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George Harper
George Washington Harper

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 167 lb.

Debut April 15, 1916
Final Game September 28, 1929
Born June 24, 1892 in Arlington, KY
Died August 18, 1978 in Magnolia, AR

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 24 DET AL  44   56    4    9   1  0   0    3   0      5   8  .161  .230  .179   21   10   1           0    
 1917 25 DET AL  47  117    6   24   3  0   0   12   2     11  15  .205  .290  .231   59   27   5           3    
 1918 26 DET AL  69  227   19   55   5  2   0   16   3     18  14  .242  .301  .282   79   64  12           1    
 1922 30 CIN NL 128  430   67  146  22  8   2   68  11 10  35  22  .340  .397  .442  118  190  11           6    
 1923 31 CIN NL  61  125   14   32   4  2   3   16   0  2  11   9  .256  .316  .392   87   49   3           0    
 1924 32 TOT NL 137  485   75  141  29  6  16   58  11 14  51  28  .291  .366  .474  115  230  10           7    
         CIN NL  28   74    7   20   3  0   0    3   1  3  13   5  .270  .393  .311   92   23   1           2    
         PHI NL 109  411   68  121  26  6  16   55  10 11  38  23  .294  .361  .504  119  207   9           5    
 1925 33 PHI NL 132  495   86  173  35  7  18   97  10  8  28  32  .349  .391  .558  132  276  13           6     MVP-18
 1926 34 PHI NL  56  194   32   61   6  5   7   38   6     16   7  .314  .367  .505  125   98   6           0    
 1927 35 NYG NL 145  483   85  160  19  6  16   87   7     84  27  .331  .435  .495  149  239  21           5    
 1928 36 TOT NL 118  329   52   96   9  2  19   65   3     61  19  .292  .407  .505  135  166  15           3    
         NYG NL  19   57   11   13   1  0   2    7   1     10   4  .228  .353  .351   84   20   3           1    
         STL NL  99  272   41   83   8  2  17   58   2     51  15  .305  .418  .537  146  146  12           2    
 1929 37 BSN NL 136  457   65  133  25  5  10   68   5     69  27  .291  .389  .433  107  198   8           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1073 3398  505 1030 158 43  91  528  58 34 389 208  .303  .380  .455  118 1547 105   0   0  35   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        513   76  156  24  6  14   80   9  5  59  31  .303  .380  .455  118  234  16   0   0   5   0
 Career High    145  495   86  173  35  8  19   97  11 14  84  32  .349  .435  .558  149  276  21   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 24 DET AL   62   48    2   1.1    86| .161  .261| .230  .336| .179  .341| .409  .677|  21  .115  -5.6  -0.6     
 1917 25 DET AL  136   98    7   1.9    80| .205  .255| .290  .326| .231  .330| .521  .656|  59  .263  -5.4  -0.6     
 1918 26 DET AL  258  184   19   2.8    79| .242  .256| .301  .326| .282  .326| .583  .652|  79  .401  -6.0  -0.7     
 1922 30 CIN NL  482  305   72   6.3   110| .340  .299| .397  .356| .442  .415| .839  .772| 118  .611  12.7   1.2  52%
 1923 31 CIN NL  139   98   15   4.1   105| .256  .291| .316  .349| .392  .405| .708  .754|  87  .435  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1924 32 TOT NL  553  368   78   5.7   112| .291  .302| .366  .358| .474  .421| .840  .779| 115  .600  11.0   1.1  44%
         CIN NL   90   58    8   3.7   103| .270  .289| .393  .344| .311  .402| .704  .746|  92  .406   0.3   0.0  25%
         PHI NL  463  310   70   6.1   114| .294  .304| .361  .361| .504  .424| .865  .785| 119  .627  10.7   1.1  47%
 1925 33 PHI NL  542  343  104   8.1   121| .349  .310| .391  .369| .558  .443| .949  .812| 132  .699  23.0   2.1  55%
 1926 34 PHI NL  216  139   36   6.9   110| .314  .298| .367  .359| .505  .413| .872  .772| 125  .684   5.6   0.6     
 1927 35 NYG NL  593  344  103   8.0   104| .331  .290| .435  .349| .495  .400| .930  .749| 149  .736  37.8   3.7     
 1928 36 TOT NL  408  248   68   7.4   111| .292  .292| .407  .358| .505  .416| .912  .773| 135  .685  18.5   1.8     
         NYG NL   71   47    7   4.0   110| .228  .291| .353  .356| .351  .414| .704  .771|  84  .416  -1.1  -0.1     
         STL NL  337  201   61   8.2   111| .305  .292| .418  .358| .537  .416| .955  .774| 146  .723  19.7   1.9     
 1929 37 BSN NL  538  332   76   6.1   117| .291  .299| .389  .362| .433  .436| .822  .798| 107  .549   7.8   0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3927 2507  580   6.2   108| .303  .294| .380  .355| .455  .410| .835  .765| 118  .623  96.9   9.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 24 DET AL OF 14 15 0 1 0 .938 .962 1.07 2.03 2 4 8 1917 25 DET AL OF 31 48 2 1 0 .980 .967 1.61 2.14 0 3 28 1918 26 DET AL OF 64 125 5 6 2 .956 .962 2.03 2.17 0 1 63 1922 30 CIN NL OF 109 220 15 11 2 .955 .962 2.16 2.26 1 5 103 1923 31 CIN NL OF 29 56 3 2 0 .967 .964 2.03 2.28 9 17 3 1924 32 TOT NL OF 131 270 16 4 4 .986 .965 2.18 2.24 12 13 107 CIN NL OF 22 51 3 2 0 .964 .964 2.45 2.24 12 10 0 PHI NL OF 109 219 13 2 4 .991 .965 2.13 2.24 0 3 107 1925 33 PHI NL OF 126 319 16 10 5 .971 .967 2.66 2.33 36 61 33 1926 34 PHI NL OF 55 111 2 7 1 .942 .965 2.05 2.26 44 8 8 1927 35 NYG NL OF 142 299 13 8 5 .975 .970 2.20 2.35 0 0 142 1928 36 TOT NL OF 102 196 17 4 3 .982 .972 2.09 2.31 0 0 102 NYG NL OF 18 40 4 2 1 .957 .971 2.44 2.31 0 0 18 STL NL OF 84 156 13 2 2 .988 .972 2.01 2.31 0 0 84 1929 37 BSN NL OF 130 266 7 8 2 .972 .973 2.10 2.38 119 1 10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 24 DET AL OF 14 15 0 1 0 .938 .962 1.07 2.03 2 4 8 1917 25 DET AL OF 31 48 2 1 0 .980 .967 1.61 2.14 0 3 28 1918 26 DET AL OF 64 125 5 6 2 .956 .962 2.03 2.17 0 1 63 1922 30 CIN NL OF 109 220 15 11 2 .955 .962 2.16 2.26 1 5 103 1923 31 CIN NL OF 29 56 3 2 0 .967 .964 2.03 2.28 9 17 3 1924 32 TOT NL OF 131 270 16 4 4 .986 .965 2.18 2.24 12 13 107 CIN NL OF 22 51 3 2 0 .964 .964 2.45 2.24 12 10 0 PHI NL OF 109 219 13 2 4 .991 .965 2.13 2.24 0 3 107 1925 33 PHI NL OF 126 319 16 10 5 .971 .967 2.66 2.33 36 61 33 1926 34 PHI NL OF 55 111 2 7 1 .942 .965 2.05 2.26 44 8 8 1927 35 NYG NL OF 142 299 13 8 5 .975 .970 2.20 2.35 0 0 142 1928 36 TOT NL OF 102 196 17 4 3 .982 .972 2.09 2.31 0 0 102 NYG NL OF 18 40 4 2 1 .957 .971 2.44 2.31 0 0 18 STL NL OF 84 156 13 2 2 .988 .972 2.01 2.31 0 0 84 1929 37 BSN NL OF 130 266 7 8 2 .972 .973 2.10 2.38 119 1 10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 933 1925 96 62 24 .970 .967 2.17 2.29 223 113 607 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 933 1925 96 62 24 .970 .967 2.17 2.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1928   WS    STL NYY     L   3   9   1   1  0  0  0   0   2   2  .111  .273  .111   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-NL-18-0.04
Car-1148-0.04 shares

