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Earl Harrist

Earl Harrist (Irish)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 20, 1919 in Dubach, LA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1945
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/Senators/Reds/Tigers 1945-1953

Final Game: June 18, 1953
Died: September 7, 1998 in Simsboro, LA
Buried: Unionville Cemetery, Dubach, LA
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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
1945 26 CIN NL 2 4 .333 3.61 14 5 4 1 0 0 62.1 60 30 25 2 27 15 1 0 1 274 105 1.396 8.7 0.3 3.9 2.2 0.56
1947 28 CHW AL 3 8 .273 3.56 33 4 12 0 0 5 93.2 85 48 37 3 49 55 3 0 4 406 103 1.431 8.2 0.3 4.7 5.3 1.12
1948 29 TOT AL 4 6 .400 4.95 34 5 15 0 0 0 83.2 93 52 46 5 50 35 6 0 1 388 88 1.709 10.0 0.5 5.4 3.8 0.70
1948 29 CHW AL 1 3 .250 5.87 11 1 5 0 0 0 23.0 23 17 15 4 13 14 3 0 1 106 73 1.565 9.0 1.6 5.1 5.5 1.08
1948 29 WSH AL 3 3 .500 4.60 23 4 10 0 0 0 60.2 70 35 31 1 37 21 3 0 0 282 95 1.764 10.4 0.1 5.5 3.1 0.57
1952 33 SLB AL 2 8 .200 4.01 36 9 13 1 0 5 116.2 119 61 52 7 47 49 10 0 1 506 97 1.423 9.2 0.5 3.6 3.8 1.04
1953 34 TOT AL 1 2 .333 8.33 15 1 6 0 0 0 27.0 34 26 25 3 20 8 0 0 2 131 50 2.000 11.3 1.0 6.7 2.7 0.40
1953 34 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 7.56 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 9 7 7 1 5 1 0 0 1 36 55 1.680 9.7 1.1 5.4 1.1 0.20
1953 34 DET AL 0 2 .000 8.68 8 1 3 0 0 0 18.2 25 19 18 2 15 7 0 0 1 95 47 2.143 12.1 1.0 7.2 3.4 0.47
5 Yrs 12 28 .300 4.34 132 24 50 2 0 10 383.1 391 217 185 20 193 162 20 0 9 1705 91 1.523 9.2 0.5 4.5 3.8 0.84
162 Game Avg. 5 12 .300 4.34 58 10 22 1 0 4 167 170 95 81 9 84 71 9 0 4 743 91 1.523 9.2 0.5 4.5 3.8 0.84
CHW (3 yrs) 5 11 .313 4.25 51 5 20 0 0 5 125.0 117 72 59 8 67 70 6 0 6 548 90 1.472 8.4 0.6 4.8 5.0 1.04
WSH (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.60 23 4 10 0 0 0 60.2 70 35 31 1 37 21 3 0 0 282 95 1.764 10.4 0.1 5.5 3.1 0.57
CIN (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.61 14 5 4 1 0 0 62.1 60 30 25 2 27 15 1 0 1 274 105 1.396 8.7 0.3 3.9 2.2 0.56
DET (1 yr) 0 2 .000 8.68 8 1 3 0 0 0 18.2 25 19 18 2 15 7 0 0 1 95 47 2.143 12.1 1.0 7.2 3.4 0.47
SLB (1 yr) 2 8 .200 4.01 36 9 13 1 0 5 116.2 119 61 52 7 47 49 10 0 1 506 97 1.423 9.2 0.5 3.6 3.8 1.04
AL (4 yrs) 10 24 .294 4.49 118 19 46 1 0 10 321.0 331 187 160 18 166 147 19 0 8 1431 88 1.548 9.3 0.5 4.7 4.1 0.89
NL (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.61 14 5 4 1 0 0 62.1 60 30 25 2 27 15 1 0 1 274 105 1.396 8.7 0.3 3.9 2.2 0.56

