Toby Harrah Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)Born: October 26, 1948 in Sissonville, WV usHigh School: Elgin HS (Marion, OH)Debut: September 5, 1969 (12,907th in major league history)vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: October 4, 1986vs. CAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Colbert Dale HarrahPronunciation: \HAIR-ah\View Player Info from the B-R BullpenView…
On January 8, 1987, several high-profile free agents are not signed by a midnight deadline, and thus will not be eligible to re-sign with their clubs until May 1, unless another team offers them a contract. The players: Doyle Alexander, Bob Boone, Andre Dawson, Rich Gedman, Ron Guidry, Toby Harrah, Bob Horner, Lance Parrish,…
October 4, 1986, At Arlington Stadium, Texas Ranger Toby Harrah Ks for the 2nd out in the bottom of the 9th against Vern Ruhle, pitching for the Angels. That’s the last time anyone from the 1961-71 Washington Senators played in MLB. The Angels win the game 2-0. John Candelaria gets the win pitching the first…
Toby Harrah is traded by the Yankees to Texas for outfielder Billy Sample and a player to be named later. The 36 year-old veteran infielder, an original Ranger, will become the club’s manager for one year in 1992.
1984 – The Yankees break a 4 – 4 tie with two runs in the 6th to roll over the Red Sox, 12 – 6. Toby Harrah paces the 15-hit attack with four hits, and Dave Winfield hits one of the game’s 12 doubles to extend his hitting streak to 20 games, which is and will be a career high. Joe Cowley is the winner.
The Yankees obtain third baseman Toby Harrah and minor leaguer Rick Brown from the Indians for Dan Boitano, rookie outfielder Otis Nixon, and minor leaguer Guy Elston. The team’s new third baseman will hit just .217 in the one season he plays for the Bronx Bombers, but Nixon will go on to have a solid 17-year major league career, leaving the game in 1999 with a lifetime batting average of .270.
1983 – Trailing 5 – 3, the Indians erupt for 10 runs in the top of the 9th inning and go on to defeat Oakland, 13 – 6. The A’s set a major-league record by using six pitchers in the inning. Pinch hitter Chris Bando has two hits in the frame and Gorman Thomas connects for a double and homer in the inning for the second time in three years. He is the only man to do it twice.
test On August 27, 1977, Toby Harrah and Bump Wills of the Texas Rangers hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs against the New York Yankees. Harrah and Wills connect on consecutive pitches in the Rangers’ 8-2 win at Yankee Stadium. The pair of inside the park homeruns marks the first time the oddity occurs in baseball…