Bob Harris

Robert Arthur Harris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 1, 1915 in Gillette, WY(All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1938
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics/Tigers 1938-1942

Final Game: September 16, 1942
Died: August 9, 1989 in North Platte, NE
Buried: Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE
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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
1935	20	ALX	D	12	8	.600		28						194.0	204	130			101							1.572	9.5		4.7			ALX · EVAN
1936	21	DET-min	B,D	35	23	.603	3.42	73						455.1	424	236	173		191							1.351	8.4		3.8			SAV,ALX · SALL,EVAN
1937	22	DET-min	A1	12	18	.400	3.69	38	27					212.0	195	96	87		123							1.500	8.3		5.2			BMT · TL
1938	23	DET-min	AA	13	12	.520	4.11	35	22					175.0	185	98	80		83							1.531	9.5		4.3			TOL · AA
1938	23	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	7.20	3	1	2	1	0	0	10.0	14	9	8	0	4	7	0	0	1	48	73	1.800	12.6	0.0	3.6	6.3	1.75
1939	24	TOT	AL	4	13	.235	5.50	33	17	7	6	0	0	144.0	180	96	88	9	79	57	0	0	10	667	89	1.799	11.3	0.6	4.9	3.6	0.72
1939	24	DET	AL	1	1	.500	4.00	5	1	2	0	0	0	18.0	18	8	8	4	8	9	0	0	2	76	123	1.444	9.0	2.0	4.0	4.5	1.13
1939	24	SLB	AL	3	12	.200	5.71	28	16	5	6	0	0	126.0	162	88	80	5	71	48	0	0	8	591	85	1.849	11.6	0.4	5.1	3.4	0.68
1940	25	SLB	AL	11	15	.423	4.93	35	28	5	8	1	1	193.2	225	120	106	24	85	49	3	0	8	877	94	1.601	10.5	1.1	4.0	2.3	0.58
1941	26	SLB	AL	12	14	.462	5.21	34	29	3	9	2	1	186.2	237	117	108	18	85	57	2	0	5	853	83	1.725	11.4	0.9	4.1	2.7	0.67
1942	27	TOT	AL	2	10	.167	3.71	22	14	6	2	1	0	111.2	114	55	46	7	41	35	0	0	2	491	103	1.388	9.2	0.6	3.3	2.8	0.85
1942	27	SLB	AL	1	5	.167	5.61	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.2	37	24	21	2	17	9	0	0	1	157	67	1.604	9.9	0.5	4.5	2.4	0.53
1942	27	PHA	AL	1	5	.167	2.88	16	8	6	2	1	0	78.0	77	31	25	5	24	26	0	0	1	334	133	1.295	8.9	0.6	2.8	3.0	1.08
1946	31	CHW-BAL-min	AAA	2	6	.250	4.50	16	7	6	2	0		64.0	73	37	32		27	18	2	0	3			1.562	10.3		3.8	2.5	0.67	MLW,TOL · AA
5 Yrs				30	52	.366	4.96	127	89	23	26	4	2	646.0	770	397	356	58	294	205	5	0	26	2936	90	1.647	10.7	0.8	4.1	2.9	0.70
162 Game Avg.				9	16	.366	4.96	40	28	7	8	1	1	203	242	125	112	18	93	65	2	0	8	924	90	1.647	10.7	0.8	4.1	2.9	0.70

SLB (4 yrs)				27	46	.370	5.25	103	79	13	23	3	2	540.0	661	349	315	49	258	163	5	0	22	2478	86	1.702	11.0	0.8	4.3	2.7	0.63
DET (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	5.14	8	2	4	1	0	0	28.0	32	17	16	4	12	16	0	0	3	124	98	1.571	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.1	1.33
PHA (1 yr)				1	5	.167	2.88	16	8	6	2	1	0	78.0	77	31	25	5	24	26	0	0	1	334	133	1.295	8.9	0.6	2.8	3.0	1.08

