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Chuck Harmon

Charles Byron Harmon

Positions: Third Baseman, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 23, 1924 in Washington, IN
High School: Washington HS (Washington, IN)
School: University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Phillies/Cardinals 1954-1957

Final Game: September 15, 1957
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Standard Batting

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
1947	23	BAL-min	C	54	200	200		54	10	1	0						.270	.270	.330	.600		66							GLJ · CAML
1949	25	BAL-min	D,C	45	185	185		58	13	3	1						.314	.314	.432	.746		80							OLE,GLJ · PONY,CAML
1950	26	OLE	D	125	551	551		206	47	10	22						.374	.374	.615	.989		339							OLE · PONY
1951	27	OLE	D	113	467	467		175	37	10	15						.375	.375	.593	.968		277							OLE · PONY
1952	28	CIN-min	B	124	479	479		153	34	6	5						.319	.319	.447	.766		214							BUR · IIIL
1953	29	CIN-min	AA	143	615	566	86	176	24	11	14	83	25	5	36	41	.311	.353	.466	.820		264		1	12				TUL · TL
1954	30	CIN	NL	94	314	286	39	68	7	3	2	25	7	3	17	27	.238	.277	.304	.582	51	87	3	1	4	6		5/3
1955	31	CIN	NL	96	233	198	31	50	6	3	5	28	9	9	26	24	.253	.345	.389	.734	91	77	2	3	3	2	0	57/38
1956	32	STL-min	AAA	58	257	242	50	87	17	6	10	49	4		12	31	.360	.385	.603	.989		146	1	0	0	3			OMA · AA
1956	32	TOT	NL	33	21	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.000	.095	.000	.095	-71	0	0	0	0	0	0	/98375
1956	32	CIN	NL	13	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/9387
1956	32	STL	NL	20	17	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.118	.000	.118	-64	0	0	0	0	0	0	/98735
1957	33	TOT	NL	66	90	89	16	23	2	2	0	6	8	2	1	4	.258	.267	.326	.593	61	29	3	0	0	0	0	7/9538
1957	33	STL	NL	9	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	238	3	0	0	0	0	0	/98
1957	33	PHI	NL	57	87	86	14	22	2	1	0	5	7	2	1	4	.256	.264	.302	.567	54	26	3	0	0	0	0	7/5389
1958	34	LAD-PHI-min	AAA	74	289	269	30	67	6	4	0	20	5		12	33	.249	.283	.301	.584		81		2	3	3	0		STP,MIA · AA,IL
1959	35	PIT-DET-min	AAA	138	556	514	73	154	25	10	11	101	9	0	25	55	.300	.330	.451	.781		232		2	7	8	0		SLC,CHL · PCL,AA
1960	36	PIT-min	AAA	136	436	415	57	119	15	7	4	35	10	4	21	41	.287	.321	.386	.707		160							SLC · PCL
1961	37	OAK-min	AAA	7	23	23		4	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348		4							HAW · PCL
4 Yrs				289	658	592	90	141	15	8	7	59	25	14	46	57	.238	.294	.326	.620	62	193	8	4	7	8	0
162 Game Avg.				162	369	332	50	79	8	4	4	33	14	8	26	32	.238	.294	.326	.620	62	108	4	2	4	4

CIN (3 yrs)				203	551	488	72	118	13	6	7	53	17	12	43	51	.242	.304	.336	.640	66	164	5	4	7	8	0
STL (2 yrs)				29	20	18	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	.056	.150	.167	.317	-15	3	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				57	87	86	14	22	2	1	0	5	7	2	1	4	.256	.264	.302	.567	54	26	3	0	0	0	0

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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	30	CIN	NL	94	314	-21	1	2	2	0	-17	-1.8	10	-6	-0.8	.481	.489	-0.8	0.1	-8	$	5/3
1955	31	CIN	NL	96	233	1	-4	1	1	-2	-2	-0.3	8	6	0.5	.498	.499	0.4	-0.2	5	$	57/38
1956	32	CIN	NL	13	4	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/9387
1956	32	STL	NL	20	17	-3	0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.479	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/98735
1957	33	STL	NL	9	3	0	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/98
1957	33	PHI	NL	57	87	-4	0	-0	2	-1	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.2	.492	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	7/5389
4 Seasons				289	658	-28	-2	2	4	-4	-27	-3.0	22	-5	-0.9	.490	.497	-1.0	-0.2	-9	$

