Vic Harris (second baseman)
| Vic Harris | |||
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| Utility player | |||
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Born: March 27, 1950 Los Angeles, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 21, 1972, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 5, 1980, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .217 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 121 | ||
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Victor Lanier Harris (born March 27, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors between 1972 and 1980. He also played three seasons in Japan for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1981 until 1983.
Harris was drafted in the first round of the secondary phase of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft by the Oakland Athletics. In July 1972 he was traded to the Texas Rangers, and made his major league debut for them the following day. He spent the rest of the season as the Rangers' regular second baseman, replacing Lenny Randle. Harris went his first 35 at-bats without a base hit, the major league record for most consecutive at-bats at the beginning of a career by a position player without a base hit.
The following season, 1973, the Rangers moved Harris to center field, replacing Joe Lovitto. In his first, and what would prove to be only, season as a regular, Harris batted .249 with 8 home runs. That offseason, Harris and Bill Madlock were traded to the Chicago Cubs for future Hall-of-Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins.
Harris started the 1974 season back at second base, where he was the starter for most of the first half of the season. However, after hitting just .195 in 62 games, Harris season was ended midway through due to knee surgery. He was replaced by Dave Rosello and Billy Grabarkewitz. Harris spent 1975 on the Cubs' bench, being used mostly as a pinch hitter and batting .179. That winter, he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for infielder Mick Kelleher.
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