Toby Harrah

Colbert Dale Harrah

All-Star Player

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 26, 1948 in Sissonville, WV
High School: Elgin (Elgin, OH)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1969
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Indians/Senators/Yankees 1969-1986
Final Game: October 4, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1969 WSA AL 20 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
1971 WSA AL 22 SS 116 97 900.1 511 181 307 23 69 .955 -7.5 -10.0 -8.5 1.9 -10.4 1 4.88 4.21 .965 4.91 4.32
1971 WSA AL 22 3B 7 5 46.0 21 6 14 1 1 .952 -0.2 -5.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.91 2.86 .957 3.05 2.74
1972 TEX AL 23 SS 106 104 906.0 494 166 308 20 64 .960 -10.1 -13.4 -10.1 -8.9 -1.2 0 4.71 4.47 .967 4.99 4.51 AS
1973 TEX AL 24 SS 76 70 603.1 388 116 253 19 41 .951 4.5 9.0 2.5 4.5 -2.0 2 5.50 4.86 .963 5.10 4.43
1973 TEX AL 24 3B 52 47 408.2 126 39 79 8 4 .937 -7.8 -22.9 -6.8 -0.5 -6.3 -1 2.60 2.27 .951 3.00 2.68
1974 TEX AL 25 SS 158 157 1366.2 776 281 466 29 98 .963 -8.2 -7.2 -7.2 -2.2 -5.0 -1 4.92 4.73 .965 4.98 4.24
1974 TEX AL 25 3B 3 3 27.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.4 17.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.33 3.33 .950 3.13 2.77
1975 TEX AL 26 SS 118 115 986.2 595 198 375 22 68 .963 1.4 1.7 1.4 3.7 -2.3 0 5.23 4.86 .959 4.85 4.09 AS,MVP-15
1975 TEX AL 26 3B 28 11 160.1 70 16 52 2 4 .971 4.2 31.4 4.2 2.6 1.6 0 3.82 2.43 .953 3.16 2.81 AS,MVP-15
1975 TEX AL 26 2B 21 19 166.2 98 39 54 5 10 .949 -2.7 -19.4 -2.7 -2.2 -0.5 0 5.02 4.43 .976 5.40 4.73 AS,MVP-15
1976 TEX AL 27 SS 146 146 1318.1 799 290 473 36 81 .955 -8.2 -7.5 -4.2 -1.1 -3.0 -4 5.21 5.23 .967 4.99 4.40 AS
1976 TEX AL 27 3B 5 5 45.0 13 4 8 1 1 .923 -1.0 -26.7 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 2.40 2.40 .954 2.94 2.64 AS
1976 TEX AL 27 DH 4 AS
1977 TEX AL 28 3B 159 157 1404.1 401 108 278 15 20 .963 -8.2 -7.0 -7.2 -4.1 -3.1 -1 2.47 2.43 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 TEX AL 28 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.10
1978 TEX AL 29 3B 91 85 771.2 229 54 167 8 15 .965 0.7 1.1 -0.3 -1.4 1.2 1 2.58 2.43 .953 3.00 2.59
1978 TEX AL 29 SS 49 47 413.0 241 75 163 3 25 .988 4.1 11.9 5.1 -0.4 5.5 -1 5.19 4.86 .963 4.92 4.19
1979 CLE AL 30 3B 127 124 1021.0 267 91 160 16 19 .940 -20.9 -24.6 -20.9 -9.8 -11.1 0 2.21 1.98 .954 3.07 2.66
1979 CLE AL 30 SS 33 15 176.0 80 22 55 3 11 .963 -1.9 -13.0 -1.9 -0.4 -1.5 0 3.94 2.33 .965 5.01 4.10
1979 CLE AL 30 DH 9
1980 CLE AL 31 3B 156 156 1332.0 450 120 317 13 27 .971 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -1.8 1.4 0 2.95 2.80 .950 3.01 2.59
1980 CLE AL 31 DH 3
1980 CLE AL 31 SS 2 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 6.75 1.50 .967 4.95 4.25
1981 CLE AL 32 3B 101 101 871.0 255 63 179 13 12 .949 -12.5 -17.2 -11.5 -4.7 -6.8 -1 2.50 2.40 .950 2.95 2.52
1981 CLE AL 32 SS 3 0 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.25 0.67 .950 4.95 4.20
1981 CLE AL 32 DH 1
1982 CLE AL 33 3B 159 158 1355.1 417 126 279 12 25 .971 -3.5 -3.1 -3.5 2.8 -6.3 0 2.69 2.55 .953 3.07 2.62 AS,MVP-20
1982 CLE AL 33 2B 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 AS,MVP-20
1982 CLE AL 33 SS 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.15 AS,MVP-20
1983 CLE AL 34 3B 137 136 1198.2 385 101 273 11 32 .971 -2.1 -2.1 -2.1 3.8 -5.9 0 2.81 2.73 .954 3.07 2.57
1983 CLE AL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1983 CLE AL 34 DH 1
1984 NYY AL 35 3B 74 62 569.1 185 51 128 6 17 .968 -4.1 -8.6 -5.1 -2.1 -3.0 1 2.83 2.42 .949 2.75 2.19
1984 NYY AL 35 2B 4 2 16.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.7 52.5 0.7 -0.1 0.8 0 2.81 1.25 .980 5.23 4.45
