Jack Harshman
John Elvin Harshman
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 12, 1927 in San Diego, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1948
Final Game: October 1, 1960
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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 Awards
1948 20 NYG NL 5 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 59 2 0 0 0 /3
1950 22 NYG NL 9 35 32 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 3 6 .125 .200 .313 .513 32 10 2 0 0 /3
1952 24 NYG NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1954 26 CHW AL 36 72 56 6 8 1 0 2 5 0 0 12 21 .143 .290 .268 .558 52 15 1 0 3 1 1/3
1955 27 CHW AL 32 76 60 6 11 1 0 2 8 0 0 9 17 .183 .282 .300 .582 55 18 2 0 5 2 0 1
1956 28 CHW AL 36 87 71 8 12 1 0 6 19 0 0 11 21 .169 .277 .437 .714 86 31 0 0 4 1 0 1
1957 29 CHW AL 30 58 45 5 10 1 0 2 5 0 0 10 17 .222 .357 .378 .735 101 17 1 0 2 1 0 1
1958 30 BAL AL 47 101 82 11 16 1 0 6 14 0 0 17 22 .195 .330 .427 .757 113 35 2 0 1 1 0 1/8 MVP-24
1959 31 TOT AL 45 63 51 7 10 1 0 1 8 0 0 9 8 .196 .306 .275 .581 63 14 0 0 1 2 0 1
1959 31 BAL AL 15 12 10 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .200 .333 .500 .833 129 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 31 BOS AL 9 11 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .143 .300 .143 .443 24 1 0 0 1 1 0 /1
1959 31 CLE AL 21 40 34 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 .206 .300 .235 .535 52 8 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 32 CLE AL 15 19 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .176 .176 .235 .412 12 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
10 Seasons 258 522 424 46 76 7 0 21 65 0 0 72 119 .179 .294 .344 .638 73 146 8 0 18 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 328 266 29 48 4 0 13 41 0 45 75 .179 .294 .344 .638 73 92 5 0 11
CHW (4 yrs) 134 293 232 25 41 4 0 12 37 0 0 42 76 .177 .297 .349 .647 73 81 4 0 14 5 0
NYG (3 yrs) 17 46 42 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 9 .143 .217 .286 .503 32 12 2 0 0
CLE (2 yrs) 36 59 51 3 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 8 .196 .263 .235 .498 40 12 0 0 2 1 0
BAL (2 yrs) 62 113 92 14 18 1 0 7 15 0 0 19 24 .196 .330 .435 .765 115 40 2 0 1 1 0
BOS (1 yr) 9 11 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .143 .300 .143 .443 24 1 0 0 1 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 241 476 382 43 70 7 0 19 60 0 0 68 110 .183 .301 .351 .652 77 134 6 0 18 8 0
NL (3 yrs) 17 46 42 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 9 .143 .217 .286 .503 32 12 2 0 0

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
1948 20 NYG NL 9 6 1 4.4 103 .400 .250 .270 .333 .345 .250 .400 .583 .744 59 .497 -0.4 0.0 .500 .125 .000
1950 22 NYG NL 35 30 2 1.8 109 .083 .125 .271 .200 .348 .313 .420 .513 .768 32 .143 -3.5 -0.3 .433 .281 .188 .0
1952 24 NYG NL 2 2 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .262 .000 .336 .000 .391 .000 .727 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1954 26 CHW AL 72 53 4 2.0 101 .176 .143 .269 .290 .345 .268 .393 .558 .738 52 .203 -3.6 -0.4 .551 .339 .125 .0
1955 27 CHW AL 76 58 6 2.8 105 .209 .183 .270 .282 .350 .300 .402 .582 .752 55 .285 -3.9 -0.4 .529 .267 .117 .0
1956 28 CHW AL 87 64 10 4.2 107 .133 .169 .269 .277 .351 .437 .410 .714 .760 86 .436 -2.2 -0.2 .712 .423 .268 .0
1957 29 CHW AL 58 39 7 4.9 100 .296 .222 .264 .357 .336 .378 .399 .735 .735 101 .545 0.4 0.0 .750 .378 .156 .0
1958 30 BAL AL 101 70 12 4.6 93 .182 .195 .254 .330 .322 .427 .387 .757 .709 113 .530 1.7 0.2 .765 .439 .232 .0
1959 31 TOT AL 63 44 6 3.7 97 .205 .196 .258 .306 .329 .275 .394 .581 .723 63 .418 -2.2 -0.3 .561 .255 .078 .0
