Lionel Harris

Lionel Harris

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born October 10, 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Lionel Harris played for the Australian national team in the 1980 Amateur World Series, 1982 Amateur World Series, 1985 Asian Championship (.424, leading with 7 home runs) and 1985 Intercontinental Cup, in which he was named an All-Star outfielder alongside Luis Casanova and Jung-Tai Sung. He was the lone All-Star from a sub-.500 country (Australia was 1-6) even though both Team USA and Team Canada had future major leaguers and were under .500. He was a Claxton Shield All-Star in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1985 and won the batting title in 1981.

He hit .296/.339/.574 with 6 homers in 33 games for the Parramatta Patriots in the 1989-1990 Australian Baseball League, the ABL's first season. He was 4th in the league in slugging. He was named to the "B" All-Star team in the outfield. It was his only ABL season.

In 2006, he was inducted into the Baseball Australia Hall of Fame.