Bill Harvey
Career 24–38 · 5.21 ERA · 241 SO · 509.1 IP · 196 G · 97 H · 7 HR · 40 RBI · .250 AVG
Seasons leading his league
2
1 best in baseball
1 league only
11
Top-5 finishes
1
Title seasons
2
Categories led
1942
Best season
Spanning 1942–1942, peaking at 2 titles in 1942.
Team records
#3 Memphis Red Sox 1932 SV
#4 Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords career IP
#5 Memphis Red Sox career SV
#7 Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords career SO
#7 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants career IP
#7 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants 1933 IP
#8 Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords career W
#8 Monroe Monarchs career SO
#8 Baltimore Elite Giants career SV
#8 Monroe Monarchs 1932 SO
All-Time Standing
Against every player since 1871Among league leaders
- 2,194th League titles 2
- 1,857th Best in baseball 1
- 2,449th Top-5 finishes 11
Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.
Career leaderboards
No top-500 all-time placing
His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked
category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection
on the season titles alongside.
Where He Led
led all of MLB led his league| Category | Titles | Best | Streak | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher Fielding Percentage | 1 | 1st | — | 1942 1.000 |
| Shutouts | 1 | 1st | — | 1942 NN2 2 |
| Pitcher Range Factor | — | #2 | — | 1943 #2 |
| Saves | — | #2 | — | 1932 #3 1939 #2 |
Title Seasons
1 seasons with at least one title| Year | Titles | Led in |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 2 | SHO 2 P FPCT 1.000 |
Pitching
12 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | MRS +1 | NSL | 3 | 3 | 6.12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32.1 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 1.48 |
| 1933 | PC +1 | NN2 | 0 | 0 | 14.04 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8.1 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3.12 |
| 1935 | PC | NN2 | 2 | 3 | 4.18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 51.2 | 47 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 1.34 |
| 1936 | PC | NN2 | 3 | 4 | 6.04 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 76.0 | 89 | 51 | 4 | 40 | 37 | 1.70 |
| 1937 | PC | NN2 | 1 | 4 | 5.58 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 53 | 31 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 1.56 |
| 1938 | PC | NN2 | 4 | 3 | 5.14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 56.0 | 54 | 32 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 1.32 |
| 1939 | BEG +2 | NN2 | 1 | 2 | 4.12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 39.1 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 1.35 |
| 1942 | BEG | NN2 | 5 | 3 | 4.26 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 57.0 | 51 | 27 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 1.16 |
| 1943 | BEG | NN2 | 2 | 11 | 4.56 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 94.2 | 112 | 48 | 4 | 29 | 34 | 1.49 |
| 1944 | BEG | NN2 | 1 | 3 | 7.46 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25.1 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1.78 |
| 1945 | BEG | NN2 | 2 | 1 | 1.84 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.09 |
| 1946 | BEG | NN2 | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.75 |
| Career | — | — | 24 | 38 | 5.21 | 109 | 57 | 3 | 509.1 | 549 | 295 | 29 | 203 | 241 | 1.48 |
Batting
13 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | MRS +1 | NSL | 14 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .435 | .667 | 1.101 |
| 1933 | PC +1 | NN2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1935 | PC | NN2 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .364 | .263 | .627 |
| 1936 | PC | NN2 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .206 | .103 | .309 |
| 1937 | PC | NN2 | 22 | 53 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .283 | .377 | .472 | .849 |
| 1938 | PC | NN2 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .323 | .400 | .581 | .981 |
| 1939 | TC +2 | NAL | 15 | 45 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .373 | .356 | .728 |
| 1940 | TIC | NAL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 1942 | BEG | NN2 | 29 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .220 | .304 | .341 | .646 |
| 1943 | BEG | NN2 | 34 | 97 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .269 | .340 | .609 |
| 1944 | BEG | NN2 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .375 | .455 | .830 |
| 1945 | BEG | NN2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .500 | .455 | .955 |
| 1946 | BEG +1 | NN2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Career | — | — | 196 | 388 | 57 | 97 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 8 | 5 | .250 | .336 | .387 | .722 |
Fielding
3 positions| Year | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | FLD% | RF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | MRS | NSL | P | 10 | 5 | 32.1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14 | .857 | 1.20 |
| OF | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 0.33 | |||
| 1933 | PC | NN2 | P | 3 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.00 |
| 1935 | PC | NN2 | P | 12 | 5 | 51.2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1.000 | 1.25 |
| 1936 | PC | NN2 | P | 14 | 6 | 76.0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .958 | 1.64 |
| 1937 | PC | NN2 | OF | 10 | 8 | 65.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.000 | 1.60 |
| P | 9 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | 2.11 | |||
| 1938 | PC | NN2 | P | 11 | 7 | 56.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .929 | 1.18 |
| OF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .600 | 1.50 | |||
| 1939 | TC | NAL | P | 8 | 4 | 39.1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1.000 | 1.38 |
| OF | 5 | 5 | 41.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 1.40 | |||
| 1B | 4 | 4 | 26.0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 | .862 | 6.25 | |||
| 1940 | TIC | NAL | 1B | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.50 |
| 1942 | BEG | NN2 | P | 17 | 8 | 57.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 1.53 |
| 1B | 4 | 3 | 25.2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 1.000 | 7.75 | |||
| 1943 | BEG | NN2 | OF | 17 | 16 | 136.1 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | .840 | 1.24 |
| P | 14 | 13 | 94.2 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 33 | .909 | 2.14 | |||
| 1944 | BEG | NN2 | OF | 6 | 4 | 40.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 1.17 |
| P | 6 | 4 | 25.1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1.000 | 2.17 | |||
| 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
| 1945 | BEG | NN2 | P | 4 | 1 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.50 |
| OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 1.00 | |||
| 1946 | BEG | NN2 | P | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 |
| Career | — | — | P | 109 | 58 | 509.1 | 9 | 158 | 7 | 5 | 174 | .960 | 1.53 |
| — | — | OF | 44 | 39 | 334.0 | 51 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 65 | .862 | 1.27 | |
| — | — | 1B | 11 | 7 | 55.0 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 64 | .938 | 5.45 |