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Harry Harper

Harry Clayton Harper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 24, 1895 in Hackensack, NJ
High School: Hackensack HS (Hackensack, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1913
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Yankees/Robins 1913-1923

Final Game: May 8, 1923
Died: April 23, 1963 in Layton, NJ
Buried: Hainesville Cemetery, Layton, NJ
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1913 18 WSH AL 0 0 3.55 4 0 3 0 0 0 12.2 10 11 5 1 5 9 1 1 2 53 87 1.184 7.1 0.7 3.6 6.4 1.80
1914 19 WSH AL 2 1 .667 3.47 23 3 11 1 0 2 57.0 45 29 22 1 35 50 5 0 3 253 82 1.404 7.1 0.2 5.5 7.9 1.43
1915 20 WSH AL 4 4 .500 1.77 19 10 6 5 2 2 86.1 66 26 17 1 40 54 1 0 5 338 168 1.228 6.9 0.1 4.2 5.6 1.35
1916 21 WSH AL 14 10 .583 2.45 36 34 1 13 2 0 249.2 209 82 68 4 101 149 8 1 9 997 114 1.242 7.5 0.1 3.6 5.4 1.48
1917 22 WSH AL 11 12 .478 3.01 31 31 0 10 4 0 179.1 145 85 60 1 106 99 5 0 10 741 88 1.400 7.3 0.1 5.3 5.0 0.93
1918 23 WSH AL 11 10 .524 2.18 35 32 2 14 3 1 244.0 182 77 59 1 104 78 8 0 13 993 125 1.172 6.7 0.0 3.8 2.9 0.75
1919 24 WSH AL 6 21 .222 3.72 35 31 3 8 0 0 208.0 220 119 86 3 97 87 8 2 9 879 86 1.524 9.5 0.1 4.2 3.8 0.90
1920 25 BOS AL 5 14 .263 3.04 27 22 0 11 1 0 162.2 163 73 55 9 66 71 2 0 9 661 120 1.408 9.0 0.5 3.7 3.9 1.08
1921 26 NYY AL 4 3 .571 3.76 8 7 1 4 0 0 52.2 52 23 22 3 25 22 2 0 4 235 112 1.462 8.9 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.88
1923 28 BRO NL 0 1 .000 14.73 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 6 6 2 3 4 0 0 0 22 29 3.000 19.6 4.9 7.4 9.8 1.33
10 Yrs 57 76 .429 2.87 219 171 27 66 12 5 1256.0 1100 531 400 26 582 623 40 4 64 5172 105 1.339 7.9 0.2 4.2 4.5 1.07
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .429 2.87 38 30 5 12 2 1 219 192 93 70 5 101 109 7 1 11 902 105 1.339 7.9 0.2 4.2 4.5 1.07
WSH (7 yrs) 48 58 .453 2.75 183 141 26 51 11 5 1037.0 877 429 317 12 488 526 36 4 51 4254 104 1.316 7.6 0.1 4.2 4.6 1.08
BOS (1 yr) 5 14 .263 3.04 27 22 0 11 1 0 162.2 163 73 55 9 66 71 2 0 9 661 120 1.408 9.0 0.5 3.7 3.9 1.08
BRO (1 yr) 0 1 .000 14.73 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 6 6 2 3 4 0 0 0 22 29 3.000 19.6 4.9 7.4 9.8 1.33
NYY (1 yr) 4 3 .571 3.76 8 7 1 4 0 0 52.2 52 23 22 3 25 22 2 0 4 235 112 1.462 8.9 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.88
AL (9 yrs) 57 75 .432 2.83 218 170 27 66 12 5 1252.1 1092 525 394 24 579 619 40 4 64 5150 107 1.334 7.8 0.2 4.2 4.4 1.07
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 14.73 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 6 6 2 3 4 0 0 0 22 29 3.000 19.6 4.9 7.4 9.8 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1913 18 WSH AL 12.2 4 0 11 7.82 3.94 0.33 0.00 101.0 3.65 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .357 .496 $
1914 19 WSH AL 57.0 23 3 29 4.58 3.66 0.20 0.00 103.0 3.56 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .470 .496 $
1915 20 WSH AL 86.1 19 10 26 2.71 4.01 0.14 0.00 101.0 3.90 12 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.1 20 .575 .509 $
1916 21 WSH AL 249.2 36 34 82 2.96 3.72 -0.01 0.00 99.0 3.69 21 2.7 1.0 -0.2 4.7 43 .574 .516 $
1917 22 WSH AL 179.1 31 31 85 4.27 3.68 -0.04 0.00 99.0 3.67 -12 -1.4 -0.1 0.1 4 .454 .491 $
1918 23 WSH AL 244.0 35 32 77 2.84 3.65 0.12 0.00 98.2 3.47 16 2.1 1.0 -0.2 4.0 35 .559 .513 $
1919 24 WSH AL 206.2 35 31 119 5.18 4.21 -0.28 0.00 98.6 4.42 -19 -2.1 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 1 .441 .487 $
1920 25 BOS AL 162.2 27 22 73 4.04 4.85 0.17 0.00 96.2 4.50 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.1 26 .529 .505 $
1921 26 NYY AL 52.2 8 7 23 3.93 5.15 0.21 0.00 96.6 4.77 5 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.9 11 .556 .503 $
1923 28 BRO NL 3.2 1 1 6 14.73 5.09 -0.16 0.00 94.0 4.94 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .219 .498 $
10 Seasons 1254.2 219 171 531 3.81 4.01 0.02 0.00 98.6 3.93 14 2.3 1.0 -1.0 12.5 131 .511 .501 $
WSH (7 yrs) 1035.2 183 141 429 3.73 3.82 -0.01 0.00 99.1 3.79 6 1.4 1.0 -0.9 9.8 97 .508 .501 $
BOS (1 yr) 162.2 27 22 73 4.04 4.85 0.17 0.00 96.2 4.50 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.1 26 .529 .505 $
BRO (1 yr) 3.2 1 1 6 14.73 5.09 -0.16 0.00 94.0 4.94 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .219 .498 $
NYY (1 yr) 52.2 8 7 23 3.93 5.15 0.21 0.00 96.6 4.77 5 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.9 11 .556 .503 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1921 26 NYY AL WS L NYG 0 0 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 3.750 20.3 13.5 13.5 6.8 0.50
1 WS 0 0 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 3.750 20.3 13.5 13.5 6.8 0.50

