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Roric Harrison

Roric Edward Harrison

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 20, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Westchester (Westchester, CA)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1972
Teams (by GP): Braves/Orioles/Indians/Twins 1972-1978

Final Game: July 23, 1978
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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
1965	18	HOU-min	Rk,A	4	3	.571	5.11	18	12					74.0	56	50	42	1	78								1.811	6.8	0.1	9.5			AST,SBY · FLRL,WCRS
1966	19	HOU-min	A-,A	4	10	.286	5.52	18	15					88.0	90	71	54	5	38								1.455	9.2	0.5	3.9			BMA,COC · NORL,FLOR
1967	20	HOU-min	A	0	0		2.70	4	0					10.0	7	3	3	0	3		12						1.000	6.3	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00	AVL · CARL
1968	21	HOU-min	AAA,AA	5	15	.250	4.21	35	24		2	1		154.0	128	85	72	9	90	4	103	5	1	3			1.416	7.5	0.5	5.3	6.0	1.14	OKC,DFW · PCL,TL
1969	22	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1			1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	OKC · AA
1970	23	MIL-min	AAA	6	11	.353	5.57	31	25		4	2	0	152.0	183	112	94	15	98	7	102	9	0	10			1.849	10.8	0.9	5.8	6.0	1.04	POR · PCL
1971	24	BAL-min	AAA	15	5	.750	2.81	25	24		10	5	0	170.0	119	65	53	11	74	0	182	9	2	10			1.135	6.3	0.6	3.9	9.6	2.46	ROC · IL
1972	25	BAL	AL	3	4	.429	2.30	39	2	14	0	0	4	94.0	68	24	24	2	34	9	62	4	0	8	372	136	1.085	6.5	0.2	3.3	5.9	1.82
1973	26	ATL	NL	11	8	.579	4.16	38	22	12	3	0	5	177.1	161	90	82	15	98	6	130	3	1	9	778	95	1.461	8.2	0.8	5.0	6.6	1.33
1974	27	ATL	NL	6	11	.353	4.71	20	20	0	3	0	0	126.0	148	70	66	12	49	1	46	3	2	2	562	80	1.563	10.6	0.9	3.5	3.3	0.94
1975	28	TOT	MLB	10	11	.476	4.78	34	26	5	6	0	1	180.2	195	104	96	16	65	5	74	4	1	7	798	79	1.439	9.7	0.8	3.2	3.7	1.14
1975	28	ATL	NL	3	4	.429	4.77	15	7	5	2	0	1	54.2	58	33	29	7	19	1	22	0	1	2	240	80	1.409	9.5	1.2	3.1	3.6	1.16
1975	28	CLE	AL	7	7	.500	4.79	19	19	0	4	0	0	126.0	137	71	67	9	46	4	52	4	0	5	558	79	1.452	9.8	0.6	3.3	3.7	1.13

1978	31	MIN-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.22	27	0		0	0	5	49.0	45	25	23	6	29	2	32	0	0	2			1.510	8.3	1.1	5.3	5.9	1.10	TOL · IL
1978	31	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	7.50	9	0	5	0	0	0	12.0	18	10	10	0	11	0	7	0	0	1	64	53	2.417	13.5	0.0	8.3	5.3	0.64
5 Seasons				30	35	.462	4.24	140	70	36	12	0	10	590.0	590	298	278	45	257	21	319	14	4	27	2574	88	1.436	9.0	0.7	3.9	4.9	1.24
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.462	4.24	45	23	12	4	0	3	191	191	96	90	15	83	7	103	5	1	9	833	88	1.436	9.0	0.7	3.9	4.9	1.24

ATL (3 yrs)				20	23	.465	4.45	73	49	17	8	0	6	358.0	367	193	177	34	166	8	198	6	4	13	1580	87	1.489	9.2	0.9	4.2	5.0	1.19
MIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.50	9	0	5	0	0	0	12.0	18	10	10	0	11	0	7	0	0	1	64	53	2.417	13.5	0.0	8.3	5.3	0.64
CLE (1 yr)				7	7	.500	4.79	19	19	0	4	0	0	126.0	137	71	67	9	46	4	52	4	0	5	558	79	1.452	9.8	0.6	3.3	3.7	1.13
BAL (1 yr)				3	4	.429	2.30	39	2	14	0	0	4	94.0	68	24	24	2	34	9	62	4	0	8	372	136	1.085	6.5	0.2	3.3	5.9	1.82

NL (3 yrs)			NL	20	23	.465	4.45	73	49	17	8	0	6	358.0	367	193	177	34	166	8	198	6	4	13	1580	87	1.489	9.2	0.9	4.2	5.0	1.19
AL (3 yrs)			AL	10	12	.455	3.92	67	21	19	4	0	4	232.0	223	105	101	11	91	13	121	8	0	14	994	90	1.353	8.7	0.4	3.5	4.7	1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1972	25	BAL	AL	94.0	2	24	40	5	.8	16	1.3	$
1973	26	ATL	NL	177.1	22	90	105	-1	1.1	15	1.5	$
1974	27	ATL	NL	126.0	20	70	66	6	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
1975	28	ATL	NL	54.2	7	33	34	-3	1.0	1	0.0	$
1975	28	CLE	AL	126.0	19	71	73	-1	.9	2	0.2	$

