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Name	Team	Age
Billy Harper	Retired (1986, Age 34)	Died (2026, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 54 (1970)	CF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League	0	2 years (89 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
60	57	77
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
29	43	77
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
64	84	24
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	3	11
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
42	85	93
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
39	0	10/14/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)
99 (99.5 %)	60 (60.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Skill grades calculated using approximate current ratings minus past improvements.
Year	Contact vs R	Power vs R	Contact vs L	Power vs L	Speed	Arm	Range
1970	-1	42	19	55	61	39	62
1971	0	43	27	56	63	39	65
1972	7	48	28	59	65	42	66
1973	13	51	31	63	67	44	68
1974	15	53	32	66	69	45	71
1975	17	59	36	74	72	50	71
1976	20	61	36	77	74	51	74
1977	22	62	41	77	75	51	76
1978	22	62	42	78	75	51	76
1979	24	63	43	80	75	52	76
1980	26	64	43	81	76	52	77
1981	27	64	43	83	76	53	77
1982	28	64	43	83	76	55	77
1983	28	64	43	83	77	56	77
1984	29	64	43	84	77	57	77
1985	29	64	43	84	77	57	77
1986	29	64	43	84	77	57	77

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1986-11-01	Billy Harper has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1984-03-07	The Philadelphia Patriots have waived Billy Harper.
1982-05-10	The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted George Philley to the major league team. The Philadelphia Patriots have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1982-04-14	The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team.
1980-04-18	The Philadelphia Patriots have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1980-04-05	The Cleveland Indians have waived Billy Harper.
1980-04-01	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Bill Grissom to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1980-03-01	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Wid Hutson for assignment.
1979-09-23	The Cleveland Indians have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1979-09-19	The Baltimore Orioles have waived Billy Harper.
1979-08-24	The Baltimore Orioles have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1979-08-01	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team.
1979-07-18	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Rex Lewis to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1979-05-25	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team.
1979-05-08	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Joe Kallio to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1979-04-20	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Lefty Hamrick for assignment.
1979-04-10	The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1979-04-06	The Cleveland Indians have waived Billy Harper.
1979-03-01	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Rod Peterson to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1978-06-08	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team.
1978-04-18	The Cleveland Indians have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1977-09-22	The Milwaukee Dem Bums have acquired Hunter Gamble from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Dem Bums have waived Billy Harper.
1977-09-20	The Milwaukee Dem Bums have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1977-09-09	The Cleveland Indians have waived Billy Harper.
1977-08-30	The Cleveland Indians have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1977-08-19	The Cleveland Indians have waived Billy Harper.
1977-08-03	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Brandon Cox to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1977-07-11	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Brandon Cox to the minors.
1977-06-25	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Brandon Cox to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1977-06-15	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Kreg Kilmeny to the minors.
1977-06-15	The Cleveland Indians have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1977-05-30	The Cleveland Indians have waived Billy Harper.
1977-05-26	The Cleveland Indians have acquired Billy Harper from the waiver wire.
1977-04-20	The Cleveland Indians have waived Billy Harper.
1977-04-16	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Al Murphy to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Billy Harper for assignment.
1976-04-21	The Cleveland Indians have promoted Billy Harper to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Johnny Carter for assignment.
1976-04-21	A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Orioles receive Matt Dougherty from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Mike Eller, Billy Harper.