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 Awards
1945 26 CIN NL 62.1 14 5 30 4.33 4.50 0.03 0.00 98.9 4.42 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.5 7 .502 .500 $
1947 28 CHW AL 93.2 33 4 48 4.61 4.14 0.05 0.00 99.1 4.06 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.0 2 .482 .496 $
1948 29 CHW AL 23.1 11 1 17 6.56 4.89 -0.04 0.00 101.1 4.98 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .464 .498 $
1948 29 WSH AL 60.2 23 4 35 5.19 4.86 -0.26 0.00 101.8 5.22 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.4 6 .500 .500 $
1952 33 SLB AL 116.2 36 9 61 4.71 4.14 -0.05 0.00 107.4 4.50 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 0.4 7 .490 .498 $
1953 34 CHW AL 8.1 7 0 7 7.56 4.66 0.22 0.00 100.7 4.47 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .458 .498 $
1953 34 DET AL 18.2 8 1 19 9.16 4.05 -0.73 0.00 103.3 4.94 -9 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.6 -7 .395 .495 $
5 Seasons 383.2 132 24 217 5.09 4.36 -0.07 0.00 102.4 4.54 -24 -2.4 .9 -0.1 0.4 10 .482 .498 $
CHW (3 yrs) 125.1 51 5 72 5.17 4.32 0.04 0.00 99.6 4.26 -12 -1.3 .9 0.0 -0.3 -2 .475 .497 $
WSH (1 yr) 60.2 23 4 35 5.19 4.86 -0.26 0.00 101.8 5.22 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.4 6 .500 .500 $
CIN (1 yr) 62.1 14 5 30 4.33 4.50 0.03 0.00 98.9 4.42 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.5 7 .502 .500 $
DET (1 yr) 18.2 8 1 19 9.16 4.05 -0.73 0.00 103.3 4.94 -9 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.6 -7 .395 .495 $
SLB (1 yr) 116.2 36 9 61 4.71 4.14 -0.05 0.00 107.4 4.50 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 0.4 7 .490 .498 $

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
1948 29 CHW AL 11 38 86 17 23 0 0 4 0 1 13 14 .267 .382 .407 .789 .279 35 1 3 4 0 1
1948 29 TOT AL 34 301 325 52 93 11 3 5 1 5 50 35 .286 .391 .385 .776 .309 125 6 6 7 0 4
1948 29 WSH AL 23 263 239 35 70 11 3 1 1 4 37 21 .293 .394 .377 .771 .318 90 5 3 3 0 3
1952 33 SLB AL 36 422 443 61 119 21 2 7 3 0 47 49 .269 .352 .372 .724 .289 165 10 10 7 0 10
1953 34 CHW AL 7 36 31 7 9 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 .290 .389 .387 .776 .276 12 3 0 0 0 0
1953 34 DET AL 8 95 75 19 25 3 1 2 1 1 15 7 .333 .444 .480 .924 .348 36 2 0 5 0 2
1953 34 TOT AL 15 131 106 26 34 3 1 3 2 1 20 8 .321 .429 .453 .881 .326 48 5 0 5 0 2
3 Yrs 85 854 874 139 246 35 6 15 6 6 117 92 .281 .376 .387 .763 .301 338 21 16 19 0 16
162 Game Avg. 58 581 594 95 167 24 4 10 4 4 80 63 .281 .376 .387 .763 .301 230 14 11 13 0 11
MLB Averages .261 .336 .358 .693 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 29 TOT AL -6.0 -0.6 309 -0.7 4.4 -5.1 .80 0.1 -0.9 -2.3 -0.2 0.80 1.6 4 5 13
1948 29 CHW AL -4.1 -0.4 40 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .72 -0.3 -0.9 -5.6 -0.5 0.72 -2.5 1 1 3
1948 29 WSH AL -1.8 -0.2 269 0.2 4.1 -3.9 .82 0.3 -0.1 3.3 0.3 0.82 4.1 3 4 10
1952 33 SLB AL -2.0 -0.2 432 -1.3 6.2 -7.4 .89 -0.9 -0.5 -10.9 -1.1 0.90 -9.9 4 7 11
1953 34 TOT AL -11.4 -1.1 137 -0.7 0.8 -1.5 .40 -0.7 -0.9 -11.8 -1.1 0.40 -10.1 1 2 8
1953 34 CHW AL -2.7 -0.3 39 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .37 -0.2 -0.0 -2.4 -0.2 0.37 -2.1 0 1 4
1953 34 DET AL -8.7 -0.8 98 -0.6 0.6 -1.1 .42 -0.5 -0.9 -9.4 -0.9 0.42 -8.0 1 1 4
5 Yrs -20.1 -1.9 878 -2.6 11.4 -14.0 .79 -1.6 -1.7 -24.9 -2.4 0.79 -18.4 9 14 32