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 23 WSH AL 999 0.1% 7.8% 10.4% 1.8% 10% 78%
1919 24 WSH AL 917 0.3% 9.5% 10.6% 1.4% 6% 75%
1920 25 BOS AL 683 1.3% 10.4% 9.7% 3.7% 15% 76%
1921 26 NYY AL 235 1.3% 9.4% 10.6% 3.4% 15% 74%
1923 28 BRO NL 22 9.1% 18.2% 13.6% 59%
5 Yrs 2856 0.6% 9.2% 10.3% 2.2% 10% 76%
MLB Averages 0.8% 7.6% 7.4% 2.7% 11% 81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1913 18 0 0 3.55 4 0 3 0 0 0 12.2 10 11 5 1 5 9 1 1 2 53 87 1.184 7.1 0.7 3.6 6.4 1.80 87
1914 19 2 1 .667 3.49 27 3 14 1 0 2 69.2 55 40 27 2 40 59 6 1 5 306 83 1.364 7.1 0.3 5.2 7.6 1.48 83
1915 20 6 5 .545 2.54 46 13 20 6 2 4 156.0 121 66 44 3 80 113 7 1 10 644 116 1.288 7.0 0.2 4.6 6.5 1.41 116
1916 21 20 15 .571 2.48 82 47 21 19 4 4 405.2 330 148 112 7 181 262 15 2 19 1641 115 1.260 7.3 0.2 4.0 5.8 1.45 115
1917 22 31 27 .534 2.65 113 78 21 29 8 4 585.0 475 233 172 8 287 361 20 2 29 2382 105 1.303 7.3 0.1 4.4 5.6 1.26 105
1918 23 42 37 .532 2.51 148 110 23 43 11 5 829.0 657 310 231 9 391 439 28 2 42 3375 110 1.264 7.1 0.1 4.2 4.8 1.12 110
1919 24 48 58 .453 2.75 183 141 26 51 11 5 1037.0 877 429 317 12 488 526 36 4 51 4254 104 1.316 7.6 0.1 4.2 4.6 1.08 104
1920 25 53 72 .424 2.79 210 163 26 62 12 5 1199.2 1040 502 372 21 554 597 38 4 60 4915 106 1.329 7.8 0.2 4.2 4.5 1.08 106
1921 26 57 75 .432 2.83 218 170 27 66 12 5 1252.1 1092 525 394 24 579 619 40 4 64 5150 107 1.334 7.8 0.2 4.2 4.4 1.07 107
1922 27 57 75 .432 2.83 218 170 27 66 12 5 1252.1 1092 525 394 24 579 619 40 4 64 5150 107 1.334 7.8 0.2 4.2 4.4 1.07 107
1923 28 57 76 .429 2.87 219 171 27 66 12 5 1256.0 1100 531 400 26 582 623 40 4 64 5172 105 1.339 7.9 0.2 4.2 4.5 1.07 105

