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Harry Bright

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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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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Transactions

  • 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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