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1945 26 CIN NL 14 5 1 4 0 0 2 1 4 .200 0 0 1 0 3 60% 47.2 79 21 4 0 2.5 7.5
1947 28 CHW AL 33 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 36.8 57 29 3 1 4.1 3.6
1948 29 TOT AL 34 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 1 20% 30.6 49 14 10 1 1 3 3.8 2.6 4.1
1948 29 CHW AL 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19.0 19 19 2 0 1 0 6.0 3.7
1948 29 WSH AL 23 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 33.5 49 14 8 1 0 3 3.3 2.6 4.2
1952 33 SLB AL 36 9 0 6 3 0 1 2 7 .222 1 2 1 0 3 33% 45.6 73 29 11 3 1 2 3.0 2.8 5.9
1953 34 TOT AL 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 5 3 1 0 1.0 0.0 6.0
1953 34 DET AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 3 3 1 0 1.0 0.0 6.0
5 Yrs 125 24 1 17 6 0 5 5 19 .208 1 3 2 0 8 33% 41 79 14 24 7 10 6 3.2 2.5 5.5
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -11 4.5 4.6 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1945 26 CIN NL 14 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 8.3
1947 28 CHW AL 33 29 12 3 5 0 5 0 0 0 23 2 1 8.2
1948 29 TOT AL 34 29 15 4 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 25 7 28% .804 4 5 13 1 1 21 11 12 19 3 14 4 6.6
1948 29 CHW AL 11 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% .722 1 1 3 0 1 4 2 3 8 1 3 1 5.9
1948 29 WSH AL 23 19 10 3 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 21 4 19% 9 .816 3 4 10 1 0 17 9 9 11 2 11 3 6.9
1952 33 SLB AL 36 27 13 2 2 5 5 2 100% 5 0 22 12 55% .894 4 7 11 6 2 14 13 9 19 6 15 8 7.1
1953 34 TOT AL 15 14 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% .404 1 2 8 0 1 13 4 10 7 1 7 4 4.5
1953 34 CHW AL 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 .369 0 1 4 0 0 7 1 6 2 0 2 2 3.6
1953 34 DET AL 8 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 5 .417 1 1 4 0 1 6 3 4 5 1 5 2 5.4
5 Yrs 132 108 50 11 11 6 10 3 167% 6 0 55 21 38% .787 9 14 32 7 4 48 28 31 73 13 36 18 7.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1945 26 CIN NL 274 0.7% 5.5% 9.9% 0.7% 3% 82%
1947 28 CHW AL 406 0.7% 13.6% 12.1% 70%
1948 29 TOT AL 388 55% 1.7% 11.6% 16.6% 6.3% 20% 0.68 95% 66 6 9%
1948 29 CHW AL 106 68% 10.5% 36.8% 34.2% 10.5% 17% 1.25 179% 8 1 13%
1948 29 WSH AL 282 54% 0.4% 8.0% 14.1% 5.7% 21% 0.63 83% 58 5 9%
1952 33 SLB AL 507 59% 1.7% 11.6% 11.1% 7.1% 25% 0.91 92% 90 10 11%
1953 34 TOT AL 131 53% 2.3% 6.1% 15.3% 5.3% 21% 1.00 73% 38 5 13%
1953 34 CHW AL 36 50% 2.8% 2.8% 13.9% 2.8% 11% 1.40 81% 17 3 18%
1953 34 DET AL 95 55% 2.1% 7.4% 15.8% 6.3% 24% 0.85 69% 21 2 10%
5 Yrs 1706 57% 1.3% 10.6% 12.6% 3.8% 15% 0.83 83% 194 21 11%
MLB Averages 49% 2.0% 11.4% 11.2% 5.4% 20% 0.95 89% 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
1945 26 CIN NL 60 2 1
1947 28 CHW AL 85 3 4
