MLB / Players

Harry Bay

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 138 lb

BornJanuary 17, 1878 · Pontiac, IL, USA

MLB debutJuly 23, 1901

Final gameApril 25, 1908

Seasons8 (1901–1908)

Cincinnati Reds 1901–1902; Cleveland Bronchos 1902; Cleveland Naps 1903–1908

Percentile snapshot

1905 season — qualified batters

144

59.3

623

72.2

552

74.1

86.1

166

55.6

68.5

RBI

20.4

51.9

88.9

.301

82.4

OBP

.349

71.3

SLG

.370

66.7

OPS

.719

70.4

wRC+

126.9

73.1

OPS+

127.9

73.1

wOBA

.347

67.6

sWAR

4.4

of 109 qualified 1905 batters (min 480 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

12.1

88.9

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1901	41	175	157	25	33	1	2	1	3	13	24	4	.210	.275	.261	.536	57.6	53.9	.264	-0.4
1902	114	530	471	74	138	10	5	0	24	38	44	22	.293	.348	.335	.684	95.6	93.4	.328	1.5
1903	140	636	579	94	169	15	12	1	35	29	44	45	.292	.329	.364	.693	109.3	110.1	.323	3.0
1904	132	563	506	69	122	12	9	3	36	43	79	38	.241	.307	.318	.625	100.1	98.5	.302	2.2
1905	144	623	552	90	166	18	10	0	22	36	49	36	.301	.349	.370	.719	126.9	127.9	.347	4.4
1906	68	321	280	47	77	8	3	0	14	26	24	17	.275	.337	.325	.662	110.2	108.3	.325	1.6
1907	34	112	95	14	17	1	1	0	7	10	20	7	.179	.271	.211	.482	61.7	55.0	.252	-0.1
1908	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0

Career totals

675

2,960

2,640

413

722

RBI

141

195

284

169

479th-most career SB

.2735

OBP

.3277

SLG

.3356

OPS

.6633

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

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	TB
1905-08-24	BOS @ CLE Gameday	6	3	5	0	1	0	0	7
1902-09-02	BAL @ CLE Gameday	5	5	5	1	0	2	1	6
1903-09-18	CLE @ BOS Gameday	4	2	4	0	1	2	0	6
1902-06-06	BOS @ CLE Gameday	6	2	4	2	0	1	0	6
1903-05-04	CLE @ BAL Gameday	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-20	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-24	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-26	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-28	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.