3B Bill 'Candy' Harper #31
Cleveland Bobcats MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/20/1972
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3B BILL 'CANDY' HARPER #31 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
153 566 172 31 5 22 63 103 91 .304 .415 .493 41 9.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 60 55 60
Gap 55 55 55 55
Power 60 60 60 70
Eye 75 75 75 80
Avoid K's 50 50 50 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 55
Errors: - 60 65
Arm: 20 65 65
Turn DP: - 55 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 25
Catcher: - Left Field: 25
1st Base: 50 Center Field: 35
2nd Base: 40 Right Field: 60
3rd Base: 45
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 60
Stealing Aggressiveness: 65
Stealing Ability: 70
Baserunning Inst.: 75
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/24/1972 @ NYK Loss, 2-6 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
09/23/1972 @ NYK Loss, 0-3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
09/22/1972 @ NYK Win, 4-3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
09/21/1972 @ CHI Loss, 2-10 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/20/1972 @ CHI Loss, 3-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/19/1972 @ CHI Win, 8-2 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
09/17/1972 CIN Loss, 1-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/16/1972 CIN Loss, 4-6 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
09/15/1972 CIN Win, 2-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
09/14/1972 NYK Win, 7-4 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
He is a slow learner.
Low: Intelligence
Birthday:07/27/1945
Born in:Florence, SC
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$132,000
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:4 Years, None
Service This Yr:175 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 5th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 153 566 172 31 5 22 63 103 103 91 .304 .415 .493 .907 .411 .189 175
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 146 673 4 6 0 8 0 0 279 58 41 27 60.3 118.4 7.45 9.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   157 52 10 0 11 22 31 21 31 0 0 2 .331 .417 .605 1.022
Versus Right   409 120 21 5 11 41 72 82 60 0 0 2 .293 .414 .450 .864
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   96 32 4 5 7 17 22 16 21 0 0 0 .333 .429 .698 1.126
May   91 24 3 0 3 10 16 26 18 0 0 1 .264 .432 .396 .828
June   105 27 7 0 1 9 16 16 17 0 0 1 .257 .361 .352 .713
July   104 31 7 0 6 13 20 19 11 0 0 0 .298 .407 .538 .945
August   91 29 5 0 2 5 15 14 12 0 0 1 .319 .415 .440 .855
September   79 29 5 0 3 9 14 12 12 0 0 1 .367 .457 .544 1.001
All-Star Game   2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000
Spring Training   55 12 2 0 2 2 7 7 15 0 0 0 .218 .306 .364 .670
Last Year   319 89 10 3 18 49 73 86 65 1 0 3 .279 .435 .498 .934
2 Years Ago   532 164 24 9 31 84 132 139 95 3 0 4 .308 .453 .562 1.015
Career   1921 535 82 20 91 252 402 450 374 5 0 15 .279 .418 .484 .902
Home   279 88 16 3 11 30 53 48 41 0 0 3 .315 .421 .513 .934
Road   287 84 15 2 11 33 50 55 50 0 0 1 .293 .408 .474 .882
Grass   566 172 31 5 22 63 103 103 91 0 0 4 .304 .415 .493 .907
Day   360 104 18 2 10 35 57 61 68 0 0 3 .289 .396 .433 .830
Night   206 68 13 3 12 28 46 42 23 0 0 1 .330 .446 .597 1.043
As Starter   560 170 31 5 21 61 102 103 90 0 0 3 .304 .414 .489 .904
As Reliever / Substitution   6 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .429 .833 1.262
Pinch Hitting   5 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133
Close/Late   125 36 10 3 4 15 19 28 23 0 0 2 .288 .426 .512 .938
Inning 1-3   227 60 10 2 8 21 50 41 31 0 0 1 .264 .379 .432 .811
Inning 4-6   168 56 9 0 6 16 23 27 30 0 0 0 .333 .426 .494 .920
Inning 7-9   155 52 10 2 8 25 26 32 28 0 0 2 .335 .455 .581 1.036
Extra Innings   16 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 1 .250 .400 .500 .900
0 Outs   233 71 13 3 7 14 49 36 33 0 0 0 .305 .398 .476 .874
1 Outs   190 57 14 0 6 17 29 31 25 0 0 0 .300 .398 .468 .867
2 Outs   143 44 4 2 9 32 25 36 33 0 0 4 .308 .459 .552 1.011
