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 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
1952 24 NYG NL 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 12 10 10 2 6 6 0 0 0 36 26 2.842 17.1 2.8 8.5 8.5 1.00
1954 26 CHW AL 14 8 .636 2.95 35 21 5 9 4 1 177.0 157 61 58 7 96 134 5 0 6 772 126 1.429 8.0 0.4 4.9 6.8 1.40
1955 27 CHW AL 11 7 .611 3.36 32 23 2 9 0 0 179.1 144 74 67 16 97 3 116 4 0 4 761 117 1.344 7.2 0.8 4.9 5.8 1.20
1956 28 CHW AL 15 11 .577 3.10 34 30 3 15 4 0 226.2 183 85 78 14 102 4 143 3 0 7 950 133 1.257 7.3 0.6 4.1 5.7 1.40
1957 29 CHW AL 8 8 .500 4.10 30 26 2 6 0 1 151.1 142 78 69 16 82 2 83 5 1 5 668 91 1.480 8.4 1.0 4.9 4.9 1.01
1958 30 BAL AL 12 15 .444 2.89 34 29 5 17 3 4 236.1 204 89 76 20 75 1 161 3 0 8 975 124 1.181 7.8 0.8 2.9 6.1 2.15 MVP-24
1959 31 TOT AL 7 10 .412 4.76 35 16 14 5 1 1 138.0 133 79 73 14 51 5 73 2 0 3 612 80 1.333 8.7 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.43
1959 31 BAL AL 0 6 .000 6.85 14 8 5 0 0 0 47.1 58 39 36 6 28 5 24 2 0 2 221 55 1.817 11.0 1.1 5.3 4.6 0.86
1959 31 BOS AL 2 3 .400 6.57 8 2 3 0 0 0 24.2 29 19 18 2 10 0 14 0 0 0 114 61 1.581 10.6 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.40
1959 31 CLE AL 5 1 .833 2.59 13 6 6 5 1 1 66.0 46 21 19 6 13 0 35 0 0 1 277 143 0.894 6.3 0.8 1.8 4.8 2.69
1960 32 CLE AL 2 4 .333 3.98 15 8 4 0 0 0 54.1 50 32 24 7 30 2 25 0 0 0 240 94 1.472 8.3 1.2 5.0 4.1 0.83
8 Seasons 69 65 .515 3.50 217 155 35 61 12 7 1169.1 1025 508 455 96 539 17 741 22 1 33 5014 109 1.338 7.9 0.7 4.1 5.7 1.37
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .515 3.50 40 28 6 11 2 1 214 187 93 83 18 99 135 4 0 6 917 109 1.338 7.9 0.7 4.1 5.7 1.37
CHW (4 yrs) 48 34 .585 3.33 131 100 12 39 8 2 734.1 626 298 272 53 377 9 476 17 1 22 3151 117 1.366 7.7 0.6 4.6 5.8 1.26
CLE (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 3.22 28 14 10 5 1 1 120.1 96 53 43 13 43 2 60 0 0 1 517 116 1.155 7.2 1.0 3.2 4.5 1.40
BAL (2 yrs) 12 21 .364 3.55 48 37 10 17 3 4 283.2 262 128 112 26 103 6 185 5 0 10 1196 102 1.287 8.3 0.8 3.3 5.9 1.80
NYG (1 yr) 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 12 10 10 2 6 6 0 0 0 36 26 2.842 17.1 2.8 8.5 8.5 1.00
BOS (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.57 8 2 3 0 0 0 24.2 29 19 18 2 10 0 14 0 0 0 114 61 1.581 10.6 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.40
AL (7 yrs) 69 63 .523 3.44 215 153 35 61 12 7 1163.0 1013 498 445 94 533 17 735 22 1 33 4978 111 1.329 7.8 0.7 4.1 5.7 1.38
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 12 10 10 2 6 6 0 0 0 36 26 2.842 17.1 2.8 8.5 8.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 CHW AL 35 771 658 61 157 25 4 7 3 8 96 134 .239 .339 .321 .660 .289 211 9 5 10 2
1955 27 CHW AL 32 762 643 74 144 21 9 16 4 6 97 116 .224 .327 .359 .686 .248 231 16 4 12 6 3
1956 28 CHW AL 34 950 829 85 183 30 6 14 3 6 102 143 .221 .305 .322 .627 .248 267 18 3 7 9 4
1957 29 CHW AL 30 668 569 78 142 32 3 16 2 3 82 83 .250 .344 .401 .745 .263 228 12 5 3 9 2
