Greg Harris vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill James
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill James 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. Bill James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.28 and WHIP 1.233 compared to 3.69 and 1.409 for Greg Harris. By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Harris and Bill James

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.62
72.62
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.73
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
3.69
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.28
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
8.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
7.79
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.31
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
4.2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6293
38.61
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2217
36.84
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
689
4.23
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.26
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5464
33.52
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1996
33.16
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84

Fielding Stats for Greg Harris and Bill James

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4401
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1467
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.62
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
2.21
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.02
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.14
91.14
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.45
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.468
0.468
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.94
13.94
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Harris and Bill James

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
88
251.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
568.57
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
15
126.76
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
131.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.16
34.74
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
145.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
51.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
77.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
43.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.98
39.94
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
125.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100