George Harper

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 167lb (173cm, 75kg)

Born: June 24, 1892 in Arlington, KY us

Died: August 18, 1978 in Magnolia, AR

Buried: New Hope Cemetery, Magnolia, AR

High School: Fordyce HS (Fordyce, AR)

Debut: April 15, 1916 (Age 23-296d, 4,472nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1929 (Age 37-096d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1917 season

Full Name: George Washington Harper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.6

3398

1030

.303

505

RBI

530

OBP

.380

SLG

.455

OPS

.836

OPS+

118

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-27 / in Starts: 16-12
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 137 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	78 (32-27-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 137 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	83 (39-28-15)

Most Driven In
B Veach	5
H Heilmann	2
G Burns	2
T Cobb	1
T Spencer	1

Most Driven In By
O Stanage	5
G Burns	1
R Young	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	45	71 (70)	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,11-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						3						CF
2	46	73 (1)	Jul 8	DET		WSH	L,5-10	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.85	-0.021	.61	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
3	47	75 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	6	.33	0.038	.15	0.01%	-0.37	RF
4	48	76	Jul 10	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	6	.55	-0.051	.35	-0.02%	-0.46	RF
5	49	77	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.091	.167	.091	.258	6	2.02	-0.081	2.26	-0.05%	-0.38	RF
6	50	78	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.133	.188	.133	.321	6	.47	-0.030	.36	-0.01%	-0.36	RF
7	51	79	Jul 13	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.158	.111	.269	6	.77	-0.054	.60	-0.03%	-0.34	RF
8	52	80	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.095	.136	.095	.232	6	.74	-0.055	.83	-0.04%	-0.54	RF
9	53	81	Jul 15	DET		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		1		.125	.192	.167	.359	6	.31	0.019	.18	0.01%	0.51	RF
10	54	82	Jul 17 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		1		.172	.226	.207	.433	6	.59	-0.003	.36	0.00%	-0.37	RF
11	55	83	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG(8)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.194	.242	.226	.468	6	1.18	-0.045	.97	-0.02%	-0.37	RF
12	56	84	Jul 18 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.206	.250	.235	.485	6	.31	-0.014	.15	0.00%	-0.24	RF
13	57	85	Jul 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.300	.297	.597	6	1.70	0.029	1.09	0.01%	0.79	RF
14	58	86	Jul 19	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.231	.286	.282	.568	6	.62	-0.025	.27	-0.01%	-0.37	RF
15	59	87	Jul 20	DET		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.225	.295	.275	.570	6	1.87	-0.048	1.07	-0.02%	-0.45	RF
16	60	88	Jul 21 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.205	.271	.250	.521	6	1.27	-0.120	.43	-0.03%	-0.72	RF
17	61	89	Jul 21 (2)	DET		NYY	W,11-2	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		0		0		.213	.302	.255	.557	6	.32	0.019	.16	0.01%	0.66	RF
18	62	90	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,5-7	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.298	.240	.538	6	1.45	-0.140	.79	-0.05%	-0.90	RF
19	63	91	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.222	.311	.259	.571	6	.75	0.127	.26	0.03%	0.76	RF
20	64	92	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.308	.259	.566	6	.72	0.138	.16	0.02%	0.66	RF
21	65	93	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.230	.309	.262	.571	6	1.78	-0.022	.38	0.00%	-0.24	RF
22	66	94	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.231	.306	.262	.567	6	.23	0.027	.05	0.00%	-0.04	RF
23	67	95	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.214	.286	.243	.529	6	1.16	-0.096	.28	-0.01%	-0.98	RF
24	68	96	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.272	.230	.501	6	1.15	-0.109	.30	-0.02%	-0.65	RF
25	69	97	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	W,16-4	CG	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.299	.244	.542	6	.89	0.054	.32	0.01%	1.57	RF
26	70	98	Jul 31	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.293	.232	.525	6	1.19	-0.068	.54	-0.02%	-0.56	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	71	99	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.296	.230	.526	6	2.02	-0.290	1.17	-0.10%	-1.53	RF
28	72	100	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0		.202	.304	.225	.529	6	.70	0.042	.31	0.01%	0.47	RF
29	73	107 (6)	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.301	.222	.523	9	.38	-0.009	.12	0.00%	-0.19	PH
30	74	111 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.198	.298	.220	.518	9	.13	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-0.20	PH
31	75	113 (1)	Aug 14	DET		SLB	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.305	.228	.533	9	.50	0.023	.09	0.00%	0.88	PH
32	76	114	Aug 17	DET		WSH	L,6-9	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.311	.228	.540	3	.39	0.022	.03	0.00%	0.23	CF
33	77	115	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.208	.309	.229	.538	3	.45	0.007	.02	0.00%	-0.45	CF
34	78	116	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.315	.237	.552	8	3.68	0.325	.05	0.00%	1.65	PH
35	79	117	Aug 21	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.210	.313	.230	.543	3	1.06	-0.037	.03	0.00%	-0.15	CF
36	80	120 (2)	Aug 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.310	.228	.538	9	.51	-0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.08	PH
37	81	122 (1)	Aug 26	DET		BOS	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.206	.308	.225	.533	9	.73	-0.018	.01	0.00%	-0.20	PH
38	82	124 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.314	.243	.556	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH CF
39	83	125	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	6-GF(11)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.314	.245	.559	5	2.36	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.12	PH RF
40	84	126	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.215	.311	.243	.554	9	3.77	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	85	127	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.213	.309	.241	.550	9	2.12	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
42	86	128	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.211	.306	.239	.545	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PH
43	87	129	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.207	.302	.234	.536	5	2.59	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.65	RF
44	88	132 (2)	Sep 6	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.205	.299	.232	.531	9	2.17	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
45	89	136 (3)	Sep 11	DET		CLE	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.204	.297	.230	.527	9	4.60	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-0.87	PH
46	90	138 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.202	.295	.228	.523	8	1.49	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
47	91	139	Sep 14	DET		CHW	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.292	.226	.518	9	.24	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
48	92	142 (2)	Sep 16	DET		CLE	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.298	.233	.530	9	.06	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.91	PH
							21-27		137	116	6	24	3	0	0	11	12	0	14	3	6		5		2		.207	.298	.233	.530		1.05	-1.086	.42	-0.33%	-4.45

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