#3 Roger Harkness, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox
Wednesday, 7/16/1952 |
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| Roger Harkness
6/22/1916
36
Waukesha, WI
6"1
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Starting Pitcher
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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5.0 Stars
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$ 4,920,000
1952
12 Year(s), 105 Days (2169 total Days)
94 Day(s)
18 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93-96 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Versus RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talent | 10 | 10 | 7 | |
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 10 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 6/5 | @DET | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/9 | @WSH | L 2-3 | * | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6/14 | NYA | W 8-7 | * | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | W | | | | |
| 6/18 | SLA | W 6-4 | * | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | W | | | | |
| 6/22 | DET | W 6-2 | * | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 6/27 | CHA | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7/1 | @CLE | W 6-5 | * | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | W | | | | |
| 7/5 | @CHA | W 5-4 | * | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | W | | | | |
| 7/10 | @WSH | W 4-3 | * | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | W | PoG | | | |
| 7/14 | @SLA | W 2-1 | * | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 21 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2.66 | 169.1 | 147 | 59 | 50 | 26 | 120 | 6 | 28.6 | 0 | 16 | 76.2 |
| Projected | 35 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2.66 | 280.0 | 243 | 98 | 83 | 43 | 199 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.46 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 140 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 | .205 | .229 | .434 |
| vs. RHB | 490 | 122 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 54 | 23 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .278 | .396 | .674 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | 74.2 | 77 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 50 |
| Road | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2.57 | 94.2 | 70 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 70 |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Last Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.31 | 35.0 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.19 | 48.0 | 44 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 31 |
| June | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.30 | 54.2 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| July | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 31.2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1938 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.52 | 48.1 | 47 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1.53 | .255 | BRO NY1 |
| 1939 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 6.44 | 167.2 | 190 | 139 | 120 | 22 | 116 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 1.83 | .303 | NY1 |
| 1940 | 38 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3.35 | 322.0 | 285 | 134 | 120 | 17 | 126 | 156 | 28 | 3 | 1.28 | .262 | NY1 |
| 1941 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3.61 | 301.2 | 263 | 129 | 121 | 22 | 92 | 186 | 26 | 0 | 1.18 | .263 | NY1,NL |
| 1942 | 39 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1.67 | 339.2 | 239 | 70 | 63 | 8 | 52 | 223 | 29 | 9 | 0.86 | .231 | NY1,NL |
| 1943 | 38 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2.19 | 333.0 | 265 | 92 | 81 | 5 | 39 | 193 | 29 | 7 | 0.91 | .251 | NY1,NL |
| 1945 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 3.11 | 318.1 | 295 | 130 | 110 | 10 | 54 | 187 | 22 | 2 | 1.10 | .281 | NY1 |
| 1946 | 39 | 39 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2.37 | 311.1 | 261 | 102 | 82 | 12 | 42 | 183 | 20 | 6 | 0.97 | .258 | NY1,NL |
| 1947 | 41 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3.04 | 311.0 | 264 | 117 | 105 | 14 | 65 | 177 | 12 | 3 | 1.06 | .256 | NY1 |
| 1948 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2.97 | 272.2 | 257 | 107 | 90 | 10 | 48 | 168 | 9 | 1 | 1.12 | .285 | NY1 WSH,AL |
| 1949 | 38 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2.94 | 306.0 | 269 | 117 | 100 | 17 | 63 | 168 | 17 | 2 | 1.08 | .261 | WSH |
| 1950 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4.24 | 303.1 | 306 | 155 | 143 | 26 | 63 | 186 | 11 | 1 | 1.22 | .288 | WSH |
| 1951 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 4.58 | 298.2 | 329 | 174 | 152 | 32 | 76 | 158 | 12 | 2 | 1.36 | .303 | WSH |
| 1952 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2.66 | 169.1 | 147 | 59 | 50 | 16 | 26 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 1.02 | .265 | WSH BOS,AL |
| Total | 472 | 471 | 237 | 153 | 0 | 3.25 | 3803.0 | 3417 | 1561 | 1372 | 217 | 889 | 2202 | 230 | 37 | 1.13 | .268 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1934, A | 28 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2.17 | 220.0 | 129 | 60 | 53 | 11 | 92 | 155 | 12 | 5 | 1.00 | .193 |
| 1935, A | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.20 | 25.1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0.87 | .172 |
| 1935, AA | 22 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3.49 | 167.2 | 144 | 75 | 65 | 15 | 76 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 1.31 | .261 |
| 1936, AA | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2.97 | 154.1 | 111 | 61 | 51 | 12 | 71 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 1.18 | .218 |
