1900
Born June 23, 1900
Wylie, TX, USA
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Bill Harris pitched two seasons for Cincinnati in the early 1920s, disappeared into the minor leagues for six years, and came back with Pittsburgh in 1931 at thirty. He then pitched four more seasons there and one for Boston in 1938.
The Pirates used him as a swingman, 37 starts among 121 career appearances, and he finished thirteen of them and saved eight more. A minor league career of considerable length ran alongside and around all of it, which was the ordinary shape of a pitching life before the draft, when a club could hold a player's rights indefinitely.
Born in Wylie, Texas in 1900, Harris compiled a 24-22 record with a 3.92 earned run average, and was sixty-five at his death in August 1965.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | CIN | 22 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .353 |
| 1924 | CIN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1931 | PIT | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 |
| 1932 | PIT | 37 | 55 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .182 |
| 1933 | PIT | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1934 | PIT | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| 1938 | BOS | 13 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .214 |
| Career | — | 121 | 123 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .203 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | CIN | 3 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 69.2 | 79 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 5.17 |
| 1924 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9.00 |
| 1931 | PIT | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 31.0 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0.87 |
| 1932 | PIT | 10 | 9 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 168.0 | 178 | 68 | 38 | 63 | 3.64 |
| 1933 | PIT | 4 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 58.2 | 68 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 3.22 |
| 1934 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6.63 |
| 1938 | BOS | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 80.1 | 83 | 36 | 21 | 26 | 4.03 |
| Career | — | 24 | 22 | 121 | 37 | 8 | 433.2 | 467 | 189 | 109 | 149 | 3.92 |
On this day & linked events
1965
Died August 21, 1965
1923
Major-league debut: Bill Harris
Bill Harris made a major-league debut on April 22, 1923.
1938
Final major-league game: Bill Harris
Bill Harris played a final major-league game on October 2, 1938.
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