Greg Harris vs. Tex Shirley — Career Comparison

Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tex Shirley
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tex Shirley 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 4.25 and 1.641 for Tex Shirley. By the career numbers, Greg Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Harris and Tex Shirley

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
2.06
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.55
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.6
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.12
45.12
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
4.25
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1340
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
446.2
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
8.93
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.4
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
5.84
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
3.39
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2021
40.72
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.52
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
4.98
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
34.78
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.72
40.72

Fielding Stats for Greg Harris and Tex Shirley

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.6
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4401
27
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1467
9
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.62
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
2.21
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.02
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.14
91.14
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.468
0.468
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.882
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.94
13.94
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Harris and Tex Shirley

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
128
468.29
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
68
574.65
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
581.71
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
124.39
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
113.41
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.98
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.98
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.55
27.62
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
135.37
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
135.21
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
128.05
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
84.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.93
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
117.07
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
43.55
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.98
29.21
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
139.02
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.32
4.32
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.63
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.66
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100