Brian Harper

Positions: Catcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: October 16, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Pedro HS (San Pedro, CA).

High School: San Pedro HS (San Pedro, CA)

Debut: September 29, 1979 (Age 19-348d, 14,264th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 29, 1995 (Age 35-195d)
vs. MIL 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Nick Lampros

Full Name: Brian David Harper

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1991 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.3

3151

931

.296

339

RBI

428

OBP

.329

SLG

.419

OPS

.748

OPS+

103

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 63 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 16 go ahead

3 Tms
MIN	48
PIT	11
MIL	4

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	28

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	26

Outs
0	30
2	18
1	15

21 Opps
MIL	7
DET	6
OAK	5
SEA	5
BAL	5
TOR	5
TEX	4
NYY	3
KCR	3
CHW	3
SFG	2
STL	2
CAL	2
PHI	2
BOS	2
CLE	2
SDP	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
NYM	1
LAD	1

56 Pitchers
Dan Plesac	3
Mark Davis	2
Dave LaPoint	2
Todd Stottlemyre	2
Mike Moore	2
Bob Welch	2
Joe Hesketh	1
José Bautista	1
Cliff Young	1
Jim Clancy	1
Bob Milacki	1
Jimmy Jones	1
Al Holland	1
Brian Holton	1
Jesse Orosco	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Roger Pavlik	1
Ed Núñez	1
Chris Haney	1
Dave Stewart	1
John Kiely	1
Brian Holman	1
Matt Young	1
John Martin	1
Mark Gubicza	1
Dennis Powell	1
Erik Hanson	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Dave Otto	1
David Wells	1
Ben McDonald	1
Joe Price	1
Lance McCullers	1
Juan Guzmán	1
Scott Bailes	1
Dave Dravecky	1
Chuck Finley	1
Charlie Hough	1
Steve Carlton	1
Cal Eldred	1
Scott Bankhead	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Steve Trout	1
Mike Jeffcoat	1
Brian Bohanon	1
José Guzmán	1
Melido Perez	1
Kevin Campbell	1
Ramón García	1
Don August	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Doug Henry	1
John Doherty	1
Frank Viola	1
Anthony Telford	1
John Briscoe	1

20 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	18
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	6
County Stad (MIL)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	48
78	4
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	20
3	14
Unk	11
1	7
4	7
5	3
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	63

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	12
12-	5
-2-	4
123	2
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

100 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	37
1 on	17
2 on	7
3 on	2
Any on	26

Inning
1	2
2	9
3	5
4	7
5	12
6	9
7	5
8	7
9	7

1-3	16
4-6	28
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	2
+1	17
Tied	9
-1	9
-2	6
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	30
Tied	9
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	11
1-0	11
1-1	10
0-1	9
0-0	7
2-1	6
0-2	3
2-2	3
2-0	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	49
LF	8
PH	4
DH	2

