George Washington Harper

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Full Name: George Washington Harper	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/167	First Game: April 15, 1916
Birthdate: June 24, 1892	Final Game: September 28, 1929
Birthplace: Arlington, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: August 18, 1978
Deathplace: Magnolia, Arkansas
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

George Harper (George Washington Harper) was born on June 24, 1892 in Arlington, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1916 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1918, his rookie year, he hit .242 with 0 home runs and 16 RBI. Harper played for the Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that George Harper's best season was 1925, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .349 average and knocked in 97 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
1916	DET	A	44	56	4	9	0	3	.161	.230	.179	1	0	5	8	0	1	0	0	0
1917	DET	A	47	117	6	24	0	12	.205	.290	.231	3	0	11	15	3	5	2	0	0
1918	DET	A	69	227	19	55	0	16	.242	.301	.282	5	2	18	14	1	12	3	0	0
1922	CIN	N	128	430	67	146	2	68	.340	.397	.442	22	8	35	22	6	11	11	0	2
1923	CIN	N	61	125	14	32	3	16	.256	.316	.392	4	2	11	9	0	3	0	0	0
1924	PHI	N	109	411	68	121	16	55	.294	.361	.504	26	6	38	23	5	9	10	0	0
1924	CIN	N	28	74	7	20	0	3	.270	.393	.311	3	0	13	5	2	1	1	0	0
1924	TOT	N	137	485	75	141	16	58	.291	.366	.474	29	6	51	28	7	10	11	0	0
1925	PHI	N	132	495	86	173	18	97	.349	.391	.558	35	7	28	32	6	13	10	0	0
1926	PHI	N	56	194	32	61	7	38	.314	.367	.505	6	5	16	7	0	6	6	0	0
1927	NY	N	145	483	85	160	16	87	.331	.435	.495	19	6	84	27	5	21	7	0	0
1928	STL	N	99	272	41	83	17	58	.305	.418	.537	8	2	51	15	2	12	2	0	0
1928	NY	N	19	57	11	13	2	7	.228	.353	.351	1	0	10	4	1	3	1	0	0
1928	TOT	N	118	329	52	96	19	65	.292	.407	.505	9	2	61	19	3	15	3	0	0
1929	BOS	N	136	457	65	133	10	68	.291	.389	.433	25	5	69	27	4	8	5	0	0
Total	NL		913	2998	476	942	91	497	.314	.392	.482	149	41	355	171	31	87	53	0	2
Total	AL		160	400	29	88	0	31	.220	.288	.252	9	2	34	37	4	18	5	0	0
Total			1073	3398	505	1030	91	528	.303	.380	.455	158	43	389	208	35	105	58	0	2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1916	DET	A	OF	14	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1917	DET	A	OF	31	0	0	48	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1918	DET	A	OF	64	0	0	125	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1922	CIN	N	RF	103	102	522	206	14	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1922	CIN	N	CF	5	4	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1922	CIN	N	OF	109	106	522	220	15	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1922	CIN	N	LF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1923	CIN	N	OF	29	0	0	56	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1924	PHI	N	OF	109	0	0	219	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1924	CIN	N	OF	22	0	0	51	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1924	TOT	N	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1924	TOT	N	OF	131	0	0	270	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1925	PHI	N	OF	126	0	0	319	16	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1926	PHI	N	OF	55	0	0	111	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1927	NY	N	OF	142	0	0	299	13	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1928	STL	N	OF	84	0	0	156	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1928	NY	N	OF	18	0	0	40	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1928	TOT	N	OF	102	0	0	196	17	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1928	TOT	N	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1929	BOS	N	OF	130	0	0	266	7	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.972
Total			CF	5	4	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	103	102	522	206	14	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.952
Total			LF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	933	106	522	1925	96	62	24	0	0	0	0	0	.970

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Curt Walker (May 30, 1924).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Giants as part of 3-team trade in which Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to Brooklyn Robins; New York Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to Philadelphia Phillies; and Brooklyn Robins sent Burleigh Grimes to New York Giants (January 9, 1927).
Traded by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bob O'Farrell (May 1, 1928).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves with Rabbit Maranville (December 8, 1928).
Traded by Boston Braves with Art Delaney and cash to Los Angeles (PCL) in exchange for Wally Berger (November 14, 1929).

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