Harry Bright

Full Name: Harry James Bright	Primary Position: 1B,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: August 7, 1958
Birthdate: September 22, 1929	Final Game: June 30, 1965
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: March 13, 2000
Deathplace: Sacramento, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Harry Bright (Harry James Bright) was born on September 22, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on August 7, 1958 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1961, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 4 home runs and 21 RBI. Bright played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Harry Bright's best season was 1962, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 67 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1958	PIT	N	15	24	4	6	1	3	.250	.269	.417	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
1959	PIT	N	40	48	4	12	3	8	.250	.321	.458	1	0	5	10	0	1	0	0	0
1960	PIT	N	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	WAS	A	72	183	20	44	4	21	.240	.310	.339	6	0	19	23	0	1	0	1	6
1962	WAS	A	113	392	55	107	17	67	.273	.319	.462	15	4	26	51	2	2	2	0	14
1963	NY	A	60	157	15	37	7	23	.236	.297	.414	7	0	13	31	1	1	0	1	4
1963	CIN	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1963	Total		61	158	15	37	7	23	.234	.295	.411	7	0	13	32	1	1	0	1	4
1964	NY	A	4	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1965	CHI	N	27	25	1	7	0	4	.280	.269	.320	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		87	102	9	25	4	15	.245	.282	.392	3	0	6	27	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		249	737	90	189	28	111	.256	.312	.419	28	4	59	106	3	4	2	2	24
Total			336	839	99	214	32	126	.255	.309	.416	31	4	65	133	3	5	2	2	24

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1958	PIT	N	3B	7	5	52.1	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PIT	N	LF	3	2	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PIT	N	2B	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PIT	N	3B	3	0	15	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PIT	N	OF	4	3	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PIT	N	RF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	WAS	A	2B	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	WAS	A	3B	40	39	334	47	95	11	14	0	0	0	.928
1961	WAS	A	C	8	6	52.1	24	4	0	1	1	5	2	1.000
1962	WAS	A	C	3	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000
1962	WAS	A	3B	1	1	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.667
1962	WAS	A	1B	99	95	833	800	70	10	83	0	0	0	.989
1963	NY	A	1B	34	30	247.1	263	8	4	32	0	0	0	.985
1963	NY	A	RF	1	1	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	3B	12	12	106	19	21	2	1	0	0	0	.952
1963	NY	A	OF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1963	CIN	N	1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	Total		1B	35	30	248.1	265	8	4	32	0	0	0	.986
1964	NY	A	1B	2	1	11.1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	2	0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	3	2	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	63	57	516.1	71	134	14	15	0	0	0	.936
Total			OF	5	4	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	136	126	1092.2	1074	78	14	115	0	0	0	.988
Total			C	11	6	60.1	26	4	0	1	1	7	2	1.000
Total			RF	2	2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1946).
Selected by York (Interstate) from Chicago Cubs in the minor league draft (December 3, 1951).
Selected by Detroit Tigers from Chicago White Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1953).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Sacramento (PCL) (May, 1955).
Sold by Sacramento (PCL) to Pittsburgh Pirates (July 21, 1958).
Selected by Chicago Cubs from Pittsburgh Pirates in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1959).
Returned to Pittsburgh Pirates (April 7, 1960).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Bennie Daniels and R C Stevens to Washington Senators in exchange for Bobby Shantz (December 16, 1960).
Traded by Washington Senators to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Rogelio Alvarez (November 24, 1962).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to New York Yankees (April 21, 1963).
Released by New York Yankees (September 11, 1964).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (March 15, 1965).

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