MLB / Players

Harley Payne

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 160 lb
BornJanuary 9, 1868 · Windsor, OH, USA
MLB debutApril 18, 1896
Final gameJune 8, 1899
Seasons4 (1896–1899)

Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1896–1898; Pittsburgh Pirates 1899

Percentile snapshot

1897 season — qualified pitchers

G
40
77.4
GS
38
79.2
W
14
49.1
L
17
24.5
SV
0
0
CG
30
66
SHO
1
45.3
H
350
20.8
ER
144
17
BB
71
50.9
SO
86
75.5
HR
8
17
IP
280.0
58.5
ERA
4.63
26.4
WHIP
1.504
49.1
K/9
2.76
77.4
FIP
4.02
71.7
FIP-
93.4
71.7
ERA+
92.9
26.4
sWAR
1.9
45.3

of 54 qualified 1897 pitchers (min 136 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
6.7
82.4

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
18963811198521410109300.214.280.276.55655.346.7.2734.5
18974112111013260101181100.236.288.255.54352.243.8.2681.9
18981441300030000.750.750.7501.500311.9329.3.7220.2
1899511101100001100.100.182.100.282-4.8-21.9.1570.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18963428141602422849158524241.73.391.4151.943.9089.4128.64.5
189740381417030135014471868280.04.631.5042.764.0293.492.91.9
189811100101143209.04.001.5562.003.3292.290.10.2
18995513020331148226.33.761.4052.734.00104.0102.40.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
85
PA
247
AB
222
R
20
H
51
2B
4
3B
2
HR
0
RBI
24
BB
18
SO
15
SB
0
BA
.2297
OBP
.2875
SLG
.2658
OPS
.5533

Pitching

G (P)
80
GS
72
W
30
L
36
SV
0
CG
57
SHO
3
IP
557
SO (P)
148
BB allowed
136
ERA
4.039
WHIP
1.4614
K/9
2.39

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.