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George Harper

George Washington Harper

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: June 24, 1892 in Arlington, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1916
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Giants/Tigers/Braves/... 1916-1929

Final Game: September 28, 1929
Died: August 18, 1978 in Magnolia, AR
Buried: New Hope Cemetery, Magnolia, AR
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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
1916 24 DET AL 44 62 56 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 .161 .230 .179 .408 21 10 0 1 O
1917 25 DET AL 47 136 117 6 24 3 0 0 12 2 11 15 .205 .290 .231 .521 60 27 3 5 O
1918 26 DET AL 69 258 227 19 55 5 2 0 16 3 18 14 .242 .301 .282 .583 79 64 1 12 O9/8
1922 30 CIN NL 128 482 430 67 146 22 8 2 68 11 10 35 22 .340 .397 .442 .839 118 190 6 11 *O9/87
1923 31 CIN NL 61 139 125 14 32 4 2 3 16 0 2 11 9 .256 .316 .392 .708 87 49 0 3 O8/79
1924 32 TOT NL 137 553 485 75 141 29 6 16 58 11 14 51 28 .291 .366 .474 .841 115 230 7 10 *O987
1924 32 CIN NL 28 90 74 7 20 3 0 0 3 1 3 13 5 .270 .393 .311 .704 92 23 2 1 O78
1924 32 PHI NL 109 463 411 68 121 26 6 16 55 10 11 38 23 .294 .361 .504 .865 119 207 5 9 *O9/8
1925 33 PHI NL 132 542 495 86 173 35 7 18 97 10 8 28 32 .349 .391 .558 .949 132 276 6 13 *O879 MVP-18
1926 34 PHI NL 56 216 194 32 61 6 5 7 38 6 16 7 .314 .367 .505 .872 125 98 0 6 O7/89
1927 35 NYG NL 145 593 483 85 160 19 6 16 87 7 84 27 .331 .435 .495 .930 149 239 5 21 *O9
1928 36 TOT NL 118 408 329 52 96 9 2 19 65 3 61 19 .292 .407 .505 .912 135 166 3 15 O9
1928 36 NYG NL 19 71 57 11 13 1 0 2 7 1 10 4 .228 .353 .351 .704 84 20 1 3 O9
1928 36 STL NL 99 337 272 41 83 8 2 17 58 2 51 15 .305 .418 .537 .955 145 146 2 12 O9
1929 37 BSN NL 136 538 457 65 133 25 5 10 68 5 69 27 .291 .389 .433 .822 108 198 4 8 *O79/8
11 Yrs 1073 3927 3398 505 1030 158 43 91 528 58 34 389 208 .303 .380 .455 .836 118 1547 35 105
162 Game Avg. 162 593 513 76 156 24 6 14 80 9 59 31 .303 .380 .455 .836 118 234 5 16
PHI (3 yrs) 297 1221 1100 186 355 67 18 41 190 26 19 82 62 .323 .376 .528 .904 126 581 11 28
CIN (3 yrs) 217 711 629 88 198 29 10 5 87 12 15 59 36 .315 .381 .417 .797 109 262 8 15
DET (3 yrs) 160 456 400 29 88 9 2 0 31 5 0 34 37 .220 .288 .253 .540 65 101 4 18
NYG (2 yrs) 164 664 540 96 173 20 6 18 94 8 94 31 .320 .427 .480 .906 142 259 6 24
BSN (1 yr) 136 538 457 65 133 25 5 10 68 5 69 27 .291 .389 .433 .822 108 198 4 8
STL (1 yr) 99 337 272 41 83 8 2 17 58 2 51 15 .305 .418 .537 .955 145 146 2 12
NL (8 yrs) 913 3471 2998 476 942 149 41 91 497 53 34 355 171 .314 .392 .482 .875 124 1446 31 87
AL (3 yrs) 160 456 400 29 88 9 2 0 31 5 0 34 37 .220 .288 .253 .540 65 101 4 18

