Chuck Harmon
Charles Byron Harmon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 23, 1924 in Washington, IN
High School: Washington (Washington, IN)
School: University of Toledo
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Final Game: September 15, 1957
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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
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 96 232 198 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 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
4 Seasons 289 657 592 90 141 15 8 7 59 25 14 46 57 .238 .294 .326 .620 62 193 8 4 7 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 368 332 50 79 8 4 4 33 14 8 26 32 .238 .294 .326 .620 62 108 4 2 4 4
CIN (3 yrs) 203 550 488 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

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
1954 30 CIN NL 314 234 25 2.9 111 .251 .238 .276 .277 .348 .304 .427 .582 .775 51 .281 -21.4 -2.1 .487 .140 .066 3.1
1955 31 CIN NL 232 164 27 4.4 110 .263 .253 .271 .345 .343 .389 .429 .734 .772 91 .472 -2.4 -0.2 .667 .268 .136 6.4
1956 32 TOT NL 21 19 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .265 .095 .332 .000 .419 .095 .751 -71 .000 -4.7 -0.5 .158 .158 .000 .0
1956 32 CIN NL 4 4 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .271 .000 .339 .000 .428 .000 .766 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 .0
1956 32 STL NL 17 15 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .264 .118 .331 .000 .417 .118 .748 -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 Seasons 657 488 59 3.2 109 .250 .238 .273 .294 .343 .326 .425 .620 .768 62 .335 -33.9 -3.3 .537 .184 .088 10.9
162 Game Avg. 368 274 33 3.2 109 .250 .238 .273 .294 .343 .326 .425 .620 .768 62 .335 -33.9 -3.3 .537 .184 .088 6
CIN (3 yrs) 550 402 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 .265 .150 .331 .167 .417 .317 .749 -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*

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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
1954 30 CIN NL 314 0.6% 8.6% 5.4% 3.8% 18% 1.59 10.6 143.0 11.4 1.20 84%
1955 31 CIN NL 232 2.2% 10.3% 11.2% 6.0% 28% 0.92 8.3 39.6 7.1 0.91 74%
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 Seasons 657 1.1% 8.7% 7.0% 4.6% 21% 1.24 10.4 84.6 10.0 1.06 82%
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
1954 30 CIN NL 5 0 44% 136 7 3 70% 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 8 46% 20 17 3 3 1 2 16 3 13
1955 31 CIN NL 6 0 35% 125 9 9 50% 8 9 1 0 0 0 5 1 7 3 41% 22 18 4 1 1 0 14 3 11
1956 32 TOT NL 0 0 200% 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 32 CIN NL 0 0 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 32 STL NL 0 0 100% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 33 TOT NL 2 0 67% 65 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 47% 7 3 3 3 2 1 7 3 4
1957 33 STL NL 0 0 200% 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 33 PHI NL 2 0 61% 59 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 44% 6 3 2 3 2 1 7 3 4
4 Seasons 13 0 45% 353 25 14 64% 24 14 1 1 0 0 7 1 12 16 44% 50 39 10 7 4 3 38 9 29
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
1954 30 CIN NL 313 35% 68 22 3 0 1 1.22 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 6 4 67% 46 3 7% 28 14 50% 157 23 15% 14 11 79% 12 5 42% 1
1955 31 CIN NL 231 42% 50 15 4 0 1 1.13 5 0 5 1 4 1 4 0 3 3 100% 37 2 5% 16 7 44% 117 22 19% 5 4 80% 10 5 50% 2
1956 32 TOT NL 21 62% 0 3 0 0 0 1.43 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 16 0 0% 0 0 4 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 1.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 13 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 0
1957 33 TOT NL 90 56% 23 10 3 0 1 0.73 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 17% 7 1 14% 40 6 15% 3 2 67% 5 3 60% 0
1957 33 STL NL 3 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0.29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1957 33 PHI NL 87 56% 22 9 3 0 1 0.78 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 17% 7 1 14% 39 5 13% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
4 Seasons 655 41% 141 50 10 0 3 1.11 7 0 15 2 5 2 5 0 9 7 78% 103 8 8% 53 22 42% 330 51 15% 22 17 77% 31 13 42% 3
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
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 31 190 546 484 70 118 13 6 7 53 16 12 43 51 .244 .306 .339 .645 68 164 5 4 7 8 0
1956 32 223 567 503 74 118 13 6 7 53 17 12 45 53 .235 .298 .326 .624 63 164 5 4 7 8 0
1957 33 289 657 592 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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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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 30 99 322 298 38 69 7 3 2 25 7 17 28 .232 .270 .295 .565 24 94
1955 31 101 239 207 30 51 6 3 5 27 9 27 25 .246 .339 .377 .716 26 96
1956 32 34 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 33
1957 33 69 95 94 18 25 2 2 0 7 9 1 4 .266 .274 .330 .603 8 66
4 Seasons 303 678 619 86 145 15 8 7 59 26 47 59 .234 .289 .318 .607 58 289
162 Game Avg. 162 362 331 46 78 8 4 4 32 14 25 32 .234 .289 .318 .607 31 289

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 NL--9--10th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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