1984 NYY AL 35 DH 2
1984 NYY AL 35 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 0-0-1
1984 NYY AL 35 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1985 TEX AL 36 2B 122 119 1021.2 569 212 351 6 71 .989 -2.7 -3.2 -3.7 -2.6 -1.1 1 4.96 4.61 .982 5.29 4.48
1985 TEX AL 36 SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.95
1985 TEX AL 36 DH 1
1986 TEX AL 37 2B 93 83 743.0 384 166 211 7 49 .982 -8.9 -14.4 -7.9 -6.0 -1.9 -1 4.57 4.05 .981 5.10 4.34
13 Seasons 3B 1099 1050 9210.1 2829 781 1942 106 177 .963 -55.4 -7.2 -54.4 -15.6 -38.7 -1 2.66 2.48 .953 3.01 2.60
14 Seasons SS 813 751 6690.1 3889 1331 2403 155 458 .960 -27.0 -4.8 -24.0 -3.0 -20.9 -3 5.02 4.59 .965 4.96 4.30
6 Seasons 2B 244 223 1956.1 1056 418 620 18 130 .983 -13.8 -8.5 -13.8 -11.0 -2.8 0 4.78 4.25 .981 5.23 4.45
7 Seasons DH 21
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 0-0-2
1 Season (incomplete) RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
17 Seasons TOT 2157 2024 17859.0 7774 2530 4965 279 765 .964 -96.3 -6.5 -92.3 -29.7 -62.4 -4 3.78 3.47 .927 3.98 3.45 0-0-2
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 WSA AL 20 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
1971 WSA AL 22 127 102 127 127 0 0 0 0 7 116 0 0 0 0 5 9
1972 TEX AL 23 116 104 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 3 7
1973 TEX AL 24 118 117 118 117 0 0 0 0 52 76 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 TEX AL 25 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 3 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 26 151 145 151 148 0 0 0 21 29 118 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1976 TEX AL 27 155 154 155 151 0 0 0 0 5 146 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
1977 TEX AL 28 159 157 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 TEX AL 29 139 132 139 137 0 0 0 0 91 49 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1979 CLE AL 30 149 148 149 141 0 0 0 0 127 33 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
1980 CLE AL 31 160 158 160 156 0 0 0 0 156 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1981 CLE AL 32 103 102 103 102 0 0 0 0 102 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1982 CLE AL 33 162 158 162 161 0 0 0 3 159 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 CLE AL 34 138 137 138 137 0 0 0 1 137 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1984 NYY AL 35 88 64 88 78 0 0 0 4 74 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 4
1985 TEX AL 36 126 119 126 123 0 0 0 122 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1986 TEX AL 37 95 83 95 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
17 Seasons 2155 2040 2155 2115 0 0 0 244 1101 815 0 0 1 1 16 47 35
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1971 WSA AL 22 194 70% 84% 30% 19 95% 0 5 3 0 2 15 12 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1973 TEX AL 24 1892 61% 78% 25% 132 83% 1 39 30 3 6 79 64 12 1 3 8 0 4 4 6 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 11 45%
1974 TEX AL 25 111 48% 88% 26% 9 100% 0 2 2 0 0 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 TEX AL 26 729 51% 81% 29% 69 93% 2 18 11 3 4 52 41 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 50%
1976 TEX AL 27 196 48% 82% 27% 15 80% 0 4 4 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 TEX AL 28 6081 51% 79% 28% 410 87% 5 109 79 11 19 275 222 43 3 7 15 0 12 3 13 20 11 1 16 4 3 1 34 44%
1978 TEX AL 29 3362 50% 81% 28% 224 90% 2 55 37 5 13 166 136 23 2 4 8 0 6 2 6 15 8 2 13 2 2 0 10 70%
1979 CLE AL 30 4658 55% 79% 24% 262 89% 3 88 69 7 12 164 120 35 3 9 16 0 14 2 12 18 12 1 15 2 2 0 6 67%
