Bob Harris
[edit] Biography
Born on May 1, 1915 in Gillette, Wyoming, Bob Harris (Robert Arthur Harris) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 5 year career. Harris broke into the bigs on September 19, 1938 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.50 ERA in 144 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bob Harris's best season was 1941, when he won 12 games and struck out 57 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 7.20
| 7
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 28
| 16
| 3
| 12
| 5.71
| 48
| 88
| 80
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 126
| 162
| 5
| 71
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 4.00
| 9
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 18
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| 33
| 17
| 4
| 13
| 5.50
| 57
| 96
| 88
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 144
| 180
| 9
| 79
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 35
| 28
| 11
| 15
| 4.93
| 49
| 120
| 106
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 193.2
| 225
| 24
| 85
| 0
| 8
| 3
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 34
| 29
| 12
| 14
| 5.21
| 57
| 117
| 108
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 186.2
| 237
| 18
| 85
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 5.61
| 9
| 24
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 33.2
| 37
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 16
| 8
| 1
| 5
| 2.88
| 26
| 31
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 78
| 77
| 5
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| 22
| 14
| 2
| 10
| 3.71
| 35
| 55
| 46
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 111.2
| 114
| 7
| 41
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 127
| 89
| 30
| 52
| 4.96
| 205
| 397
| 356
| 26
| 4
| 2
| 646
| 770
| 58
| 294
| 0
| 26
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1938
| DET
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 32
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 35
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 36
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 27
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 132
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .500
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 29
| 37
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .189
| .268
| .189
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| 34
| 42
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .214
| .283
| .214
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 35
| 60
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 5
| .250
| .297
| .350
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 34
| 61
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 6
| .115
| .169
| .131
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .091
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 16
| 26
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .269
| .269
| .308
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| 22
| 36
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .194
| .216
| .222
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 128
| 202
| 15
| 39
| 0
| 12
| .193
| .245
| .233
| 4
| 2
| 14
| 43
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Vern Kennedy, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs and Mark Christman to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, Red Kress and Jim Walkup (May 13, 1939).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Bob Swift to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Frankie Hayes (June 1, 1942).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (March 30, 1946).
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