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

Born: July 12, 1927 in San Diego, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1948
Final Game: October 1, 1960
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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 4 761 118 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

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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 85 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 NYG NL 20 1B 3 18 17 1 0 2 1.000 6.00 .989 8.93
1950 NYG NL 22 1B 9 91 83 7 1 7 .989 10.00 .990 9.02
1952 NYG NL 24 P 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.00
1954 CHW AL 26 P 35 21 177.0 30 2 27 1 1 .967 1.47 0.83 .960 2.01 0.93
1954 CHW AL 26 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.00
1955 CHW AL 27 P 32 23 179.1 33 3 29 1 1 .970 1.61 1.00 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 CHW AL 28 P 34 30 226.2 35 2 29 4 3 .886 1.23 0.91 .954 1.92 0.82
1957 CHW AL 29 P 30 26 151.1 19 3 15 1 1 .947 1.07 0.60 .963 1.99 0.86
1958 BAL AL 30 P 34 29 236.1 49 5 43 1 1 .980 1.83 1.41 .963 1.95 0.82 MVP-24
1958 BAL AL 30 CF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 MVP-24
1958 BAL AL 30 OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 MVP-24
1959 TOT AL 31 P 35 16 138.0 33 8 25 0 2 1.000 2.15 0.94 .952 2.05 0.85
1959 BAL AL 31 P 14 8 47.1 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 3.04 1.14 .950 2.05 0.85
1959 BOS AL 31 P 8 2 24.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.38 .967 2.04 0.85
1959 CLE AL 31 P 13 6 66.0 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.91 1.08 .950 2.05 0.85
1960 CLE AL 32 P 15 8 54.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.16 0.47 .971 1.95 0.78
8 Seasons P 217 153 1163.0 208 25 175 8 10 .962 1.55 0.92 .958 1.98 0.85
3 Seasons 1B 13 0 2.0 112 103 8 1 9 .991 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 499.50 8.54 .990 9.45 8.92
1 Season CF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1 Season OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
10 Seasons TOT 231 154 1165.0 320 128 183 9 19 .972 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.40 1.35 .941 1.99 1.31

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 - 47 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1352), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3150), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 4, 1947: Traded by San Diego (PCL) to the New York Giants for Mike Budnick, Jack Graham, Jake Wade and $65,000.

September 19, 1953: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the New York Giants.

December 3, 1957: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Larry Doby, Russ Heman and Jim Marshall to the Baltimore Orioles for Tito Francona, Billy Goodman and Ray Moore.

June 15, 1959: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Hoeft.

July 30, 1959: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox.

October 10, 1960: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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