Bob Harrison

Robert Lee Harrison

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: September 22, 1930 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Kirkwood HS (Kirkwood, MO)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1955
Team: Orioles 1955-1956

Final Game: September 25, 1956
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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
1949	18	SFG-min	D	12	10	.545	2.98	32						178.0	106	102	59		170								1.551	5.4		8.6			LWT · SOSL
1950	19	SFG-min	C	12	16	.429	3.64	30						215.0	152	118	87	6	219								1.726	6.4	0.3	9.2			ENI · WA
1951	20	CLE-min	A	9	15	.375	4.71	30						197.0	153	130	103	10	220								1.893	7.0	0.5	10.1			DAY,FLI · CENL
1954	23	BAL-min	AA	1	7	.125	5.84	16	11		1	0		74.0	70	55	48	7	87		62	4	0	16			2.122	8.5	0.9	10.6	7.5	0.71	SAN · TL
1955	24	BAL-min	A,AA	14	12	.538	2.40	33	26					206.0	124	67	55	7	140								1.282	5.4	0.3	6.1			WCH,SAN · WL,TL
1955	24	BAL	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	50	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1956	25	BAL-min	Opn,AA	10	12	.455	3.32	24	20		10	1		143.2	118	64	53	8	92	1	117	6	0	14			1.462	7.4	0.5	5.8	7.3	1.27	VAN,SAN · PCL,TL
1956	25	BAL	AL	0	0		16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	30	4.800	16.2	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1957	26	BAL-min	AA	7	11	.389	3.91	31	18		5	0		145.0	128	67	63	13	83	5	103	0	0	8			1.455	7.9	0.8	5.2	6.4	1.24	SAN · TL
1958	27	BAL-min	AAA	1	2	.333		9																									LOU · AA
2 Yrs				0	0		12.27	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	24	38	4.091	14.7	0.0	22.1	0.0	0.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		12.27	45	23	0	0	0	0	84	136	113	113	0	204	0	0	0	0	0	544	38	4.091	14.7	0.0	22.1	0.0	0.00

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1955	24	BAL	AL	2.0	1	0	2	9.00	4.07	-0.38	98.0	4.36	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	-0.1	-1	.400	.499	$
1956	25	BAL	AL	1.2	1	1	3	16.20	5.83	-0.38	86.0	5.35	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.328	.499	$
2 Seasons				3.2	2	1	5	12.27	4.87	-0.38	92.5	4.81	-3	-0.3	.2	0.0	-0.3	-3	.364	.499	$

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
1955	24	BAL	AL	1	11	6	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	.500	.700	1.000	1.700	.500	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
1956	25	BAL	AL	1	13	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	.375	.615	.625	1.240	.375	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	24	14	5	6	3	1	0	0	0	9	0	.429	.652	.786	1.438	.429	11	1	0	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				45	544	317	113	136	68	23	0	0	0	204	0	.429	.652	.786	1.438	.429	249	23	0	23	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.258	.332	.393	.725	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1955	24	BAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.2	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.12	-1.5	1
1956	25	BAL	AL	-2.1	-0.2	13	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.40	-0.2	0.0	-2.8	-0.2	1.40	-2.1	0
2 Yrs				-3.0	-0.3	24	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.82	-0.4	0.0	-3.8	-0.3	0.82	-3.6	1

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
1956	25	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	3	0	0	1	6.0	0.0	1.7
1 Yr				1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32	32	32	3	0	0	1	6.0	0.0	1.7
MLB Averages													.500						49%	51	118	2					4.5	4.5	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
1955	24	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.119	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1 Yr				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.119	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	24	BAL	AL	11	73%	0.0%	0.0%	36.4%	18.2%	67%		55%	4	1	25%
1956	25	BAL	AL	13	69%	0.0%	0.0%	38.5%	15.4%	67%	4.00	62%	3	0	0%
2 Yrs				24	71%	0.0%	0.0%	37.5%	16.7%	67%	9.00	58%	7	1	14%
MLB Averages					51%	2.5%	12.4%	10.0%	6.8%	28%	0.96	79%			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
1955	24	BAL	AL	11	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	25	BAL	AL	13	3			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				24	6			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		51%							56%

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+
1955	24	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	50	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	50
1956	25	0	0		12.27	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	24	38	4.091	14.7	0.0	22.1	0.0	0.00	38

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	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	Gact
1955	24	27.00	1.0	4	3	3	5	9.000	36.0	45.0	1
1956	25	13.50	2.0	3	3	3	5	4.000	13.5	22.5	1
2 Yrs		18.00	3.0	7	6	6	10	5.667	21.0		2

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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