1958 30 BAL AL 34 976 883 89 204 35 2 20 7 3 75 161 .231 .292 .343 .635 .260 303 24 3 10 5 1
1959 31 BAL AL 14 221 182 39 58 10 3 6 1 2 28 24 .319 .409 .505 .915 .335 92 6 2 6 3 5
1959 31 BOS AL 8 114 102 19 29 9 1 2 0 1 10 14 .284 .348 .451 .799 .314 46 0 0 2 0 0
1959 31 CLE AL 13 255 235 21 46 5 0 6 0 1 13 35 .196 .237 .294 .531 .205 69 3 0 6 1 0
1959 31 TOT AL 35 590 519 79 133 24 4 14 1 4 51 73 .256 .323 .399 .722 .273 207 9 2 14 4 5
1960 32 CLE AL 15 241 207 32 50 14 0 7 0 0 30 25 .242 .332 .411 .743 .240 85 3 0 0 4 2
7 Seasons 215 4958 4308 498 1013 181 28 94 20 30 533 735 .235 .320 .356 .675 .261 1532 91 22 56 39 17
162 Game Avg. 40 916 796 92 187 33 5 17 4 6 98 136 .235 .320 .356 .675 .261 283 17 4 10 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 26 CHW AL 35 21 13 5 3 2 3 16 5 .762 0 2 9 4 15 71% 59 109 26 26 7 9 6 4.5 4.8 7.2
1955 27 CHW AL 32 23 11 7 5 1 2 16 7 .696 0 1 9 0 13 57% 57 89 29 22 5 6 12 5.5 5.6 6.9
1956 28 CHW AL 34 30 15 11 4 2 4 17 13 .567 2 1 15 4 20 67% 59 86 19 22 9 7 6 4.6 5.0 7.4
1957 29 CHW AL 30 26 8 6 12 2 3 13 12 .520 2 5 6 0 11 42% 49 77 23 26 8 11 9 4.6 5.1 5.3
1958 30 BAL AL 34 29 11 15 3 1 8 12 16 .429 1 0 17 3 20 69% 59 80 36 14 6 7 11 2.7 2.9 7.8
1959 31 TOT AL 35 16 5 6 5 2 2 6 10 .375 1 2 5 1 7 44% 49 86 25 12 3 4 7 3.5 4.5 5.8
1959 31 BAL AL 14 8 0 4 4 0 1 1 7 .125 1 2 0 0 3 38% 42 63 27 3 1 2 3 2.5 3.2 4.4
1959 31 BOS AL 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 41 56 25 7 1 0 1 2.5 3.4 3.3
1959 31 CLE AL 13 6 4 1 1 2 1 4 2 .667 0 0 5 1 3 50% 62 86 38 2 1 2 3 5.2 5.6 8.3
1960 32 CLE AL 15 8 2 4 2 0 1 3 5 .375 2 0 0 0 5 63% 46 63 27 11 8 2 3 4.4 5.0 5.4
7 Seasons 215 153 65 54 34 10 23 83 68 .550 8 11 61 12 91 59% 55 109 19 133 46 46 54 4.2 4.6 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 26 CHW AL 35 14 5 1 3 3 1 2 33% 5 2 11 2 18% 8 1.131 8 2 4 5 2 7 7 7 7 5 9 0 5.4
1955 27 CHW AL 32 9 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 13 8 62% 3 1.086 3 2 4 2 1 6 7 2 7 1 8 1 6.7
1956 28 CHW AL 34 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.022 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1957 29 CHW AL 30 4 2 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 2 1 50% 7 1.194 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 9.3
1958 30 BAL AL 34 5 5 1 0 4 4 0 100% 4 0 8 0 0% 8 1.145 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 6.2
1959 31 TOT AL 35 19 14 2 4 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 5 42% 1.028 4 7 8 4 3 12 6 13 12 2 12 0 7.3
1959 31 BAL AL 14 6 5 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 4 100% 8 1.168 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 4 3 0 3 0 6.0
1959 31 BOS AL 8 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1.027 1 3 2 1 1 4 1 5 4 1 4 0 9.0
1959 31 CLE AL 13 7 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% 8 0.907 2 2 3 2 1 4 3 4 5 1 5 0 6.9
1960 32 CLE AL 15 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 7 0.867 1 1 4 0 1 6 4 3 4 2 4 0 4.9