1978	31	MIN	AL	12.0	0	10	7	0	.6	-3	-0.3	$
5 Seasons				590.0	70	298	325	6	1.0	27	2.3	$

ATL (3 yrs)				358.0	49	193	205	2	1.0	12	1.1	$
MIN (1 yr)				12.0	0	10	7	0	.6	-3	-0.3	$
CLE (1 yr)				126.0	19	71	73	-1	.9	2	0.2	$
BAL (1 yr)				94.0	2	24	40	5	.8	16	1.3	$

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
1965	18	HOU-min	Rk,A	21	22	22		2	0	0	1						.091	.091	.227	.318		5						AST,SBY · FLRL,WCRS
1966	19	HOU-min	A-,A	18	31	31		5	1	0	0						.161	.161	.194	.355		6						BMA,COC · NORL,FLOR
1967	20	HOU-min	A	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500		1						AVL · CARL
1968	21	HOU-min	AAA,AA	44	52	48	8	8	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	24	.167	.216	.271	.487		13		1	1	0		OKC,DFW · PCL,TL
1969	22	HOU-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		OKC · AA
1970	23	MIL-min	AAA	31	58	53	12	11	3	0	3	10	0	0	4	30	.208	.263	.434	.697		23		0	1	0		POR · PCL
1971	24	BAL-min	AAA	27	71	66	10	18	6	1	4	15	0	0	3	27	.273	.300	.576	.876		38		0	1	1		ROC · IL
1972	25	BAL	AL	39	19	17	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	9	.118	.167	.353	.520	50	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
1973	26	ATL	NL	39	62	54	3	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	3	27	.056	.105	.185	.290	-23	10	1	0	5	0	0	1
1974	27	ATL	NL	20	46	38	5	7	0	0	3	5	0	1	2	12	.184	.225	.421	.646	75	16	0	0	6	0	0	1
1975	28	TOT	MLB	34	16	15	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.250	.267	.517	42	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
1975	28	ATL	NL	15	16	15	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.250	.267	.517	42	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
1975	28	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1978	31	MIN-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		TOL · IL
1978	31	MIN	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
5 Seasons				141	143	124	11	15	3	0	6	12	0	1	6	53	.121	.168	.290	.458	24	36	2	1	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	164	142	13	17	3	0	7	14	0	1	7	61	.121	.168	.290	.458	24	41	2	1	14	0	0

ATL (3 yrs)				74	124	107	9	13	2	0	5	11	0	1	5	44	.121	.168	.280	.449	20	30	2	1	11	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				39	19	17	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	9	.118	.167	.353	.520	50	6	0	0	1	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				74	124	107	9	13	2	0	5	11	0	1	5	44	.121	.168	.280	.449	20	30	2	1	11	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				67	19	17	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	9	.118	.167	.353	.520	50	6	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1972	25	BAL	AL	19	-1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$13,500	1
1973	26	ATL	NL	62	-9	0	0	0	0	5	2	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1
1974	27	ATL	NL	46	-2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1975	28	ATL	NL	16	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				143	-13	0	1	0	0	10	4	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$13,500

ATL (3 yrs)				124	-12	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
BAL (1 yr)				19	-1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$13,500

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1972	BAL	AL	25	P	39	2	0	94.0	18	8	10	0	0	1.000	1.72	0.46	.950	1.86	1.85	1	5	83%	1
1973	ATL	NL	26	P	38	22	3	177.1	33	13	18	2	0	.939	1.57	0.82	.950	1.88	1.88	20	4	17%	2
1974	ATL	NL	27	P	20	20	3	126.0	21	7	13	1	1	.952	1.43	1.00	.944	1.88	1.88	9	4	31%	2
1975	TOT	MLB	28	P	34	26	6	180.2	34	10	22	2	2	.941	1.59	0.94	.942	1.87	1.86	21	5	19%	2
1975	ATL	NL	28	P	15	7	2	54.2	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.81	0.73	.946	1.86	1.86	7	1	13%	1
1975	CLE	AL	28	P	19	19	4	126.0	23	9	12	2	2	.913	1.50	1.11	.940	1.87	1.86	14	4	22%	1
1978	MIN	AL	31	P	9	0	0	12.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.88	1.88	0	0		0
	5 Seasons			P	140	70	12	590.0	106	38	63	5	3	.953	1.54	0.72	.946	1.87	1.87	51	18	26%	7
	5 Seasons			TOT	140	70	12	590.0	106	38	63	5	3	.953	1.54	0.72	.946	1.87	1.87	51	18	26%	7

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1973 NL 6.598 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1973 NL 98 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1972 AL 8 (7th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1972 AL 2.1 (9th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1972 AL 1.000 (1st)

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Hall of Fame Standards

Pitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1965 Season: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.
August 24, 1969: Traded by the Houston Astros with Dooley Womack to the Seattle Pilots for Jim Bouton.
April 5, 1971: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Marion Jackson (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles for Marcelino Lopez.
November 30, 1972: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Pat Dobson, Davey Johnson and Johnny Oates to the Atlanta Braves for Taylor Duncan and Earl Williams.
June 7, 1975: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and Blue Moon Odom. The Cleveland Indians sent Rob Belloir (June 16, 1975) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
April 7, 1976: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the St. Louis Cardinals for Harry Parker.
March 29, 1977: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
April 5, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
March 23, 1978: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
March 30, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 9, 1978: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 28, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1972	25	Baltimore Orioles	$13,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$13,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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