .235 .256 .315 .318 .356 .384 .671 .702 92 .493 -5.1 -0.7 .608 .230 .121 9.3
162 Game Avg. 395 280 41 4.0 91 .273 .235 .256 .315 .318 .356 .384 .671 .702 92 .493 -5.1 -0.7 .608 .230 .121 6
NYM (2 yrs) 548 397 51 3.5 90 .259 .228 .255 .301 .316 .346 .381 .647 .697 86 .439 -8.9 -1.0 .569 .211 .118 7.1
LAD (2 yrs) 84 50 15 8.0 99 .383 .286 .263 .405 .330 .429 .401 .833 .731 129 .737 3.8 0.3 .920 .357 .143 2.0

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
1961 23 LAD NL 11 0.0% 9.1% 27.3% 18.2% 50% 0.33 8.0 0.50 64%
1962 24 LAD NL 73 2.7% 27.4% 13.7% 5.5% 25% 2.00 3.1 31.0 8.9 0.73 55%
1963 25 NYM NL 420 2.4% 18.8% 8.6% 6.0% 32% 2.19 4.7 37.5 9.1 1.15 69%
1964 26 NYM NL 128 1.6% 14.1% 7.0% 3.9% 15% 2.00 6.5 58.5 9.0 1.67 77%
4 Seasons 632 2.2% 18.7% 9.2% 5.7% 27% 2.03 4.8 40.1 9.2 1.19 69%
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
1961 23 LAD NL 0 0 57% 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
1962 24 LAD NL 1 0 28% 41 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 50% 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
1963 25 NYM NL 4 0 22% 144 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 58% 16 6 8 3 2 1 7 0 6
1964 26 NYM NL 1 0 22% 52 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 21% 10 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
4 Seasons 6 0 24% 242 7 4 64% 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 12 47% 31 17 12 6 4 2 14 3 10
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
1961 23 LAD NL 11 91% 4 2 1 0 0 0.77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1962 24 LAD NL 73 85% 16 30 7 0 2 1.36 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 0% 4 0 0% 37 6 16% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
1963 25 NYM NL 420 80% 79 16 1 0 0 1.99 10 1 11 8 2 6 4 0 0 0 68 5 7% 28 7 25% 225 34 15% 18 8 44% 23 5 22% 0
1964 26 NYM NL 128 90% 33 8 0 0 1 1.35 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 23 5 22% 16 4 25% 70 13 19% 5 3 60% 11 5 45% 0
4 Seasons 632 83% 132 56 9 0 3 1.51 14 1 15 11 3 7 7 0 0 0 105 10 10% 48 11 23% 339 53 16% 27 13 48% 38 11 29% 0
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
1961 23 5 11 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .500 .636 .750 1.386 256 6 0 0 0 0 0
1962 24 97 84 70 13 20 4 0 2 7 2 0 13 21 .286 .405 .429 .833 129 30 0 1 0 0 1
1963 25 220 504 445 48 99 16 3 12 48 6 3 49 100 .222 .310 .353 .662 89 157 5 8 0 2 6
1964 26 259 632 562 59 132 18 4 14 61 7 4 58 118 .235 .315 .356 .671 92 200 10 9 0 3 7

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 23 5 11 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 .500 .636 .750 1.386 4 5
1962 24 92 78 65 10 19 2 0 2 8 1 12 20 .292 .410 .415 .826 11 92
1963 25 123 437 386 41 90 14 3 11 47 5 41 79 .233 .318 .370 .689 44 123
1964 26 39 129 118 12 34 2 1 2 15 1 9 18 .288 .341 .373 .714 15 39
4 Seasons 259 655 577 67 147 20 4 15 70 8 65 118 .255 .339 .381 .720 74 259
162 Game Avg. 162 410 361 42 92 13 3 9 44 5 41 74 .255 .339 .381 .720 46 259

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 NL--7--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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