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Harkness		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 13, 1887 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1910 22 CLE AL   9 3 3 3 5 5 5 10 10 10
1911 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1912 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 2 3 3 5 6 5 10 10 10
1913 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 2 3 2 5 5 5 10 10 10
1914 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 2 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9
1915 27 CLE AL   7 2 2 2 5 6 5 10 10 10
1916 28 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 9 9 9
1917 29 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 10 10 10
1918 30 CLE AL $ 350,000 7 1 2 2 4 5 5 10 10 10
1919 31 CLE AL $ 350,000 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 9 9 9
1920 32 CLE AL $ 350,000 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 1 2 2 4 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 9 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1910 22 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1911 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1912 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1913 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1914 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1915 27 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1916 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1917 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1918 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1919 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1920 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1910 22 AAA   15 11 .577 29 29 12 5 0 235.0 165 66 1 96 253 2.53 .198 .281 .261 .541  
1911 23 CLE AL 11 13 .458 27 27 16 2 0 215.3 208 109 2 137 84 4.56 .257 .361 .317 .678 7.3
    AAA   6 0 1.000 9 9 3 1 0 73.7 51 23 3 35 70 2.81 .190 .283 .271 .554  
1912 24 CLE AL 10 11 .476 29 29 11 0 0 216.3 205 97 1 129 77 4.04 .253 .354 .337 .691 11.1
1913 25 AAA   12 9 .571 22 22 11 1 0 177.7 163 47 2 95 109 2.38 .245 .339 .308 .648  
1914 26 CLE AL 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 22.0 30 16 0 18 4 6.55 .349 .457 .407 .864 0.0
    AAA   10 10 .500 25 25 7 1 0 184.0 168 85 3 137 141 4.16 .239 .363 .323 .686  
1915 27 AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 8.3 9 3 0 4 6 3.24 .273 .351 .333 .685  
    AA   17 8 .680 25 25 14 5 0 200.0 141 48 3 120 223 2.16 .196 .311 .241 .552  
1916 28 CLE AL 4 6 .400 10 10 5 1 0 81.0 62 31 5 38 30 3.44 .219 .315 .336 .651 3.9
    AAA   0 0 .000 32 0 0 0 8 27.3 19 5 0 21 32 1.65 .200 .345 .211 .555  
1917 29 CLE AL 15 16 .484 33 33 13 2 0 255.7 264 106 5 126 63 3.73 .271 .354 .333 .686 11.5
1918 30 CLE AL 3 4 .429 15 8 2 0 1 73.7 73 35 1 36 20 4.28 .263 .346 .313 .659 2.4
1919 31 CLE AL 0 4 .000 21 0 0 0 1 21.3 32 18 2 17 3 7.59 .356 .441 .489 .930 0.0
1920 32 CLE AL 0 3 .000 16 1 0 0 0 17.7 41 27 0 17 7 13.76 .451 .537 .560 1.097 0.0
8 Years Sim 43 59 .422 154 111 47 5 2 903.0 915 439 16 518 288 4.38 .267 .362 .341 .702 36.2
6 Years AAA 43 30 .589 122 85 33 8 8 706.0 575 229 9 388 611 2.92 .221 .323 .290 .612  
1 Years AA 17 8 .680 25 25 14 5 0 200.0 141 48 3 120 223 2.16 .196 .311 .241 .552  
7 Years Minors 60 38 .612 147 110 47 13 8 906.0 716 277 12 508 834 2.75 .216 .320 .279 .599  
Season Average 5 7 .417 19 13 5 0 0 112.9 114 54 2 64 36 4.38 .267 .362 .341 .702  
Career Highs 15 16 .484 33 33 16 2 1 255.7 264 109 5 137 84 13.76 .451 .537 .560 1.097  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   493 251 4 250 180   .254 .339 .317 .655
vs LH   422 188 12 268 108   .286 .395 .372 .767
Home 29 21 .580 79 56 23 5 1 463.7 467 210 6 264 153 4.08 .268 .364 .330 .693
Away 14 38 .269 75 55 24 0 1 439.3 448 229 10 254 135 4.69 .267 .364 .352 .716
Mar/Apr 1 6 .143 12 8 3 0 1 61.7 64 37 1 32 19 5.40 .263 .349 .317 .666
May 3 8 .273 20 12 6 0 1 101.7 102 47 2 53 31 4.16 .265 .354 .309 .663
June 12 6 .667 31 22 10 0 0 186.6 173 76 1 101 52 3.66 .250 .346 .320 .666
July 9 9 .500 27 20 7 2 0 153.3 189 89 3 91 59 5.22 .308 .398 .369 .766