7 Seasons 215 62 35 4 9 12 7 5 58% 14 2 57 21 37% 1.089 23 14 24 19 8 35 32 30 38 12 41 1 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1952 24 NYG NL
1954 26 CHW AL 771 75% 0.9% 17.4% 12.5% 4.7% 23% 0.78 67% 156 9 6%
1955 27 CHW AL 762 78% 2.1% 15.2% 12.7% 6.0% 32% 0.87 68% 139 16 12%
1956 28 CHW AL 950 82% 1.5% 15.1% 10.7% 5.3% 27% 0.62 72% 198 18 9%
1957 29 CHW AL 668 82% 2.4% 12.4% 12.3% 7.6% 36% 0.63 72% 137 12 9%
1958 30 BAL AL 976 76% 2.1% 16.5% 7.7% 5.8% 28% 0.80 72% 187 24 13%
1959 31 TOT AL 590 75% 2.4% 12.4% 8.6% 7.1% 32% 0.75 74% 125 9 7%
1959 31 BAL AL 221 74% 2.7% 10.9% 12.7% 8.6% 33% 0.89 70% 55 6 11%
1959 31 BOS AL 114 76% 1.8% 12.3% 8.8% 10.5% 41% 0.62 75% 22 0 0%
1959 31 CLE AL 255 75% 2.4% 13.7% 5.1% 4.3% 24% 0.71 76% 48 3 6%
1960 32 CLE AL 240 83% 2.9% 10.4% 12.5% 8.7% 42% 0.54 74% 51 3 6%
8 Seasons 4957 78% 1.9% 15.0% 10.9% 6.1% 30% 0.72 71% 993 91 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1952 24 NYG NL 12 2 0
1954 26 CHW AL 771 157 7 0 20 6 1 6 1 29 11 7 38% 5 6 1 317 3 8 27% 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1955 27 CHW AL 762 144 16 2 19 13 3 7 9 34 13 8 38% 9 4 1 277 4 6 40% 3 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
1956 28 CHW AL 950 183 14 0 14 12 2 5 9 43 23 4 53% 12 7 0 371 3 6 33% 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 18 0
1957 29 CHW AL 668 142 16 1 20 16 0 9 7 41 20 4 49% 7 5 0 250 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1958 30 BAL AL 976 204 20 0 15 16 4 5 15 40 18 10 45% 15 8 1 361 7 3 70% 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
1959 31 TOT AL 590 133 14 0 17 13 1 4 10 36 15 4 42% 8 3 0 211 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1959 31 BAL AL 221 58 6 0 9 6 0 3 3 25 11 1 44% 3 2 0 84 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1959 31 BOS AL 114 29 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 100% 2 0 0 46 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 31 CLE AL 255 46 6 0 5 6 0 0 6 8 1 3 13% 3 1 0 81 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1960 32 CLE AL 240 50 7 0 12 6 1 5 2 15 11 1 73% 3 0 1 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
8 Seasons 4957 1025 96 3 117 82 12 41 53 238 111 38 47% 59 33 4 1873 20 30 40% 15 27 4 2 1 1 10 0 92 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1952 24 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 12 10 10 2 6 6 0 0 0 36 26 2.842 17.1 2.8 8.5 8.5 1.00 26
1953 25 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 12 10 10 2 6 6 0 0 0 36 26 2.842 17.1 2.8 8.5 8.5 1.00 26
1954 26 14 10 .583 3.34 37 23 5 9 4 1 183.1 169 71 68 9 102 140 5 0 6 808 112 1.478 8.3 0.4 5.0 6.9 1.37 112
1955 27 25 17 .595 3.35 69 46 7 18 4 1 362.2 313 145 135 25 199 3 256 9 0 10 1569 114 1.412 7.8 0.6 4.9 6.4 1.29 114
1956 28 40 28 .588 3.25 103 76 10 33 8 1 589.1 496 230 213 39 301 7 399 12 0 17 2519 121 1.352 7.6 0.6 4.6 6.1 1.33 121
