Slim Harriss
[edit] Biography
Born on December 11, 1896 in Brownwood, Texas, Slim Harriss (William Jennings Bryan Harriss) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 9 year career. Harriss broke into the bigs on April 19, 1920 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.08 ERA in 192 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Slim Harriss's best season was 1925, when he posted a 3.49 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 95 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 25
| 9
| 14
| 4.08
| 60
| 111
| 87
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 192
| 226
| 5
| 57
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 28
| 11
| 16
| 4.27
| 92
| 136
| 108
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 227.2
| 258
| 16
| 73
| 0
| 2
| 9
|
| 1922
| PHI
| A
| 47
| 32
| 9
| 20
| 5.02
| 102
| 148
| 128
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 229.2
| 262
| 19
| 94
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 28
| 10
| 16
| 4.00
| 89
| 114
| 93
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 209.1
| 221
| 9
| 95
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 13
| 6
| 10
| 4.68
| 45
| 78
| 64
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 123
| 138
| 5
| 62
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 33
| 19
| 12
| 3.49
| 95
| 118
| 98
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 252.2
| 263
| 8
| 95
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| 12
| 10
| 3
| 5
| 4.11
| 13
| 34
| 26
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 66
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1926
| BOS
| A
| 21
| 18
| 6
| 10
| 4.46
| 34
| 66
| 56
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 113
| 135
| 0
| 33
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1926
| TOT
| A
| 33
| 28
| 9
| 15
| 4.34
| 47
| 100
| 82
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 170
| 201
| 0
| 55
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| 44
| 27
| 14
| 21
| 4.18
| 77
| 127
| 101
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 217.2
| 253
| 8
| 66
| 0
| 1
| 9
|
| 1928
| BOS
| A
| 27
| 15
| 8
| 11
| 4.63
| 37
| 74
| 66
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 128.1
| 141
| 5
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 349
| 229
| 95
| 135
| 4.25
| 644
| 1006
| 827
| 89
| 7
| 16
| 1750.1
| 1963
| 75
| 630
| 0
| 19
| 41
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 64
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 56
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1922
| PHI
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 60
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 78
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 48
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 82
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| BOS
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 34
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1926
| TOT
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 51
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 60
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1928
| BOS
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 349
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 521
| 26
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 66
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .106
| .119
| .106
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 30
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 81
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 7
| .148
| .148
| .160
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| PHI
| A
| 47
| 74
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 3
| .176
| .187
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 61
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .066
| .066
| .066
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 42
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .186
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 88
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 15
| .205
| .213
| .261
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 24
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| 12
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .059
| .111
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| BOS
| A
| 21
| 34
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .206
| .250
| .206
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| TOT
| A
| 33
| 51
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .157
| .204
| .157
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| 44
| 66
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .121
| .159
| .136
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| A
| 27
| 36
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .139
| .139
| .139
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 349
| 565
| 21
| 82
| 1
| 29
| .145
| .160
| .158
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 172
| 2
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Houston (Texas) to Philadelphia Athletics with Glenn Myatt (July 28, 1919).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Fred Heimach and Baby Doll Jacobson to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tom Jenkins and Howard Ehmke (June 15, 1926).
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