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Jack
Harshman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 12, 1927 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 24 DET AL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 7
1953 25 DET AL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1954 26 DET AL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 8 7 7
1955 27 DET AL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 8 7 7
1956 28 PIT NL $ 2,085,714 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
1957 29 PIT NL $ 2,085,714 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1958 30 SDP NL $ 2,085,714 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1959 31 SDP NL $ 470,000 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1960 32 SDP NL $ 470,000 8 7 5 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
1961 33 SDP NL $ 470,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4
1962 34 SDP NL $ 470,000 7 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,085,714 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 24 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 25 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 26 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 27 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 28 PIT NL $ 2,085,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 29 PIT NL $ 2,085,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 30 SDP NL $ 2,085,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 31 SDP NL $ 470,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 32 SDP NL $ 470,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 33 SDP NL $ 470,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 34 SDP NL $ 470,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,085,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 24 DET AL 2 3 .400 23 0 0 0 4 28.3 31 17 4 21 13 5.40 .284 .397 .495 .892 1.2
    AAA   8 12 .400 24 24 1 0 0 158.0 141 70 17 93 114 3.99 .244 .348 .383 .732  
1953 25 DET AL 14 10 .583 49 25 7 2 1 210.3 190 87 22 110 126 3.72 .242 .337 .388 .725 14.3
1954 26 DET AL 27 10 .730 44 44 9 2 0 319.3 276 149 25 158 170 4.20 .234 .324 .360 .684 20.2
1955 27 DET AL 20 12 .625 41 41 7 0 0 299.3 268 142 23 148 201 4.27 .235 .323 .370 .693 17.2
1956 28 PIT NL 10 8 .556 31 18 2 0 1 141.7 145 79 12 103 89 5.02 .273 .390 .416 .806 4.6
1957 29 PIT NL 3 1 .750 24 3 0 0 1 41.7 48 25 2 28 31 5.40 .282 .387 .435 .822 1.0
1958 30 SDP NL 13 12 .520 41 28 5 0 0 238.0 220 103 23 117 140 3.89 .243 .331 .366 .697 15.4
1959 31 SDP NL 5 6 .455 36 10 2 0 3 93.7 88 46 15 44 67 4.42 .250 .332 .423 .756 6.4
1960 32 SDP NL 4 4 .500 51 2 0 0 3 74.7 76 37 11 45 53 4.46 .265 .364 .422 .786 5.3
1961 33 SDP NL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 17.3 14 7 2 7 9 3.64 .215 .292 .400 .692 1.4
1962 34 AA   2 4 .333 42 0 0 0 4 38.7 40 13 4 17 51 3.03 .267 .341 .413 .755  
10 Years Sim 98 66 .598 354 171 32 4 13 1464.3 1356 692 139 781 899 4.25 .246 .339 .385 .724 87.0
1 Years AAA 8 12 .400 24 24 1 0 0 158.0 141 70 17 93 114 3.99 .244 .348 .383 .732  
1 Years AA 2 4 .333 42 0 0 0 4 38.7 40 13 4 17 51 3.03 .267 .341 .413 .755  
2 Years Minors 10 16 .385 66 24 1 0 4 196.7 181 83 21 110 165 3.80 .248 .347 .390 .736  
Season Average 9 6 .600 35 17 3 0 1 146.4 135 69 13 78 89 4.25 .246 .339 .385 .724  
Career Highs 27 12 .750 51 44 9 2 4 319.3 276 149 25 158 201 5.40 .284 .397 .495 .892  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   998 489 106 575 580   .260 .356 .407 .763
vs LH   358 203 33 206 319   .213 .299 .336 .635
Home 45 35 .563 191 83 13 2 9 740.3 637 344 66 422 450 4.18 .231 .333 .378 .712
Away 53 31 .631 163 88 19 2 4 724.0 719 348 73 359 449 4.33 .260 .345 .392 .737
Mar/Apr 19 17 .528 62 32 6 1 3 265.0 262 149 31 139 170 5.06 .258 .347 .423 .770
May 16 19 .457 57 41 8 0 0 315.3 301 159 31 159 205 4.54 .250 .337 .394 .731
June 10 9 .526 41 24 2 0 1 192.3 188 111 17 113 109 5.19 .259 .359 .397 .756
July 20 5 .800 64 20 4 1 2 201.7 172 73 19 97 121 3.26 .230 .318 .357 .675
August 14 10 .583 72 28 5 0 4 251.3 225 106 24 160 145 3.80 .241 .352 .386 .738
Sep/Oct 19 6 .760 58 26 7 2 3 238.6 208 94 17 113 149 3.55 .233 .319 .343 .662
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
1953 25 DET AL 49 69 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 .188 .188 .217 .406 2.0 0.0
1954 26 DET AL 44 126 9 21 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 38 .167 .173 .183 .356 0.9 0.0
1955 27 DET AL 41 116 8 21 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 36 .181 .188 .207 .395 2.7 0.0
1956 28 PIT NL 31 45 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .156 .174 .156 .329 0.4 0.0
1957 29 PIT NL 24 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
1958 30 SDP NL 41 83 7 22 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 27 .265 .282 .265 .547 6.3 0.1
1959 31 SDP NL 36 22 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .182 .182 .227 .409 0.6 0.0