CIN (3 yrs)				203	551	-21	-3	2	3	-2	-20	-2.2	19	-2	-0.4	.490	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$
STL (2 yrs)				29	20	-3	1	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.489	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$
PHI (1 yr)				57	87	-4	0	-0	2	-1	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.2	.492	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$

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	PwrSpd
1954	30	CIN	NL	314	234	25	2.9	111	.251	.238	.277	.277	.348	.304	.428	.582	.776	51	.281	-21.4	-2.1	.487	.140	.066	3.1
1955	31	CIN	NL	233	164	27	4.4	110	.263	.253	.271	.345	.343	.389	.430	.734	.773	91	.472	-2.4	-0.2	.667	.268	.136	6.4
1956	32	TOT	NL	21	19	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.264	.095	.331	.000	.417	.095	.749	-71	.000	-4.7	-0.5	.158	.158	.000	.0
1956	32	CIN	NL	4	4	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.270	.000	.338	.000	.426	.000	.764	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.250	.250	.000	.0
1956	32	STL	NL	17	15	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.263	.118	.330	.000	.415	.118	.745	-64	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.133	.133	.000
1957	33	TOT	NL	90	71	7	2.7	101	.271	.258	.265	.267	.328	.326	.411	.593	.739	61	.268	-5.4	-0.5	.507	.146	.067	.0
1957	33	STL	NL	3	2	1	13.6	105	.333	.333	.271	.333	.335	1.000	.419	1.333	.754	238	.877	0.4	0.0	2.000	1.000	.667	.0
1957	33	PHI	NL	87	69	6	2.4	100	.268	.256	.265	.264	.328	.302	.410	.567	.738	54	.225	-5.8	-0.6	.464	.116	.047	.0
4 Yrs				658	488	59	3.2	109	.250	.238	.273	.294	.343	.326	.425	.620	.768	62	.335	-33.8	-3.3	.537	.184	.088	10.9
162 Game Avg.				369	274	33	3.2	109	.250	.238	.273	.294	.343	.326	.425	.620	.768	62	.335	-33.8	-3.3	.537	.184	.088	6

CIN (3 yrs)				551	402	52	3.5	110	.253	.242	.274	.304	.346	.336	.428	.640	.774	66	.360	-24.9	-2.4	.558	.193	.094	9.9
STL (2 yrs)				20	17	1	1.6	103	.063	.056	.264	.150	.330	.167	.416	.317	.746	-15	.128	-3.1	-0.3	.353	.278	.111	.0
PHI (1 yr)				87	69	6	2.4	100	.268	.256	.265	.264	.328	.302	.410	.567	.738	54	.225	-5.8	-0.6	.464	.116	.047	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	30	CIN	NL	314	0.6%	8.6%	5.4%	3.8%	18%	1.59	10.6	143.0	11.4	1.21	84%
1955	31	CIN	NL	233	2.2%	10.3%	11.2%	6.0%	28%	0.92	8.3	39.6	7.1	0.94	73%
1956	32	TOT	NL	21	0.0%	9.5%	9.5%	0.0%		1.00	9.5			0.55	81%
1956	32	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						3.00	100%
1956	32	STL	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	11.8%	0.0%		1.00	7.5			0.30	76%
1957	33	TOT	NL	90	0.0%	4.4%	1.1%	4.4%	17%	4.00	22.3		14.8	1.17	94%
1957	33	STL	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%				3.0	1.00	100%
1957	33	PHI	NL	87	0.0%	4.6%	1.2%	3.5%	14%	4.00	21.5		17.2	1.18	94%
4 Yrs				658	1.1%	8.7%	7.0%	4.6%	21%	1.24	10.4	84.6	10.0	1.08	81%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.7%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.26	7.6	38.8	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	30	CIN	NL	-21.4	-2.1	330	-2.1	4.2	-6.3	1.03	-1.3	-0.8	-14.0	-1.3	0.93	-14.9	1.22	23
1955	31	CIN	NL	-2.4	-0.2	257	1.0	4.6	-3.6	.94	0.7	0.4	5.6	0.5	0.91	4.9	1.13	15
1956	32	TOT	NL	-4.7	-0.5	24	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.96	-0.3	-0.0	-4.5	-0.5	1.07	-4.1	1.41	3
1956	32	CIN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.92	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.09	-0.9		0
1956	32	STL	NL	-3.6	-0.4	18	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	.97	-0.3	0.1	-3.5	-0.4	1.06	-3.2	1.41	3
1957	33	TOT	NL	-5.4	-0.5	101	-0.2	1.5	-1.8	1.05	-0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.92	-3.0	0.67	10
1957	33	STL	NL	0.4	0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.18	0.1	-0.1	1.1	0.1	0.88	0.7	0.24	1
1957	33	PHI	NL	-5.8	-0.6	97	-0.2	1.5	-1.8	1.09	-0.3	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.92	-3.7	0.71	9
4 Yrs				-33.9	-3.3	712	-1.7	10.5	-12.2	1.00	-1.1	-0.5	-13.1	-1.3	0.93	-17.0	1.10	51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	30	CIN	NL	5	44%	136	7	3	70%	7	3	0	1	2	0	3	8	46%	20	17	3	3	1	2	16	3	13
1955	31	CIN	NL	6	35%	125	9	9	50%	8	9	1	0	5	1	7	3	41%	22	18	4	1	1	0	14	3	11
1956	32	TOT	NL	0	200%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1956	32	CIN	NL	0		11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1956	32	STL	NL	0	100%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	33	TOT	NL	2	67%	65	8	2	80%	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	47%	7	3	3	3	2	1	7	3	4
1957	33	STL	NL	0	200%	6	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	33	PHI	NL	2	61%	59	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	44%	6	3	2	3	2	1	7	3	4
4 Yrs				13	45%	353	25	14	64%	24	14	1	1	7	1	12	16	44%	50	39	10	7	4	3	38	9	29

