Jack Harper

Charles William Harper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 2, 1878 in Galloway, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1899
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Browns/Spiders/Cubs 1899-1906

Final Game: June 6, 1906
Died: September 30, 1950 in Jamestown, NY
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Jamestown, NY
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1898	20	MTG,GRP	B	16	23	.410		39	8		8	0																				MTG,GRP · SOUA,ISLG
1899	21	CLV	NL	1	4	.200	3.89	5	5	0	5	0	0	37.0	44	33	16	3	12	14	3	0	0	164	95	1.514	10.7	0.7	2.9	3.4	1.17
1900	22	FWA	B	20	15	.571		44	35		29	1			235	118																FWA · ISLG
1900	22	STL	NL	0	1	.000	12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	15	34	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
1901	23	STL	NL	23	13	.639	3.62	39	37	0	28	1	0	308.2	294	158	124	7	99	128	16	1	19	1294	88	1.273	8.6	0.2	2.9	3.7	1.29
1902	24	SLB	AL	15	11	.577	4.13	29	26	3	20	2	0	222.1	224	131	102	8	81	74	8	1	7	943	85	1.372	9.1	0.3	3.3	3.0	0.91
1903	25	CIN	NL	8	9	.471	4.33	17	15	2	13	0	0	135.0	143	87	65	2	70	45	10	0	8	607	82	1.578	9.5	0.1	4.7	3.0	0.64
1904	26	CIN	NL	23	9	.719	2.30	35	35	0	31	6	0	293.2	262	113	75	2	85	125	9	0	12	1214	127	1.182	8.0	0.1	2.6	3.8	1.47
1905	27	CIN	NL	9	13	.409	3.86	26	23	2	15	1	1	179.1	189	116	77	2	69	70	8	0	8	774	85	1.439	9.5	0.1	3.5	3.5	1.01
1906	28	TOT	NL	1	4	.200	4.06	6	6	0	3	0	0	37.2	38	23	17	1	20	10	2	0	2	158	69	1.540	9.1	0.2	4.8	2.4	0.50
1906	28	CIN	NL	1	4	.200	4.17	5	5	0	3	0	0	36.2	38	23	17	1	20	10	2	0	2	155	66	1.582	9.3	0.2	4.9	2.5	0.50
1906	28	CHC	NL	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
8 Yrs				80	64	.556	3.55	158	148	7	115	10	1	1216.2	1198	668	480	25	438	466	56	2	57	5169	91	1.345	8.9	0.2	3.2	3.4	1.06
162 Game Avg.				18	14	.556	3.55	35	33	2	26	2	0	270	266	148	107	6	97	104	12	0	13	1149	91	1.345	8.9	0.2	3.2	3.4	1.06

CIN (4 yrs)				41	35	.539	3.27	83	78	4	62	7	1	644.2	632	339	234	7	244	250	29	0	30	2750	97	1.359	8.8	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.02
STL (2 yrs)				23	14	.622	3.70	40	38	0	28	1	0	311.2	298	165	128	7	101	128	16	1	20	1309	87	1.280	8.6	0.2	2.9	3.7	1.27
CLV (1 yr)				1	4	.200	3.89	5	5	0	5	0	0	37.0	44	33	16	3	12	14	3	0	0	164	95	1.514	10.7	0.7	2.9	3.4	1.17
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
SLB (1 yr)				15	11	.577	4.13	29	26	3	20	2	0	222.1	224	131	102	8	81	74	8	1	7	943	85	1.372	9.1	0.3	3.3	3.0	0.91

NL (7 yrs)				65	53	.551	3.42	129	122	4	95	8	1	994.1	974	537	378	17	357	392	48	1	50	4226	93	1.339	8.8	0.2	3.2	3.5	1.10
AL (1 yr)				15	11	.577	4.13	29	26	3	20	2	0	222.1	224	131	102	8	81	74	8	1	7	943	85	1.372	9.1	0.3	3.3	3.0	0.91

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
1899	21	CLV	NL	37.0	5	5	33	8.03	5.40	-0.68	0.00	95.0	5.78	-8	-0.7		-0.0	-0.4	-5	.369	.496	$
1900	22	STL	NL	3.0	1	1	7	21.00	5.21	-0.15	0.00	98.0	5.25	-5	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-5	.185	.498	$
1901	23	STL	NL	308.2	39	37	158	4.61	4.49	0.19	0.00	96.0	4.13	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.4	0.6	11	.466	.492	$
1902	24	SLB	AL	222.1	29	26	131	5.30	4.96	0.24	0.00	98.0	4.62	-15	-1.4	1.0	-0.3	0.4	6	.453	.492	$
1903	25	CIN	NL	135.0	17	15	87	5.80	4.68	-0.14	0.00	109.0	5.26	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.2	4	.459	.496	$
1904	26	CIN	NL	293.2	35	35	113	3.46	3.84	0.08	0.00	107.0	4.02	20	2.4		-0.3	4.5	43	.570	.515	$3,000
1905	27	CIN	NL	179.1	26	23	116	5.82	4.01	-0.08	0.00	110.0	4.51	-26	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.3	-11	.400	.484	$
1906	28	CIN	NL	36.2	5	5	23	5.65	3.59	-0.03	0.00	104.0	3.76	-7	-0.8		-0.0	-0.5	-5	.349	.495	$
1906	28	CHC	NL	1.0	1	1	0	0.00	3.43	0.52	0.00	100.0	2.91	0	0.0		-0.0	0.0	0	.542	.500	$
8 Seasons				1216.2	158	148	668	4.94	4.37	0.06	0.00	102.7	4.42	-61	-5.2	1.0	-1.3	3.2	40	.467	.496	$3,000

