Earl Harrist
[edit] Biography
Born on April 20, 1919 in Dubach, Louisiana, Earl Harrist (Earl Harrist) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career. Harrist broke into the bigs on August 18, 1945 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.61 ERA in 62.1 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Earl Harrist's best season was 1947, when he posted a 3.56 ERA and struck out 55 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| 14
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 3.61
| 15
| 30
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 62.1
| 60
| 2
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 4
| 3
| 8
| 3.56
| 55
| 48
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 93.2
| 85
| 3
| 49
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 23
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 4.60
| 21
| 35
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 60.2
| 70
| 1
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 5.87
| 14
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 23
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1948
| TOT
| A
| 34
| 5
| 4
| 6
| 4.95
| 35
| 52
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 83.2
| 93
| 5
| 50
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 36
| 9
| 2
| 8
| 4.01
| 49
| 61
| 52
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 116.2
| 119
| 7
| 47
| 0
| 1
| 10
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8.68
| 7
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.2
| 25
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 7.56
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 8.33
| 8
| 26
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 34
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 14
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 3.61
| 15
| 30
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 62.1
| 60
| 2
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 118
| 19
| 10
| 24
| 4.49
| 147
| 187
| 160
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 321
| 331
| 18
| 166
| 0
| 8
| 19
|
| Total
|
|
| 132
| 24
| 12
| 28
| 4.34
| 162
| 217
| 185
| 2
| 0
| 10
| 383.1
| 391
| 20
| 193
| 0
| 9
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| TOT
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 69
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| 14
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 24
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .208
| .208
| .208
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 23
| 18
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| TOT
| A
| 34
| 22
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .136
| .136
| .136
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 36
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .097
| .097
| .097
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .250
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 14
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 118
| 81
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .136
| .146
| .136
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 132
| 96
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .115
| .124
| .115
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1938).
- Selected by Chicago White Sox from Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1946).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Marino Pieretti (June 9, 1948).
- Sold by Washington Senators to New York Yankees (September 12, 1948).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Oakland (PCL) (August 25, 1949).
- Selected by St. Louis Browns from Oakland (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 19, 1951).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox (March 7, 1953).
- Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Chicago White Sox (May 23, 1953).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with cash to Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Van Fletcher (@August 20, 1954).
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