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 Awards
1916 24 DET AL 44 62 -5 0 0 -2 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -5 -0.7 .479 .494 -0.5 -0.3 -3 $ O
1917 25 DET AL 47 136 -5 -0 0 0 -2 -7 -0.8 5 -2 -0.4 .482 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -2 $ O
1918 26 DET AL 69 258 -5 -0 0 0 -3 -8 -1.0 9 0 -0.1 .485 .494 -0.1 -0.4 0 $ O9/8
1922 30 CIN NL 128 482 13 -1 0 4 -5 11 1.1 14 25 2.5 .508 .507 2.1 -0.1 21 $ *O9/87
1923 31 CIN NL 61 139 -2 -1 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .492 .497 0.0 -0.2 0 $ O8/79
1924 32 CIN NL 28 90 0 -1 0 0 -1 -1 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .495 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ O78
1924 32 PHI NL 109 463 11 -1 0 3 -5 8 0.7 14 21 2.1 .507 .505 1.8 -0.3 18 $ *O9/8
1925 33 PHI NL 132 542 24 -0 0 0 -5 18 1.6 16 34 3.2 .513 .511 3.3 -0.5 34 $ *O879 MVP-18
1926 34 PHI NL 56 216 7 0 0 -2 -3 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .504 .501 1.0 -0.5 10 $ O7/89
1927 35 NYG NL 145 593 38 -1 0 4 -7 35 3.5 17 52 5.2 .524 .522 4.8 -0.3 48 $ *O9
1928 36 NYG NL 19 71 -1 -0 0 2 -1 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ O9
1928 36 STL NL 99 337 20 -0 0 -1 -4 15 1.5 10 25 2.4 .515 .509 2.6 -0.5 26 $ O9
1929 37 BSN NL 136 538 9 -0 0 3 -6 6 0.5 15 21 2.0 .504 .503 1.8 -0.3 18 $ *O79/8
11 Seasons 1073 3927 105 -5 0 10 -42 67 5.7 115 182 17.2 .506 .503 16.5 -3.4 172 $
PHI (3 yrs) 297 1221 42 -2 0 1 -13 28 2.5 35 63 6.1 .509 .506 6.1 -1.2 62 $
CIN (3 yrs) 217 711 11 -2 0 3 -7 5 0.5 20 25 2.5 .502 .501 2.2 -0.3 22 $
DET (3 yrs) 160 456 -15 -0 0 -2 -5 -22 -2.8 15 -7 -1.2 .483 .494 -1.0 -0.9 -5 $
NYG (2 yrs) 164 664 38 -1 0 6 -7 35 3.5 19 54 5.4 .522 .511 4.8 -0.2 48 $
BSN (1 yr) 136 538 9 -0 0 3 -6 6 0.5 15 21 2.0 .504 .503 1.8 -0.3 18 $
STL (1 yr) 99 337 20 -0 0 -1 -4 15 1.5 10 25 2.4 .515 .509 2.6 -0.5 26 $

