Gail Harris
1955–1960 · bats L / throws L · Detroit Tigers, New York Giants
437G
.240AVG
.304OBP
.406SLG
More career statistics
320H
51HR
190RBI
2SB
1Rare feat
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 · Caught stealing | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 194 | 195 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,471 | 1,472 |
| Batting · RBI | 190 | 189 |
| Batting · Walks | 106 | 107 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 437 | 1,471 | 1,331 | 159 | 320 | 38 | 15 | 51 | 190 | 106 | 194 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 541 | .240 | .304 | .406 | .710 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1958-06-21 to 1958-06-30
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1959-09-27 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1957-09-21 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1957-04-28 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 230 | 783 | 169 | 30 | 96 | 59 | 88 | .239 | .291 | .408 |
| Away | 207 | 689 | 151 | 21 | 93 | 48 | 107 | .242 | .289 | .404 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 166 | 37 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 26 | .252 | .313 | .395 |
| May | 56 | 187 | 33 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 24 | .199 | .251 | .349 |
| June | 80 | 242 | 45 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 35 | .203 | .236 | .387 |
| July | 88 | 295 | 73 | 11 | 48 | 24 | 35 | .274 | .329 | .466 |
| August | 91 | 306 | 66 | 10 | 47 | 24 | 47 | .241 | .294 | .394 |
| September | 70 | 276 | 66 | 10 | 36 | 18 | 28 | .258 | .304 | .418 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 41 | 131 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 15 | .258 | .305 | .392 |
| chicago-white-sox | 39 | 134 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 | .174 | .269 | .287 |
| new-york-yankees | 38 | 134 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 12 | .242 | .276 | .425 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 38 | 130 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 15 | .252 | .308 | .409 |
| boston-red-sox | 36 | 127 | 35 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 19 | .310 | .370 | .460 |
| baltimore-orioles | 34 | 129 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 20 | .233 | .271 | .458 |
| chicago-cubs | 32 | 94 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .182 | .202 | .307 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 30 | 108 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 17 | .275 | .306 | .451 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  New York Giants | 79 | 263 | 61 | 12 | 36 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 12 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | .132 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 90 | 225 | 54 | 9 | 31 | 1 | .240 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Detroit Tigers | 134 | 451 | 123 | 20 | 82 | 1 | .273 | – | – |
| 1959 | Detroit Tigers | 114 | 349 | 77 | 9 | 39 | – | .221 | – | – |
| 1960 | Detroit Tigers | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |