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Bob Harmon

Robert Green Harmon (Hickory Bob)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 15, 1887 in Liberal, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1909
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1909-1918

Final Game: June 28, 1918
Died: November 27, 1961 in Monroe, LA
Buried: Riverview Burial Park, Monroe, LA
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1909 21 STL NL 6 11 .353 3.68 21 17 3 10 0 0 159.0 155 85 65 6 65 48 4 1 7 655 68 1.384 8.8 0.3 3.7 2.7 0.74
1910 22 STL NL 13 15 .464 4.46 43 33 7 15 0 2 236.0 227 128 117 1 133 87 7 1 12 1019 67 1.525 8.7 0.0 5.1 3.3 0.65
1911 23 STL NL 23 16 .590 3.13 51 41 7 28 2 4 348.0 290 155 121 10 181 144 7 0 3 1424 107 1.353 7.5 0.3 4.7 3.7 0.80 MVP-14
1912 24 STL NL 18 18 .500 3.93 43 34 8 15 3 0 268.0 284 156 117 4 116 73 3 0 6 1171 88 1.493 9.5 0.1 3.9 2.5 0.63
1913 25 STL NL 8 21 .276 3.92 42 27 14 16 1 2 273.1 291 135 119 6 99 66 6 0 3 1150 82 1.427 9.6 0.2 3.3 2.2 0.67
1914 26 PIT NL 13 17 .433 2.53 37 30 6 19 2 3 245.0 226 84 69 4 55 61 7 0 3 987 105 1.147 8.3 0.1 2.0 2.2 1.11
1915 27 PIT NL 16 17 .485 2.50 37 32 4 25 5 1 269.2 242 106 75 6 62 86 3 0 1 1077 110 1.127 8.1 0.2 2.1 2.9 1.39
1916 28 PIT NL 8 11 .421 2.81 31 17 7 10 2 0 172.2 175 78 54 4 39 62 1 0 4 722 95 1.239 9.1 0.2 2.0 3.2 1.59
1918 30 PIT NL 2 7 .222 2.62 16 9 5 5 0 0 82.1 76 30 24 3 12 7 0 0 0 321 111 1.069 8.3 0.3 1.3 0.8 0.58
9 Yrs 107 133 .446 3.33 321 240 61 143 15 12 2054.0 1966 957 761 44 762 634 38 2 39 8526 90 1.328 8.6 0.2 3.3 2.8 0.83
162 Game Avg. 13 16 .446 3.33 39 29 7 17 2 1 249 238 116 92 5 92 77 5 0 5 1033 90 1.328 8.6 0.2 3.3 2.8 0.83
STL (5 yrs) 68 81 .456 3.78 200 152 39 84 6 8 1284.1 1247 659 539 27 594 418 27 2 31 5419 84 1.433 8.7 0.2 4.2 2.9 0.70
PIT (4 yrs) 39 52 .429 2.60 121 88 22 59 9 4 769.2 719 298 222 17 168 216 11 0 8 3107 105 1.152 8.4 0.2 2.0 2.5 1.29

