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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

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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
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 59 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 O
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 *O
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 O
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 *O 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 O
1927 35 NYG NL 145 593 483 85 160 19 6 16 87 7 84 27 .331 .435 .495 .930 150 239 5 21 *O
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 *O
11 Seasons 1073 3927 3398 505 1030 158 43 91 528 58 34 389 208 .303 .380 .455 .836 119 1547 35 105
162 Game Avg. 162 593 513 76 156 24 6 14 80 9 59 31 .303 .380 .455 .836 119 234 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1916 24 DET AL 62 -5 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ O
1917 25 DET AL 136 -6 -1 0 0 0 -2 5 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.5 -0.1 $ O
1918 26 DET AL 258 -6 -1 0 0 0 -3 9 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ O
1922 30 CIN NL 482 15 -1 0 0 4 -5 14 27 2.7 23 2.3 0.4 $ *O
1923 31 CIN NL 139 -3 -1 0 0 -1 -1 4 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ O
1924 32 CIN NL 90 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O78
1924 32 PHI NL 463 8 -2 0 0 3 -5 13 17 1.7 14 1.5 0.2 $ *O9/8
1925 33 PHI NL 542 21 -1 0 0 0 -5 16 31 3.0 31 3.0 0.0 $ *O MVP-18
1926 34 PHI NL 216 6 1 0 0 -2 -3 6 8 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $ O
1927 35 NYG NL 593 38 -2 0 0 4 -6 17 51 5.2 47 4.8 0.4 $ *O
1928 36 NYG NL 71 -1 0 0 0 2 -1 2 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ O9
1928 36 STL NL 337 20 -2 0 0 -1 -4 10 23 2.3 24 2.4 -0.1 $ O9
1929 37 BSN NL 538 5 -2 0 0 3 -6 16 16 1.6 13 1.3 0.3 $ *O
11 Seasons 3927 92 -13 0 0 10 -43 117 163 15.9 153 15.3 0.6 $
PHI (3 yrs) 1221 35 -2 0 0 1 -13 35 56 5.6 55 5.5 0.1 $
CIN (3 yrs) 711 12 -3 0 0 3 -7 21 26 2.6 23 2.3 0.3 $
DET (3 yrs) 456 -17 -2 0 0 -2 -6 16 -11 -1.6 -9 -1.0 -0.6 $
NYG (2 yrs) 664 37 -2 0 0 6 -7 19 53 5.4 47 4.8 0.6 $
BSN (1 yr) 538 5 -2 0 0 3 -6 16 16 1.6 13 1.3 0.3 $
STL (1 yr) 337 20 -2 0 0 -1 -4 10 23 2.3 24 2.4 -0.1 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1916 DET AL 24 OF 14 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.07 .963 2.12 2-4-8
1917 DET AL 25 OF 31 51 48 2 1 0 .980 1.61 .967 2.22 0-3-28
1918 DET AL 26 OF 64 136 125 5 6 2 .956 2.03 .962 2.26 0-1-63
1922 CIN NL 30 OF 109 246 220 15 11 2 .955 2.16 .962 2.40
1922 CIN NL 30 RF 103 102 98 231 206 14 11 2 .952 2.14 .955 2.18
1922 CIN NL 30 CF 5 4 4 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.80 .970 2.82
1922 CIN NL 30 LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.20
1923 CIN NL 31 OF 29 61 56 3 2 0 .967 2.03 .964 2.44
1923 CIN NL 31 CF 17 12 11 39 35 2 2 0 .949 2.18 .968 2.89
1923 CIN NL 31 LF 9 8 8 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.89 .966 2.26
1923 CIN NL 31 RF 3 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .958 2.17
1924 TOT NL 32 OF 131 124 110 290 270 16 4 4 .986 2.18 .965 2.39
1924 TOT NL 32 CF 13 10 10 38 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.92 .965 2.85
1924 CIN NL 32 OF 22 18 17 56 51 3 2 0 .964 2.45 .965 2.39
1924 CIN NL 32 LF 12 10 9 26 22 2 2 0 .923 2.00 .964 2.26
1924 CIN NL 32 CF 10 8 8 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .965 2.85
1924 PHI NL 32 OF 109 106 93 234 219 13 2 4 .991 2.13 .965 2.39
1924 PHI NL 32 RF 107 104 91 227 211 14 2 4 .991 2.10 .966 2.06
1924 PHI NL 32 CF 3 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 .965 2.87
1925 PHI NL 33 OF 126 345 319 16 10 5 .971 2.66 .967 2.48 MVP-18
1925 PHI NL 33 CF 63 60 53 196 180 9 7 1 .964 3.00 .967 2.92 MVP-18
1925 PHI NL 33 LF 36 32 30 80 75 3 2 1 .975 2.17 .967 2.26 MVP-18
1925 PHI NL 33 RF 33 31 24 69 64 4 1 3 .986 2.06 .967 2.27 MVP-18
1926 PHI NL 34 OF 55 120 111 2 7 1 .942 2.05 .965 2.42
1926 PHI NL 34 LF 44 36 30 90 81 2 7 1 .922 1.89 .961 2.21
1926 PHI NL 34 CF 8 7 1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .965 2.85
1926 PHI NL 34 RF 8 7 5 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .968 2.21
1927 NYG NL 35 OF 142 320 299 13 8 5 .975 2.20 .970 2.49
1927 NYG NL 35 RF 142 141 136 320 299 13 8 5 .975 2.20 .968 2.26
1928 TOT NL 36 OF 102 92 83 217 196 17 4 3 .982 2.09 .972 2.47
1928 TOT NL 36 RF 102 92 83 217 196 17 4 3 .982 2.09 .968 2.26
1928 NYG NL 36 OF 18 16 14 46 40 4 2 1 .957 2.44 .972 2.47
1928 NYG NL 36 RF 18 16 14 46 40 4 2 1 .957 2.44 .968 2.26
1928 STL NL 36 OF 84 76 69 171 156 13 2 2 .988 2.01 .972 2.47
1928 STL NL 36 RF 84 76 69 171 156 13 2 2 .988 2.01 .968 2.26
1929 BSN NL 37 OF 130 281 266 7 8 2 .972 2.10 .973 2.47
1929 BSN NL 37 LF 118 114 105 251 241 4 6 0 .976 2.08 .971 2.10
1929 BSN NL 37 RF 11 10 10 30 25 3 2 2 .933 2.55 .971 2.37
1929 BSN NL 37 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
11 Seasons OF 933 216 193 2083 1925 96 62 24 .970 2.17 .967 2.42 222-115-608
8 Seasons (incomplete) RF 509 488 448 1117 1024 65 28 19 .975 2.14 .965 2.20
6 Seasons (incomplete) LF 220 200 182 465 436 12 17 2 .963 2.04 .968 2.16
6 Seasons (incomplete) CF 107 93 79 299 277 13 9 1 .970 2.71 .967 2.90
11 Seasons TOT 933 216 193 2083 1925 96 62 24 .970 2.17 .967 2.42 222-115-608
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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 (8th)

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

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 NL  4.8 (6th)

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 (162nd)

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 (219th)

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  132 (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  23 (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)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  65 (91st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1924 NL  16 (5th)
1928 NL  17 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 NL  .976 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 NL  2.14 (3rd)
1924 NL  2.10 (3rd)
1927 NL  2.20 (4th)
1928 NL  2.09 (5th)
Career  2.14 (21st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 NL  .952 (3rd)
1924 NL  .991 (1st)
1927 NL  .975 (3rd)
1928 NL  .982 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1924 NL  .986 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 38 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (893), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (603), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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