Harriss was born in 1897 in Brownwood, Texas.[2] He studied at Howard Payne College Academy, but did not attend college.[2]
A tall, lanky hurler, Harriss entered the majors in 1920 with the Philadelphia Athletics, playing for them six-and-a-half seasons before joining the Boston Red Sox and playing for them for two-and-a-half seasons. He led the American League in losses twice, with 20 in 1922 and 21 in 1927. His most productive season came with the 1925 Athletics, when he recorded career-highs with 19 wins, a 3.49 ERA, and 252+2⁄3innings pitched. During the 1926 midseason, he was sent by the Athletics along Fred Heimach and Baby Doll Jacobson to the Red Sox in the same transaction that brought Tom Jenkins and Howard Ehmke to Philadelphia. That year, he became the last pitcher (through the end of the 2019 season) to throw more than 150 innings in a season without allowing a single home run. In 1928, he led the hapless pitching staff of Boston with 14 wins and 77 strikeouts.
In a nine-season career, Harriss posted a 95–135 record with 644 strikeouts and a 4.26 ERA in 349 appearances, including 228 starts, 89 complete games, seven shutouts, 78 games finished, 16 saves, and 1750+1⁄3 innings of work.
As of February 1942, Harriss was living in Bangs, Texas, and working as a farmer.[1] He died in Temple, Texas, in September 1963 at age 65.[2]
Notesedit
^Harriss' draft registration card of February 1942 lists his legal name as William Bryan Harriss and his place of birth as Brown County, Texas.[1]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Draft Registration Card". Selective Service System. February 1942. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via fold3.com.
^ abcNowlin, Bill. "Slim Harriss". SABR. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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slim, harriss, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Slim Harriss news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message William Jennings Bryan Slim Harriss a December 11 1897 September 19 1963 was an American professional baseball pitcher He played in Major League Baseball MLB during the 1920s for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox Slim HarrissPitcherBorn 1897 12 11 December 11 1897Brownwood Texas U S Died September 19 1963 1963 09 19 aged 65 Temple Texas U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutApril 19 1920 for the Philadelphia AthleticsLast MLB appearanceSeptember 29 1928 for the Boston Red SoxMLB statisticsWin loss record95 135Earned run average4 25Strikeouts644TeamsPhiladelphia Athletics 1920 1926 Boston Red Sox 1926 1928 Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksBiography editHarriss was born in 1897 in Brownwood Texas 2 He studied at Howard Payne College Academy but did not attend college 2 A tall lanky hurler Harriss entered the majors in 1920 with the Philadelphia Athletics playing for them six and a half seasons before joining the Boston Red Sox and playing for them for two and a half seasons He led the American League in losses twice with 20 in 1922 and 21 in 1927 His most productive season came with the 1925 Athletics when he recorded career highs with 19 wins a 3 49 ERA and 252 2 3 innings pitched During the 1926 midseason he was sent by the Athletics along Fred Heimach and Baby Doll Jacobson to the Red Sox in the same transaction that brought Tom Jenkins and Howard Ehmke to Philadelphia That year he became the last pitcher through the end of the 2019 season to throw more than 150 innings in a season without allowing a single home run In 1928 he led the hapless pitching staff of Boston with 14 wins and 77 strikeouts In a nine season career Harriss posted a 95 135 record with 644 strikeouts and a 4 26 ERA in 349 appearances including 228 starts 89 complete games seven shutouts 78 games finished 16 saves and 1750 1 3 innings of work As of February 1942 Harriss was living in Bangs Texas and working as a farmer 1 He died in Temple Texas in September 1963 at age 65 2 Notes edit Harriss draft registration card of February 1942 lists his legal name as William Bryan Harriss and his place of birth as Brown County Texas 1 References edit a b Draft Registration Card Selective Service System February 1942 Retrieved March 28 2024 via fold3 com a b c Nowlin Bill Slim Harriss SABR Retrieved March 28 2024 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Slim Harriss amp oldid 1217664288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