1959 31 BAL AL 12 8 2 6.7 96 .143 .200 .257 .333 .328 .500 .392 .833 .720 129 .685 0.4 0.0 .875 .500 .300 .0
1959 31 BOS AL 11 8 1 3.4 102 .167 .143 .265 .300 .337 .143 .405 .443 .742 24 .379 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .286 .000
1959 31 CLE AL 40 28 3 2.9 96 .226 .206 .257 .300 .328 .235 .392 .535 .720 52 .315 -2.0 -0.2 .481 .176 .029
1960 32 CLE AL 19 16 1 1.7 99 .231 .176 .260 .176 .333 .235 .398 .412 .730 12 .142 -2.1 -0.2 .286 .059 .059
10 Seasons 522 382 49 3.4 101 .188 .179 .264 .294 .339 .344 .399 .638 .738 73 .381 -16.2 -1.7 .612 .335 .165 .0
162 Game Avg. 328 240 31 3.4 101 .188 .179 .264 .294 .339 .344 .399 .638 .738 73 .381 -16.2 -1.7 .612 .335 .165
CHW (4 yrs) 293 214 27 3.4 104 .195 .177 .268 .297 .346 .349 .402 .647 .748 73 .370 -9.2 -1.0 .631 .353 .172 .0
NYG (3 yrs) 46 38 3 2.1 107 .129 .143 .270 .217 .347 .286 .415 .503 .761 32 .190 -4.5 -0.4 .421 .238 .143 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 59 44 4 2.4 97 .227 .196 .258 .263 .329 .235 .394 .498 .723 40 .252 -4.1 -0.4 .415 .137 .039
BAL (2 yrs) 113 78 14 4.8 93 .177 .196 .255 .330 .323 .435 .387 .765 .710 115 .550 2.1 0.2 .776 .446 .239 .0
BOS (1 yr) 11 8 1 3.4 102 .167 .143 .265 .300 .337 .143 .405 .443 .742 24 .379 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .286 .000
AL (7 yrs) 476 344 46 3.6 100 .195 .183 .263 .301 .338 .351 .397 .652 .735 77 .401 -11.7 -1.3 .635 .346 .168 .0
NL (3 yrs) 46 38 3 2.1 107 .129 .143 .270 .217 .347 .286 .415 .503 .761 32 .190 -4.5 -0.4 .421 .238 .143 .0

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 20 NYG NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.7 8.0 56%
1950 22 NYG NL 35 5.7% 17.1% 8.6% 5.7% 50% 2.00 5.3 16.0 8.0 69%
1952 24 NYG NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1954 26 CHW AL 72 2.8% 29.2% 16.7% 4.2% 38% 1.75 2.7 28.0 11.2 0.60 47%
1955 27 CHW AL 76 2.6% 22.4% 11.8% 4.0% 27% 1.89 3.5 30.0 7.5 1.16 57%
1956 28 CHW AL 87 6.9% 24.1% 12.6% 8.1% 58% 1.91 3.4 11.8 3.7 1.21 52%
1957 29 CHW AL 58 3.5% 29.3% 17.2% 5.2% 30% 1.70 2.6 22.5 9.0 1.10 47%
1958 30 BAL AL 101 5.9% 21.8% 16.8% 6.9% 44% 1.29 3.7 13.7 5.9 0.66 54%
1959 31 TOT AL 63 1.6% 12.7% 14.3% 3.2% 20% 0.89 6.4 51.0 6.4 0.94 70%
1959 31 BAL AL 12 8.3% 16.7% 16.7% 8.3% 50% 1.00 5.0 10.0 10.0 2.00 58%
1959 31 BOS AL 11 0.0% 18.2% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.5 3.5 0.67 55%
1959 31 CLE AL 40 0.0% 10.0% 12.5% 2.5% 14% 0.80 8.5 6.8 0.83 78%
1960 32 CLE AL 19 0.0% 21.1% 0.0% 5.3% 33% 4.3 17.0 1.40 68%
10 Seasons 522 4.0% 22.8% 13.8% 5.4% 37% 1.65 3.6 20.2 6.5 0.92 56%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 26 CHW AL 0 0 22% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 27 CHW AL 1 0 22% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
1956 28 CHW AL 1 0 12% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17% 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 CHW AL 1 0 17% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1958 30 BAL AL 1 0 19% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14% 3 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1959 31 TOT AL 2 0 33% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 38% 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
1959 31 BAL AL 0 0 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 31 BOS AL 1 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 31 CLE AL 1 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1960 32 CLE AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10 Seasons 6 0 20% 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 17% 28 24 4 7 6 1 6 3 2
