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).
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