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Gail Harris

Boyd Gail Harris

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 15, 1931 in Abington, VA
High School: Abingdon HS (Abingdon, VA)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1955
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Giants 1955-1960

Final Game: May 3, 1960
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1950	18	SFG-min	D	97	395	395		124	21	4	16						.314	.314	.509	.823		201							LEN · WCAR
1951	19	SFG-min	D,B	114	442	442		150	30	9	14						.339	.339	.543	.882		240							LEN,KNX · WCAR,TRIS
1952	20	SFG-min	A	141	500	500		128	20	3	23						.256	.256	.446	.702		223							SXC · WL
1953	21	SFG-min	AA	150	565	565		159	23	1	25						.281	.281	.458	.740		259							NVL · SOUA
1954	22	SFG-min	AAA	150	616	550	100	170	24	4	34	113	4		52	71	.309	.371	.553	.923		304	15	6	1	7			MNE · AA
1955	23	SFG-min	AAA	44	198	175	40	53	4	2	17	43	0		18	28	.303	.381	.640	1.021		112	2	4	1	0			MNE · AA
1955	23	NYG	NL	79	287	263	27	61	9	0	12	36	0	0	20	46	.232	.289	.403	.692	81	106	6	2	0	2	3	3
1956	24	SFG-min	AAA	133	538	477	76	129	29	4	24	82	3		44	64	.270	.345	.499	.843		238	7	12	1	4			MNE · AA
1956	24	NYG	NL	12	43	38	2	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	10	.132	.233	.263	.496	34	10	0	2	0	0	1	3
1957	25	NYG	NL	90	249	225	28	54	7	3	9	31	1	0	16	28	.240	.305	.418	.723	92	94	4	6	0	2	2	3
1958	26	DET	AL	134	498	451	63	123	18	8	20	83	1	2	36	60	.273	.328	.481	.809	114	217	10	4	1	6	3	*3
1959	27	DET	AL	114	388	349	39	77	4	3	9	39	0	1	29	49	.221	.290	.327	.617	65	114	7	6	1	2	3	3
1960	28	LAD-min	AAA	117	479	438	74	138	21	9	22	88	4		41	68	.315	.374	.555	.928		243							STP · AA
1960	28	DET	AL	8	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	-17	0	0	0	0	0	1	/3
1961	29	LAD-min	AAA	65	242	211	26	46	9	1	9	27	1		31	26	.218	.318	.398	.716		84							OMA · AA
6 Yrs				437	1472	1331	159	320	38	15	51	190	2	3	106	194	.240	.304	.406	.710	88	541	27	20	2	12	13
162 Game Avg.				162	546	493	59	119	14	6	19	70	1	1	39	72	.240	.304	.406	.710	88	201	10	7	1	4	5

NYG (3 yrs)				181	579	526	57	120	16	4	22	68	1	0	39	84	.228	.292	.399	.691	82	210	10	10	0	4	6
DET (3 yrs)				256	893	805	102	200	22	11	29	122	1	3	67	110	.248	.311	.411	.722	92	331	17	10	2	8	7

AL (3 yrs)				256	893	805	102	200	22	11	29	122	1	3	67	110	.248	.311	.411	.722	92	331	17	10	2	8	7
NL (3 yrs)				181	579	526	57	120	16	4	22	68	1	0	39	84	.228	.292	.399	.691	82	210	10	10	0	4	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	23	NYG	NL	79	287	-7	0	-0	1	-3	-10	-1.1	10	0	-0.2	.487	.494	-0.1	-0.4	-0	$	3
1956	24	NYG	NL	12	43	-4	-0	0	-1	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.453	.497	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	3
1957	25	NYG	NL	90	249	-2	1	-0	-1	-3	-5	-0.6	8	3	0.2	.494	.497	0.4	-0.5	4	$	3
1958	26	DET	AL	134	498	8	-0	0	4	-6	5	0.5	14	19	1.8	.504	.504	1.5	-0.3	15	$	*3
1959	27	DET	AL	114	388	-16	-1	1	-3	-5	-25	-2.8	11	-14	-1.7	.477	.484	-1.3	-1.0	-11	$	3
1960	28	DET	AL	8	7	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.479	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
6 Seasons				437	1472	-22	-0	1	-1	-19	-41	-4.8	44	3	-0.5	.490	.495	0.0	-2.4	4	$

