Lum Harris

Chalmer Luman Harris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 17, 1915 in New Castle, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1941
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Senators 1941-1947

Final Game: May 11, 1947
Died: November 11, 1996 in Pell City, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	22	MIN-min	B,A1	5	6	.455	1.33	28	2					115.0	118	57	17		45							1.417	9.2		3.5			CHR,ATA · PIED,SOUA
1938	23	ATA	A1	10	6	.625	3.28	27						148.0	138	61	54		41							1.209	8.4		2.5			ATA · SOUA
1939	24	ATA	A1	17	8	.680	3.70	45	26					214.0	227	111	88		73							1.402	9.5		3.1			ATA · SOUA
1940	25	ATA	A1	15	9	.625	3.68	40	25					208.0	234	109	85		65							1.438	10.1		2.8			ATA · SOUA
1941	26	PHA	AL	4	4	.500	4.78	33	10	15	5	0	2	131.2	134	77	70	16	51	49	2	0	4	572	88	1.405	9.2	1.1	3.5	3.3	0.96
1942	27	PHA	AL	11	15	.423	3.74	26	20	5	10	1	0	166.0	146	80	69	14	70	60	1	2	2	705	102	1.301	7.9	0.8	3.8	3.3	0.86
1943	28	PHA	AL	7	21	.250	4.20	32	27	3	15	1	1	216.1	241	122	101	17	63	55	3	0	8	940	81	1.405	10.0	0.7	2.6	2.3	0.87
1944	29	PHA	AL	10	9	.526	3.30	23	22	1	12	2	0	174.1	193	70	64	8	26	33	0	0	6	724	104	1.256	10.0	0.4	*1.3*	1.7	1.27
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	31	PHA	AL	3	14	.176	5.24	34	12	13	4	0	0	125.1	153	78	73	11	48	33	0	0	2	556	67	1.604	11.0	0.8	3.4	2.4	0.69
1947	32	BOS-SFG-min	AAA	7	7	.500	4.46	24	14	8	6	0		115.0	130	62	57		50	35	1	0	2			1.565	10.2		3.9	2.7	0.70	LOU,MNE · AA
1947	32	WSH	AL	0	0		2.84	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	2	2	0	7	2	0	0	0	33	139	2.211	9.9	0.0	9.9	2.8	0.29
1948	33	DET-SFG-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.37	37	14		8	0		140.0	133	85	68		63	76	2	0	3			1.400	8.6		4.0	4.9	1.21	BFL,JER,MNE · IL,AA
1949	34	DET-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.93	41	9		2	0		126.0	137	74	69		62	76	0	0	1			1.579	9.8		4.4	5.4	1.23	BFL · IL
1950	35	BAL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	7.20	8	0		0	0		10.0	10	9	8		12	8	0		2			2.200	9.0		10.8	7.2	0.67	BLT · IL
6 Yrs				35	63	.357	4.16	151	91	38	46	4	3	820.0	874	429	379	66	265	232	6	2	22	3530	88	1.389	9.6	0.7	2.9	2.5	0.88
162 Game Avg.				10	18	.357	4.16	42	26	11	13	1	1	230	246	121	106	19	74	65	2	1	6	992	88	1.389	9.6	0.7	2.9	2.5	0.88

PHA (5 yrs)				35	63	.357	4.17	148	91	37	46	4	3	813.2	867	427	377	66	258	230	6	2	22	3497	87	1.383	9.6	0.7	2.9	2.5	0.89
WSH (1 yr)				0	0		2.84	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	2	2	0	7	2	0	0	0	33	139	2.211	9.9	0.0	9.9	2.8	0.29

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
1941	26	PHA	AL	131.2	33	10	77	5.26	4.75	-0.05	0.00	102.7	4.92	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.3	7	.483	.497	$
1942	27	PHA	AL	166.0	26	20	80	4.34	4.44	-0.30	0.00	105.9	5.02	11	1.3	1.0	-0.1	2.1	24	.549	.508	$
1943	28	PHA	AL	216.1	32	27	122	5.08	3.93	-0.29	0.00	103.9	4.39	-17	-1.9	1.0	-0.2	-0.8	-4	.440	.488	$
1944	29	PHA	AL	174.1	23	22	70	3.61	4.15	0.02	0.00	99.6	4.11	10	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.0	21	.548	.507	$

