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Vic Harris

Victor Lanier Harris

Positions: Second Baseman, Centerfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 27, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Los Angeles HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 9, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1972 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Giants/Cubs/Cardinals/Brewers 1972-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 30)
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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 Awards
1972 22 TEX AL 61 198 186 8 26 5 1 0 10 7 3 12 39 .140 .192 .177 .369 13 33 0 0 0 0 1 4/6
1973 23 TEX AL 152 618 555 71 138 14 7 8 44 13 12 55 81 .249 .317 .342 .659 90 190 16 2 2 4 1 *854/9D7
1974 24 CHC NL 62 236 200 18 39 6 3 0 11 9 3 29 26 .195 .294 .255 .549 53 51 2 0 4 2 3 4
1975 25 CHC NL 51 64 56 6 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 7 .179 .254 .179 .433 20 10 0 0 1 1 0 7/548
1976 26 STL NL 97 282 259 21 59 12 3 1 19 1 2 16 55 .228 .275 .309 .584 65 80 6 1 6 0 0 485/796
1977 27 SFG NL 69 189 165 28 43 12 0 2 14 2 1 19 36 .261 .332 .370 .701 89 61 1 0 2 3 1 46/589
1978 28 SFG NL 53 116 100 8 15 4 0 1 11 0 0 11 24 .150 .230 .220 .450 29 22 0 0 3 2 1 64/789
1980 30 MIL AL 34 103 89 8 19 4 1 1 7 4 1 12 13 .213 .304 .315 .619 73 28 1 0 1 1 0 9/8754
8 Yrs 579 1806 1610 168 349 57 15 13 121 36 22 160 281 .217 .287 .295 .582 66 475 26 3 19 13 7
162 Game Avg. 162 505 450 47 98 16 4 4 34 10 6 45 79 .217 .287 .295 .582 66 133 7 1 5 4 2
SFG (2 yrs) 122 305 265 36 58 16 0 3 25 2 1 30 60 .219 .293 .313 .607 67 83 1 0 5 5 2
TEX (2 yrs) 213 816 741 79 164 19 8 8 54 20 15 67 120 .221 .286 .301 .587 72 223 16 2 2 4 2
CHC (2 yrs) 113 300 256 24 49 6 3 0 16 9 3 35 33 .191 .286 .238 .524 46 61 2 0 5 3 3
STL (1 yr) 97 282 259 21 59 12 3 1 19 1 2 16 55 .228 .275 .309 .584 65 80 6 1 6 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 34 103 89 8 19 4 1 1 7 4 1 12 13 .213 .304 .315 .619 73 28 1 0 1 1 0
NL (5 yrs) 332 887 780 81 166 34 6 4 60 12 6 81 148 .213 .285 .287 .572 60 224 9 1 16 8 5
AL (3 yrs) 247 919 830 87 183 23 9 9 61 24 16 79 133 .220 .288 .302 .591 72 251 17 2 3 5 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1972 22 TEX AL 61 198 -17 1 1 -4 2 -18 -2.3 7 -11 -1.6 .462 .486 -1.0 -0.4 -7 $6,000 4/6
1973 23 TEX AL 152 618 -6 1 0 -21 0 -25 -2.4 22 -3 -0.3 .482 .484 1.9 -2.1 19 $9,000 *854/9D7
1974 24 CHC NL 62 236 -13 1 -0 -16 2 -26 -2.9 8 -19 -2.2 .454 .482 -0.5 -1.6 -3 4
1975 25 CHC NL 51 64 -6 0 1 -2 0 -8 -0.9 2 -5 -0.6 .484 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -3 7/548
1976 26 STL NL 97 282 -10 -0 -1 -4 1 -13 -1.5 9 -4 -0.6 .485 .491 -0.2 -0.3 -0 485/796
1977 27 SFG NL 69 189 -4 2 0 -9 2 -8 -0.9 6 -2 -0.3 .487 .495 0.6 -0.7 6 46/589
1978 28 SFG NL 53 116 -10 1 0 -2 2 -8 -1.0 4 -5 -0.6 .482 .494 -0.5 0.0 -3 64/789
1980 30 MIL AL 34 103 -2 1 -0 -0 -1 -3 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .490 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 9/8754
8 Seasons 579 1806 -68 7 2 -58 7 -110 -12.2 61 -48 -6.2 .479 .490 -0.1 -5.4 9 $15,000
SFG (2 yrs) 122 305 -14 2 1 -10 4 -17 -1.9 10 -7 -0.9 .485 .494 0.1 -0.7 3
TEX (2 yrs) 213 816 -23 2 1 -25 2 -43 -4.8 29 -14 -1.9 .477 .485 0.9 -2.5 12 $15,000
CHC (2 yrs) 113 300 -20 2 1 -18 2 -34 -3.8 10 -24 -2.8 .467 .489 -0.9 -1.8 -6
STL (1 yr) 97 282 -10 -0 -1 -4 1 -13 -1.5 9 -4 -0.6 .485 .491 -0.2 -0.3 -0
MIL (1 yr) 34 103 -2 1 -0 -0 -1 -3 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .490 .498 0.1 -0.1 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 TEX AL 22 2B 58 53 47 466.2 252 110 132 10 29 .960 -5 -12 4.67 4.17 .977 5.17 5.14
1972 TEX AL 22 SS 1 1 1 9.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 1 80 6.00 6.00 .967 5.00 5.00
1973 TEX AL 23 OF 113 109 95 963.2 309 297 5 7 1 .977 -15 -18 2.82 2.67 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 TEX AL 23 CF 111 108 94 937.0 303 291 5 7 1 .977 -15 -19 2.84 2.67 .983 2.78 2.77
1973 TEX AL 23 3B 25 22 22 200.1 69 22 37 10 7 .855 -5 -28 2.65 2.36 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 TEX AL 23 2B 18 12 12 118.0 76 35 37 4 8 .947 -2 -22 5.49 4.00 .980 5.44 5.41
1973 TEX AL 23 RF 9 1 1 25.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.80 0.56 .976 2.09 2.07
1973 TEX AL 23 DH 1 0
1973 TEX AL 23 LF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.00
1974 CHC NL 24 2B 56 50 42 456.0 282 122 144 16 20 .943 -16 -42 5.25 4.75 .973 5.47 5.47
1975 CHC NL 25 OF 11 3 3 48.2 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -2 -49 1.66 0.82 .978 2.29 2.28