NYG (3 yrs)				181	579	-13	1	-0	-1	-7	-20	-2.4	20	-0	-0.4	.488	.496	-0.1	-1.0	1	$
DET (3 yrs)				256	893	-9	-2	1	0	-12	-21	-2.5	25	3	-0.1	.491	.495	0.1	-1.4	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1955	23	NYG	NL	287	210	30	3.8	106	.237	.232	.267	.289	.338	.403	.422	.692	.760	81	.408	-8.1	-0.8	.615	.247	.171	.0
1956	24	NYG	NL	43	33	3	2.4	102	.148	.132	.263	.233	.330	.263	.415	.496	.745	34	.247	-3.8	-0.4	.455	.211	.132	.0
1957	25	NYG	NL	249	177	29	4.4	103	.237	.240	.269	.305	.332	.418	.416	.723	.748	92	.481	-3.0	-0.3	.669	.253	.178	1.8
1958	26	DET	AL	498	347	70	5.4	104	.273	.273	.270	.328	.340	.481	.409	.809	.749	114	.603	7.1	0.7	.753	.286	.208	1.9
1959	27	DET	AL	388	283	33	3.1	103	.232	.221	.267	.290	.339	.327	.408	.617	.748	65	.350	-18.2	-1.9	.529	.186	.106	.0
1960	28	DET	AL	7	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.286	.342	.000	.410	.286	.752	-17	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.400	.400	.000
6 Yrs				1472	1055	165	4.2	104	.245	.240	.268	.304	.338	.406	.413	.710	.751	88	.472	-26.9	-2.7	.640	.245	.166	3.8
162 Game Avg.				546	391	61	4.2	104	.245	.240	.268	.304	.338	.406	.413	.710	.751	88	.472	-26.9	-2.7	.640	.245	.166	1

NYG (3 yrs)				579	420	62	4.0	105	.231	.228	.267	.292	.335	.399	.419	.691	.754	82	.429	-14.9	-1.5	.625	.247	.171	1.9
DET (3 yrs)				893	635	103	4.3	104	.254	.248	.268	.311	.339	.411	.409	.722	.748	92	.501	-11.9	-1.2	.650	.243	.163	1.9

AL (3 yrs)				893	635	103	4.3	104	.254	.248	.268	.311	.339	.411	.409	.722	.748	92	.501	-11.9	-1.2	.650	.243	.163	1.9
NL (3 yrs)				579	420	62	4.0	105	.231	.228	.267	.292	.335	.399	.419	.691	.754	82	.429	-14.9	-1.5	.625	.247	.171	1.9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	23	NYG	NL	287	4.2%	16.0%	7.0%	7.3%	34%	2.30	5.7	21.9	7.3	0.93	72%
1956	24	NYG	NL	43	2.3%	23.3%	7.0%	4.7%	40%	3.33	3.8	38.0	38.0	1.00	63%
1957	25	NYG	NL	249	3.6%	11.2%	6.4%	7.6%	35%	1.75	8.0	25.0	7.3	0.80	76%
1958	26	DET	AL	498	4.0%	12.1%	7.2%	9.2%	37%	1.67	7.5	22.6	5.4	0.88	76%
1959	27	DET	AL	388	2.3%	12.6%	7.5%	4.1%	21%	1.69	7.1	38.8	8.9	1.21	76%
1960	28	DET	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	28.6%	0.0%		0.50	5.0			0.33	57%
6 Yrs				1472	3.5%	13.2%	7.2%	7.1%	33%	1.83	6.9	26.1	7.0	0.96	75%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.6%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.41	7.0	37.8	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	23	NYG	NL	-8.1	-0.8	238	-0.1	4.3	-4.4	1.04	-0.5	0.4	-4.3	-0.4	0.95	-4.5	1.21	4
1956	24	NYG	NL	-3.8	-0.4	39	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	1.09	-0.5	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.93	-5.4	0.20	1
1957	25	NYG	NL	-3.0	-0.3	209	-0.1	4.0	-4.0	1.11	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.94	1.8	1.33	25
1958	26	DET	AL	7.1	0.7	508	0.6	9.5	-8.9	1.00	1.5	-1.0	15.1	1.5	0.98	16.7	1.75	14
1959	27	DET	AL	-18.2	-1.9	393	-0.3	6.0	-6.3	.96	-1.0	0.8	-11.9	-1.2	0.99	-14.1	1.22	22
1960	28	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	2.13	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.00	-0.7	1.89	3
6 Yrs				-26.8	-2.7	1394	-0.7	24.1	-24.7	1.02	-0.5	-0.1	-7.0	-0.7	0.97	-6.3	1.38	69

