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Harry
Harper		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 24, 1895 in Usa, NJ, HACKENSACK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1916    1917    1918    1924    1927    1928   
Cy Young Award 1923   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 18 SLN NL   7 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 8 8
1914 19 SLN NL   7 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 8 9
1915 20 SLN NL   7 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 9 10
1916 21 SLN NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1917 22 SLN NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
1918 23 SLN NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
1919 24 SLN NL $ 435,714 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10
1920 25 SLN NL $ 435,714 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
1921 26 SLN NL $ 2,365,714 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1922 27 BOS AL $ 2,365,714 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10
1923 28 WAS AL $ 25,000,000 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10
1924 29 WAS AL $ 25,000,000 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1925 30 WAS AL $ 25,000,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1926 31 WAS AL $ 12,111,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1927 32 WAS AL $ 12,111,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10
1928 33 WAS AL $ 12,111,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10
1929 34 WAS AL $ 12,600,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 25,000,000 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 18 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1914 19 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1915 20 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1916 21 SLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1917 22 SLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 23 SLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 24 SLN NL $ 435,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 25 SLN NL $ 435,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 26 SLN NL $ 2,365,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 27 BOS AL $ 2,365,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 28 WAS AL $ 25,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 29 WAS AL $ 25,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 30 WAS AL $ 25,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 31 WAS AL $ 12,111,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1927 32 WAS AL $ 12,111,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1928 33 WAS AL $ 12,111,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
1929 34 WAS AL $ 12,600,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 25,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6
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
1913 18 AAA   6 5 .545 53 7 4 1 14 99.7 94 41 10 38 88 3.70 .254 .324 .381 .705  
1914 19 AAA   7 2 .778 69 3 0 0 25 91.7 89 24 2 33 65 2.36 .262 .327 .332 .659  
1915 20 AAA   1 7 .125 66 2 1 0 24 89.3 87 21 2 41 75 2.12 .250 .329 .313 .642  
1916 21 SLN NL 3 5 .375 20 0 0 0 2 19.7 28 18 0 12 7 8.24 .326 .404 .488 .892 0.0
1917 22 SLN NL 3 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 12 24.3 15 3 0 4 5 1.11 .179 .213 .250 .463 7.1
1918 23 SLN NL 1 5 .167 15 0 0 0 4 14.3 22 11 0 7 5 6.91 .373 .433 .627 1.060 0.0
1919 24 SLN NL 0 2 .000 13 0 0 0 1 12.0 15 8 0 6 9 6.00 .306 .393 .306 .699 0.0
1920 25 SLN NL 4 2 .667 16 8 4 0 1 74.3 84 27 1 11 40 3.27 .289 .317 .351 .668 5.6
1921 26 SLN NL 0 3 .000 14 0 0 0 6 10.0 16 10 0 7 6 9.00 .348 .434 .522 .956 0.0
1922 27 SLN NL 3 1 .750 13 6 4 1 5 12.3 12 3 0 3 1 2.19 .255 .300 .362 .662 3.2
  BOS AL 3 8 .273 12 5 4 0 0 91.7 101 41 2 26 39 4.03 .282 .330 .380 .710 4.4
  TOT   6 9 .400 25 11 8 1 5 104.0 113 44 2 29 40 3.81 .279 .326 .378 .704 7.5
1923 28 WAS AL 26 11 .703 42 42 31 4 0 356.0 356 137 2 106 106 3.46 .263 .319 .341 .660 24.1
1924 29 WAS AL 14 13 .519 30 30 18 3 0 241.3 261 116 7 66 79 4.33 .276 .326 .380 .706 9.9
