Lum Harris
[edit] Biography
Born on January 17, 1915 in New Castle, Alabama, Lum Harris (Chalmer Luman Harris) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators over the course of his 6 year career. Harris broke into the bigs on April 19, 1941 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.78 ERA in 131.2 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Lum Harris's best season was 1944, when he posted a 3.30 ERA and won 10 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 33
| 10
| 4
| 4
| 4.78
| 49
| 77
| 70
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 131.2
| 134
| 16
| 51
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 26
| 20
| 11
| 15
| 3.74
| 60
| 80
| 69
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 166
| 146
| 14
| 70
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 27
| 7
| 21
| 4.20
| 55
| 122
| 101
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 216.1
| 241
| 17
| 63
| 0
| 8
| 3
|
| 1944
| PHI
| A
| 23
| 22
| 10
| 9
| 3.30
| 33
| 70
| 64
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 174.1
| 193
| 8
| 26
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 34
| 12
| 3
| 14
| 5.24
| 33
| 78
| 73
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 125.1
| 153
| 11
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.84
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 151
| 91
| 35
| 63
| 4.16
| 232
| 429
| 379
| 46
| 4
| 3
| 820
| 874
| 66
| 265
| 0
| 22
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 31
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 45
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1944
| PHI
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 36
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 166
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 33
| 40
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .275
| .293
| .300
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 26
| 62
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .161
| .161
| .177
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 70
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .171
| .216
| .200
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1944
| PHI
| A
| 23
| 59
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .169
| .222
| .186
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 34
| 36
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 4
| .222
| .243
| .306
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 151
| 268
| 9
| 51
| 1
| 16
| .190
| .219
| .220
| 5
| 0
| 10
| 63
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 9
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Atlanta (Southern Association) to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Ed Heusser (December 3, 1940).
- Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Philadelphia Athletics (February 14, 1947).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jack Aragon and Frank Genovese to New York Giants in exchange for Augie Bergamo, Ken Jungels and Russ Rolandson (August 9, 1947).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Anse Moore and George Byam to Cleveland Indians (October 1, 1949) completing trade in which Cleveland Indians traded Jim Wilson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for 3 players to be named later (August 11, 1949).
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