Harry Blake
[edit] Biography
Harry Blake (Harry Cooper Blake) was born on June 16, 1874 in Portsmouth, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on July 7, 1894 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1894, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 1 home run and 51 RBI. Blake played for the Cleveland Spiders and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Harry Blake's best season was 1898, when he knocked in 58 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1894
| CLE
| N
| 73
| 296
| 51
| 78
| 1
| 51
| .264
| .335
| .351
| 15
| 4
| 30
| 22
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| 84
| 315
| 50
| 87
| 3
| 45
| .276
| .341
| .343
| 10
| 1
| 30
| 33
| 1
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| 104
| 383
| 66
| 92
| 1
| 43
| .240
| .322
| .305
| 12
| 5
| 46
| 30
| 0
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| 32
| 117
| 17
| 30
| 1
| 15
| .256
| .331
| .325
| 3
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 136
| 474
| 65
| 116
| 0
| 58
| .245
| .342
| .312
| 18
| 7
| 69
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 97
| 292
| 50
| 70
| 2
| 41
| .240
| .341
| .318
| 9
| 4
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 526
| 1877
| 299
| 473
| 8
| 253
| .252
| .336
| .324
| 67
| 22
| 230
| 85
| 7
| 64
| 55
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1894
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 120
| 16
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 119
| 13
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 184
| 17
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 87
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 136
| 0
| 0
| 234
| 25
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 14
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 176
| 10
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 14
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .700
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 514
| 0
| 0
| 920
| 84
| 55
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
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