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Billy
Harris		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 24, 1943 in Usa, NC, HAMLET
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1972   
All-Star Selections 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 24 CLN NL     5 5 4 1 1 1 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1969 25 CLN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 8 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6
1970 26 CLN NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 8 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6
1971 27 CLN NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 6
1972 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 8 5 6 5 5 6 6
1973 29 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 9 5 6 6 5 6 6
1974 30 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1975 31 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1976 32 CLN NL $ 1,278,571   7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1977 33 IND AL $ 1,278,571   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1978 34 MIN AL $ 2,850,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1979 35 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 9 9 9 5 6 5 6 8 7
1980 36 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 7 7
1981 37 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 7 7
1982 38 DET AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 8 9 9 5 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 6 6 6 8 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 24 A   137 493 63 168 45 5 1 68 13 2 82 75 .341 .435 .458 .893 95.9  
1969 25 AA   136 513 61 151 34 0 2 71 8 2 65 98 .294 .374 .372 .746 73.0  
1970 26 AA   127 405 51 112 27 3 3 51 9 2 50 56 .277 .356 .380 .736 56.2  
1971 27 AA   136 499 69 151 31 4 6 58 10 1 67 76 .303 .385 .417 .802 81.0  
1972 28 CLN NL 15 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5 0.0
    AA   106 408 52 142 30 0 7 58 15 2 64 63 .348 .436 .473 .909 82.5  
1973 29 CLN NL 52 76 6 19 5 0 1 5 4 0 5 11 .250 .305 .355 .660 8.8 1.3
1974 30 CLN NL 104 277 38 84 10 2 0 39 8 2 41 30 .303 .389 .354 .743 40.6 8.5
1975 31 CLN NL 136 490 66 136 33 2 4 46 17 2 39 63 .278 .330 .378 .708 60.7 9.8
1976 32 CLN NL 73 140 17 40 9 3 0 17 6 0 9 25 .286 .327 .393 .720 16.3 2.5
1977 33 IND AL 154 529 59 169 40 7 1 58 23 6 48 55 .319 .376 .427 .803 78.5 12.4
1978 34 MIN AL 148 596 81 176 44 4 4 66 24 3 33 53 .295 .332 .403 .734 74.4 15.1
1979 35 MIN AL 153 627 81 182 40 6 3 55 31 9 50 80 .290 .343 .388 .730 80.6 15.8
1980 36 MIN AL 156 543 61 153 37 8 1 61 18 3 35 56 .282 .325 .385 .710 64.0 11.8
1981 37 MIN AL 153 494 60 143 38 2 0 46 7 3 47 55 .289 .353 .374 .727 63.8 12.4
1982 38 DET AL 111 359 40 84 20 2 3 33 7 0 28 42 .234 .289 .326 .615 32.0 3.3
11 Years Sim 1255 4142 510 1188 276 36 17 427 145 28 336 472 .287 .340 .383 .723 520.2 93.1
4 Years AA 505 1825 233 556 122 7 18 238 42 7 246 293 .305 .386 .409 .795 292.7  
1 Years A 137 493 63 168 45 5 1 68 13 2 82 75 .341 .431 .458 .890 95.9  
5 Years Minors 642 2318 296 724 167 12 19 306 55 9 328 368 .312 .396 .419 .815 388.6  
162 Game Average 534 65 153 35 4 2 55 18 3 43 60 .287 .340 .383 .723 67.2  
Career Highs 156 627 81 182 44 8 4 66 31 9 50 80 .319 .389 .427 .803 80.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3117 390 915 203 27 13 329 112 25 254 312 .294 .347 .389 .735 416.1
vs LH   1025 120 273 73 9 4 98 33 3 82 160 .266 .320 .367 .687 121.8
Home 621 2010 230 580 145 16 7 213 76 15 154 232 .289 .339 .387 .726 261.1
Away 634 2132 280 608 131 20 10 214 69 13 182 240 .285 .341 .379 .721 276.9
RISP   995 0 273 68 11 2 365 0 0 80 121 .274 .326 .371 .697 117.2
Pinch Hitting   78 8 22 3 1 0 11 2 1 5 6 .282 .325 .346 .671 8.6
Close/Late   555 52 156 36 6 2 58 0 0 51 59 .281 .343 .378 .721 70.1
Mar/Apr 194 608 81 175 36 6 4 56 26 5 60 76 .288 .350 .387 .737 84.3
May 208 692 82 200 46 5 3 70 20 7 55 75 .289 .342 .383 .725 88.5
June 207 698 89 204 49 4 3 75 24 3 47 74 .292 .336 .387 .723 89.7
