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Name Team Age
Mel Harris Retired (1971, Age 38) Died (2014, Age 81)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6
(1956)		 LF L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League 0 13 years (160 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C+ C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C  B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B- D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ B  B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 1/30/1933
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 2
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A  (87.9 %) A  (85.3 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1956 CIN 32 104 14 25 4 0 3 9 11 16 4 5 1 .682 .316 .365 .240
1957 CIN 110 364 49 106 16 3 14 55 31 56 14 6 5 .819 .352 .467 .291
1958 CIN 137 498 63 136 29 1 16 91 48 107 9 5 4 .769 .337 .432 .273
1959 CIN-PHI 140 444 48 95 10 2 16 65 31 102 4 3 1 .620 .267 .354 .214
1960 PHI 135 358 37 92 14 4 10 44 19 68 4 3 7 .697 .294 .402 .257
1961 PHI 135 487 58 131 10 5 14 63 34 100 5 4 25 .712 .316 .396 .269
1962 PHI 94 117 12 31 8 0 4 20 10 23 0 2 0 .769 .333 .436 .265
1963 PHI 104 147 18 39 5 0 4 15 19 27 1 1 0 .730 .349 .381 .265
1964 PHI 93 241 30 66 8 1 8 22 31 51 0 0 0 .774 .359 .415 .274
1965 PHI 102 332 43 90 14 3 13 48 36 65 0 0 2 .791 .342 .449 .271
1966 PHI 131 473 60 131 20 6 20 68 43 84 0 0 4 .807 .335 .471 .277
1967 PHI 119 384 51 105 18 2 12 57 34 73 0 0 2 .758 .333 .424 .273
1968 PHI-TEX 29 61 7 15 6 0 1 7 4 18 0 0 0 .681 .288 .393 .246
1969 TEX-LAA 67 230 19 55 4 0 4 21 16 37 0 0 2 .597 .289 .309 .239
1970 LAA 82 288 25 75 16 4 4 19 30 54 0 0 4 .717 .331 .385 .260
1971 LAA 6 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .368 .214 .154 .154
Total 1516 4541 534 1194 182 31 143 605 398 882 41 29 57 .734 .323 .411 .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.