Scoring Position   109 37 4 2 5 40 25 25 17 0 0 0 .339 .463 .550 1.013
Bases Empty   386 113 25 2 13 13 69 60 63 0 0 2 .293 .391 .469 .860
Runner on 1st   71 22 2 1 4 10 9 18 11 0 0 2 .310 .462 .535 .997
Runner on 2nd   53 18 1 2 2 14 10 13 8 0 0 0 .340 .470 .547 1.017
Runner on 3rd   8 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
Runner on 1st & 2nd   25 10 1 0 1 9 7 4 2 0 0 0 .400 .483 .560 1.043
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 2 2 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 .125 .462 .125 .587
Bases Loaded   7 4 0 0 2 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 .571 .571 1.429 2.000
Two Strikes   284 68 16 0 9 23 41 40 91 0 0 1 .239 .335 .391 .726
First Pitch   60 19 4 1 2 9 9 6 0 0 0 1 .317 .388 .517 .905
Count 0-1   43 15 6 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 .349 .364 .488 .852
Count 0-2   32 7 1 0 2 4 6 0 12 0 0 0 .219 .219 .438 .656
Count 1-0   49 17 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .347 .347 .449 .796
Count 1-1   59 25 3 1 4 9 12 0 0 0 0 1 .424 .433 .712 1.145
Count 1-2   92 22 10 0 1 1 10 0 33 0 0 1 .239 .247 .380 .628
Count 2-0   16 6 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .562 .938
Count 2-1   41 15 0 2 4 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 .366 .366 .756 1.122
Count 2-2   80 13 3 0 0 5 2 0 29 0 0 0 .163 .163 .200 .363
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 7 22 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   14 7 2 0 1 1 11 35 0 0 0 0 .500 .857 .857 1.714
Full Count   80 26 2 0 6 13 23 40 17 0 0 0 .325 .550 .575 1.125
Behind in Count   167 44 17 0 3 10 19 0 45 0 0 2 .263 .272 .419 .691
Ahead in Count   120 45 2 3 7 17 38 57 0 0 0 0 .375 .576 .617 1.193
Batting Leadoff   288 85 17 5 11 36 61 59 45 0 0 0 .295 .415 .503 .918
Batting 2nd   273 86 14 0 11 26 42 44 45 0 0 3 .315 .416 .487 .903
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Low Leverage   237 74 15 1 11 23 42 47 42 0 0 3 .312 .432 .523 .955
Medium Leverage   237 67 8 2 8 23 48 43 37 0 0 0 .283 .393 .435 .827
High Leverage   89 31 8 2 3 17 13 13 11 0 0 1 .348 .437 .584 1.021
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1969 Cleveland - MLB 23 139 504 110 17 3 20 56 94 122 4 1 123 26 14 .218 .374 .383 .757 121 126 1.9
1970 Cleveland - MLB 24 151 532 164 24 9 31 84 132 139 4 3 95 37 18 .308 .453 .562 1.015 178 179 9.4
1971 Cleveland - MLB 25 96 319 89 10 3 18 49 73 86 3 1 65 28 11 .279 .435 .498 .934 170 170 4.8
1972 Cleveland - MLB 26 153 566 172 31 5 22 63 103 103 4 0 91 41 27 .304 .415 .493 .907 164 175 9.2
Total MLB 539 1921 535 82 20 91 252 402 450 15 5 374 132 70 .279 .418 .484 .902 158 162 25.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Total - 22 54 222 67 10 4 11 51 58 44 4 2 28 35 8 .302 .423 .532 .954 100 100 2.9
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Cleveland - MLB 24 6 11 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 3 0 1 2 1 .091 .615 .091 .706 110 179 0.8
Total MLB 6 11 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 3 0 1 2 1 .091 .615 .091 .706 110 179
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Cleveland - MLB 1B 64 63 534 34 47 576 8 .986 537.0 9.52 -0.8 .977
1969 Cleveland - MLB 2B 58 56 150 164 49 322 8 .975 503.1 5.61 -10.8 .907
1969 Cleveland - MLB SS 8 8 12 24 5 40 4 .900 69.2 4.65 -4.1 .760
1969 Cleveland - MLB LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Cleveland - MLB CF 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 8.0 4.50 -0.0 .979
1969 Cleveland - MLB RF 7 7 12 0 0 13 1 .923 57.0 1.89 -0.6 .839
1970 Cleveland - MLB 1B 7 3 27 4 3 31 0 1.000 29.1 9.51 +0.4 1.236
1970 Cleveland - MLB 2B 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 4.2 3.86 -0.0 .997
1970 Cleveland - MLB 3B 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 +0.1 1.050
1970 Cleveland - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Cleveland - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Cleveland - MLB RF 142 139 235 3 0 240 2 .992 1209.1 1.77 -4.2 .970
1971 Cleveland - MLB 1B 17 3 33 1 6 35 1 .971 39.0 7.85 -1.1 .854
1971 Cleveland - MLB 2B 5 3 11 7 3 19 1 .947 28.1 5.72 -1.7 .851
1971 Cleveland - MLB 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 1.043
