Jack Harshman

Positions: Pitcher and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 178lb (188cm, 80kg)

Born: July 12, 1927 in San Diego, CA us

Died: August 17, 2013 in Georgetown, TX

Buried: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA

High School: Herbert Hoover HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1948 (Age 21-066d, 8,132nd in MLB history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1960 (Age 33-081d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: John Elvin Harshman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

W

L

ERA

3.50

G

217

GS

155

SV

IP

1169.1

SO

741

WHIP

1.338

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1950	22	NYG-min	A	1	1	.500	6.75	2						12.0	12	12	9	1	9									1.750	9.0	0.8	6.8			JCK SALL
1951	23	CHC-min	AA	1	1	.500	3.94	5						16.0	18	7	7		12									1.875	10.1		6.8			NVL SOUA
1952	24	NYG-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.67	26	14		4	0		131.0	135	73	68		71		78	1	0	5				1.573	9.3		4.9	5.4	1.10	MNE AA
1952	24	NYG	NL	0	2	.000	14.21	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	12	10	10	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	36	28	7.44	2.842	17.1	2.8	8.5	8.5	1.00

1953	25	NYG-min	AA	23	7	.767	3.27	40	34		17	2		259.0	262	119	94	15	90		139	2	0	4				1.359	9.1	0.5	3.1	4.8	1.54	NVL SOUA
1954	26	CHW	AL	14	8	.636	2.95	35	21	5	9	4	1	177.0	157	61	58	7	96	0	134	5	0	6	772	128	3.11	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	3.92	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	132	3.30	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	92	4.46	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	3.20	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	3.96	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	56	5.08	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	62	3.68	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	144	3.26	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	95	4.94	1.472	8.3	1.2	5.0	4.1	0.83
1961	33	CHW-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.00	4	3					15.0	15	10	10	0	5				0					1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0			SDG PCL
8 Yrs				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	3.67	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	3	135	4	0	6	917	109	3.67	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	3.65	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	117	4.01	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	3.52	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	0	6	0	0	0	36	28	7.44	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	62	3.68	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	3.65	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	0	6	0	0	0	36	28	7.44	2.842	17.1	2.8	8.5	8.5	1.00

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