Tim Harkness
| Tim Harkness | |||
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: December 23, 1937 Lachine, Quebec |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 12, 1961, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 28, 1964, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .235 | ||
| Home runs | 14 | ||
| Runs batted in | 61 | ||
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Thomas William Harkness (born December 23, 1937 in Lachine, Quebec) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1961 to 1964 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.
Harkness was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent before the 1956 season. He was traded by the Phillies on April 5, 1957 along with a player to be named later, Ron Negray, Elmer Valo, a minor league player and $75,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Chico Fernandez, with the Phillies completing the trade on April 8 when they sent Ben Flowers to the Dodgers.
Harkness made his Major League Baseball debut on September 12, 1961 against the Phillies, working out a walk in five pitches against pitcher Chris Short as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning in a 19–10 loss at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. He finished the 1961 season with four hits (including two doubles) in eight at bats, for a .500 batting average.
In the 1962 season, he appeared in 92 games for the Dodgers, with nine hits (including two doubles and two home runs) in 62 at bats, and seven runs batted in. He hit the first home run of his career on April 17 in the top of the second inning against Mike McCormick to drive in Daryl Spencer, as part of an 8–7 win over the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park.
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