1948 29 TOT AL 301 93 5 0 16 1 0 0 1 25 11 4 44% 4 1 1 127 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 87
1948 29 CHW AL 38 23 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 1 1 0 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 68
1948 29 WSH AL 263 70 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 22 9 4 41% 3 0 1 111 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 19
1952 33 SLB AL 422 119 7 0 16 4 3 1 6 37 20 4 54% 10 1 0 168 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 85
1953 34 TOT AL 131 34 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 11 5 2 45% 2 2 0 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1953 34 CHW AL 36 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 0 40% 0 1 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1953 34 DET AL 95 25 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 6 3 2 50% 2 1 0 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Yrs 854 391 20 0 40 7 4 2 9 73 36 10 49% 16 9 1 361 6 6 50% 5 6 1 0 0 0 5 0 10 172
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1945 26 2 4 .333 3.61 14 5 4 1 0 0 62.1 60 30 25 2 27 15 1 0 1 274 105 1.396 8.7 0.3 3.9 2.2 0.56 105
1946 27 2 4 .333 3.61 14 5 4 1 0 0 62.1 60 30 25 2 27 15 1 0 1 274 105 1.396 8.7 0.3 3.9 2.2 0.56 105
1947 28 5 12 .294 3.58 47 9 16 1 0 5 156.0 145 78 62 5 76 70 4 0 5 680 104 1.417 8.4 0.3 4.4 4.0 0.92 104
1948 29 9 18 .333 4.06 81 14 31 1 0 5 239.2 238 130 108 10 126 105 10 0 6 1068 97 1.519 8.9 0.4 4.7 3.9 0.83 97
1949 30 9 18 .333 4.06 81 14 31 1 0 5 239.2 238 130 108 10 126 105 10 0 6 1068 97 1.519 8.9 0.4 4.7 3.9 0.83 97
1950 31 9 18 .333 4.06 81 14 31 1 0 5 239.2 238 130 108 10 126 105 10 0 6 1068 97 1.519 8.9 0.4 4.7 3.9 0.83 97
1951 32 9 18 .333 4.06 81 14 31 1 0 5 239.2 238 130 108 10 126 105 10 0 6 1068 97 1.519 8.9 0.4 4.7 3.9 0.83 97
1952 33 11 26 .297 4.04 117 23 44 2 0 10 356.1 357 191 160 17 173 154 20 0 7 1574 97 1.487 9.0 0.4 4.4 3.9 0.89 97
1953 34 12 28 .300 4.34 132 24 50 2 0 10 383.1 391 217 185 20 193 162 20 0 9 1705 91 1.523 9.2 0.5 4.5 3.8 0.84 91

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1945 26 4 3 .571 3.60 65.0 63 29 26 2 28 16 1 1.400 8.7 3.9 2.2 0.57 0.3 14
1947 28 5 5 .500 4.15 91.0 92 47 42 3 53 54 3 1.593 9.1 5.2 5.3 1.02 0.3 33
1948 29 4 5 .444 4.76 85.0 94 50 45 5 51 36 6 1.706 10.0 5.4 3.8 0.71 0.5 34
1952 33 6 6 .500 4.23 115.0 124 60 54 7 49 48 10 1.504 9.7 3.8 3.8 0.98 0.5 36
1953 34 0 2 .000 8.67 27.0 36 29 26 3 21 8 0 2.111 12.0 7.0 2.7 0.38 1.0 15
5 Yrs 19 21 .475 4.54 383.0 409 215 193 20 202 162 20 1.595 9.6 3.8 0.80 0.5 132

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1947 AL  5 (8th)
1952 AL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  6 (4th)
1952 AL  10 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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