MLB / Players

John Harkins

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 205 lb
BornApril 12, 1859 · New Brunswick, NJ, USA
MLB debutMay 2, 1884
Final gameMay 1, 1888
Seasons5 (1884–1888)

Cleveland Blues 1884; Brooklyn Grays 1885–1887; Baltimore Orioles 1888

Percentile snapshot

1887 season — qualified pitchers

G
24
14.9
GS
24
14.9
W
10
17
L
14
63.8
SV
0
0
CG
22
14.9
SHO
0
0
H
262
76.6
ER
133
57.4
BB
77
72.3
SO
36
6.4
HR
6
85.1
IP
199.0
17
ERA
6.02
2.1
WHIP
1.704
6.4
K/9
1.63
2.1
FIP
4.72
8.5
FIP-
109.9
17
ERA+
71.3
2.1
sWAR
-0.8
2.1

of 48 qualified 1887 pitchers (min 138 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
82.6
0.7
sWAR
4.5
78.1

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
18846123622924474202074500.205.229.240.46961.447.9.2160.7
1885431681592042421159000.264.304.333.637100.5101.0.2982.1
18864115914218324211517020.225.308.303.61196.492.3.3012.7
1887271069810235001671140.235.292.286.57871.860.6.281-0.8
18881431000001100.000.250.000.25041.8-17.3.189-0.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18844645123204233991601081927391.03.681.2974.422.9498.680.90.7
1885343414200331303122561417293.03.751.2254.333.0894.986.62.1
18863433151603302861171141186292.33.601.3683.633.80110.495.62.7
188724241014022026213377366199.06.021.7041.634.72109.971.3-0.8
188811010101263208.06.751.8752.253.33108.945.3-0.2

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
173
PA
673
AB
631
R
73
H
144
2B
17
3B
6
HR
2
RBI
66
BB
41
SO
57
SB
6
BA
.2282
OBP
.2764
SLG
.2837
OPS
.5601

Pitching

G (P)
139
GS
137
W
51
L
83
SV
0
CG
131
293rd-most career CG
SHO
4
IP
1,183
SO (P)
489
BB allowed
358
ERA
4.092
WHIP
1.3690
K/9
3.72

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.