MLB / Players

Harley Boss

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 185 lb
BornNovember 19, 1908 · Hodge, LA, USA
MLB debutJuly 19, 1928
Final gameSeptember 24, 1933
Seasons4 (1928–1933)

Washington Senators 1928–1930; Cleveland Indians 1933

Percentile snapshot

1933 season — qualified batters

G
112
34.9
PA
470
34.2
AB
438
36.9
R
54
41.6
H
118
40.9
2B
17
37.6
3B
7
68.5
HR
1
22.1
RBI
53
51.7
BB
25
38.3
SO
27
43.6
SB
2
22.1
CS
5
14.1
BA
.269
32.2
OBP
.310
18.1
SLG
.347
26.8
OPS
.657
19.5
wRC+
69.5
8.7
OPS+
71.8
11.4
wOBA
.306
18.8
sWAR
-1.2
2

of 150 qualified 1933 batters (min 468 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-1.5
2.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19281215121300023100.250.400.250.65090.475.0.3360.0
192928686691821062600.273.294.333.62757.761.6.288-0.3
19303330000000000.000.000.000.000-108.0-100.0.000-0.1
193311247043854118177153252725.269.310.347.65769.571.8.306-1.2

Career totals

G
155
PA
556
AB
519
R
64
H
139
2B
19
3B
8
HR
1
RBI
61
BB
30
SO
34
SB
2
BA
.2678
OBP
.3091
SLG
.3410
OPS
.6501

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1933-06-27MIN @ CLE Gameday533010305
1929-10-05BOS @ MIN Gameday523200105
1933-08-20BOS @ CLE Gameday513010105
1933-05-30CLE @ CWS Gameday523100314
1933-07-19CLE @ BOS Gameday603100304

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1928-04-10BOS @ MIN Gameday0.0000000
1928-04-11MIN @ BOS Gameday0.0000000
1928-04-13MIN @ BOS Gameday0.0000000
1928-04-14MIN @ BOS Gameday0.0000000
1928-04-15BOS @ MIN Gameday0.0000000

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.