Gail Harris

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Full Name: Boyd Gail Harris	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: June 3, 1955
Birthdate: October 15, 1931	Final Game: May 3, 1960
Birthplace: Abington, Virginia	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
8 Categories

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Gail Harris (Boyd Gail Harris) was born on October 15, 1931 in Abington, Virginia. He made his Major League debut on June 3, 1955 for the New York Giants. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .232 with 12 home runs and 36 RBI. Harris played for the New York Giants and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Gail Harris's best season was 1958, when he slugged 20 home runs and knocked in 83 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	NY	N	79	263	27	61	12	36	.232	.289	.403	9	0	20	46	2	0	0	3	6
1956	NY	N	12	38	2	5	1	1	.132	.233	.263	0	1	3	10	2	0	0	1	0
1957	NY	N	90	225	28	54	9	31	.240	.305	.418	7	3	16	28	6	0	1	2	4
1958	DET	A	134	451	63	123	20	83	.273	.328	.481	18	8	36	60	4	1	1	3	10
1959	DET	A	114	349	39	77	9	39	.221	.290	.327	4	3	29	49	6	1	0	3	7
1960	DET	A	8	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total	NL		181	526	57	120	22	68	.228	.292	.399	16	4	39	84	10	0	1	6	10
Total	AL		256	805	102	200	29	122	.248	.311	.411	22	11	67	110	10	2	1	7	17
Total			437	1331	159	320	51	190	.240	.304	.406	38	15	106	194	20	2	2	13	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	NY	N	1B	75	0	0	617	50	12	65	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1956	NY	N	1B	11	0	0	108	9	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1957	NY	N	1B	61	51	484	502	37	8	53	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1958	DET	A	1B	122	112	1013.1	942	79	15	90	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1959	DET	A	1B	93	83	752	728	57	6	59	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1960	DET	A	1B	5	0	10	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	367	246	2259.1	2905	233	44	280	0	0	0	0	0	.986

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1950).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Ozzie Virgil to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jim Finigan and $25000 (January 28, 1958).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Sandy Amoros (May 7, 1960).

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