1980 CLE AL 31 6044 58% 78% 25% 447 92% 4 124 91 11 22 315 243 61 4 10 13 0 12 1 13 28 20 2 27 1 1 0 17 88%
1981 CLE AL 32 3881 53% 78% 27% 246 85% 2 62 37 11 14 177 124 43 2 5 13 0 12 1 13 11 6 1 10 1 0 1 12 33%
1982 CLE AL 33 6071 53% 77% 25% 413 89% 1 126 90 19 17 279 220 48 3 6 12 0 9 3 11 24 15 5 21 2 1 1 11 100%
1983 CLE AL 34 5419 54% 79% 24% 373 90% 2 100 72 12 16 269 193 61 2 13 11 1 9 1 8 33 24 1 28 5 3 1 7 86%
1984 NYY AL 35 2520 63% 76% 25% 171 96% 2 48 40 4 4 129 96 27 2 4 6 0 6 0 6 17 13 3 16 1 1 0 3 100%
13 Seasons 41158 55% 79% 26% 2790 89% 24 780 565 86 129 1936 1483 368 22 62 106 1 88 17 91 177 120 16 157 18 13 4 120 64%
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 90% 70%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1969 WSA AL 20 4 50% 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 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 22 3952 56% 79% 26% 390 89% 3 183 83 75 26 299 223 71 2 2 23 2 13 8 15 70 22 8 16 11 6 65 31 33 3 0 3
1972 TEX AL 23 4022 62% 75% 25% 370 90% 1 172 73 70 29 312 241 57 1 8 20 1 18 1 16 63 15 2 22 11 5 57 17 39 3 3 0
1973 TEX AL 24 2828 63% 76% 23% 321 92% 2 113 59 44 10 256 189 55 2 4 19 0 17 2 13 40 17 5 8 1 5 36 22 14 4 4 0
1974 TEX AL 25 6005 55% 78% 27% 601 90% 6 282 129 133 20 469 349 94 2 8 29 1 19 9 20 98 26 13 29 10 5 88 41 44 9 5 4
1975 TEX AL 26 4337 54% 79% 28% 470 91% 4 197 92 76 29 375 280 81 1 4 22 2 15 5 19 68 29 5 19 3 4 63 34 26 3 2 1
1976 TEX AL 27 5789 56% 80% 26% 617 89% 8 289 117 122 52 472 366 82 6 10 36 4 19 13 27 81 21 16 23 7 2 71 37 33 9 3 6
1977 TEX AL 28 4 75% 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 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 29 1754 51% 81% 31% 181 92% 2 74 23 38 13 165 132 28 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 25 7 1 11 2 2 24 8 15 0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 30 763 58% 82% 26% 63 90% 0 22 9 9 5 54 44 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 11 3 0 3 1 0 9 4 4 2 1 1
1980 CLE AL 31 22 59% 64% 18% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 32 37 49% 73% 24% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 33 17 35% 94% 47% 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
1984 NYY AL 35 9 67% 78% 56% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 36 9 67% 33% 22% 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
15 Seasons 29552 57% 78% 26% 3018 90% 26 1334 586 568 184 2406 1827 477 14 38 155 10 106 39 116 457 140 50 131 46 29 414 194 208 33 18 15
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1975 TEX AL 26 751 57% 81% 28% 66 86% 3 38 13 18 7 54 48 3 1 0 5 0 3 2 3 10 4 3 2 0 10 2 8 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 33 27 63% 74% 15% 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
1983 CLE AL 34 3 67% 100% 67% 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
1984 NYY AL 35 70 77% 63% 21% 5 100% 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 36 4577 51% 78% 27% 379 99% 0 207 71 110 26 353 314 34 0 4 6 0 6 0 5 72 23 21 16 5 69 22 45 1 0 1
1986 TEX AL 37 3392 55% 73% 26% 239 95% 1 165 52 87 26 204 170 31 1 2 7 1 5 1 5 49 18 7 15 1 44 16 27 5 1 4
6 Seasons 8820 53% 76% 27% 689 96% 4 412 137 215 60 615 536 68 2 6 18 1 14 3 13 131 45 31 33 6 123 40 80 6 1 5
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1984 NYY AL 35 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 7 86% 57% 14% 0
1 Season 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 7 86% 57% 14% 0
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.1% 59% 78% 26% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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