1957 29 48 36 .571 3.43 133 102 12 39 8 2 740.2 638 308 282 55 383 9 482 17 1 22 3187 114 1.378 7.8 0.7 4.7 5.9 1.26 114
1958 30 60 51 .541 3.30 167 131 17 56 11 6 977.0 842 397 358 75 458 10 643 20 1 30 4162 116 1.331 7.8 0.7 4.2 5.9 1.40 116
1959 31 67 61 .523 3.48 202 147 31 61 12 7 1115.0 975 476 431 89 509 15 716 22 1 33 4774 110 1.331 7.9 0.7 4.1 5.8 1.41 110
1960 32 69 65 .515 3.50 217 155 35 61 12 7 1169.1 1025 508 455 96 539 17 741 22 1 33 5014 109 1.338 7.9 0.7 4.1 5.7 1.37 109

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
1952 24 0 0 16.50 6.0 13 12 11 2 6 6 0 3.167 19.5 9.0 9.0 1.00 3.0 2
1954 26 11 8 .579 3.24 178.0 167 71 64 7 102 135 5 1.511 8.4 5.2 6.8 1.32 0.4 35
1955 27 11 8 .579 3.52 179.0 151 78 70 17 102 116 4 1.413 7.6 5.1 5.8 1.14 0.9 32
1956 28 16 9 .640 3.03 232.0 188 87 78 14 105 146 3 1.263 7.3 4.1 5.7 1.39 0.5 34
1957 29 7 9 .438 4.50 152.0 154 84 76 17 89 83 5 1.599 9.1 5.3 4.9 0.93 1.0 30
1958 30 15 11 .577 3.41 235.0 227 99 89 22 83 160 3 1.319 8.7 3.2 6.1 1.93 0.8 34
1959 31 6 10 .375 4.81 146.0 144 87 78 15 55 77 2 1.363 8.9 3.4 4.7 1.40 0.9 35
1960 32 3 3 .500 4.25 55.0 54 29 26 8 32 25 0 1.564 8.8 5.2 4.1 0.78 1.3 15
8 Seasons 69 58 .543 3.74 1183.0 1098 547 492 102 574 748 22 1.413 8.4 5.7 1.30 0.8 217

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-AL-24-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1954 AL--2.949--10th
1956 AL--3.097--5th
1958 AL--2.894--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1955 AL--.611--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL--1.344--10th
1956 AL--1.257--8th
1958 AL--1.181--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL--7.227--5th
1956 AL--7.266--3rd
1958 AL--7.769--9th
Career--7.889--84th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL--6.814--2nd
1955 AL--5.822--4th
1956 AL--5.678--8th
1958 AL--6.131--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1958 AL--236.3--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL--134--5th
1955 AL--116--9th
1956 AL--143--8th
1958 AL--161--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1956 AL--15--9th
1958 AL--17--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 AL--4--3rd
1956 AL--4--2nd
1958 AL--3--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 AL--96--5th
1955 AL--97--7th
1956 AL--102--9th
1957 AL--82--7th
1958 AL--75--10th

Hits s c a p y
1958 AL--204--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1958 AL--2.147--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL--.356--6th
1956 AL--.556--4th
1958 AL--.762--9th

Losses s c a p y
1958 AL--15--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 AL--6--3rd
1956 AL--7--3rd
1957 AL--5--8th
1958 AL--8--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1958 AL--975--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1954 AL--126--9th
1956 AL--133--6th
1958 AL--124--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 26 (626), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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