1925 30 WAS AL 6 1 .857 12 12 4 0 0 90.0 91 38 4 25 30 3.80 .256 .303 .361 .663 6.2
1926 31 WAS AL 17 20 .459 41 41 25 2 0 338.3 334 141 6 106 96 3.75 .263 .323 .368 .691 17.2
1927 32 WAS AL 18 12 .600 37 35 20 2 0 290.3 271 122 5 79 105 3.78 .249 .303 .352 .655 16.3
1928 33 WAS AL 19 14 .576 37 36 17 2 0 288.7 296 130 4 86 89 4.05 .268 .324 .358 .682 15.5
13 Years Sim 117 97 .547 323 215 127 14 31 1863.3 1902 805 31 544 617 3.89 .266 .321 .363 .684 109.3
3 Years AAA 14 14 .500 188 12 5 1 63 280.7 270 86 14 112 228 2.76 .255 .326 .343 .670  
Season Average 9 7 .563 24 16 9 1 2 143.3 146 61 2 41 47 3.89 .266 .321 .363 .684  
Career Highs 26 20 1.000 42 42 31 4 12 356.0 356 141 7 106 106 9.00 .373 .434 .627 1.060  
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   1431 600 24 410 448   .273 .325 .371 .696
vs LH   471 205 7 134 169   .249 .299 .340 .639
Home 68 44 .607 163 113 66 10 8 1000.0 977 405 11 283 337 3.65 .257 .308 .356 .664
Away 49 53 .480 160 102 61 4 25 863.3 925 400 20 261 280 4.17 .277 .330 .371 .700
Mar/Apr 15 7 .682 32 21 10 1 3 185.0 182 63 5 56 51 3.07 .258 .313 .353 .666
May 24 14 .632 61 43 19 2 6 354.6 364 162 6 109 128 4.11 .265 .319 .355 .674
June 21 19 .525 64 40 26 2 7 357.6 368 140 3 79 115 3.52 .266 .305 .349 .655
July 22 18 .550 57 34 27 2 5 302.0 297 127 2 86 83 3.79 .262 .314 .360 .674
August 16 21 .432 49 40 25 4 5 336.7 366 151 7 98 114 4.04 .282 .333 .386 .719
Sep/Oct 19 18 .514 60 37 26 3 7 327.3 325 162 8 116 126 4.45 .261 .324 .370 .694
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
1916 21 SLN NL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1918 23 SLN NL 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3
1919 24 SLN NL 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1920 25 SLN NL 16 27 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .148 .259 -0.4 0.0
1922 27 SLN NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  BOS AL 12 33 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .152 .152 .212 .364 0.4 0.0
  TOT   25 33 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .152 .152 .212 .364 0.4 0.0
1923 28 WAS AL 42 139 8 13 8 0 0 12 0 0 4 23 .094 .117 .151 .268 -1.5 0.0
1924 29 WAS AL 30 83 4 9 5 0 0 7 0 1 0 10 .108 .108 .169 .277 -2.1 0.0
1925 30 WAS AL 12 31 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .032 .061 .065 .125 -1.5 0.0
1926 31 WAS AL 41 116 10 11 4 0 0 8 0 1 1 17 .095 .108 .129 .238 -2.2 0.0
1927 32 WAS AL 37 105 5 8 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 23 .076 .075 .133 .209 -2.8 0.0
1928 33 WAS AL 37 101 8 12 5 0 0 8 0 0 1 16 .119 .126 .168 .295 -0.6 0.0
11 Years Sim 288 642 42 63 30 1 0 43 0 2 7 104 .098 .108 .148 .256 -11.0 0.3
162 Game Average 361 23 35 16 0 0 24 0 1 3 58 .098 .108 .148 .256 -6.2  
Career Highs 42 139 10 13 8 1 0 12 0 1 4 23 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
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   480 33 52 28 0 0 34 0 2 5 68 .108 .118 .167 .285 -7.9
vs LH   162 9 11 2 1 0 9 0 0 2 36 .068 .078 .093 .171 -7.3
Home 150 323 22 27 11 0 0 13 0 2 4 49 .084 .094 .118 .211 -11.8
Away 114 319 20 36 19 1 0 30 0 0 3 55 .113 .123 .179 .301 -3.4
RISP   172 0 15 7 0 0 37 0 0 1 27 .087 .094 .128 .222 -5.7
Close/Late   55 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .091 .091 .127 .218 -1.9
Mar/Apr 21 67 3 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .060 .072 .104 .177 -3.0
May 49 127 7 9 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 24 .071 .092 .094 .187 -5.1
June 40 114 9 15 6 0 0 10 0 0 1 15 .132 .137 .184 .321 -0.3
July 39 101 5 9 7 0 0 11 0 0 1 20 .089 .104 .158 .262 -2.5
August 42 118 8 13 5 0 0 5 0 1 1 18 .110 .117 .153 .269 -2.5
Sep/Oct 49 115 10 13 6 1 0 7 0 1 0 17 .113 .113 .183 .296 -1.8
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    
1916 21 SLN NL P 20 0 19.7 1 5 1 0 .857 2.75    
1917 22 SLN NL P 21 0 24.3 4 5 1 0 .900 3.33    
1918 23 SLN NL P 15 0 14.3 1 2 1 1 .750 1.88    
1919 24 SLN NL P 13 0 12.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1920 25 SLN NL P 16 8 74.3 4 13 3 1 .850 2.06    
1921 26 SLN NL P 14 0 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1922 27 SLN NL P 13 6 12.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.19    
