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Harold Baines League
4-1-2053
Mel Harris Left Field
Retired (1971, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .263 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .734 Status Deceased (2014) Option Years 0  
H 1194 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 01-30-1933
HR 143 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1956)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(160 games)
RBI 605
SB 41
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF (87.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1956 CIN
32
104
14
25
4
0
3
9
11
16 1 1
4
5 1
.682
.316
.365
.125
.240
1957 CIN
110
364
49
106
16
3
14
55
31
56 5 3
14
6 5
.819
.352
.467
.176
.291
1958 CIN
137
498
63
136
29
1
16
91
48
107 1 2
9
5 4
.769
.337
.432
.159
.273
1959 CIN-PHI
140
444
48
95
10
2
16
65
31
102 2 3
4
3 1
.620
.267
.354
.140
.214
1959 CIN
7
24
3
6
0
0
2
4
1
6 0 0
0
0 0
.780
.280
.500
.250
.250
1959 PHI
133
420
45
89
10
2
14
61
30
96 2 3
4
3 1
.611
.266
.345
.133
.212
1960 PHI
135
358
37
92
14
4
10
44
19
68 0 0
4
3 7
.697
.294
.402
.145
.257
1961 PHI
135
487
58
131
10
5
14
63
34
100 1 3
5
4 25
.712
.316
.396
.127
.269
1962 PHI
94
117
12
31
8
0
4
20
10
23 2 0
0
2 0
.769
.333
.436
.171
.265
1963 PHI
104
147
18
39
5
0
4
15
19
27 0 0
1
1 0
.730
.349
.381
.116
.265
1964 PHI
93
241
30
66
8
1
8
22
31
51 1 0
0
0 0
.774
.359
.415
.141
.274
1965 PHI
102
332
43
90
14
3
13
48
36
65 0 0
0
0 2
.791
.342
.449
.178
.271
1966 PHI
131
473
60
131
20
6
20
68
43
84 0 3
0
0 4
.807
.335
.471
.195
.277
1967 PHI
119
384
51
105
18
2
12
57
34
73 1 1
0
0 2
.758
.333
.424
.151
.273
1968 PHI-TEX
29
61
7
15
6
0
1
7
4
18 0 1
0
0 0
.681
.288
.393
.148
.246
1968 PHI
20
36
5
7
3
0
1
5
2
14 0 0
0
0 0
.598
.237
.361
.167
.194
1968 TEX
9
25
2
8
3
0
0
2
2
4 0 1
0
0 0
.797
.357
.440
.120
.320
1969 TEX-LAA
67
230
19
55
4
0
4
21
16
37 0 0
0
0 2
.597
.289
.309
.070
.239
1969 TEX
10
38
4
13
1
0
0
3
2
3 0 0
0
0 0
.743
.375
.368
.026
.342
1969 LAA
57
192
15
42
3
0
4
18
14
34 0 0
0
0 2
.569
.272
.297
.078
.219
1970 LAA
82
288
25
75
16
4
4
19
30
54 1 1
0
0 4
.717
.331
.385
.125
.260
1971 LAA
6
13
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1 0 0
0
0 0
.368
.214
.154
.000
.154
Total
1516
4541
534
1194
182
31
143
605
398
882 15 18
41
29 57
.734
.323
.411
.148
.263
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Mel Harris has retired from the Los Angeles Quake
1971-05-05The Los Angeles Quake have designated Mel Harris for assignment.
1970-04-10Mel Harris of the Los Angeles Quake is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1969-06-10The Los Angeles Quake have acquired Mel Harris from the waiver wire.
1969-06-03The Texas Wranglers have promoted Roberto Durango to the major league team. The Texas Wranglers have waived Mel Harris.
1968-08-10The Texas Wranglers have acquired Mel Harris from the waiver wire.
1968-08-03The Philadelphia Jesuits have designated Mel Harris for assignment.
1966-04-14The Philadelphia Jesuits have removed Mel Harris from the trade block.
1965-07-15The Philadelphia Jesuits have placed Mel Harris on the trade block.
1964-06-12Mel Harris of the Philadelphia Jesuits is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1963-08-18Mel Harris of the Philadelphia Jesuits is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1963-04-08The Philadelphia Jesuits have removed Mel Harris from the trade block.
1962-06-21The Philadelphia Jesuits have placed Mel Harris on the trade block.
1962-06-03Mel Harris of the Philadelphia Jesuits is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1961-04-01The Philadelphia Jesuits have removed Mel Harris from the trade block.
1960-04-19The Philadelphia Jesuits have placed Mel Harris on the trade block.
1959-04-11A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Jesuits. The Philadelphia Jesuits receive Mel Harris, Ed Potts, Draft Pick 1960 Round 2 CIN (Steve Ramirez) from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bill Kaat.
1956-08-03The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Mel Harris to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Joe Ames to the major league team.