July 192 630 74 170 46 8 2 65 21 6 53 92 .270 .329 .378 .707 77.0
August 229 783 90 220 48 7 2 75 23 3 57 78 .281 .330 .368 .698 94.7
Sep/Oct 225 731 94 219 51 6 3 86 31 4 64 77 .300 .354 .398 .752 103.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1972 28 CLN NL SS 15 0 35.7 5 16 1 4 .955 5.30   0.2
1973 29 CLN NL SS 39 3 116.7 12 41 0 10 1.000 4.09   0.7
    2B 10 8 77.0 16 35 1 7 .981 5.96   0.5
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1974 30 CLN NL SS 80 52 522.3 81 217 6 47 .980 5.13   2.2
    3B 10 10 91.0 11 33 2 3 .957 4.35   0.7
    2B 11 9 83.7 16 34 1 7 .980 5.38   0.3
1975 31 CLN NL 3B 70 70 615.3 44 201 5 13 .980 3.58   4.0
    SS 56 54 477.7 70 214 4 51 .986 5.35   2.5
    2B 11 2 34.3 8 19 1 5 .964 7.08   0.3
1976 32 CLN NL 3B 14 13 112.3 8 34 3 6 .933 3.37   0.4
    2B 38 3 83.3 17 43 0 10 1.000 6.48   0.6
    1B 9 6 62.0 64 6 0 4 1.000 10.16   0.1
    SS 6 2 22.7 5 7 0 2 1.000 4.77   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00   0.0
1977 33 IND AL 3B 146 144 1277.0 94 389 8 41 .984 3.40   6.8
    1B 3 0 10.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 12.20   0.0
    2B 4 0 7.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 34 MIN AL SS 141 141 1234.3 205 503 23 96 .969 5.16   6.0
    2B 5 4 38.3 10 18 0 4 1.000 6.57   0.3
    1B 1 0 4.7 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.66   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 35 MIN AL SS 148 147 1315.0 232 530 15 104 .981 5.22   4.7
    3B 2 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1980 36 MIN AL SS 148 147 1267.7 188 529 23 99 .969 5.09   3.4
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 37 MIN AL SS 150 149 1301.3 221 538 25 113 .968 5.25   5.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 38 DET AL 3B 107 106 916.3 61 239 11 15 .965 2.95   4.1
    1B 3 0 6.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 785 695 6295.3 1019 2595 97 526 .974 5.17   24.8
  3B 352 343 3021.7 218 899 29 79 .975 3.33   16.1
  2B 83 26 330.0 68 158 3 34 .987 6.16   2.0
  1B 19 6 87.0 95 7 0 5 1.000 10.55   0.2
  CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.1
Career Totals   1241 1071 9745.6 1406 3659 130 644 .975 4.68   43.1
Career Highs   154 149 1324.0 233 542 25 114 .991 5.79    
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
1972 28 CLN NL 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
1974 30 CLN NL 5 18 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .222 .263 .333 .596
1975 31 CLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 34 MIN AL 14 64 13 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 14 .297 .343 .328 .671
1982 38 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 28 89 15 24 5 0 0 4 0 0 6 15 .270 .313 .326 .638
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1977-4-.319
 On-Base Pct
1977-10-.376
 Games
1980-3-156
 At-Bats
1978-10-596
1979-2-627
 Hits
1979-6-182
 Singles
1979-9-133
Doubles
1977-6-40
1978-3-44
1979-1-40
1980-6-37
1981-7-38
 Triples
1980-10-8
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Wayne Krenchicki (923)
  4. Jim Eisenreich (922)
  5. Bob Dillinger (919)
  6. Gerald Perry (916)
  7. Terry Whitfield (913)
  8. Ernie Orsatti (913)
  9. Cesar Tovar (910)
  10. Bake McBride (910)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 60th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1968
Injured on 6/29/1968 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Injured on 8/19/1968 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 8/11/1972, off Tony Cloninger (PIT)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1973, off Jim Kaat (NYG)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,850,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Indianapolis to Minnesota on 3/4/1978 (Going to MIN: 2B Billy Harris. Going to IND: RF Jim Fuller)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1978, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
9/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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