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1913 18 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 11 7 6 1 6 9 1 1.308 7.6 4.2 6.2 1.50 0.7 4
1914 19 3 3 .500 4.25 55.0 50 29 26 1 39 48 6 1.618 8.2 6.4 7.9 1.23 0.2 23
1915 20 6 2 .750 2.31 78.0 73 22 20 1 44 49 1 1.500 8.4 5.1 5.7 1.11 0.1 19
1916 21 14 10 .583 3.47 223.0 240 96 86 5 116 133 9 1.596 9.7 4.7 5.4 1.15 0.2 36
1917 22 8 9 .471 4.33 158.0 167 84 76 1 122 87 6 1.829 9.5 6.9 5.0 0.71 0.1 31
1918 23 20 11 .645 2.95 284.0 258 103 93 1 147 91 11 1.426 8.2 4.7 2.9 0.62 0.0 35
1919 24 10 13 .435 4.67 208.0 265 120 108 4 117 87 10 1.837 11.5 5.1 3.8 0.74 0.2 35
1920 25 9 7 .563 3.32 152.0 168 62 56 9 68 66 2 1.553 9.9 4.0 3.9 0.97 0.5 27
1921 26 4 2 .667 3.38 56.0 52 23 21 3 25 23 2 1.375 8.4 4.0 3.7 0.92 0.5 8
1923 28 0 0 13.50 4.0 8 7 6 2 3 4 0 2.750 18.0 6.8 9.0 1.33 4.5 1
10 Yrs 74 58 .561 3.64 1231.0 1292 553 498 28 687 597 48 1.608 9.4 4.4 0.87 0.2 219

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1916 AL  4.7 (6th)
1918 AL  4.0 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1918 AL  2.18 (6th)
1920 AL  3.04 (7th)
Career  2.87 (126th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1918 AL  1.172 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL  7.277 (7th)
1918 AL  6.713 (3rd)
Career  7.882 (86th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL  5.371 (4th)
1917 AL  4.968 (2nd)
1919 AL  3.764 (9th)
1920 AL  3.928 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1918 AL  244.0 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 AL  149 (5th)
1918 AL  78 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1916 AL  34 (6th)
1917 AL  31 (10th)
1918 AL  32 (4th)
1919 AL  31 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1917 AL  4 (9th)
1918 AL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1916 AL  4 (8th)
1920 AL  9 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1916 AL  101 (4th)
1917 AL  106 (4th)
1918 AL  104 (3rd)
1919 AL  97 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1916 AL  1.475 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL  0.050 (9th)
1918 AL  0.037 (7th)
1919 AL  0.130 (7th)
Career  0.186 (146th)

Losses s c a p y
1919 AL  21 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1919 AL  86 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1916 AL  9 (3rd)
1917 AL  10 (2nd)
1918 AL  13 (1st)
1919 AL  9 (2nd)
1920 AL  9 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1916 AL  8 (7th)
1918 AL  8 (5th)
1919 AL  8 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1918 AL  993 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1918 AL  126 (8th)
1920 AL  120 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1918 AL  16 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1918 AL  1.8 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1913 AL  born 1895-04-24 (5th)
1914 AL  born 1895-04-24 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jimmy Lavender (942)
  6. Johnny Lush (941)
  7. Otto Hess (940)
  8. Frank Allen (939)
  9. Bill James (937)
  10. Charlie Smith (936)
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  4. Willie Mitchell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Willie Mitchell (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Mitchell (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Earl Hamilton (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Art Fromme (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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