  BOS AL P 12 5 91.7 9 14 2 1 .920 2.26    
  TOT   P 25 11 104.0 10 16 2 1 .929 2.25    
1923 28 WAS AL P 42 42 356.0 30 65 4 2 .960 2.40    
1924 29 WAS AL P 30 30 241.3 15 46 6 3 .910 2.27    
1925 30 WAS AL P 12 12 90.0 3 16 1 0 .950 1.90    
1926 31 WAS AL P 41 41 338.3 20 66 4 5 .956 2.29    
1927 32 WAS AL P 37 35 290.3 12 52 3 3 .955 1.98    
1928 33 WAS AL P 37 36 288.7 21 60 6 6 .931 2.53    
Career Totals   323 215 1863.3 123 350 32 22 .937 2.28    
Career Highs   42 42 356.0 30 66 6 6 1.000 3.33    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1917 22 SLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 2 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 .429 .429 .429 .857
1923 28 WAS AL 1 3 .250 5 5 2 0 0 36.0 50 29 1 13 9 7.25 .327 .380 .451 .830
1924 29 WAS AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 13 6 1 7 6 3.60 .232 .317 .304 .621
1926 31 WAS AL 1 3 .250 4 4 1 0 0 21.7 34 19 0 8 7 7.89 .340 .389 .510 .899
1927 32 WAS AL 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 41.3 37 18 3 14 12 3.92 .236 .298 .357 .655
1928 33 WAS AL 2 1 .667 3 3 3 0 0 26.0 27 9 1 1 10 3.12 .270 .277 .400 .677
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 8 .467 21 19 6 0 2 142.0 164 81 6 43 44 5.13 .286 .336 .412 .748
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 28 WAS AL 5 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
1924 29 WAS AL 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800
1926 31 WAS AL 4 6 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .500 .833
1927 32 WAS AL 5 14 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .071 .067 .143 .210
1928 33 WAS AL 3 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Career Post-Season Batting 19 49 7 7 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 .143 .140 .224 .364
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1923-4-3.46
 Wins
1923-1-26
1927-7-18
1928-6-19
 Losses
1926-2-20
 Winning Pct
1923-1-.703
1927-8-.600
1928-8-.576
 Saves
1917-1-12
1918-6-4
1921-5-6
1922-7-5
CAR-40-31
 Games Pitched
1923-4-42
1926-7-41
Games Started
1923-1-42
1926-1-41
 Complete Games
1923-2-31
1926-10-25
 Shutouts
1923-2-4
1924-1-3
1926-7-2
1927-7-2
1928-6-2
 Innings Pitched
1923-1-356.0
1926-4-338.3
 Hits Allowed
1923-5-356
1926-5-334
 Strikeouts
1923-3-106
1924-8-79
1926-6-96
1927-4-105
Walks Allowed
1923-7-106
1926-8-106
 Hits per 9IP
1923-5-9.0
1926-7-8.9
1927-7-8.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1923-10-2.7
1924-6-2.9
1927-6-3.3
 WHiP
1923-6-1.30
1924-9-1.35
1927-3-1.21
 OAVG
1923-5-.263
1924-10-.276
1926-9-.263
1927-8-.249
 OOBP
1924-9-.326
1927-4-.303
OSLG
1923-4-.341
1927-8-.352
1928-9-.358
 OOPS
1923-4-.660
1927-6-.655
1928-10-.682
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 84    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  8. George Daly (917)
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  1. George Daly (989)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1913
Earned first career win on 4/16/1916
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1916
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1917
Had first career hit on 8/19/1918, off Irv Higginbotham (PHI)
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1918
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,365,714 through salary arbitration
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,365,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1922 (Going to SLN: CF Pat McNulty. Going to BOS: P Harry Harper)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/14/1923 to a 3-year deal worth $25,000,000 per year
Won Cy Young Award in 1923, going 26-11, 3.46 ERA
Won World Series with Washington in 1924
Injured on 5/30/1925 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/27/1926 to a 3-year deal worth $12,111,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1926, going 5-3, 1.80
Injured on 3/31/1927 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Washington in 1927
10/3/1928: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $12,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Washington in 1928
 
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