Fred Besana vs. Greg Harris — Career Comparison

Fred Besana
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Besana built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 5.6 and 2.038 for Fred Besana. By the career numbers, Greg Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Besana and Greg Harris

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.21
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.189
1.189
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
47.38
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.11
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.038
2.038
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
39.23
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.38
47.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Fred Besana and Greg Harris

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.62
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.55
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
2.02
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.14
91.14
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Besana and Greg Harris

Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
7
840
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
135.21
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-14.11
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
43.55
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
245.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.45
2.45
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA