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Jack Harshman
John Elvin Harshman

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 16, 1948
Final Game October 1, 1960
Born July 12, 1927 in San Diego, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 24 NYG NL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    6.3   12   10   10   2    6    6   0   0    36       0 14.21  3.69   26 2.842
 1954 26 CHW AL  14   8  35  21   9   4   5  1  177.0  157   61   58   7   96  134   5   6   772       0  2.95  3.72  126 1.429
 1955 27 CHW AL  11   7  32  23   9   0   2  0  179.3  144   74   67  16   97  116   4   4   761   3   0  3.36  3.96  118 1.344
 1956 28 CHW AL  15  11  34  30  15   4   3  0  226.7  183   85   78  14  102  143   3   7   950   4   0  3.10  4.12  133 1.257
 1957 29 CHW AL   8   8  30  26   6   0   2  1  151.3  142   78   69  16   82   83   5   5   668   2   1  4.10  3.75   91 1.480
 1958 30 BAL AL  12  15  34  29  17   3   5  4  236.3  204   89   76  20   75  161   3   8   975   1   0  2.89  3.58  124 1.181 MVP-24
 1959 31 TOT AL   7  10  35  16   5   1  14  1  138.0  133   79   73  14   51   73   2   3   612   5   0  4.76  3.79   80 1.333
         BAL AL   0   6  14   8   0   0   5  0   47.3   58   39   36   6   28   24   2   2   221   5   0  6.85  3.78   55 1.817
         BOS AL   2   3   8   2   0   0   3  0   24.7   29   19   18   2   10   14   0   0   114   0   0  6.57  4.02   61 1.581
         CLE AL   5   1  13   6   5   1   6  1   66.0   46   21   19   6   13   35   0   1   277   0   0  2.59  3.71  143 0.894
 1960 32 CLE AL   2   4  15   8   0   0   4  0   54.3   50   32   24   7   30   25   0   0   240   2   0  3.98  3.76   94 1.472
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .515  69  65 217 155  61  12  35  7 1169.3 1025  508  455  96  539  741  22  33  5014  17   1  3.50  3.82  109 1.338
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  11  39  28  11   2   6  1  213.7  187   92   83  17   98  135   4   6   916   3   0  3.50  3.82  109 1.338
 Career High     15  15  35  30  17   4  14  4  236.3  204   89   78  20  102  161   5   8   975   5   1  2.89  4.12  133 1.181

