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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Babe Harkness Center Field
Retired (1971, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .227 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .609 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 169 Age at Death 87 Date of Birth 12-23-1937
HR 10 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1958)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(16 games)
RBI 84
SB 24
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A  Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B D- (7.2%) LF A+ (94.9%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health A+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF C- (35.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1961 CF PHI 28 24 217.1 65 64 0 1 0 -1 2.65 .985
1B PHI 18 18 155.0 184 173 6 5 16 -4 10.39 .973
RF PHI 5 5 43.2 9 9 0 0 0 0 1.86 1.000
LF PHI 4 4 34.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.91 1.000
1962 CF PHI 30 30 268.0 71 69 0 2 0 -2 2.32 .972
LF PHI 12 12 103.0 24 23 0 1 0 -1 2.01 .958
RF PHI 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
1963 CF PHI 48 48 423.2 110 106 1 3 1 -4 2.27 .973
LF PHI 13 13 118.1 31 30 1 0 1 0 2.36 1.000
1964 CF PHI 38 38 330.1 95 94 0 1 0 -1 2.56 .989
RF PHI 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1965 CF WAS-MIL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total CF 145 140 1240.1 341 333 1 7 1 -8 2.42 .979
LF 29 29 255.1 66 64 1 1 1 -1 2.29 .985
1B 18 18 155.0 184 173 6 5 16 -4 10.39 .973
RF 8 8 70.2 15 15 0 0 0 0 1.91 1.000
Total 200 195 1721.1 606 585 8 13 18 -13 3.10 .979
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Babe Harkness has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1966-04-03The Milwaukee Millertimers have waived Babe Harkness.
1965-09-05The Milwaukee Millertimers have acquired Babe Harkness from the waiver wire.
1965-04-23The Washington Nats have waived Babe Harkness.
1965-04-19The Washington Nats have designated Babe Harkness for assignment.
1965-03-26Washington GraySox has drafted Babe Harkness #44 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1961-04-01The Philadelphia John Streets have promoted Izzy Lyons to the major league team. The Philadelphia John Streets have promoted Pat Pope to the major league team. The Philadelphia John Streets have promoted Babe Harkness to the major league team. The Philadelphia John Streets have promoted Bill Hasty to the major league team. The Philadelphia John Streets have promoted Steve Wagner to the major league team.