Jack Harper Notable

b. April 2, 1878 · Cleveland Spiders 1899, St. Louis Cardinals 1900–1901, St. Louis Browns 1902, Cincinnati Reds 1903–1906, Chicago Cubs 1906

Jack Harper played for five clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Spiders in 1899 and closing with the Chicago Cubs in 1906.

He went 80 and 64 with a 3.55 earned run average, pitching 1,216.7 innings in 158 games. He struck out 466, completed 115 of his 148 starts and threw 10 shutouts. Across 160 games he batted .186, with 84 hits and 51 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 9 doubles and 5 stolen bases.

He was born in Galloway, PA, USA on April 2, 1878, and died on September 30, 1950. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1899	CLV	5	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	.182
1900	STL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1901	STL	39	116	13	20	1	1	1	10	10	31	1	.172
1902	SLB	29	83	9	17	2	0	0	6	5	18	0	.205
1903	CIN	19	56	7	14	2	2	0	9	2	12	1	.250
1904	CIN	35	113	14	18	4	2	0	11	3	28	3	.159
1905	CIN	26	60	5	10	0	2	0	2	7	22	0	.167
1906	CHC/CIN	6	11	1	3	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	.273
Career	—	160	451	51	84	9	7	1	41	34	115	5	.186

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1899	CLV	1	4	5	5	0	37.0	44	16	12	14	3.89
1900	STL	0	1	1	1	0	3.0	4	4	2	0	12.00
1901	STL	23	13	39	37	0	308.2	294	124	99	128	3.62
1902	SLB	15	11	29	26	0	222.1	224	102	81	74	4.13
1903	CIN	8	9	17	15	0	135.0	143	65	70	45	4.33
1904	CIN	23	9	35	35	0	293.2	262	75	85	125	2.30
1905	CIN	9	13	26	23	1	179.1	189	77	69	70	3.86
1906	CHC/CIN	1	4	6	6	0	37.2	38	17	20	10	4.06
Career	—	80	64	158	148	1	1216.2	1198	480	438	466	3.55

On this day & linked events

1878

Born April 2, 1878

Galloway, PA, USA

1950

Died September 30, 1950

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