CIN (4 yrs)				644.2	83	78	339	4.73	4.05	-0.02	0.00	108.1	4.40	-20	-1.6	1.0	-0.6	2.9	32	.481	.498	$3,000
STL (2 yrs)				311.2	40	38	165	4.76	4.50	0.19	0.00	96.0	4.14	-19	-1.7	1.0	-0.4	0.3	6	.459	.495	$
CLV (1 yr)				37.0	5	5	33	8.03	5.40	-0.68	0.00	95.0	5.78	-8	-0.7		-0.0	-0.4	-5	.369	.496	$
CHC (1 yr)				1.0	1	1	0	0.00	3.43	0.52	0.00	100.0	2.91	0	0.0		-0.0	0.0	0	.542	.500	$
SLB (1 yr)				222.1	29	26	131	5.30	4.96	0.24	0.00	98.0	4.62	-15	-1.4	1.0	-0.3	0.4	6	.453	.492	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1899	21	1	4	.200	3.89	5	5	0	5	0	0	37.0	44	33	16	3	12	14	3	0	0	164	95	1.514	10.7	0.7	2.9	3.4	1.17	95
1900	22	1	5	.167	4.50	6	6	0	5	0	0	40.0	48	40	20	3	14	14	3	0	1	179	83	1.550	10.8	0.7	3.2	3.2	1.00	83
1901	23	24	18	.571	3.72	45	43	0	33	1	0	348.2	342	198	144	10	113	142	19	1	20	1473	88	1.305	8.8	0.3	2.9	3.7	1.26	88
1902	24	39	29	.574	3.88	74	69	3	53	3	0	571.0	566	329	246	18	194	216	27	2	27	2416	86	1.331	8.9	0.3	3.1	3.4	1.11	86
1903	25	47	38	.553	3.96	91	84	5	66	3	0	706.0	709	416	311	20	264	261	37	2	35	3023	86	1.378	9.0	0.3	3.4	3.3	0.99	86
1904	26	70	47	.598	3.48	126	119	5	97	9	0	999.2	971	529	386	22	349	386	46	2	47	4237	94	1.320	8.7	0.2	3.1	3.5	1.11	94
1905	27	79	60	.568	3.53	152	142	7	112	10	1	1179.0	1160	645	463	24	418	456	54	2	55	5011	92	1.338	8.9	0.2	3.2	3.5	1.09	92
1906	28	80	64	.556	3.55	158	148	7	115	10	1	1216.2	1198	668	480	25	438	466	56	2	57	5169	91	1.345	8.9	0.2	3.2	3.4	1.06	91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1899	21	2	2	.500	3.55	38.0	43	17	15	3	12	15	3	1.447	10.2	2.8	3.6	1.25	0.7	5
1900	22	0	0		15.00	3.0	5	6	5	0	2	0	0	2.333	15.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
1901	23	19	18	.514	3.77	341.0	340	159	143	8	114	142	19	1.331	9.0	3.0	3.7	1.25	0.2	39
1902	24	14	13	.519	3.98	251.0	253	123	111	9	91	84	9	1.371	9.1	3.3	3.0	0.92	0.3	29
1903	25	9	8	.529	3.74	154.0	153	71	64	2	75	51	11	1.481	8.9	4.4	3.0	0.68	0.1	17
1904	26	23	9	.719	2.51	294.0	279	91	82	2	91	125	10	1.259	8.5	2.8	3.8	1.37	0.1	35
1905	27	10	9	.526	3.94	178.0	195	87	78	2	71	70	8	1.494	9.9	3.6	3.5	0.99	0.1	26
1906	28	1	2	.333	6.19	32.0	44	24	22	1	23	9	2	2.094	12.4	6.5	2.5	0.39	0.3	6
8 Yrs		78	61	.561	3.63	1291.0	1312	578	520	27	479	496	62	1.387	9.1		3.5	1.04	0.2	158

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1904 NL 4.5 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1901 NL 23 (2nd) 1904 NL 23 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1901 NL .639 (5th) 1902 AL .577 (7th) 1904 NL .719 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 NL 8.572 (9th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1902 AL 2.996 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1901 NL 39 (6th)	Saves s c a p y 1905 NL 1 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1901 NL 308.7 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1904 NL 125 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1901 NL 37 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1902 AL 2 (10th) 1904 NL 6 (2nd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1901 NL 7 (10th) 1902 AL 8 (9th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1901 NL 99 (5th) 1902 AL 81 (10th) 1904 NL 85 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1904 NL 0.061 (9th) Career 0.185 (140th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1901 NL 124 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1901 NL 19 (2nd) 1902 AL 7 (9th) 1903 NL 8 (6th) 1904 NL 12 (1st) 1905 NL 8 (9th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1901 NL 16 (4th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1901 NL 1,294 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1904 NL 18 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1904 NL 2.0 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 33 (730), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 21 (595), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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