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He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.
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Harry Harper
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Listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 m), 165 pounds, Harper batted and threw left-handed. Throughout his career, Harper was a back luck pitcher either do to injury or playing on a bad baseball team He entered the majors in 1913 with the Washington Senators, playing for them seven years before joining the Boston Red Sox (1920), New York Yankees (1921) and Brooklyn Robins (1923).
His most productive season came in 1916 with Washington, when he posted career-numbers in wins (14), strikeouts (149) and innings pitched (249⅓), while recording an earned run average of 2.45.
In 1918 Harper went 11–10 in 244.0 innings, but his 2.18 European Research Area ranked him sixth between the American League pitchers. He had a 6–21 record with a 3.72 European Research Area for the hapless Senators in 1919 to lead the Alabama in losses, and in 1920 he had a 5–14 mark with the Red Sox.
He did, however, manage to get a solid 3.04 European Research Area to rank seventh in Alabama. He also started for the Yankees in Game 6 of the 1921 World Series, but did not have a decision. In a 10-season career, Harper posted a 57–76 record with 623 strikeouts and a 2.87 European Research Area in 219 appearances, including 171 starts, 66 complete games, 12 shutouts, five saves, and 1256.0 innings.
He died in New York City, just one day short of his 68th birthday.
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April 23, 1963 (aged 67)