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	23	NYG	NL	4	21%	62	0	0		0	0	0	2	5	47%	10	6	3	3	0	3	4	2	2
1956	24	NYG	NL	0	11%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	25	NYG	NL	4	28%	89	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	4	47%	11	6	5	2	1	1	2	1	1
1958	26	DET	AL	7	30%	168	1	2	33%	1	2	1	10	11	41%	30	13	14	9	6	3	7	4	2
1959	27	DET	AL	7	29%	135	0	1	0%	0	1	0	7	6	47%	18	11	6	6	3	3	12	3	8
1960	28	DET	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				22	27%	465	2	3	40%	1	3	1	19	26	44%	71	38	28	20	10	10	26	10	14

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	23	NYG	NL	287	70%	61			4	2	0	0	1.21	12	0	7	7	3	7	5	0	0	0		46	6	13%	24	6	25%	156	24	15%	22	11	50%	8	4	50%	0
1956	24	NYG	NL	43	92%	5			1	0	0	0	0.20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	1	0	0%	21	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1957	25	NYG	NL	249	79%	54			25	2	0	3	1.33	9	0	4	3	3	5	4	0	0	0		31	4	13%	21	6	29%	116	16	14%	13	7	54%	10	4	40%	0
1958	26	DET	AL	498	83%	123			14	5	1	1	1.75	20	0	7	17	3	13	7	0	1	1	100%	95	10	11%	45	15	33%	355	64	18%	30	13	43%	25	14	56%	0
1959	27	DET	AL	388	82%	77			22	4	1	3	1.22	9	0	12	4	5	4	5	0	1	1	100%	94	7	7%	46	13	28%	262	31	12%	26	12	46%	14	7	50%	0
1960	28	DET	AL	7	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				1472	81%	320			69	13	2	7	1.38	51	0	30	31	14	30	21	0	2	2	100%	273	27	10%	137	40	29%	915	135	15%	92	43	47%	58	29	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1955	23	79	287	263	27	61	9	0	12	36	0	0	20	46	.232	.289	.403	.692	81	106	6	2	0	2	3
1956	24	91	330	301	29	66	9	1	13	37	0	0	23	56	.219	.282	.385	.667	75	116	6	4	0	2	4
1957	25	181	579	526	57	120	16	4	22	68	1	0	39	84	.228	.292	.399	.691	82	210	10	10	0	4	6
1958	26	315	1077	977	120	243	34	12	42	151	2	2	75	144	.249	.309	.437	.746	97	427	20	14	1	10	9
1959	27	429	1465	1326	159	320	38	15	51	190	2	3	104	193	.241	.304	.408	.712	89	541	27	20	2	12	12
1960	28	437	1472	1331	159	320	38	15	51	190	2	3	106	194	.240	.304	.406	.710	88	541	27	20	2	12	13

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	23	83	300	275	27	63	9	0	12	36	0	21	48	.229	.287	.393	.679	31	79
1956	24	13	44	39	2	5	0	1	1	1	0	3	10	.128	.227	.256	.484	2	12
1957	25	94	261	236	30	57	7	3	10	33	1	17	29	.242	.307	.424	.730	29	90
1958	26	140	519	471	65	128	19	8	21	86	1	37	63	.272	.326	.480	.806	73	134
1959	27	119	402	363	40	79	4	3	9	40	0	30	51	.218	.287	.320	.606	32	114
1960	28	8	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	8
6 Yrs		457	1533	1389	164	332	39	15	53	196	2	110	202	.239	.302	.403	.705	167	437
162 Game Avg.		162	543	492	58	118	14	5	19	69	1	39	72	.239	.302	.403	.705	59	437

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y 1958 AL .481 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1958 AL 8 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1957 NL 6 (5th) 1959 AL 6 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1958 AL 6 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1958 AL .481 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1958 AL 8 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL 6 (5th)
1959 AL 6 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 AL 6 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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