MLB / Players

Rich Harden

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb
BornNovember 30, 1981 · Victoria, BC, CAN
MLB debutJuly 21, 2003
Final gameSeptember 25, 2011
Seasons9 (2003–2011)

Oakland Athletics 2003–2007; Chicago Cubs 2008; Oakland Athletics 2008; Chicago Cubs 2009; Texas Rangers 2010; Oakland Athletics 2011

Percentile snapshot

2004 season — qualified pitchers

G
31
13.6
GS
31
22.7
W
11
19.3
L
7
83
SV
0
0
CG
0
0
SHO
0
0
H
171
81.8
ER
84
68.2
BB
81
13.6
SO
167
80.7
HR
16
86.4
IP
189.7
33
ERA
3.99
63.6
WHIP
1.329
52.3
K/9
7.92
83
FIP
3.82
73.9
FIP-
83.1
79.5
ERA+
115.3
63.6
sWAR
3.1
63.6

of 89 qualified 2004 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
15.5
91.3

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
2003150000000000000.8
200431550000000300.000.000.000.000-119.3-100.0.0003.1
2005220000000000003.9
200690000000000000.6
200770000000000000.8
200825312713000101300.111.111.111.222-64.7-41.5.1005.1
200927484338100011500.186.205.209.414-6.87.4.1901.9
201020210000000000.000.000.000.000-134.8-100.0.000-0.3
201115000000000000-0.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
200315135400072374067574.74.461.5008.083.8284.4101.50.8
20043131117000171848116716189.73.991.3297.923.8283.1115.33.1
200522191050219336431217128.02.531.0638.512.9367.2172.13.9
2006994000031222649546.74.241.2219.454.2294.8104.90.6
200774120001871127325.72.451.1309.474.0192.7176.20.8
2008252510200096346118111148.02.071.06111.012.9568.0210.15.1
2009262699000122646717123141.04.091.34010.914.3097.8107.71.9
2010201855000915762751892.05.581.6637.346.28142.179.2-0.3
2011151544000874731911782.75.121.4279.914.73119.477.5-0.3

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
171
PA
86
AB
76
R
4
H
11
2B
1
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
1
BB
1
SO
31
SB
0
BA
.1447
OBP
.1558
SLG
.1579
OPS
.3137

Pitching

G (P)
170
GS
160
W
59
L
38
SV
0
CG
2
SHO
1
IP
928
SO (P)
949
BB allowed
422
ERA
3.762
WHIP
1.2959
K/9
9.20

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
2009-07-10STL @ CHC Gameday212000002
2009-08-05CHC @ CIN Gameday201100002
2008-05-17ATH @ ATL Gameday201000001
2008-08-05HOU @ CHC Gameday311000001
2008-09-25CHC @ NYM Gameday301000001

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2008-06-26PHI @ ATH Gameday8.02001110
2008-08-24WSH @ CHC Gameday7.02110111
2011-08-19TOR @ ATH Gameday7.02004110
2009-07-31CHC @ MIA Gameday5.05223111
2003-08-31TB @ ATH Gameday7.05331101

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.