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Bob Harmon
Robert Green Harmon (Hickory Bob)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 15, 1887 in Liberal, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1909
Final Game: June 28, 1918
Died: November 27, 1961 in Monroe, LA
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Standard Pitching

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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 66 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 87 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 3 55 61 7 0 3 987 104 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 108 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 0 321 110 1.069 8.3 0.3 1.3 0.8 0.58
9 Seasons 107 133 .446 3.33 321 240 61 143 15 12 2054.0 1966 957 761 43 762 634 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 16 168 216 11 0 8 3107 104 1.152 8.4 0.2 2.0 2.5 1.29

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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
1909 21 STL NL 21 61 51 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 6 .255 .333 .275 .608 94 14 0 4 1
1910 22 STL NL 43 88 76 11 14 4 1 0 6 2 8 23 .184 .262 .263 .525 56 20 0 4 1
1911 23 STL NL 51 132 111 7 17 4 1 0 3 2 11 48 .153 .236 .207 .443 26 23 1 9 1 MVP-14
1912 24 STL NL 46 103 99 7 23 1 1 0 7 2 1 31 .232 .248 .263 .510 41 26 1 2 1
1913 25 STL NL 46 102 92 7 24 1 2 0 3 2 6 22 .261 .313 .315 .628 81 29 1 3 1
1914 26 PIT NL 44 96 86 6 12 0 0 1 6 0 5 22 .140 .187 .174 .361 9 15 0 5 1
1915 27 PIT NL 42 104 95 7 14 4 2 0 6 1 6 32 .147 .198 .232 .430 30 22 0 3 1
1916 28 PIT NL 35 57 55 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 .109 .140 .127 .268 -18 7 0 0 1
1918 30 PIT NL 18 30 27 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .148 .207 .148 .355 7 4 0 1 1
9 Seasons 346 773 692 53 127 16 7 1 34 9 47 191 .184 .239 .231 .470 38 160 3 31
162 Game Avg. 162 362 324 25 59 7 3 0 16 4 22 .184 .239 .231 .470 38 75 1 15
STL (5 yrs) 207 486 429 35 91 11 5 0 20 8 32 124 .212 .272 .261 .533 54 112 3 22
PIT (4 yrs) 139 287 263 18 36 5 2 1 14 1 15 67 .137 .183 .183 .366 11 48 0 9

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1909 STL NL 21 P 21 54 6 45 3 1 .944 2.43 .939 1.95
1910 STL NL 22 P 43 92 11 74 7 4 .924 1.98 .947 1.77
1911 STL NL 23 P 51 112 11 98 3 4 .973 2.14 .941 1.72 MVP-14
1912 STL NL 24 P 43 101 11 87 3 3 .970 2.28 .947 1.55
1913 STL NL 25 P 42 100 22 75 3 3 .970 2.31 .954 1.57
1914 PIT NL 26 P 37 71 11 59 1 1 .986 1.89 .941 1.65
1915 PIT NL 27 P 37 105 9 92 4 2 .962 2.73 .951 1.68
1916 PIT NL 28 P 31 70 4 64 2 2 .971 2.19 .959 1.63
1918 PIT NL 30 P 16 29 3 26 0 2 1.000 1.81 .962 2.03
9 Seasons P 321 734 88 620 26 22 .965 2.21 .948 1.69
9 Seasons TOT 321 734 88 620 26 22 .965 2.21 .913 1.69

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 (918th)

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--.038--2nd
1912 NL--.134--7th
1913 NL--.198--9th
1914 NL--.110--5th
Career--.188--152nd

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--240th

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--1424--2nd
1913 NL--1150--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 44 (569), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Johnny Schmitz (930)
  6. Randy Jones (928)
  7. Bob Groom (926)
  8. Denny Galehouse (924)
  9. Togie Pittinger (924)
  10. Bill Singer (920)
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  3. Darby O'Brien (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Jim Shaw (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Meadows (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Bush (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Earl Hamilton (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Mike Garcia (983)
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Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Waite Hoyt (990) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Eddie Rommel (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eddie Rommel (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Rommel (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 18, 1909: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from Shreveport (Texas) for $2,500.

December 12, 1913: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ed Konetchy and Mike Mowrey to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Art Butler, Cozy Dolan, Dots Miller, Hank Robinson and Chief Wilson.

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