Bill Harrington
[edit] Biography
Born on October 3, 1927 in Sanford, North Carolina, Bill Harrington (William Womble Harrington) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 3 year career. Harrington broke into the bigs on April 16, 1953 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.11 ERA in 76.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.50
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 4.11
| 26
| 41
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 76.2
| 69
| 6
| 41
| 4
| 1
| 2
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 6.45
| 14
| 27
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 37.2
| 40
| 3
| 26
| 1
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 58
| 2
| 5
| 5
| 5.03
| 40
| 71
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 116.1
| 114
| 9
| 67
| 5
| 4
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 34
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .211
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 23
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .125
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 58
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .185
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1949).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Jim Finigan, Jack Crimian and Eddie Robinson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ned Garver, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks, Wayne Belardi and $20000 (December 5, 1956).
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