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 20 NYG NL   5    8    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      1   3  .250  .333  .250   59    2   0           0   0
 1950 22 NYG NL   9   32    3    4   0  0   2    4   0      3   6  .125  .200  .313   32   10   0           0   2
 1952 24 NYG NL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1954 26 CHW AL  36   56    6    8   1  0   2    5   0  0  12  21  .143  .290  .268   52   15   3   1       0   1
 1955 27 CHW AL  32   60    6   11   1  0   2    8   0  0   9  17  .183  .282  .300   55   18   5   2   0   0   2
 1956 28 CHW AL  36   71    8   12   1  0   6   19   0  0  11  21  .169  .277  .437   85   31   4   1   0   0   0
 1957 29 CHW AL  30   45    5   10   1  0   2    5   0  0  10  17  .222  .357  .378  101   17   2   1   0   0   1
 1958 30 BAL AL  47   82   11   16   1  0   6   14   0  0  17  22  .195  .330  .427  113   35   1   1   0   0   2 MVP-24
 1959 31 TOT AL  45   51    7   10   1  0   1    8   0  0   9   8  .196  .306  .275   63   14   1   2   0   0   0
         BAL AL  15   10    3    2   0  0   1    1   0  0   2   2  .200  .333  .500  129    5   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   9    7    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   2  .143  .300  .143   24    1   1   1   0   0   0
         CLE AL  21   34    3    7   1  0   0    5   0  0   5   4  .206  .300  .235   52    8   0   1   0   0   0
 1960 32 CLE AL  15   17    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .176  .176  .235   12    4   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     258  424   46   76   7  0  21   65   0  0  72 119  .179  .294  .344   73  146  18   8   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        266   29   48   4  0  13   41   0  0  45  75  .179  .294  .344   73   92  11   5   0   0   5
 Career High     47   82   11   16   1  0   6   19   0  0  17  22                          35   5   2   0   0   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 20 NYG NL    9    6    1   4.4   103| .250  .270| .333  .345| .250  .400| .583  .744|  59  .497  -0.4   0.0     
 1950 22 NYG NL   35   30    2   1.8   109| .125  .271| .200  .348| .313  .420| .513  .768|  32  .143  -3.5  -0.3     
 1952 24 NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0    98| .000  .262| .000  .336| .000  .391| .000  .727|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1954 26 CHW AL   72   53    4   2.0   101| .143  .269| .290  .345| .268  .393| .558  .738|  52  .203  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1955 27 CHW AL   76   58    6   2.8   105| .183  .270| .282  .350| .300  .402| .582  .752|  55  .285  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1956 28 CHW AL   87   64   10   4.2   108| .169  .270| .277  .352| .437  .411| .714  .763|  85  .436  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1957 29 CHW AL   58   39    7   4.9   100| .222  .264| .357  .336| .378  .399| .735  .735| 101  .545   0.4   0.0   0%
 1958 30 BAL AL  101   70   12   4.6    93| .195  .254| .330  .322| .427  .387| .757  .709| 113  .530   1.7   0.2   0%
 1959 31 TOT AL   63   44    6   3.7    97| .196  .258| .306  .329| .275  .394| .581  .723|  63  .418  -2.2  -0.3   0%
         BAL AL   12    8    2   6.7    96| .200  .257| .333  .328| .500  .392| .833  .720| 129  .685   0.4   0.0   0%
         BOS AL   11    8    1   3.4   102| .143  .265| .300  .337| .143  .405| .443  .742|  24  .379  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         CLE AL   40   28    3   2.9    96| .206  .257| .300  .328| .235  .392| .535  .720|  52  .315  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1960 32 CLE AL   19   16    1   1.7    99| .176  .260| .176  .333| .235  .398| .411  .730|  12  .142  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      522  382   49   3.4   101| .179  .264| .294  .339| .344  .399| .638  .738|  73  .381 -16.3  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 20 NYG NL 1B 3 17 1 0 2 1.000 .989 6.00 8.93 1950 22 NYG NL 1B 9 83 7 1 7 .989 .990 10.00 9.02 1952 24 NYG NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.00 2.86 2.14 2 6.3 1954 26 CHW AL P 35 2 27 1 1 .967 .960 0.83 0.93 1.47 2.01 21 177.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 1955 27 CHW AL P 32 3 29 1 1 .970 .955 1.00 0.83 1.61 1.99 23 179.3 1956 28 CHW AL P 34 2 29 4 3 .886 .951 0.91 0.82 1.23 1.92 30 226.7 1957 29 CHW AL P 30 3 15 1 1 .947 .963 0.60 0.86 1.07 1.99 26 151.3 1958 30 BAL AL P 34 5 43 1 1 .980 .964 1.41 0.82 1.83 1.95 29 236.3 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1959 31 TOT AL P 35 8 25 0 2 1.000 .954 0.94 0.85 2.15 2.05 16 138.0 BAL AL P 14 4 12 0 2 1.000 .952 1.14 0.85 3.04 2.05 8 47.3 BOS AL P 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.85 1.09 2.04 2 24.7 CLE AL P 13 3 11 0 0 1.000 .952 1.08 0.85 1.91 2.05 6 66.0 1960 32 CLE AL P 15 2 5 0 1 1.000 .972 0.47 0.78 1.16 1.96 8 54.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 20 NYG NL 1B 3 17 1 0 2 1.000 .989 6.00 8.93 1950 22 NYG NL 1B 9 83 7 1 7 .989 .990 10.00 9.02 1954 26 CHW AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 1958 30 BAL AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1958 30 BAL AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1952 24 NYG NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.00 2.86 2.14 2 6.3 1954 26 CHW AL P 35 2 27 1 1 .967 .960 0.83 0.93 1.47 2.01 21 177.0 1955 27 CHW AL P 32 3 29 1 1 .970 .955 1.00 0.83 1.61 1.99 23 179.3 1956 28 CHW AL P 34 2 29 4 3 .886 .951 0.91 0.82 1.23 1.92 30 226.7 1957 29 CHW AL P 30 3 15 1 1 .947 .963 0.60 0.86 1.07 1.99 26 151.3 1958 30 BAL AL P 34 5 43 1 1 .980 .964 1.41 0.82 1.83 1.95 29 236.3 1959 31 TOT AL P 35 8 25 0 2 1.000 .954 0.94 0.85 2.15 2.05 16 138.0 BAL AL P 14 4 12 0 2 1.000 .952 1.14 0.85 3.04 2.05 8 47.3 BOS AL P 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.85 1.09 2.04 2 24.7 CLE AL P 13 3 11 0 0 1.000 .952 1.08 0.85 1.91 2.05 6 66.0 1960 32 CLE AL P 15 2 5 0 1 1.000 .972 0.47 0.78 1.16 1.96 8 54.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 217 25 175 8 10 .962 .958 0.92 0.85 155 1169.3 1B 13 103 8 1 9 .991 .990 8.54 8.92 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 231 128 183 9 19 .972 .969 1.35 1.31
An Important note about our fielding stats

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)
1958-AL-24-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

ERA
1954 AL-2.95-10
1956 AL-3.10-5
1958 AL-2.89-3

Won-Loss %
1955 AL-.611-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1955 AL-1.344-10
1956 AL-1.257-8
1958 AL-1.181-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1955 AL-7.23-5
1956 AL-7.27-3
1958 AL-7.77-9
Car-7.89-83

Strikeouts/9IP
1954 AL-6.81-2
1955 AL-5.82-4
1956 AL-5.68-8
1958 AL-6.13-5

Innings
1958 AL-236.3-7

Strikeouts
1954 AL-134-5
1955 AL-116-9
1956 AL-143-8
1958 AL-161-4

Comp. Games
1956 AL-15-9
1958 AL-17-4

Shutouts
1954 AL-4-3
1956 AL-4-2
1958 AL-3-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1954 AL-96-5
1955 AL-97-7
1956 AL-102-9
1957 AL-82-7
1958 AL-75-10

Hits Allowed
1958 AL-204-10

SO to Walk
1958 AL-2.15-8

Losses
1958 AL-15-3

Wild Pitches
1954 AL-6-3
1956 AL-7-3
1957 AL-5-8
1958 AL-8-2

Batters Faced
1958 AL-975-8

Adjusted ERA+
1954 AL-126-9
1956 AL-133-6
1958 AL-124-4

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 47 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 4, 1947: Traded by the San Diego (PCL) to the New York Giants for Jack Graham, Jake Wade, Mike Budnick, 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, Ray Moore, and Billy Goodman.

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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