Batting Average
1922 NL-.340-7
1925 NL-.349-6
1927 NL-.331-7

On-base %
1922 NL-.397-10
1927 NL-.435-3
1928 NL-.407-4

Slugging %
1925 NL-.558-5
1927 NL-.495-9

OPS
1925 NL-.949-7
1927 NL-.930-5
1928 NL-.912-9

Total Bases
1925 NL-276-8

Doubles
1925 NL-35-10

Home Runs
1924 NL-16-5
1925 NL-18-7
1927 NL-16-7
1928 NL-19-6

Bases on Balls
1927 NL-84-2

Adjusted OPS+
1925 NL-132-9
1927 NL-149-5

Runs Created
1925 NL-104-7
1927 NL-103-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1925 NL-23-10
1927 NL-38-4

Batting Wins
1925 NL-2.1-10
1927 NL-3.7-4

Extra-Base Hits
1925 NL-60-6

Times on Base
1927 NL-249-8

Offensive Win%
1925 NL-.699-8
1927 NL-.736-5

Hit By Pitch
1922 NL-6-7
1924 NL-7-5
1925 NL-6-7

Caught Stealing
1924 NL-14-9

Power/Speed Number
1924 NL-13.0-4
1925 NL-12.9-3
1927 NL-9.7-9

At Bats per Home Run
1924 NL-30.3-6
1925 NL-27.5-6
1927 NL-30.2-8
1928 NL-17.3-2

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.0 (487) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.5 (857) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

May 30, 1924: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Curt Walker.

January 9, 1927: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants. The New York Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to the Brooklyn Robins. The Brooklyn Robins sent Burleigh Grimes to the New York Giants.

May 1, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob O'Farrell.

December 8, 1928: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 14, 1929: Traded by the Boston Braves with Art Delaney and cash to the Los Angeles (PCL) for Wally Berger.


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