1971 Cleveland - MLB SS 1 1 0 3 0 4 1 .750 7.0 3.86 -0.3 .770
1971 Cleveland - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Cleveland - MLB RF 86 83 150 9 0 163 4 .975 706.0 2.03 +3.9 1.037
1972 Cleveland - MLB 1B 30 28 252 17 22 269 0 1.000 236.1 10.24 +2.8 1.076
1972 Cleveland - MLB 2B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 .989
1972 Cleveland - MLB 3B 23 22 13 41 4 56 2 .964 181.2 2.68 +1.0 1.047
1972 Cleveland - MLB CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.1 .993
1972 Cleveland - MLB RF 105 96 196 11 1 211 4 .981 892.2 2.09 +8.4 1.071
TOTAL 1B 118 97 846 56 78 911 9 .990 841.2 9.65 +1.3 1.007
TOTAL 2B 66 59 161 175 52 345 9 .974 537.1 5.63 -12.5 .907
TOTAL 3B 29 22 14 43 4 59 2 .966 189.2 2.70 +1.1 1.047
TOTAL SS 9 9 12 27 5 44 5 .886 76.2 4.58 -4.3 .762
TOTAL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL CF 4 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 13.0 3.46 +0.1 .982
TOTAL RF 340 325 593 23 1 627 11 .982 2865.0 1.94 +7.6 1.015
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick) by the New York Empires, out of college Georgia
10/31/1968 Named the #1 prospect in the MLB
10/31/1968 Was traded by the New York Empires to the Cleveland Bobcats in exchange for SP Jon Pierce, 3B Rick Lintner, and 1B Mark Goen.
12/16/1968 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 55 (65); Eye: 70 (80).
01/27/1969 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
03/06/1969 Injured (strained hamstring),out for 3 weeks.
03/09/1969 Outstandingly completed training to learn a new position at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
04/08/1969 Named the #1 prospect in the MLB
05/14/1969 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 3 days.
07/22/1969 Injured (sprained thumb),day-to-day for 3 weeks.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 60 (65); Eye: 80 (80).
03/21/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
06/11/1970 Injured (sore groin),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/22/1970 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
07/01/1970 Wins the MLB NBL Batter of the Month Award.
07/05/1970 Was selected to the 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
10/29/1970 Finished 3rd in 1970 MLB NBL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
12/08/1970 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at right field at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 60 (65); Eye: 80 (80).
03/14/1971 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
06/01/1971 Injured (tendinitis (elbow)),out for 5 weeks.
08/15/1971 Injured (tendinitis (elbow)),out for 7-8 weeks.
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $132,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 60 (70); Eye: 80 (80).
02/07/1972 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at right field at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
04/03/1972 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
04/10/1972 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
04/24/1972 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
06/20/1972 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/09/1972 Was selected to the 1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
08/18/1972 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for one week.
09/20/1972 Injured (cold),day-to-day for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year PA Rank
1970 678 4
1972 673 8
Year K Rank
1969 123 7
Year TB Rank
1970 299 8
1972 279 10
Year 3B Rank
1970 9 7
Year HR Rank
1970 31 7
Year SB Rank
1969 26 9
1970 37 5
1971 28 7
1972 41 6
Year R Rank
1969 94 6
1970 132 2
1972 103 7
Year BB Rank
1969 122 3
1970 139 4
1971 86 9
1972 103 6
Year EBH Rank
1972 58 9
Year AVG Rank
1972 .304 10
Year OBP Rank
1970 .453 3
1972 .415 5
Year SLG Rank
1970 .562 7
1972 .493 9
Year RC Rank
1970 150.06 3
1972 118.40 4
Year RC/27 Rank
1970 10.31 3
1972 7.45 6
Year ISO Rank
1970 .254 4
1972 .189 10
Year wOBA Rank
1970 .450 2
1972 .411 4
Year OPS Rank
1970 1.015 4
1972 .907 6
Year WAR Rank
1970 9.6 2
1972 9.2 4
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