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
1916 24 DET AL 62 48 2 1.1 85 .188 .161 .260 .230 .335 .179 .340 .408 .674 21 .110 -5.5 -0.6 .319 .107 .018
1917 25 DET AL 136 98 7 1.9 79 .235 .205 .254 .290 .325 .231 .328 .521 .653 60 .263 -5.2 -0.6 .462 .137 .026 .0
1918 26 DET AL 258 184 19 2.8 78 .258 .242 .255 .301 .325 .282 .325 .583 .649 79 .401 -5.8 -0.7 .500 .132 .040 .0
1922 30 CIN NL 482 305 72 6.3 110 .355 .340 .299 .397 .356 .442 .415 .839 .772 118 .611 12.7 1.2 .789 .186 .102 3.4
1923 31 CIN NL 139 98 15 4.1 105 .257 .256 .291 .316 .349 .392 .405 .708 .754 87 .434 -2.6 -0.3 .611 .208 .136 .0
1924 32 TOT NL 553 368 78 5.7 112 .283 .291 .302 .366 .358 .474 .421 .841 .779 115 .600 11.0 1.1 .796 .282 .184 13.0
1924 32 CIN NL 90 58 8 3.7 103 .290 .270 .289 .393 .344 .311 .402 .704 .746 92 .406 0.3 0.0 .632 .189 .041 .0
1924 32 PHI NL 463 310 70 6.1 114 .282 .294 .304 .361 .361 .504 .424 .865 .785 119 .627 10.7 1.1 .827 .299 .209 12.3
1925 33 PHI NL 542 343 104 8.1 121 .348 .349 .310 .391 .369 .558 .443 .949 .812 132 .699 23.0 2.1 .945 .269 .208 12.9
1926 34 PHI NL 216 139 36 6.9 110 .300 .314 .297 .367 .358 .505 .411 .872 .769 125 .684 5.9 0.6 .902 .304 .191 6.5
1927 35 NYG NL 593 344 103 8.0 104 .327 .331 .290 .435 .349 .495 .400 .930 .749 149 .736 37.8 3.7 1.037 .352 .164 9.7
1928 36 TOT NL 408 248 68 7.4 111 .265 .292 .293 .407 .358 .505 .417 .912 .776 135 .685 18.2 1.7 1.000 .407 .213 5.2
1928 36 NYG NL 71 47 7 4.0 109 .216 .228 .290 .353 .355 .351 .413 .704 .768 84 .416 -1.0 -0.1 .727 .316 .123 1.3
1928 36 STL NL 337 201 61 8.2 112 .275 .305 .294 .418 .359 .537 .418 .955 .777 145 .724 19.2 1.8 1.063 .426 .232 3.6
1929 37 BSN NL 538 332 76 6.1 116 .293 .291 .298 .389 .361 .433 .434 .822 .795 108 .549 8.6 0.8 .852 .304 .142 6.7
11 Yrs 3927 2507 580 6.2 108 .303 .303 .293 .380 .354 .455 .410 .836 .764 118 .623 98.0 9.0 .831 .274 .152 70.8
162 Game Avg. 593 379 88 6.2 108 .303 .303 .293 .380 .354 .455 .410 .836 .764 118 .623 15 1 .831 .274 .152 11
PHI (3 yrs) 1221 792 210 7.1 116 .315 .323 .306 .376 .364 .528 .430 .904 .794 126 .672 39.5 3.8 .891 .286 .205 31.8
CIN (3 yrs) 711 461 95 5.5 108 .328 .315 .296 .381 .353 .417 .412 .797 .765 109 .559 10.3 1.0 .731 .191 .102 7.1
DET (3 yrs) 456 330 28 2.3 79 .242 .220 .255 .288 .326 .253 .328 .540 .654 65 .321 -16.5 -1.9 .462 .130 .033 .0
NYG (2 yrs) 664 391 110 7.5 105 .316 .320 .290 .427 .349 .480 .401 .906 .751 142 .711 36.8 3.6 1.000 .348 .159 11.1
BSN (1 yr) 538 332 76 6.1 116 .293 .291 .298 .389 .361 .433 .434 .822 .795 108 .549 8.6 0.8 .852 .304 .142 6.7
STL (1 yr) 337 201 61 8.2 112 .275 .305 .294 .418 .359 .537 .418 .955 .777 145 .723 19.2 1.8 1.063 .426 .232 3.6
NL (8 yrs) 3471 2177 552 6.8 112 .311 .314 .299 .392 .358 .482 .421 .875 .779 124 .646 114.4 10.9 .886 .293 .168 67.0
AL (3 yrs) 456 330 28 2.3 79 .242 .220 .255 .288 .326 .253 .328 .540 .654 65 .321 -16.5 -1.9 .462 .130 .033 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1928 36 STL NL WS NYY L 3 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1918 26 DET AL 258 0.0% 5.4% 7.0% 2.7% 13% 0.78 16.2 14.2 83%
1922 30 CIN NL 482 0.4% 4.6% 7.3% 6.6% 22% 0.63 19.5 215.0 6.3 84%
1923 31 CIN NL 139 2.2% 6.5% 7.9% 6.5% 28% 0.82 13.9 41.7 7.8 81%
1924 32 TOT NL 553 2.9% 5.1% 9.2% 9.2% 36% 0.55 17.3 30.3 8.4 80%
1924 32 CIN NL 90 0.0% 5.6% 14.4% 3.3% 15% 0.38 14.8 24.7 77%
1924 32 PHI NL 463 3.5% 5.0% 8.2% 10.4% 40% 0.61 17.9 25.7 7.5 80%
1925 33 PHI NL 542 3.3% 5.9% 5.2% 11.1% 35% 1.14 15.5 27.5 5.1 82%
1926 34 PHI NL 216 3.2% 3.2% 7.4% 8.3% 30% 0.44 27.7 27.7 5.1 83%
1927 35 NYG NL 593 2.7% 4.6% 14.2% 6.9% 26% 0.32 17.9 30.2 5.6 74%
1928 36 TOT NL 408 4.7% 4.7% 15.0% 7.4% 31% 0.31 17.3 17.3 5.1 71%
1928 36 NYG NL 71 2.8% 5.6% 14.1% 4.2% 23% 0.40 14.3 28.5 8.1 72%
1928 36 STL NL 337 5.0% 4.5% 15.1% 8.0% 33% 0.29 18.1 16.0 4.7 71%
1929 37 BSN NL 538 1.9% 5.0% 12.8% 7.4% 30% 0.39 16.9 45.7 6.7 78%
11 Yrs 3729 2.4% 5.6% 10.4% 7.8% 28% 0.53 16.3 37.3 6.4 83%
MLB Averages 1.0% 9.0% 9.0% 7.1% 25% 1.00 11.5 102.2 8.5 93%

