Bob Harmon Notable

b. October 15, 1887 · St. Louis Cardinals 1909–1913, Pittsburgh Pirates 1914–1916, 1918

Bob Harmon divided 10 seasons between two clubs as a pitcher: the St. Louis Cardinals from 1909, then the Pittsburgh Pirates through 1918.

He went 107 and 133 with a 3.33 earned run average, pitching 2,054 innings in 321 games. He struck out 634, completed 143 of his 240 starts and threw 15 shutouts. Across 346 games he batted .184, with 127 hits and 53 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 16 doubles and 9 stolen bases.

He was born in Liberal, MO, USA on October 15, 1887, and died on November 27, 1961. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1909	STL	21	51	3	13	1	0	0	1	6	17	0	.255
1910	STL	43	76	11	14	4	1	0	6	8	23	2	.184
1911	STL	51	111	7	17	4	1	0	3	11	48	2	.153
1912	STL	46	99	7	23	1	1	0	7	1	31	2	.232
1913	STL	46	92	7	24	1	2	0	3	6	22	2	.261
1914	PIT	44	86	6	12	0	0	1	6	5	22	0	.140
1915	PIT	42	95	7	14	4	2	0	6	6	32	1	.147
1916	PIT	35	55	4	6	1	0	0	1	2	9	0	.109
1918	PIT	18	27	1	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	.148
Career	—	346	692	53	127	16	7	1	34	47	208	9	.184

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1909	STL	6	11	21	17	0	159.0	155	65	65	48	3.68
1910	STL	13	15	43	33	2	236.0	227	117	133	87	4.46
1911	STL	23	16	51	41	4	348.0	290	121	181	144	3.13
1912	STL	18	18	43	34	0	268.0	284	117	116	73	3.93
1913	STL	8	21	42	27	2	273.1	291	119	99	66	3.92
1914	PIT	13	17	37	30	3	245.0	226	69	55	61	2.53
1915	PIT	16	17	37	32	1	269.2	242	75	62	86	2.50
1916	PIT	8	11	31	17	0	172.2	175	54	39	62	2.81
1918	PIT	2	7	16	9	0	82.1	76	24	12	7	2.62
Career	—	107	133	321	240	12	2054.0	1966	761	762	634	3.33

On this day & linked events

1887

Born October 15, 1887

Liberal, MO, USA

1961

Died November 27, 1961

1909

Major-league debut: Bob Harmon

Bob Harmon made a major-league debut on June 23, 1909.

1918

Final major-league game: Bob Harmon

Bob Harmon played a final major-league game on June 28, 1918.

Image: 1911 Gold Borders (Broadleaf), public domain