OrderPos
6th	25
5th	17
8th	9
7th	7
9th	2
2nd	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-08-30	PIT	@	SDP	Dave Dravecky	behind 0-1	t 9	0	---		1	9	PH	0.353	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1982-09-17	PIT	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	12-		3	2	7	0.169	91%		Home Run; R. Rhoden Scores; L. Lacy Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1983-04-12	PIT		STL	Dave LaPoint	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---		1	6	7	0.107	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1983-04-17	PIT		CHC	Steve Trout	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---		1	6	7	0.104	80%		Home Run
5	5	3	1	1983-06-18	PIT		PHI	Al Holland	behind 2-6	b 9	1	1--		2	1	PH	0.024	4%		Home Run; S. Nicosia Scores
6	6	4	1	1983-06-24	PIT	@	STL	John Martin	ahead 7-2	t 7	1	---		1	6	7	0.014	99%		Home Run
7	7	5	1	1983-07-13	PIT	@	SFG	Mark Davis	tied 0-0	t 1	0	--3		2	2	7	0.107	70%		Home Run; L. Lacy Scores
8	8	6	1	1983-07-19 (1)	PIT		LAD	Jerry Reuss	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	---		1	5	7	0.051	93%		Home Run
9	9	7	1	1983-07-24 (2)	PIT		SFG	Mark Davis	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---		1	5	7	0.095	76%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1984-08-11	PIT	@	NYM	Jesse Orosco	behind 0-3	t 8	0	---		1	9	PH	0.061	12%		Home Run
11	11	2	1	1984-08-26	PIT		CIN	Joe Price	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	1--		2	7	7	0.135	90%		Home Run; J. Ray Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1988-06-29	MIN	@	CAL	Chuck Finley	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	2	0.114	25%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
13	13	2	1	1988-07-04	MIN	@	MIL	Don August	ahead 2-1	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	7	2	0.103	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
14	14	3	1	1988-08-02	MIN	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 0-5	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.046	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1989-04-05	MIN		NYY	Lance McCullers	ahead 7-2	b 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) .X	3	8	2	0.033	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bush Scores; G. Larkin Scores
16	16	2	1	1989-04-21	MIN	@	BAL	José Bautista	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	1--	5,(2-2) BBCFX	2	8	2	0.166	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Larkin Scores
17	17	3	1	1989-05-04	MIN		MIL	Dan Plesac	behind 1-3	b 9	2	---	8,(2-2) FBBFFFFX	1	8	2	0.033	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	4	1	1989-05-15	MIN		KCR	Floyd Bannister	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.109	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
19	19	5	1	1989-08-09	MIN	@	BAL	Brian Holton	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.016	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	6	1	1989-08-24	MIN		CHW	Melido Perez	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.224	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
21	21	7	1	1989-09-04	MIN	@	TEX	Mike Jeffcoat	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	2	0.162	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Gladden Scores/unER; B. Harper Scores/unER
22	22	8	1	1989-09-29	MIN	@	SEA	Scott Bankhead	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	2	0.172	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Hrbek Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1990-04-20	MIN		CAL	Scott Bailes	ahead 11-0	b 6	0	---	3,(0-2) .FFX	1	5	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	1990-05-02	MIN	@	DET	Ed Núñez	ahead 7-2	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	1990-05-05	MIN	@	MIL	Dan Plesac	tied 5-5	t 8	1	123	2,(1-0) .BX	4	8	2	0.282	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Gaetti Scores; F. Manrique Scores; S. Mack Scores
26	26	4	1	1990-05-17	MIN	@	NYY	Dave LaPoint	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	0.104	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
27	27	5	1	1990-07-07	MIN	@	NYY	Jimmy Jones	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.098	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
28	28	6	1	1990-08-03	MIN	@	SEA	Matt Young	behind 0-1	t 6	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	DH	0.318	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Liriano Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1991-04-10	MIN	@	OAK	Bob Welch	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	2	0.171	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
30	30	2	1	1991-04-27	MIN		SEA	Brian Holman	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	2	0.185	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
31	31	3	1	1991-05-03	MIN	@	MIL	Jaime Navarro	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	2	0.174	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
32	32	4	1	1991-07-06	MIN	@	CHW	Ramón García	behind 0-4	t 7	2	12-	4,(0-2) CFFX	3	6	2	0.175	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Bush Scores; C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
33	33	5	1	1991-07-16	MIN	@	MIL	Dan Plesac	behind 1-2	t 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) .B11X	2	6	2	0.566	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Brown Scores; B. Harper Scores
34	34	6	1	1991-08-03	MIN	@	OAK	Kevin Campbell	behind 4-5	t 8	1	12-	2,(0-1) .CX	3	6	2	0.526	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Hrbek Scores; C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