August 9 17 .346 33 24 15 2 0 200.6 187 86 7 110 59 3.86 .251 .348 .352 .700
Sep/Oct 9 13 .409 31 25 6 1 0 199.0 200 104 2 131 68 4.70 .268 .378 .349 .727
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1911 23 CLE AL 27 77 5 11 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 16 .143 .165 .169 .333 -0.2 0.0
1912 24 CLE AL 29 84 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 13 .107 .148 .119 .267 -0.5 0.0
1914 26 CLE AL 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
1915 27 AAA   2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1916 28 CLE AL 10 29 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .138 .194 .138 .331 0.5 0.0
1917 29 CLE AL 33 95 8 16 1 0 0 10 0 0 3 6 .168 .192 .179 .371 2.2 0.0
1918 30 CLE AL 15 21 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 .190 .217 .238 .455 1.6 0.0
1919 31 CLE AL 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1920 32 CLE AL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 154 318 23 44 5 0 0 23 1 1 12 44 .138 .169 .154 .323 2.5 0.0
2 Years AAA 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.7  
162 Game Average 334 24 46 5 0 0 24 1 1 12 46 .138 .169 .154 .323 2.7  
Career Highs 33 95 8 16 2 0 0 10 1 1 4 16 .190 .217 .238 .455 2.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   244 18 33 4 0 0 17 0 1 11 32 .135 .172 .152 .324 0.5
vs LH   74 5 11 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 12 .149 .158 .162 .320 0.2
Home 70 155 15 21 4 0 0 9 0 0 9 19 .135 .183 .161 .344 1.6
Away 65 163 8 23 1 0 0 14 1 1 3 25 .141 .155 .147 .302 -0.8
RISP   93 0 16 0 0 0 22 0 0 2 16 .172 .186 .172 .358 1.3
Close/Late   34 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .176 .200 .176 .376 0.7
Mar/Apr 8 20 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.5
May 16 28 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .107 .194 .107 .301 0.1
June 28 69 8 15 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 10 .217 .214 .275 .490 3.2
July 20 55 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .073 .121 .091 .212 -1.7
August 26 73 3 9 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 9 .123 .147 .123 .270 -1.1
Sep/Oct 25 73 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 10 .123 .167 .123 .290 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1911 23 CLE AL P 27 27 215.3 12 32 3 1 .936 1.84    
1912 24 CLE AL P 29 29 216.3 15 44 1 2 .983 2.45    
1914 26 CLE AL P 3 3 22.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 2.86    
1916 28 CLE AL P 10 10 81.0 2 22 2 4 .923 2.67    
1917 29 CLE AL P 33 33 255.7 19 59 4 2 .951 2.75    
1918 30 CLE AL P 15 8 73.7 4 16 1 3 .952 2.44    
1919 31 CLE AL P 21 0 21.3 2 4 1 0 .857 2.53    
1920 32 CLE AL P 16 1 17.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.08    
Career Totals   154 111 903.0 60 186 12 12 .953 2.45    
Career Highs   33 33 255.7 19 59 4 4 1.000 4.08    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1917-6-16
 Shutouts
1911-7-2
 Walks Allowed
1911-2-137
1912-2-129
1917-4-126
 Hits per 9IP
1911-7-8.7
1912-7-8.5
 OAVG
1911-8-.257
1912-9-.253
 OSLG
1911-4-.317
1912-9-.337
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  4. Jeff Pfeffer (943)
  5. Hi Bell (943)
  6. Ed Willett (942)
  7. Tom Rogers (941)
  8. Ed Pinnance (941)
  9. Ben Shields (940)
  10. Jesse Stovall (939)
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  1. Gene Dale (992)
  2. Slim Sallee (982)
  3. Tully Sparks (980)
  4. Stan Coveleski (979)
  5. Rube Foster (974)
  6. Pete Dowling (974)
  7. Alex Hardy (973)
  8. Ralph Comstock (973)
  9. Jimmy Dygert (971)
  10. Roy Johnson (970)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1910
Had first career hit on 5/28/1911, off John Terry (PHA)
Earned first career win on 6/1/1911
Injured on 5/16/1912 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/19/1913 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/21/1914 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 3/31/1916 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 2 weeks
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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