Bill Harris

William Thomas Harris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: December 3, 1931 in Duguayville, New Brunswick, CAN
High School: Lord Dorchester SS (Dorchester, NB)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1957
Team: Dodgers 1957-1959

Final Game: September 26, 1959
Died: May 28, 2011 in Kennewick, WA
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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
1951	19	LAD-min	D	18	9	.667	2.19	32						201.0	126	92	49		66								0.955	5.6		3.0			VDS · GAFL
1952	20	LAD-min	B	25	6	.806	0.83	34	32					294.0	176	36	27		85								0.888	5.4		2.6			MIA · FLIN
1953	21	LAD-min	AA	11	10	.524	3.48	30	21					168.0	178	72	65	17	45								1.327	9.5	0.9	2.4			MOB · SOUA
1954	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	12	16	.429	4.07	37	28					201.0	224	106	91	11	96								1.592	10.0	0.5	4.3			MOB,MTL · SOUA,IL
1955	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	13	10	.565	3.89	29	25		10	4		178.0	173	82	77	21	76	3	105	0	0	4			1.399	8.7	1.1	3.8	5.3	1.38	FTW,MTL · TL,IL
1956	24	LAD-min	AAA	11	11	.500	4.42	29	26		11	3		161.0	156	91	79	16	75		70	0	1	10			1.435	8.7	0.9	4.2	3.9	0.93	MTL · IL
1957	25	LAD-min	AAA	16	10	.615	3.44	33	30		12	4		212.0	222	93	81	11	71		105	0	2	10			1.382	9.4	0.5	3.0	4.5	1.48	MTL · IL
1957	25	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	112	1.429	11.6	1.3	1.3	3.9	3.00

1958	26	LAD-min	AAA	14	10	.583	3.09	37	27		9	4		195.0	171	72	67	10	71	4	108	0	0	5			1.241	7.9	0.5	3.3	5.0	1.52	MTL · IL
1959	27	LAD-min	AAA	12	12	.500	4.18	36	29		11	2		196.0	206	101	91	19	76	11	120	0	0	7			1.439	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.5	1.58	MTL · IL
1959	27	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	8		1.800	0.0	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.00
1960	28	LAD-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.54	23	14					94.0	75	44	37	7	30				0				1.117	7.2	0.7	2.9			SPO,MTL · PCL,IL
1961	29	LAD-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.18	37	18					140.0	149	71	65	17	46								1.393	9.6	1.1	3.0			SPO · PCL
1962	30	LAD-min	B,AAA	9	6	.600	4.63	25	18		10	2		138.0	152	74	71	18	44	4	100	0	0	2			1.420	9.9	1.2	2.9	6.5	2.27	TRI,SPO · NORW,PCL
1963	31	ANA-min	A	12	10	.545	3.98	27	20					156.0	175	90	69	24	52								1.455	10.1	1.4	3.0			TRI · NORW
1964	32	ANA-min	A	5	5	.500	4.90	17	12					79.0	98	55	43	9	25								1.557	11.2	1.0	2.8			TRI · NORW
1965	33	BAL-min	A	0	1	.000	1.12	5	0					8.0	8	3	1	0	2								1.250	9.0	0.0	2.2			TRI · NORW
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	9	3	3	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	38	144	1.500	9.3	1.0	4.2	3.1	0.75
162 Game Avg.				0	23	.000	3.12	45	23	0	0	0	0	197	204	68	68	23	91	23	68	0	0	0	861	144	1.500	9.3	1.0	4.2	3.1	0.75

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
1957	25	BRO	NL	7.0	1	1	3	3.86	4.13	0.28	0.00	96.0	3.69	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.500	$

1959	27	LAD	NL	1.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.43	-0.01	0.00	98.0	4.36	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.589	.501	$
2 Seasons				8.2	2	1	3	3.12	4.19	0.23	0.00	96.4	3.82	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.541	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1957	25	BRO	NL	1	30	28	3	9	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	.321	.345	.429	.773	.333	12	2	0	1	0	0	2

1959	27	LAD	NL	1	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.375	.000	.375	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				2	38	33	3	9	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	.273	.351	.364	.715	.276	12	2	0	1	0	1	2
162 Game Avg.				45	861	748	68	204	0	0	23	0	23	91	68	.273	.351	.364	.715	.276	272	45	0	23	0	23	45
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.392	.716	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1957	25	BRO	NL	0.5	0.0	30	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.75	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.75	-0.9	0	0	0

1959	27	LAD	NL	0.9	0.1	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-.00	0.0	0.5	-0.1	-0.0	-0.00	0.4	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1.4	0.1	39	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.58	-0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.58	-0.4	0	0	0

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1957	25	BRO	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	49.0	49	49	0	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	7.0
1 Yr				1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	49	49	49	0	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	7.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	52	111	3					4.3	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1959	27	LAD	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	4	-.002	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0
1 Yr				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%		-.002	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	25	BRO	NL	30	63%	3.3%	10.0%	3.3%	3.3%	11%	1.83	80%	13	2	15%

1959	27	LAD	NL	8	88%	0.0%	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%		4.00	63%	1	0	0%
2 Yrs				38	68%	2.6%	7.9%	10.5%	2.6%	11%	2.14	76%	14	2	14%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.1%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.01	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1957	25	BRO	NL	30	9			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	0	0	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	27	LAD	NL	8	0			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				38	9			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	67%	2	0	0	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		51%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1957	25	1	.000	3.86	1	1	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	3	30	112	1.429	11.6	1.3	1.3	3.9	3.00	112
1958	26	1	.000	3.86	1	1	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	3	30	112	1.429	11.6	1.3	1.3	3.9	3.00	112
1959	27	1	.000	3.12	2	1	8.2	9	3	3	1	4	1	3	38	144	1.500	9.3	1.0	4.2	3.1	0.75	144

Neutralized Pitching

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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	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1957	25	0	0	3.86	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	3	0	1.429	11.6	1.3	3.9	3.00	1.3	1

1959	27	0	0	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.500	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		0	0	3.00	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	3	0	1.444	9.0		3.0	0.75	1.0	2

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