35	35	7	1	1991-08-26	MIN	@	CLE	Dave Otto	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	2	0.214	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); K. Puckett Scores; B. Harper Scores
36	36	8	1	1991-08-30	MIN		BAL	Bob Milacki	behind 0-10	b 6	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	6	2	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
37	37	9	1	1991-09-01	MIN		BAL	Anthony Telford	ahead 7-0	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	0.006	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores
38	38	10	1	1991-09-16	MIN		KCR	Mark Gubicza	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	2	0.034	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Hrbek Scores; C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1992-04-22	MIN	@	SEA	Erik Hanson	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	2	0.108	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores
40	40	2	1	1992-06-05	MIN	@	TEX	José Guzmán	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	2	0.116	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores
41	41	3	1	1992-06-25	MIN	@	OAK	Bob Welch	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	2	0.057	15%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores
42	42	4	1	1992-06-26	MIN	@	OAK	Mike Moore	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	2	0.134	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Harper Scores
43	43	5	1	1992-08-01	MIN		MIL	Doug Henry	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	123	3,(1-1) BFX	4	6	2	0.009	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Hrbek Scores; K. Puckett Scores; C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores
44	44	6	1	1992-08-05	MIN	@	CHW	Charlie Hough	behind 4-9	t 8	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	2	0.008	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores
45	45	7	1	1992-08-26	MIN		DET	John Kiely	tied 0-0	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	2	0.421	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores
46	46	8	1	1992-09-06	MIN	@	TOR	Todd Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	5,(2-2) 1BB11FC1X	2	6	2	0.181	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Mack Scores; B. Harper Scores
47	47	9	1	1992-09-27	MIN		KCR	Chris Haney	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.039	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1993-05-02	MIN	@	DET	Mike Moore	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	2	0.190	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	2	1	1993-05-07	MIN	@	SEA	Dennis Powell	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	0.132	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	3	1	1993-05-14	MIN		BOS	Frank Viola	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	2	0.079	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
51	51	4	1	1993-06-01	MIN		TEX	Brian Bohanon	behind 3-5	b 8	1	-23	2,(1-0) ...BX	3	8	PH	0.503	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Larkin Scores; S. Mack Scores
52	52	5	1	1993-06-02	MIN		TEX	Roger Pavlik	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	5	2	0.105	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	6	1	1993-06-05	MIN	@	CLE	Cliff Young	ahead 4-3	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	2	0.119	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	7	1	1993-06-15	MIN		TOR	Juan Guzmán	behind 0-3	b 4	0	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	5	2	0.169	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Puckett Scores
55	55	8	1	1993-07-02	MIN		MIL	Cal Eldred	ahead 4-3	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	0.110	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	9	1	1993-07-05	MIN		DET	David Wells	ahead 4-3	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	2	0.095	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
57	57	10	1	1993-07-15	MIN	@	BAL	Ben McDonald	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	2	0.099	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	11	1	1993-08-10	MIN	@	TOR	Dave Stewart	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	2	0.226	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores
59	59	12	1	1993-08-15	MIN	@	OAK	John Briscoe	ahead 9-2	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	2	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1994-05-07	MIL	@	TOR	Todd Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	DH	0.117	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	2	1	1994-05-20	MIL	@	DET	John Doherty	behind 0-2	t 4	2	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	7	2	0.286	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Nilsson Scores; J. Jaha Scores
62	62	3	1	1994-06-14	MIL		DET	Bill Gullickson	behind 1-5	b 4	2	-2-	3,(0-2) FCX	2	6	2	0.134	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Nilsson Scores
63	63	4	1	1994-06-25	MIL		BOS	Joe Hesketh	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	2	0.110	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)

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MIL	7
DET	6
OAK	5
SEA	5
BAL	5
TOR	5
TEX	4
NYY	3
KCR	3
CHW	3
SFG	2
STL	2
CAL	2
PHI	2
BOS	2
CLE	2
SDP	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
NYM	1
LAD	1

MIL	7
DET	6
OAK	5
SEA	5
BAL	5
TOR	5
TEX	4
NYY	3
KCR	3
CHW	3
SFG	2
STL	2
CAL	2
PHI	2
BOS	2
CLE	2
SDP	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
NYM	1
LAD	1

MIL	7
DET	6
OAK	5
SEA	5
BAL	5
TOR	5
TEX	4
NYY	3
KCR	3
CHW	3
SFG	2
STL	2
CAL	2
PHI	2
BOS	2
CLE	2
SDP	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
NYM	1
LAD	1