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 Awards
1909 21 STL NL 159.0 21 17 85 4.81 3.64 -0.41 0.00 97.0 3.93 -17 -1.8 1.0 -0.2 -0.8 -3 .412 .489 $
1910 22 STL NL 236.0 43 33 128 4.88 4.01 -0.24 0.00 98.0 4.17 -19 -2.1 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 1 .452 .487 $
1911 23 STL NL 348.0 51 41 155 4.01 4.44 0.27 0.00 99.0 4.14 8 0.9 1.0 -0.3 3.2 36 .518 .506 $ MVP-14
1912 24 STL NL 268.0 43 34 156 5.24 4.66 -0.09 0.00 101.0 4.80 -12 -1.2 1.0 -0.3 0.6 12 .473 .493 $
1913 25 STL NL 273.1 42 27 135 4.45 4.24 0.00 0.00 100.0 4.24 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 1.1 17 .484 .496 $
1914 26 PIT NL 245.0 37 30 84 3.09 3.93 0.26 0.00 95.0 3.49 13 1.6 1.0 -0.1 3.2 30 .542 .510 $
1915 27 PIT NL 269.2 37 32 106 3.54 3.63 0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 4 0.5 1.0 -0.2 2.3 22 .513 .503 $
1916 28 PIT NL 172.2 31 17 78 4.07 3.50 -0.24 0.00 102.0 3.81 -5 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.5 7 .479 .496 $
1918 30 PIT NL 82.1 16 9 30 3.28 3.70 0.27 0.00 101.9 3.50 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.8 7 .516 .502 $
9 Seasons 2054.0 321 240 957 4.19 4.06 -0.00 0.00 99.1 4.02 -32 -3.2 1.0 -1.6 10.4 127 .490 .498 $
STL (5 yrs) 1284.1 200 152 659 4.62 4.27 -0.04 0.00 99.2 4.28 -45 -4.8 1.0 -1.1 3.6 61 .476 .494 $
PIT (4 yrs) 769.2 121 88 298 3.48 3.71 0.07 0.00 99.1 3.60 14 1.6 1.0 -0.5 6.8 66 .514 .503 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 30 PIT NL 321 0.9% 2.2% 3.7% 2.8% 12% 89%
1 Yr 321 0.9% 2.2% 3.7% 2.8% 12% 89%
MLB Averages 0.3% 7.7% 7.5% 2.6% 12% 81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1909 21 6 11 .353 3.68 21 17 3 10 0 0 159.0 155 85 65 6 65 48 4 1 7 655 68 1.384 8.8 0.3 3.7 2.7 0.74 68
1910 22 19 26 .422 4.15 64 50 10 25 0 2 395.0 382 213 182 7 198 135 11 2 19 1674 67 1.468 8.7 0.2 4.5 3.1 0.68 67
1911 23 42 42 .500 3.67 115 91 17 53 2 6 743.0 672 368 303 17 379 279 18 2 22 3098 83 1.415 8.1 0.2 4.6 3.4 0.74 83
1912 24 60 60 .500 3.74 158 125 25 68 5 6 1011.0 956 524 420 21 495 352 21 2 28 4269 84 1.435 8.5 0.2 4.4 3.1 0.71 84
1913 25 68 81 .456 3.78 200 152 39 84 6 8 1284.1 1247 659 539 27 594 418 27 2 31 5419 84 1.433 8.7 0.2 4.2 2.9 0.70 84
1914 26 81 98 .453 3.58 237 182 45 103 8 11 1529.1 1473 743 608 31 649 479 34 2 34 6406 86 1.388 8.7 0.2 3.8 2.8 0.74 86
1915 27 97 115 .458 3.42 274 214 49 128 13 12 1799.0 1715 849 683 37 711 565 37 2 35 7483 89 1.349 8.6 0.2 3.6 2.8 0.79 89
1916 28 105 126 .455 3.36 305 231 56 138 15 12 1971.2 1890 927 737 41 750 627 38 2 39 8205 89 1.339 8.6 0.2 3.4 2.9 0.84 89
1917 29 105 126 .455 3.36 305 231 56 138 15 12 1971.2 1890 927 737 41 750 627 38 2 39 8205 89 1.339 8.6 0.2 3.4 2.9 0.84 89
1918 30 107 133 .446 3.33 321 240 61 143 15 12 2054.0 1966 957 761 44 762 634 38 2 39 8526 90 1.328 8.6 0.2 3.3 2.8 0.83 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1909 21 5 10 .333 5.43 141.0 181 94 85 7 76 43 5 1.823 11.6 4.9 2.7 0.57 0.4 21
1910 22 8 16 .333 5.60 220.0 251 152 137 1 147 81 8 1.809 10.3 6.0 3.3 0.55 0.0 43
1911 23 20 16 .556 3.50 327.0 302 141 127 10 188 135 7 1.498 8.3 5.2 3.7 0.72 0.3 51
1912 24 15 15 .500 3.86 275.0 293 131 118 4 120 75 3 1.502 9.6 3.9 2.5 0.63 0.1 43
1913 25 12 16 .429 4.64 258.0 314 148 133 6 107 62 6 1.632 11.0 3.7 2.2 0.58 0.2 42
1914 26 14 11 .560 3.38 232.0 258 97 87 5 63 58 8 1.384 10.0 2.4 2.3 0.92 0.2 37
1915 27 16 12 .571 3.34 256.0 277 106 95 7 71 82 3 1.359 9.7 2.5 2.9 1.15 0.2 37
1916 28 9 9 .500 3.77 167.0 204 78 70 5 45 60 1 1.491 11.0 2.4 3.2 1.33 0.3 31
1918 30 6 4 .600 3.38 96.0 105 40 36 4 17 8 0 1.271 9.8 1.6 0.8 0.47 0.4 16
9 Yrs 105 109 .491 4.05 1972.0 2185 987 888 49 834 604 41 1.531 10.0 2.8 0.72 0.2 321

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (14, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Wins s c a p y
1911 NL  23 (4th)
1912 NL  18 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 NL  1.147 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 NL  7.500 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  2.020 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1910 NL  43 (8th)
1911 NL  51 (2nd)
1912 NL  43 (6th)
1913 NL  42 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1910 NL  2 (9th)
1911 NL  4 (3rd)
1914 NL  3 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1911 NL  348.0 (2nd)
1913 NL  273.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1911 NL  144 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1910 NL  33 (7th)
1911 NL  41 (1st)
1912 NL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1911 NL  28 (3rd)
1915 NL  25 (4th)
Career  143 (240th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1912 NL  3 (7th)
1915 NL  5 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1909 NL  6 (4th)
1911 NL  10 (6th)
1915 NL  6 (7th)
1918 NL  3 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1910 NL  133 (1st)
1911 NL  181 (1st)
1912 NL  116 (4th)
1913 NL  99 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1911 NL  290 (3rd)
1912 NL  284 (9th)
1913 NL  291 (1st)
1915 NL  242 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1910 NL  0.038 (2nd)
1912 NL  0.134 (7th)
1913 NL  0.198 (9th)
1914 NL  0.147 (7th)
Career  0.193 (156th)

Losses s c a p y
1910 NL  15 (8th)
1911 NL  16 (6th)
1912 NL  18 (5th)
1913 NL  21 (2nd)
1914 NL  17 (8th)
1915 NL  17 (6th)
Career  133 (242nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1910 NL  117 (1st)
1911 NL  121 (1st)
1912 NL  117 (2nd)
1913 NL  119 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1909 NL  7 (9th)
1910 NL  12 (1st)
1912 NL  6 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1911 NL  1,424 (2nd)
1913 NL  1,150 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 44 (586), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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