1960 32 SDP NL 51 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.1
1961 33 SDP NL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 331 478 32 91 8 0 0 31 0 2 4 155 .190 .199 .207 .406 13.3 0.2
162 Game Average 233 15 44 3 0 0 15 0 0 1 75 .190 .199 .207 .406 6.5  
Career Highs 51 126 9 22 3 0 0 10 0 2 2 38 .265 .282 .265 .547 6.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   312 20 53 7 0 0 21 0 2 4 98 .170 .183 .192 .375 3.9
vs LH   166 12 38 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 57 .229 .229 .235 .464 6.9
Home 178 214 13 40 2 0 0 11 0 1 2 69 .187 .198 .196 .394 4.1
Away 148 264 19 51 6 0 0 20 0 1 2 86 .193 .199 .216 .415 6.7
RISP   122 0 20 1 0 0 28 0 0 2 36 .164 .177 .172 .350 1.1
Close/Late   42 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .190 .190 .190 .381 0.7
Mar/Apr 52 89 7 15 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 32 .169 .178 .191 .369 0.8
May 55 107 5 18 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 36 .168 .176 .187 .363 0.9
June 35 68 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 23 .176 .188 .191 .380 1.2
July 52 63 5 15 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 23 .238 .250 .254 .504 3.1
August 39 78 7 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 18 .231 .241 .256 .497 4.0
Sep/Oct 34 73 5 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 .178 .178 .178 .356 0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 24 DET AL P 23 0 28.3 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.86    
1953 25 DET AL P 49 25 210.3 12 49 1 4 .984 2.61    
1954 26 DET AL P 44 44 319.3 24 70 2 6 .979 2.65    
1955 27 DET AL P 41 41 299.3 18 54 2 2 .973 2.16    
1956 28 PIT NL P 31 18 141.7 6 34 0 2 1.000 2.54    
1957 29 PIT NL P 24 3 41.7 6 8 0 0 1.000 3.02    
1958 30 SDP NL P 41 28 238.0 14 46 0 7 1.000 2.27    
1959 31 SDP NL P 36 10 93.7 7 18 0 2 1.000 2.40    
1960 32 SDP NL P 51 2 74.7 8 15 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1961 33 SDP NL P 14 0 17.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.04    
Career Totals   354 171 1464.3 96 304 5 24 .988 2.46    
Career Highs   51 44 319.3 24 70 2 7 1.000 3.02    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1952 24 DET AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 16 7 1 7 6 3.94 .254 .329 .365 .694
1954 26 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 12 8 2 7 8 5.02 .231 .322 .442 .764
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 30.3 28 15 3 14 14 4.45 .243 .326 .400 .726
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
1952 24 DET AL 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
1954 26 DET AL 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600
Career Post-Season Batting 4 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .250 .417
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1953-7-3.72
 Wins
1954-2-27
1955-5-20
 Winning Pct
1954-1-.730
1955-6-.625
 Games Started
1954-1-44
1955-6-41
 Shutouts
1953-2-2
1954-7-2
 Innings Pitched
1954-7-319.3
1955-10-299.3
Hits Allowed
1955-10-268
 Strikeouts
1954-7-170
1955-5-201
 Walks Allowed
1953-8-110
1954-2-158
1955-2-148
1958-6-117
 Hits per 9IP
1953-5-8.1
1954-7-7.8
1955-5-8.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1953-8-5.4
1955-5-6.0
 OAVG
1953-5-.242
1954-7-.234
1955-5-.235
OSLG
1954-8-.360
1958-9-.366
 OOPS
1954-10-.684
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Luke Walker (949)
  2. Jim Derrington (948)
  3. Dave Righetti (945)
  4. Joe Page (942)
  5. Gary Lavelle (934)
  6. Bunny Hearn (933)
  7. Rich Gossage (932)
  8. Frank Riccelli (911)
  9. Paul Derringer (907)
  10. Roy Sherid (905)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Frank Lary (991)
  2. Al Gerheauser (990)
  3. Hank Thormahlen (988)
  4. Tex Carleton (987)
  5. Joe Bowman (986)
  6. Fred Frankhouse (985)
  7. Gary Bell (985)
  8. Bump Hadley (984)
  9. Lum Davenport (984)
  10. Hank Wyse (983)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Detroit in 1952
Earned first career win on 9/22/1952
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/1953, off Bob Rush (MIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1953, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1953, going 6-0, 1.54
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1956 (Going to PIT: C Joe Garagiola, P Jack Harshman. Going to DET: P Tex Clevenger, 3B Billy Johnson)
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/24/1957 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego on 2/21/1958 (Going to PIT: P Bill Connelly. Going to SDP: C Sam Calderone, RF Gus Zernial, P Jack Harshman, CF Sam Mele)
10/13/1958: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $470,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/12/1959 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/30/1960 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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