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
1954 26 CHW AL 71 51% 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 75% 16 1 6% 14 3 21% 39 3 8% 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 0
1955 27 CHW AL 76 88% 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 7 5 71% 19 2 11% 20 6 30% 57 6 11% 6 2 33% 6 1 17% 0
1956 28 CHW AL 87 68% 12 1 0 0 0 5.42 6 0 6 5 1 3 3 0 5 4 80% 22 0 0% 22 7 32% 71 13 18% 10 5 50% 8 1 13% 0
1957 29 CHW AL 58 59% 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 16 1 6% 14 4 29% 38 4 11% 5 3 60% 3 1 33% 0
1958 30 BAL AL 101 87% 16 9 2 0 2 1.77 6 0 5 6 0 5 1 0 1 1 100% 22 2 9% 15 2 13% 59 8 14% 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 0
1959 31 TOT AL 63 92% 10 9 1 0 2 1.79 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 14 0 0% 9 3 33% 50 7 14% 7 4 57% 4 2 50% 0
1959 31 BAL AL 12 100% 2 0 0 0 0 3.13 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1959 31 BOS AL 11 55% 1 1 0 0 0 0.69 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 10 2 20% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1959 31 CLE AL 40 100% 7 8 1 0 2 1.92 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 6 2 33% 33 5 15% 6 3 50% 2 2 100% 0
1960 32 CLE AL 19 95% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 9 1 11% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 475 76% 76 19 3 0 4 1.97 21 0 23 17 2 11 8 0 22 18 82% 114 8 7% 99 26 26% 323 42 13% 36 18 50% 26 5 19% 0
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
1948 20 5 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 59 2 0 0 0
1949 21 5 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 59 2 0 0 0
1950 22 14 44 40 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 4 9 .150 .227 .300 .527 38 12 2 0 0
1951 23 14 44 40 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 4 9 .150 .227 .300 .527 38 12 2 0 0
1952 24 17 46 42 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 9 .143 .217 .286 .503 32 12 2 0 0
1953 25 17 46 42 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 9 .143 .217 .286 .503 32 12 2 0 0
1954 26 53 118 98 9 14 1 0 4 10 0 0 16 30 .143 .261 .276 .536 44 27 3 0 3 1
1955 27 85 194 158 15 25 2 0 6 18 0 0 25 47 .158 .269 .285 .554 48 45 5 0 8 3 0
1956 28 121 281 229 23 37 3 0 12 37 0 0 36 68 .162 .271 .332 .603 60 76 5 0 12 4 0
1957 29 151 339 274 28 47 4 0 14 42 0 0 46 85 .172 .286 .339 .626 67 93 6 0 14 5 0
1958 30 198 440 356 39 63 5 0 20 56 0 0 63 107 .177 .296 .360 .656 77 128 8 0 15 6 0
1959 31 243 503 407 46 73 6 0 21 64 0 0 72 115 .179 .298 .349 .647 75 142 8 0 16 8 0
1960 32 258 522 424 46 76 7 0 21 65 0 0 72 119 .179 .294 .344 .638 73 146 8 0 18 8 0

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
1948 20 5 11 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .333 .455 .333 .788 1 5
1950 22 9 36 33 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 3 6 .121 .194 .303 .497 2 9
1952 24 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1954 26 38 74 59 7 9 1 0 2 6 0 14 22 .153 .311 .271 .582 5 36
1955 27 33 73 62 6 11 1 0 2 7 0 9 18 .177 .274 .290 .564 5 32
1956 28 38 88 75 8 13 1 0 6 19 0 12 22 .173 .284 .427 .711 9 36
1957 29 32 60 48 5 11 1 0 2 5 0 11 18 .229 .367 .375 .742 7 30
1958 30 49 109 88 13 19 1 0 7 16 0 20 23 .216 .358 .466 .824 15 47
1959 31 47 70 56 8 13 1 0 1 9 0 12 8 .232 .357 .304 .661 6 45
1960 32 16 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 15
10 Seasons 270 541 450 50 83 6 0 22 69 0 83 124 .184 .307 .344 .651 51 258
162 Game Avg. 162 325 270 30 50 4 0 13 41 0 50 74 .184 .307 .344 .651 31 258

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-AL-24-1%
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