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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 NYG NL 23 1B 75 67 615.0 679 617 50 12 65 .982 0.6 1.2 0.6 -1.0 1.6 0 9.76 8.89 .991 9.79 9.09
1956 NYG NL 24 1B 11 11 99.0 120 108 9 3 12 .975 -0.6 -7.3 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 10.64 10.64 .989 9.82 8.71
1957 NYG NL 25 1B 61 51 484.0 547 502 37 8 53 .985 -1.2 -3.0 -1.2 -0.7 -0.4 0 10.02 8.84 .990 9.67 8.82
1958 DET AL 26 1B 122 112 1013.1 1036 942 79 15 90 .986 3.6 4.3 3.6 -0.3 3.9 0 9.07 8.37 .991 8.88 8.20
1959 DET AL 27 1B 93 83 752.0 791 728 57 6 59 .992 -3.4 -5.4 -4.4 -5.2 0.8 1 9.39 8.44 .990 9.84 8.27
1960 DET AL 28 1B 5 0 10.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -12.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 8.10 1.80 .989 9.54 8.04
6 Seasons 1B 367 324 2973.1 3182 2905 233 44 280 .986 -1.1 -0.4 -2.1 -8.0 6.0 1 9.50 8.55 .991 9.47 8.51
6 Seasons TOT 367 324 2973.1 3182 2905 233 44 280 .986 -1.1 -0.4 -2.1 -8.0 6.0 1 9.50 8.55 .977 9.47 8.51

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 NYG NL 23 79 67 79 79 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1956 NYG NL 24 12 11 12 12 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 NYG NL 25 90 51 90 90 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
1958 DET AL 26 134 112 134 134 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1959 DET AL 27 114 83 114 114 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1960 DET AL 28 8 0 8 8 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 437 324 437 437 0 0 367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 NYG NL 23 1967 62% 80% 28% 110 89% 0 455 16 437 3 47 38 30 5 0 6 11 1 7 3 6 47 1 1 0 41 2 6 0 6 11 91%
1956 NYG NL 24 257 74% 78% 28% 17 82% 1 69 3 65 1 7 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 4 75%
1957 NYG NL 25 1645 66% 79% 26% 90 92% 1 385 30 347 8 33 24 12 7 0 2 5 1 3 1 4 42 3 0 0 40 3 2 0 1 2 100%
1958 DET AL 26 4358 57% 78% 26% 249 94% 4 954 55 890 12 99 86 58 17 1 7 15 3 10 2 7 90 3 0 1 83 4 7 0 6 13 85%
1959 DET AL 27 3262 61% 78% 25% 170 94% 1 736 78 649 9 40 54 31 12 0 2 6 1 5 0 4 59 4 0 1 56 6 3 2 1 6 100%
1960 DET AL 28 46 63% 80% 28% 1 100% 0 8 0 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 11535 61% 78% 26% 637 92% 7 2607 182 2396 33 226 207 135 42 1 17 39 6 27 6 23 245 11 1 2 225 15 20 2 16 36 89%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

* 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.

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