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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 CIN NL 30 3B 67 61 59 549.1 207 70 129 8 19 .961 1 2 3.26 2.97 .952 3.17 3.15
1954 CIN NL 30 1B 3 2 2 20.0 19 16 3 0 3 1.000 0 24 8.55 6.33 .991 9.81 9.73
1955 CIN NL 31 3B 39 27 22 247.0 92 38 48 6 3 .935 -2 -12 3.13 2.21 .951 3.13 3.10
1955 CIN NL 31 LF 32 23 18 216.2 68 66 2 0 1 1.000 4 21 2.82 2.13 .972 2.05 2.03
1955 CIN NL 31 OF 32 23 18 221.2 78 76 2 0 1 1.000 4 21 3.17 2.44 .977 2.30 2.28
1955 CIN NL 31 1B 4 0 0 12.0 12 12 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -30 9.00 3.00 .991 9.82 9.70
1955 CIN NL 31 CF 2 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 3.60 1.00 .980 2.52 2.60
1956 TOT NL 32 OF 17 4 1 59.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.68 0.65 .977 2.29 2.25
1956 TOT NL 32 RF 9 2 1 34.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 18 1.85 0.78 .974 1.99 1.96
1956 TOT NL 32 CF 5 2 0 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.00 0.80 .982 2.75 2.72
1956 TOT NL 32 1B 4 0 0 5.1 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -45 8.44 1.25 .990 9.79 9.70
1956 TOT NL 32 LF 4 0 0 7.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -51 3.86 0.75 .973 2.06 2.02
1956 CIN NL 32 OF 6 0 0 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.00 0.67 .978 2.30 2.25
1956 CIN NL 32 RF 4 0 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.93 0.75 .973 1.99 1.95
1956 CIN NL 32 1B 2 0 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -51 3.86 0.50 .990 9.64 9.70
1956 CIN NL 32 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1956 CIN NL 32 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .970 2.25 2.00
1956 STL NL 32 OF 11 4 1 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.54 0.64 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 STL NL 32 RF 5 2 1 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 1.80 0.80 .975 1.98 1.96
1956 STL NL 32 CF 4 2 0 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 2.25 1.00 .982 2.76 2.72
1956 STL NL 32 LF 3 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -72 3.60 0.67 .975 1.98 2.03
1956 STL NL 32 1B 2 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -40 12.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.70
1956 STL NL 32 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1957 TOT NL 33 OF 33 12 11 143.0 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 4 30 2.58 1.24 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 TOT NL 33 RF 8 1 1 25.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2 101 3.96 1.38 .972 1.98 1.99
1957 TOT NL 33 CF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1957 STL NL 33 OF 8 0 0 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 2.25 0.50 .980 2.31 2.31
1957 STL NL 33 RF 7 0 0 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 2.40 0.57 .972 1.98 1.99
1957 STL NL 33 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1957 PHI NL 33 OF 25 12 11 127.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 3 32 2.62 1.48 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 PHI NL 33 LF 23 11 10 116.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2 18 2.09 1.17 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 PHI NL 33 3B 5 5 5 44.0 14 5 8 1 1 .929 -2 -41 2.66 2.60 .952 2.97 2.98
1957 PHI NL 33 1B 2 1 1 11.0 8 8 0 0 3 1.000 -0 -44 6.55 4.00 .990 9.65 9.75
1957 PHI NL 33 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1957 PHI NL 33 RF 1 1 1 10.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2 216 6.30 7.00 .971 1.98 2.00
4 Seasons 3B 112 93 86 841.1 313 113 185 15 23 .952 -3 -4 3.19 2.66 .952 3.15 3.12
3 Seasons OF 82 39 30 423.2 130 128 2 0 1 1.000 8 21 2.76 1.59 .978 2.30 2.29
3 Seasons LF 59 34 28 339.2 98 95 3 0 1 1.000 5 18 2.60 1.66 .974 2.05 2.04
2 Seasons RF 17 3 2 59.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3 53 2.75 1.06 .973 1.98 1.97
4 Seasons 1B 13 3 3 48.1 44 41 3 0 9 1.000 -1 -12 8.19 3.38 .991 9.78 9.72
3 Seasons CF 9 2 0 25.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 2.16 0.67 .982 2.70 2.71
4 Seasons TOT 207 135 119 1313.1 487 282 190 15 33 .969 4 4 3.23 2.28 .962 3.12 3.21
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1954 CIN NL 30 3B 1 2 0 3 -3 1
1954 CIN NL 30 1B 0 24 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 31 3B -2 -12 -1 -0 -1 -1
1955 CIN NL 31 LF 4 21 5 4 1 -1
1955 CIN NL 31 1B -0 -30 -0 0 -0 0