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
1938	23	DET	AL	10.0	3	1	9	8.10	5.81	0.04	0.00	97.0	5.59	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.419	.498	$
1939	24	DET	AL	18.0	5	1	8	4.00	5.07	0.05	0.00	109.5	5.50	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.556	.502	$
1939	24	SLB	AL	126.0	28	16	88	6.29	5.63	-0.55	0.00	104.9	6.48	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.2	18	.507	.501	$
1940	25	SLB	AL	193.2	35	28	120	5.58	5.06	-0.12	0.00	105.4	5.45	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.9	16	.489	.498	$
1941	26	SLB	AL	186.2	34	29	117	5.64	4.83	-0.19	0.00	103.3	5.18	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.2	7	.469	.494	$
1942	27	SLB	AL	33.2	6	6	24	6.42	4.15	-0.16	0.00	99.1	4.26	-8	-0.8		-0.0	-0.6	-6	.369	.495	$
1942	27	PHA	AL	78.0	16	8	31	3.58	4.10	-0.31	0.00	101.8	4.50	7	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.2	13	.552	.505	$
5 Seasons				646.0	127	89	397	5.53	4.95	-0.24	0.00	103.9	5.40	-14	-1.2	1.0	-0.4	3.1	52	.491	.499	$

SLB (4 yrs)				540.0	103	79	349	5.82	5.05	-0.25	0.00	104.1	5.52	-21	-2.0	1.0	-0.3	1.7	36	.480	.497	$
DET (2 yrs)				28.0	8	2	17	5.46	5.34	0.05	0.00	105.0	5.53	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	4	.505	.500	$
PHA (1 yr)				78.0	16	8	31	3.58	4.10	-0.31	0.00	101.8	4.50	7	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.2	13	.552	.505	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1938	23	DET	AL	48	0.0%	14.6%	8.3%	4.2%	14%	77%
1939	24	TOT	AL	667	1.4%	8.6%	11.8%	3.0%	11%	76%
1939	24	DET	AL	76	5.3%	11.8%	10.5%			71%
1939	24	SLB	AL	591	0.9%	8.1%	12.0%	2.7%	10%	76%
1940	25	SLB	AL	877	2.7%	5.6%	9.7%	4.9%	19%	80%
1941	26	SLB	AL	854	2.1%	6.7%	10.0%	3.8%	14%	80%
1942	27	TOT	AL	491	1.4%	7.1%	8.4%	1.6%	7%	81%
1942	27	SLB	AL	157	1.3%	5.7%	10.8%			81%
1942	27	PHA	AL	334	1.5%	7.8%	7.2%	1.8%	8%	82%
5 Yrs				2937	2.0%	7.0%	10.0%	3.4%	13%	79%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.0%	8.9%	3.1%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1938	23	1	0	1.000	7.20	3	1	2	1	0	0	10.0	14	9	8	0	4	7	0	1	48	73	1.800	12.6	0.0	3.6	6.3	1.75	73
1939	24	5	13	.278	5.61	36	18	9	7	0	0	154.0	194	105	96	9	83	64	0	11	715	87	1.799	11.3	0.5	4.9	3.7	0.77	87
1940	25	16	28	.364	5.23	71	46	14	15	1	1	347.2	419	225	202	33	168	113	3	19	1592	91	1.688	10.8	0.9	4.3	2.9	0.67	91
1941	26	28	42	.400	5.22	105	75	17	24	3	2	534.1	656	342	310	51	253	170	5	24	2445	88	1.701	11.0	0.9	4.3	2.9	0.67	88
1942	27	30	52	.366	4.96	127	89	23	26	4	2	646.0	770	397	356	58	294	205	5	26	2936	90	1.647	10.7	0.8	4.1	2.9	0.70	90

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
1938	23	0	1	.000	4.91	11.0	13	7	6	0	4	8	0	1.545	10.6	3.3	6.5	2.00	0.0	3
1939	24	7	9	.438	4.44	152.0	171	83	75	9	75	60	0	1.618	10.1	4.4	3.6	0.80	0.5	33
1940	25	11	11	.500	4.13	205.0	216	104	94	23	82	52	3	1.454	9.5	3.6	2.3	0.63	1.0	35
1941	26	9	12	.429	4.81	189.0	233	112	101	18	84	58	2	1.677	11.1	4.0	2.8	0.69	0.9	34
1942	27	7	6	.538	3.74	118.0	121	54	49	7	44	37	0	1.398	9.2	3.4	2.8	0.84	0.5	22
5 Yrs		34	39	.466	4.33	675.0	754	360	325	57	289	215	5	1.545	10.1		2.9	0.74	0.8	127

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y 1941 AL 29 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1941 AL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1940 AL 24 (1st) 1941 AL 18 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1941 AL 237 (8th)
Losses s c a p y 1939 AL 13 (6th) 1940 AL 15 (8th) 1941 AL 14 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1940 AL 106 (7th) 1941 AL 108 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1939 AL 10 (4th) 1940 AL 8 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1940 AL 3 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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