Bob Harris

Full Name: Robert Arthur Harris Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185 First Game: September 19, 1938 Birthdate: May 1, 1915 Final Game: September 16, 1942 Birthplace: Gillette, Wyoming MLB Experience: 5 years Died: August 9, 1989 Deathplace: North Platte, Nebraska Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on May 1, 1915 in Gillette, Wyoming, Bob Harris (Robert Arthur Harris) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 5 year career. Harris broke into the bigs on September 19, 1938 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.50 ERA in 144 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Harris's best season was 1941, when he won 12 games and struck out 57 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1938	DET	A	3	1	1	0	7.20	7	9	8	1	0	0	10	14	0	4	0	1	0
1939	STL	A	28	16	3	12	5.71	48	88	80	6	0	0	126	162	5	71	0	8	0
1939	DET	A	5	1	1	1	4.00	9	8	8	0	0	0	18	18	4	8	0	2	0
1939	TOT	A	33	17	4	13	5.50	57	96	88	6	0	0	144	180	9	79	0	10	0
1940	STL	A	35	28	11	15	4.93	49	120	106	8	1	1	193.2	225	24	85	0	8	3
1941	STL	A	34	29	12	14	5.21	57	117	108	9	2	1	186.2	237	18	85	0	5	2
1942	STL	A	6	6	1	5	5.61	9	24	21	0	0	0	33.2	37	2	17	0	1	0
1942	PHI	A	16	8	1	5	2.88	26	31	25	2	1	0	78	77	5	24	0	1	0
1942	TOT	A	22	14	2	10	3.71	35	55	46	2	1	0	111.2	114	7	41	0	2	0
Total			127	89	30	52	4.96	205	397	356	26	4	2	646	770	58	294	0	26	5

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	DET	A	P	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	STL	A	P	28	0	0	8	32	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1939	DET	A	P	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	TOT	A	P	33	0	0	8	35	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1940	STL	A	P	35	0	0	10	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1941	STL	A	P	34	0	0	10	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1942	STL	A	P	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	PHI	A	P	16	0	0	5	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	TOT	A	P	22	0	0	5	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	127	0	0	35	132	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.977

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	DET	A	3	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1939	STL	A	29	37	2	7	0	0	.189	.268	.189	0	0	4	8	0	2	0	0	2
1939	DET	A	5	5	1	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939	TOT	A	34	42	3	9	0	0	.214	.283	.214	0	0	4	8	0	2	0	0	2
1940	STL	A	35	60	6	15	0	5	.250	.297	.350	2	2	4	15	0	5	0	0	2
1941	STL	A	34	61	3	7	0	6	.115	.169	.131	1	0	4	11	0	14	0	0	0
1942	STL	A	6	10	1	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
1942	PHI	A	16	26	1	7	0	1	.269	.269	.308	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
1942	TOT	A	22	36	2	7	0	1	.194	.216	.222	1	0	1	7	0	2	0	0	2
Total			128	202	15	39	0	12	.193	.245	.233	4	2	14	43	0	23	0	0	6

Transactions

• Traded by Detroit Tigers with Vern Kennedy, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs and Mark Christman to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, Red Kress and Jim Walkup (May 13, 1939).
• Traded by St. Louis Browns with Bob Swift to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Frankie Hayes (June 1, 1942).
• Released by Detroit Tigers (March 30, 1946).