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Gail Harris
Boyd Gail Harris

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

Born: October 15, 1931 in Abingdon, VA
High School: Abingdon (Abingdon, VA)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1955
Final Game: May 3, 1960
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Gail Harris
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Standard Batting

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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
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	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	387	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	DET	AL	8	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	0	0	0	0	0	1	/3
6 Seasons				437	1471	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	545	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	83	210	10	10	0	4	6
DET (3 yrs)				256	892	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	892	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	83	210	10	10	0	4	6

Advanced Batting

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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	.268	.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	.339	.481	.409	.809	.749	114	.603	7.1	0.7	.753	.286	.208	1.9
1959	27	DET	AL	387	283	33	3.1	103	.232	.221	.267	.290	.339	.327	.408	.617	.748	65	.350	-18.3	-1.9	.529	.186	.106	.0
1960	28	DET	AL	7	5	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.286	.341	.000	.408	.286	.749	-16	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.400	.400	.000
6 Seasons				1471	1055	165	4.2	104	.245	.240	.268	.304	.338	.406	.413	.710	.750	88	.472	-26.9	-2.7	.640	.245	.166	3.8
162 Game Avg.				545	391	61	4.2	104	.245	.240	.268	.304	.338	.406	.413	.710	.750	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	83	.429	-14.9	-1.5	.625	.247	.171	1.9
DET (3 yrs)				892	635	103	4.3	104	.254	.248	.268	.311	.339	.411	.409	.722	.748	92	.501	-12.0	-1.2	.650	.243	.163	1.9

AL (3 yrs)				892	635	103	4.3	104	.254	.248	.268	.311	.339	.411	.409	.722	.748	92	.501	-12.0	-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	83	.429	-14.9	-1.5	.625	.247	.171	1.9

Ratio Batting*

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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	0.80	72%
1956	24	NYG	NL	43	2.3%	23.3%	7.0%	4.7%	40%	3.33	3.8	38.0	38.0	0.88	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	387	2.3%	12.7%	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 Seasons				1471	3.5%	13.2%	7.2%	7.1%	33%	1.83	6.9	26.1	7.0	0.94	75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	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	3	0	21%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	46%	8	4	3	2	0	2	3	2	1
1956	24	NYG	NL	0	0	11%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	25	NYG	NL	3	0	28%	81	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50%	10	5	5	2	1	1	2	1	1
1958	26	DET	AL	7	0	30%	168	1	2	33%	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	11	41%	30	13	14	9	6	3	7	4	2
1959	27	DET	AL	7	0	29%	135	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	47%	18	11	6	6	3	3	12	3	8
1960	28	DET	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Seasons				20	0	27%	444	2	3	40%	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	26	45%	68	35	28	19	10	9	25	10	13
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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	208	72%	61			3	1	0	0	0.45	12	0	5	7	3	5	5	0	0	0		39	6	15%	21	5	24%	130	20	15%	19	11	58%	8	0	0%	79
1956	24	NYG	NL	28	89%	5			1	0	0	0	0.24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	16	0	0%	0	0		0	0		15
1957	25	NYG	NL	193	80%	54			23	2	0	3	1.37	9	0	4	2	3	4	1	0	0	0		31	4	13%	19	6	32%	111	16	14%	12	7	58%	11	4	36%	56
1958	26	DET	AL	498	83%	123			14	5	1	1	1.77	20	0	7	17	3	13	7	0	1	1	100%	95	10	11%	45	15	33%	355	64	18%	30	13	43%	37	15	41%	0
1959	27	DET	AL	388	82%	77			22	4	1	3	1.24	9	0	12	4	5	4	5	0	1	1	100%	94	7	7%	46	13	28%	262	31	12%	26	12	46%	23	10	43%	0
1960	28	DET	AL	7	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
6 Seasons				1322	81%	320			66	12	2	7	1.38	51	0	28	30	14	26	18	0	2	2	100%	264	27	10%	132	39	30%	879	131	15%	88	43	49%	80	29	36%	150
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	83	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	1464	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	1471	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	37	0	21	48	.229	.287	.393	.679	31	79
1956	24	13	48	41	2	7	0	1	1	1	0	4	10	.171	.292	.293	.584	3	12
1957	25	94	262	237	29	58	8	3	10	32	1	17	29	.245	.309	.430	.740	30	90
1958	26	140	517	470	65	127	19	8	21	86	1	37	63	.270	.325	.479	.804	72	134
1959	27	119	404	365	39	81	4	3	9	39	0	31	51	.222	.292	.323	.615	33	114
1960	28	8	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	8
6 Seasons		457	1538	1393	162	336	40	15	53	195	2	112	202	.241	.305	.406	.711	169	437
162 Game Avg.		162	545	494	57	119	14	5	19	69	1	40	72	.241	.305	.406	.711	60	437

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Ed Stevens (958)
Dan Johnson (956)
Joe Hague (952)
Mark Johnson (952)
Tony Solaita (951)
Kevin Maas (950)
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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50