1975 CHC NL 25 LF 10 2 2 37.2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2 -67 0.72 0.30 .972 2.10 2.10
1975 CHC NL 25 3B 7 2 0 26.1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0 9 2.05 0.86 .945 2.97 2.97
1975 CHC NL 25 2B 5 1 0 17.0 15 6 8 1 2 .933 -0 -21 7.41 2.80 .975 5.56 5.54
1975 CHC NL 25 CF 2 1 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 11 4.91 3.00 .983 2.70 2.70
1976 STL NL 26 2B 37 30 26 295.1 199 91 97 11 21 .945 -4 -17 5.73 5.08 .975 5.48 5.47
1976 STL NL 26 OF 35 24 19 238.2 84 81 1 2 0 .976 1 6 3.09 2.34 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 STL NL 26 CF 25 18 13 173.2 68 66 1 1 0 .985 2 12 3.47 2.68 .984 2.85 2.84
1976 STL NL 26 3B 12 1 0 23.2 7 1 5 1 0 .857 -0 -20 2.28 0.50 .951 2.93 2.92
1976 STL NL 26 LF 9 5 5 56.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -1 -21 1.93 1.33 .976 2.02 2.01
1976 STL NL 26 RF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 3.00 .973 2.20 2.20
1976 STL NL 26 SS 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
1977 SFG NL 27 2B 27 25 20 216.0 111 45 63 3 16 .973 -3 -17 4.50 4.00 .977 5.24 5.24
1977 SFG NL 27 SS 11 6 2 56.0 43 15 24 4 3 .907 -2 -51 6.27 3.55 .963 5.01 5.03
1977 SFG NL 27 3B 9 6 6 64.1 19 9 9 1 2 .947 -3 -48 2.52 2.00 .956 2.98 2.98
1977 SFG NL 27 OF 3 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.34 2.27
1977 SFG NL 27 CF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -150 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.75
1977 SFG NL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1978 SFG NL 28 SS 22 9 8 111.0 61 18 39 4 4 .934 -0 -5 4.62 2.59 .966 4.88 4.84
1978 SFG NL 28 2B 10 7 5 67.0 33 14 19 0 4 1.000 -0 -7 4.43 3.30 .977 5.31 5.25
1978 SFG NL 28 OF 6 2 1 26.1 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -1 -27 2.73 1.33 .980 2.32 2.28
1978 SFG NL 28 LF 4 1 0 12.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1 -100 1.50 0.50 .977 2.03 1.98
1978 SFG NL 28 CF 2 1 1 12.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.65 2.50 .984 2.77 2.75
1978 SFG NL 28 RF 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 2.00 .975 2.25 2.10
1980 MIL AL 30 OF 31 20 19 216.0 61 58 1 2 1 .967 -1 -4 2.46 1.90 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 MIL AL 30 RF 23 17 16 170.0 41 39 0 2 0 .951 -1 -8 2.06 1.70 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 MIL AL 30 CF 5 2 2 29.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 3.72 2.40 .983 2.92 2.92
1980 MIL AL 30 LF 3 1 1 17.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0 7 3.71 2.33 .980 2.33 2.33
1980 MIL AL 30 3B 2 2 1 13.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 46 2.08 1.50 .950 2.98 3.00
1980 MIL AL 30 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.60
8 Seasons 2B 212 178 152 1638.0 969 424 500 45 100 .954 -31 -23 5.08 4.36 .976 5.35 5.34
6 Seasons OF 199 158 137 1498.1 473 453 7 13 2 .973 -17 -14 2.76 2.31 .979 2.33 2.31
6 Seasons CF 147 130 111 1167.0 394 380 6 8 1 .980 -13 -13 2.98 2.63 .983 2.79 2.79
5 Seasons 3B 55 33 29 327.2 104 32 60 12 9 .885 -7 -25 2.53 1.67 .951 2.99 2.97
5 Seasons RF 35 19 18 207.0 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -0 -2 2.13 1.40 .975 2.13 2.11
4 Seasons SS 35 16 11 176.1 110 36 66 8 8 .927 -2 -16 5.21 2.91 .965 4.93 4.91
5 Seasons LF 27 9 8 124.1 27 23 1 3 1 .889 -4 -40 1.74 0.89 .977 2.09 2.07
8 Seasons TOT 501 385 329 3640.1 1656 945 633 78 119 .953 -58 -19 3.90 3.15 .974 3.87 3.85
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1973 AL  12 (8th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1974 NL  16 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1973 AL  2.82 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1973 AL  2.67 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS Second Base (1147th), -6.2 career WAR/-4.0 7yr-peak WAR/-5.1 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Joe Farrell (941)
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  8. Sherry Robertson (935)
  9. Jack Dunn (934)
  10. Joe Battin (933)
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  3. Frank Hankinson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hunter Hill (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Kenney (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Hankinson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Phil Gagliano (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
197222Texas Rangers$6,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197323Texas Rangers$9,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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