Bill Harvey
1933–1946 · bats L / throws L · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants, CV7, IN8, Memphis Red Sox, MNR, NAS, NNS
200G
.241AVG
.332OBP
.388SLG
More career statistics
90H
8HR
40RBI
4SB
26–38W–L
520.1IP
249K
5.17ERA
59GS
3SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 200 | 192 |
| Batting · At bats | 374 | 341 |
| Batting · Doubles | 15 | 17 |
| Batting · Hits | 90 | 87 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 7 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 433 | 391 |
| Batting · Runs | 58 | 50 |
| Batting · RBI | 40 | 24 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Triples | 8 | 5 |
| Batting · Walks | 48 | 37 |
| Pitching · Games | 109 | 112 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,341 | 1,929 |
| Pitching · p er | 299 | 96 |
| Pitching · p gs | 59 | 57 |
| Pitching · p h | 553 | 533 |
| Pitching · p hr | 29 | 21 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,561 | 1,499 |
| Pitching · p k | 249 | 134 |
| Pitching · p r | 363 | 356 |
| Pitching · p w | 209 | 169 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | 433 | 374 | 58 | 90 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 145 | .241 | .332 | .388 | .720 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 520.3 | 109 | 59 | 36 | 26 | 38 | 3 | 553 | 363 | 299 | 29 | 209 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 5.17 | 1.464 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1939-07-16 to 1942-05-17
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1942-09-07 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1939-10-01 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1936-06-05 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 97 | 165 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .255 | .291 | .409 |
| Away | 95 | 226 | 49 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 1 | .255 | .336 | .385 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .571 |
| May | 45 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .254 | .311 | .313 |
| June | 42 | 100 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .212 | .300 | .388 |
| July | 49 | 110 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .265 | .336 | .439 |
| August | 38 | 72 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .276 | .319 | .362 |
| September | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .217 | .381 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 44 | 77 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .328 | .390 | .484 |
| philadelphia-stars | 42 | 95 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .216 | .232 | .341 |
| newark-eagles | 23 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .267 | .404 | .333 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 21 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .212 | .288 | .423 |
| new-york-cubans | 19 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .217 | .308 | .348 |
| WEG | 12 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .263 |
| chicago-american-giants | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .273 | .444 |
| CV9 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .417 | .533 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | CV7, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 3 |
| 1935 | Pittsburgh Crawfords, SAS | 20 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | .296 | 69 | 16 |
| 1936 | NNS, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 20 | 31 | 3 | – | – | – | .097 | 71 | 33 |
| 1937 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 28 | 69 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .261 | 57 | 9 |
| 1938 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 18 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 7 | – | .258 | 67 | 19 |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants, NAS, TLC | 16 | 42 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 46 | 11 |
| 1942 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 17 | 18 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .278 | 28 | 6 |
| 1943 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 28 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .229 | 58 | 16 |
| 1944 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 31 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | – | .306 | 70 | 14 |
| 1945 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 7 | 9 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 20 | 4 |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants, New York Black Yankees | 4 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 4 | 3 |