| 1936, AAA | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.28 | 43.0 | 50 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1.93 | .327 |
| 1937, AA | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 24.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0.92 | .156 |
| 1937, AAA | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4.43 | 168.2 | 157 | 92 | 83 | 17 | 100 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 1.52 | .272 |
| 1938, AAA | 31 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 4.74 | 216.2 | 196 | 131 | 114 | 22 | 130 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | .273 |
| 1939, AAA | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.96 | 48.2 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1.36 | .233 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1947 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 | 16.0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 | 16.0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1938 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | BRO NY1 |
| 1939 | 23 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .051 | .050 | .102 | .152 | NY1 |
| 1940 | 38 | 109 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 3 | .064 | .096 | .073 | .169 | NY1 |
| 1941 | 35 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .039 | .057 | .059 | .116 | NY1,NL |
| 1942 | 39 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .016 | .031 | .024 | .055 | NY1,NL |
| 1943 | 38 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .037 | .044 | .037 | .081 | NY1,NL |
| 1945 | 39 | 110 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .036 | .070 | .045 | .115 | NY1 |
| 1946 | 39 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .038 | .037 | .057 | .094 | NY1,NL |
| 1947 | 41 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .058 | .093 | .107 | .199 | NY1 |
| 1948 | 35 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | .090 | .115 | .140 | .255 | NY1 WSH,AL |
| 1949 | 38 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .047 | .120 | .057 | .176 | WSH |
| 1950 | 39 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .057 | .081 | .085 | .166 | WSH |
| 1951 | 40 | 101 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | .050 | .077 | .069 | .146 | WSH |
| 1952 | 21 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .032 | .076 | .048 | .124 | WSH BOS,AL |
| Total | 472 | 1314 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 55 | 39 | 277 | 6 | 13 | .046 | .074 | .067 | .141 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 21 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 1 | .972 | 169.1 | 1.91 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1934...
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (N) on 5/16/1938 (Going to BRO: P Hurley Hazel, 2B Ethan Tate. Going to NY1: P J.D. Black, P Roger Harkness, P Abe Irons, 1B Billy Russo)...
Earned first career win on 9/14/1938...
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/21/1939, off Gary Gygax (BRO)...
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/19/1941 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1942, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1942, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1942, going 6-0, 0.58...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1942, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1942, going 6-0, 1.77...
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1942, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1942, going 4-1, 1.09...
Won PITCHER OF THE YEAR in 1942, going 26-7, 1.67 ERA...
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1943, going 5-1, 1.00...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1946, going 4-0, 1.47...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1946, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/20/1946 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1946, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1947, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1947, going 5-1, 1.64...
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 3/2/1948 (Going to NY1: C James Loberger, P Potter Foote, 1B Roy McCoy. Going to WSH: P Roger Harkness, 1B Mitch Gilstrap)...
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/28/1948 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1949, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1949, going 6-2, 1.70...
Traded from Washington to Boston (A) on 3/1/1952 (Going to BOS: P Roger Harkness. Going to WSH: P Wink Oosterhouse, LF Gus Polinski)...
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game...
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ERA
1940 - 3.35 - 10th
1942 - 1.67 - 1st
1943 - 2.19 - 2nd
1945 - 3.11 - 6th
1946 - 2.37 - 1st
1947 - 3.04 - 7th
1948 - 2.97 - 5th
1949 - 2.94 - 4th
| WHIP
1941 - 1.18 - 7th
1942 - 0.86 - 1st
1943 - 0.91 - 1st
1945 - 1.10 - 3rd
1946 - 0.97 - 1st
1947 - 1.06 - 3rd
1948 - 1.12 - 3rd
1949 - 1.08 - 4th
1950 - 1.22 - 8th
| Wins
1942 - 26 - 1st
1943 - 23 - 3rd
1945 - 19 - 8th
1946 - 21 - 8th
1947 - 20 - 9th
1948 - 20 - 10th
1949 - 24 - 3rd
| Losses
1951 - 22 - 2nd
| IP
1942 - 339.2 - 4th
1943 - 333.0 - 2nd
1945 - 318.1 - 7th
1946 - 311.1 - 8th
1947 - 311.0 - 9th
1949 - 306.0 - 8th
1950 - 303.1 - 7th
1951 - 298.2 - 9th
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K's
1940 - 156 - 8th
1941 - 186 - 4th
1942 - 223 - 1st
1943 - 193 - 3rd
1945 - 187 - 2nd
1946 - 183 - 5th
1947 - 177 - 3rd
1948 - 168 - 4th
1949 - 168 - 5th
1950 - 186 - 4th
1951 - 158 - 5th
| BB
1939 - 116 - 10th
1940 - 126 - 7th
| CG
1940 - 28 - 10th
1942 - 29 - 6th
1943 - 29 - 2nd
1946 - 20 - 9th
1949 - 17 - 8th
| SHO
1940 - 3 - 7th
1942 - 9 - 1st
1943 - 7 - 1st
1946 - 6 - 2nd
1947 - 3 - 9th
1949 - 2 - 8th
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