1946	31	PHA	AL	125.1	34	12	78	5.60	4.05	-0.29	0.00	97.3	4.22	-19	-2.0	1.0	-0.1	-1.3	-9	.440	.487	$
1947	32	WSH	AL	6.1	3	0	2	2.84	4.56	-0.28	0.00	98.9	4.79	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.553	.501	$
6 Seasons				820.0	151	91	429	4.71	4.24	-0.18	0.00	102.2	4.52	-20	-2.0	1.0	-0.6	2.5	40	.487	.498	$

PHA (5 yrs)				813.2	148	91	427	4.72	4.23	-0.18	0.00	102.2	4.52	-22	-2.2	1.0	-0.6	2.3	38	.485	.497	$
WSH (1 yr)				6.1	3	0	2	2.84	4.56	-0.28	0.00	98.9	4.79	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.553	.501	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1941	26	PHA	AL	572	2.8%	8.6%	8.9%	4.4%	19%	79%
1942	27	PHA	AL	705	2.0%	8.5%	9.9%	3.6%	17%	78%
1943	28	PHA	AL	940	1.8%	5.9%	6.7%	3.9%	15%	84%
1944	29	PHA	AL	724	1.1%	4.6%	3.6%	4.0%	15%	89%

1946	31	PHA	AL	556	2.0%	5.9%	8.6%	3.1%	11%	81%
1947	32	WSH	AL	33	0.0%	6.1%	21.2%			61%
6 Yrs				3530	1.9%	6.6%	7.5%	3.8%	15%	82%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	9.0%	2.7%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1941	26	4	4	.500	4.78	33	10	15	5	0	2	131.2	134	77	70	16	51	49	2	0	4	572	88	1.405	9.2	1.1	3.5	3.3	0.96	88
1942	27	15	19	.441	4.20	59	30	20	15	1	2	297.2	280	157	139	30	121	109	3	2	6	1277	95	1.347	8.5	0.9	3.7	3.3	0.90	95
1943	28	22	40	.355	4.20	91	57	23	30	2	3	514.0	521	279	240	47	184	164	6	2	14	2217	89	1.372	9.1	0.8	3.2	2.9	0.89	89
1944	29	32	49	.395	3.97	114	79	24	42	4	3	688.1	714	349	304	55	210	197	6	2	20	2941	92	1.342	9.3	0.7	2.7	2.6	0.94	92
1945	30	32	49	.395	3.97	114	79	24	42	4	3	688.1	714	349	304	55	210	197	6	2	20	2941	92	1.342	9.3	0.7	2.7	2.6	0.94	92
1946	31	35	63	.357	4.17	148	91	37	46	4	3	813.2	867	427	377	66	258	230	6	2	22	3497	87	1.383	9.6	0.7	2.9	2.5	0.89	87
1947	32	35	63	.357	4.16	151	91	38	46	4	3	820.0	874	429	379	66	265	232	6	2	22	3530	88	1.389	9.6	0.7	2.9	2.5	0.88	88

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1941	26	7	8	.467	4.43	136.0	134	74	67	16	51	50	2	1.360	8.9	3.4	3.3	0.98	1.1	33
1942	27	10	9	.526	3.82	172.0	154	81	73	15	74	62	1	1.326	8.1	3.9	3.2	0.84	0.8	26
1943	28	10	14	.417	4.92	216.0	267	131	118	19	70	55	3	1.560	11.1	2.9	2.3	0.79	0.8	32
1944	29	10	9	.526	3.75	173.0	209	80	72	9	28	33	0	1.370	10.9	1.5	1.7	1.18	0.5	23

1946	31	4	9	.308	6.17	121.0	167	92	83	12	52	32	0	1.810	12.4	3.9	2.4	0.62	0.9	34
1947	32	0	0		3.00	6.0	8	2	2	0	8	2	0	2.667	12.0	12.0	3.0	0.25	0.0	3
6 Yrs		41	49	.456	4.53	824.0	939	460	415	71	283	234	6	1.483	10.3		2.6	0.83	0.8	151

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1942 AL 7.916 (6th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 AL 2.621 (9th) 1944 AL 1.342 (1st)	Games Played s c a p y 1946 AL 34 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1943 AL 27 (9th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1943 AL 15 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1941 AL 16 (8th) 1942 AL 14 (7th) 1943 AL 17 (2nd)	Hits s c a p y 1943 AL 241 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1942 AL 15 (6th) 1943 AL 21 (1st) 1946 AL 14 (8th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1943 AL 101 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1943 AL 8 (1st) 1944 AL 6 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1943 AL 940 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1941 AL 15 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Fred Sanford (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Duane Pillette (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Duane Pillette (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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