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
1916 24 44 62 56 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 .161 .230 .179 .408 21 10 0 1
1917 25 91 198 173 10 33 4 0 0 15 2 0 16 23 .191 .271 .214 .485 47 37 3 6
1918 26 160 456 400 29 88 9 2 0 31 5 0 34 37 .220 .288 .253 .540 65 101 4 18
1919 27 160 456 400 29 88 9 2 0 31 5 0 34 37 .220 .288 .253 .540 65 101 4 18
1920 28 160 456 400 29 88 9 2 0 31 5 0 34 37 .220 .288 .253 .540 65 101 4 18
1921 29 160 456 400 29 88 9 2 0 31 5 0 34 37 .220 .288 .253 .540 65 101 4 18
1922 30 288 938 830 96 234 31 10 2 99 16 10 69 59 .282 .344 .351 .695 95 291 10 29
1923 31 349 1077 955 110 266 35 12 5 115 16 12 80 68 .279 .341 .356 .697 94 340 10 32
1924 32 486 1630 1440 185 407 64 18 21 173 27 26 131 96 .283 .349 .396 .745 101 570 17 42
1925 33 618 2172 1935 271 580 99 25 39 270 37 34 159 128 .300 .360 .437 .797 110 846 23 55
1926 34 674 2388 2129 303 641 105 30 46 308 43 34 175 135 .301 .361 .443 .804 111 944 23 61
1927 35 819 2981 2612 388 801 124 36 62 395 50 34 259 162 .307 .375 .453 .828 118 1183 28 82
1928 36 937 3389 2941 440 897 133 38 81 460 53 34 320 181 .305 .379 .459 .838 120 1349 31 97
1929 37 1073 3927 3398 505 1030 158 43 91 528 58 34 389 208 .303 .380 .455 .836 118 1547 35 105

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1916 24 46 67 60 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 6 8 .183 .258 .200 .458 3 44
1917 25 49 147 125 8 28 4 0 0 15 2 13 16 .224 .317 .256 .573 9 47
1918 26 88 341 299 31 80 7 3 0 26 4 26 18 .268 .328 .311 .639 31 69
1922 30 134 493 441 63 144 22 8 2 64 11 35 23 .327 .384 .426 .810 70 128
1923 31 64 144 130 13 32 4 2 3 15 0 11 9 .246 .305 .377 .682 15 61
1924 32 144 568 500 70 138 28 6 16 54 11 50 29 .276 .350 .452 .802 77 137
1925 33 140 548 502 74 161 33 7 17 83 9 26 34 .321 .361 .516 .877 91 132
1926 34 59 219 198 30 59 6 5 7 35 6 15 7 .298 .347 .485 .832 33 56
1927 35 153 617 504 86 164 19 6 16 88 7 86 28 .325 .429 .482 .911 104 145
1928 36 124 421 341 50 96 9 2 19 63 3 61 20 .282 .395 .487 .882 65 118
1929 37 143 547 469 59 128 24 5 10 62 5 66 28 .273 .367 .409 .777 69 136
11 Yrs 1144 4112 3569 489 1041 157 44 90 509 58 395 220 .292 .368 .436 .804 567 1073
162 Game Avg. 162 582 505 69 147 22 6 13 72 8 56 31 .292 .368 .436 .804 80 1073

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 NL (18, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1927 NL  5.2 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1927 NL  5.2 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 NL  4.8 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1922 NL  .340 (7th)
1925 NL  .349 (6th)
1927 NL  .331 (7th)
Career  .303 (171st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1922 NL  .397 (10th)
1927 NL  .435 (3rd)
1928 NL  .407 (4th)
Career  .380 (163rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1925 NL  .558 (5th)
1927 NL  .495 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1925 NL  .949 (7th)
1927 NL  .930 (5th)
1928 NL  .912 (9th)
Career  .836 (218th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1925 NL  276 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1925 NL  35 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 NL  16 (5th)
1925 NL  18 (7th)
1927 NL  16 (7th)
1928 NL  19 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 NL  84 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1925 NL  131 (9th)
1927 NL  150 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1925 NL  104 (7th)
1927 NL  103 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1925 NL  22 (10th)
1927 NL  39 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1925 NL  2.1 (10th)
1927 NL  3.8 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1925 NL  60 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1927 NL  249 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1925 NL  .699 (8th)
1927 NL  .736 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1922 NL  6 (7th)
1924 NL  7 (5th)
1925 NL  6 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1924 NL  14 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1924 NL  13.0 (4th)
1925 NL  12.9 (3rd)
1927 NL  9.7 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Career  16.3 (228th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1924 NL  30.3 (6th)
1925 NL  27.5 (6th)
1927 NL  30.2 (8th)
1928 NL  17.3 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 38 (651), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (891), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (601), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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