Joe Harris Stats & Facts
Joe Harris Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 69 Weight: 170 Born: 5 20, 1891 in Coulter, PA USA Died: 12 10 1959 in Plum Borough, PA USA Debut: 6/9/1914 Last Game: 9/25/1928 Full Name: Joseph Harris
Joe Harris Stats & Facts
Joe Harris Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 73 Weight: 198 Born: 2 1, 1882 in Melrose, MA USA Died: 4 12 1966 in Melrose, MA USA Debut: 9/22/1905 Last Game: 10/5/1907 Full Name: Joseph Lionel White Harris
The greatest pitchers duel in opening day history
April 13, 1926, one of the greatest Opening Day pitchersâ duels ever occurs, 25,000 fans filled Griffith Stadium to see, 38-year-old Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators battle Eddie Rommel and the Philadelphia Athletics. Johnson the aging future Hall of Famer was playing in his second to last season. Johnson and Rommel matched goose eggsâŠ
Joe Harris, formerly with the Cleveland Indians, is reinstated by Judge LandisÂ
1922 â Joe Harris, formerly with the Cleveland Indians, is reinstated by Judge Landis because of his good World War I record. Harris had been on the ineligible list for having played with and against ineligible players in independent games. âHis service in France, where he was gassed after bitter fighting, caused him to do things he might not have done,â says Judge Landis in reinstating him. Last December, Harris was traded by Cleveland along with âTiogaâ George Burns and Elmer Smith to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Stuffy McInnis.
The American Leagueâs longest game to date takes place in Boston before 16â000 in this 24 inning marathon both starters Jack Coombs and Joe Harris go the distance.
The American Leagueâs longest game to date takes place in Boston before 16â000. Rookies Jack Coombs and 24-year-old Joe Harris go the route in a 24-inning struggleâ ending with a 4 â 1 Athletics victory after 4 hours and 47 minutes. It sets the major league recordâ later brokenâ and is still the AL mark for two pitchers. Two batters single, and then Socks Seybold and Danny Murphy hit triples with two outs to end the contest. Philadelphiaâs Coombs faces 89 battersâ striking out a major league record 18 (broken in 1962) and giving up 14 hitsâ while the Americansâ Harris fans 14 and yields 16 hits. Harris drops his record to 2-21â and will start next year at 0-6 before exiting the majors for Providenceâ holding the distinctions of the worst winning percentage (.091 for a 3-30 record) and the fewest wins for any pitcher with 300 innings pitched. The 24 innings pitched will only be exceeded this century by the 26-inning battle on May 1â 1920 between Joe Oeschger and Leon Cadore. There wonât be a longer game in the AL until May 8â 1984.