1955 CIN NL 31 CF 0 24 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 RF 0 9 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 1B -0 -51 -0 0 -0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 CF 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 32 RF 0 24 0 0 -0 0
1956 STL NL 32 CF -0 -15 -0 -0 0 0
1956 STL NL 32 LF -0 -72 -0 -0 -0 0
1956 STL NL 32 1B -0 -40 -0 0 -0
1956 STL NL 32 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 33 RF 0 24 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 33 CF -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1957 PHI NL 33 LF 2 18 1 0 0 1
1957 PHI NL 33 3B -2 -41 -2 -1 -0 0
1957 PHI NL 33 1B -0 -44 -0 -0 0 0
1957 PHI NL 33 CF -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1957 PHI NL 33 RF 2 216 2 0 2 0
4 Seasons 3B -3 -4 -3 2 -4 0
3 Seasons LF 5 18 5 4 1 0
2 Seasons RF 3 53 3 1 2 0
4 Seasons 1B -1 -12 -1 -0 -0 0
3 Seasons CF -0 -14 -0 -0 0 0
4 Seasons TOT 4 4 4 6 -1 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 CIN NL 30 94 63 94 70 0 0 3 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 4
1955 CIN NL 31 96 50 96 72 0 0 4 0 38 0 32 2 0 33 0 17 19
1956 STL NL 32 20 4 20 14 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 5 11 0 3 8
1956 CIN NL 32 13 0 13 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 8
1957 PHI NL 33 57 18 57 32 0 0 2 0 5 0 23 1 1 25 0 9 20
1957 STL NL 33 9 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 0 1 4
4 Seasons 289 135 289 204 0 0 13 0 111 0 59 9 17 83 0 54 63
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CIN NL 30 2402 61% 82% 25% 194 92% 1 70 52 10 8 129 91 34 1 3 8 0 8 0 8 20 14 2 17 3 3 0 2 50%
1955 CIN NL 31 1090 63% 82% 26% 90 86% 0 39 30 5 4 45 37 7 0 3 6 0 6 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 20%
1956 STL NL 32 4 100% 75% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PHI NL 33 193 80% 82% 20% 15 80% 0 5 4 0 1 8 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 3689 62% 82% 25% 299 90% 1 114 86 15 13 182 135 42 1 7 15 0 15 0 15 23 16 3 20 3 3 0 8 38%
MLB Averages 64% 81% 26% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 11 10 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 11 11 0 33 21 63.6% 12 0 0.0% 2 888 65% 84% 33% 104 64%
1956 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 3 1 25.0% 0 29 66% 86% 10% 5 40%
1956 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 50% 75% 25% 3 33%
1957 PHI NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 12 10 83.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 478 50% 80% 32% 47 57%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 15 13 0 9 2 0 5 2 1 6 0 0 14 14 0 49 31 63.3% 17 1 2.0% 2 1403 60% 83% 32% 159 61%
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.4% 64% 81% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 87 63% 72% 31% 8 50%
1956 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 62 69% 79% 35% 9 33%
1957 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 49% 78% 29% 8 50%
1957 PHI NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 39 62% 67% 46% 8 88%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 257 61% 75% 34% 33 55%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.3% 64% 81% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CIN NL 30 85 40% 80% 22% 5 100% 0 16 0 16 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 31 48 71% 83% 25% 2 100% 0 12 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 12 50% 75% 8% 4 100% 0 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 STL NL 32 14 57% 86% 36% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PHI NL 33 45 38% 89% 29% 2 100% 0 8 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons 204 49% 83% 25% 13 100% 0 44 3 41 0 7 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 64% 81% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 75% 81% 31% 2 100%
1956 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 70 59% 81% 26% 9 44%
1956 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44% 56% 11% 0
1957 PHI NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25% 75% 0% 0
1957 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 5 80% 60% 40% 1 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 104 60% 78% 25% 12 50%
MLB Averages 45.6% 2.5% 64% 81% 30% 58%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 NL  4 (4th)

                                         

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