Situational Hitting*

						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
1954	30	CIN	NL	314	35%	68			23	3	0	1	1.22	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	0	6	4	67%	47	3	6%	29	14	48%	158	23	15%	14	11	79%	7	2	29%	0
1955	31	CIN	NL	233	42%	50			15	4	0	1	1.13	5	0	6	1	4	1	4	0	3	3	100%	38	2	5%	17	8	47%	121	23	19%	6	5	83%	7	5	71%	0
1956	32	TOT	NL	21	62%	0			3	0	0	0	1.41	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	16	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1956	32	CIN	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	32	STL	NL	17	76%	0			3	0	0	0	1.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	13	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1957	33	TOT	NL	90	56%	23			10	3	0	1	0.67	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	3	17%	7	1	14%	40	6	15%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
1957	33	STL	NL	3	33%	1			1	0	0	0	0.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	33	PHI	NL	87	56%	22			9	3	0	1	0.71	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	3	17%	7	1	14%	39	5	13%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
4 Yrs				658	41%	141			51	10	0	3	1.10	7	0	16	2	5	2	5	0	9	7	78%	105	8	8%	55	23	42%	335	52	16%	23	18	78%	19	10	53%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1954	30	94	314	286	39	68	7	3	2	25	7	3	17	27	.238	.277	.304	.582	51	87	3	1	4	6
1955	31	190	547	484	70	118	13	6	7	53	16	12	43	51	.244	.306	.339	.645	68	164	5	4	7	8	0
1956	32	223	568	503	74	118	13	6	7	53	17	12	45	53	.235	.298	.326	.624	62	164	5	4	7	8	0
1957	33	289	658	592	90	141	15	8	7	59	25	14	46	57	.238	.294	.326	.620	62	193	8	4	7	8	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	30	99	326	298	39	69	7	3	2	25	7	17	28	.232	.270	.295	.565	24	94
1955	31	101	240	206	30	50	6	3	5	27	9	26	25	.243	.333	.374	.707	25	96
1956	32	34	22	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	33
1957	33	69	95	94	17	25	2	2	0	6	9	1	4	.266	.274	.330	.603	8	66
4 Yrs		303	683	618	90	144	15	8	7	58	26	46	59	.233	.287	.317	.604	57	289
162 Game Avg.		162	365	330	48	77	8	4	4	31	14	25	32	.233	.287	.317	.604	30	289

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Stolen Bases s c a p y 1955 NL 9 (10th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1955 NL 9 (6th)	SB % s c a p y 1955 NL 50.00 (8th)

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1955 NL 9 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 NL 9 (6th)

SB % s c a p y
1955 NL 50.00 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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