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Harley Boss
Elmer Harley Boss (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 185 lb.
School Louisiana Tech University

Debut July 19, 1928
Final Game September 24, 1933
Born November 19, 1908 in Hodge, LA
Died May 15, 1964 in Nashville, TN

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 19 WSH AL  12   12    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   1  .250  .400  .250   75    3   0           0    
 1929 20 WSH AL  28   66    9   18   2  1   0    6   0  0   2   6  .273  .294  .333   60   22   0           0    
 1930 21 WSH AL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1933 24 CLE AL 112  438   54  118  17  7   1   53   2  5  25  27  .269  .310  .347   70  152   6           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      155  519   64  139  19  8   1   61   2  5  30  34  .268  .309  .341   68  177   6   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        542   67  145  20  8   1   64   2  5  31  36  .268  .309  .341   68  185   6   0   0   1   0
 Career High    112  438   54  118  17  7   1   53   2  5  25  27  .269  .310  .347   70  152   6   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 19 WSH AL   15    9    1   3.0   107| .250  .287| .400  .352| .250  .408| .650  .760|  75  .298  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1929 20 WSH AL   68   48    6   3.3   113| .273  .293| .294  .360| .333  .423| .627  .783|  60  .327  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1930 21 WSH AL    3    3    0   0.0   116| .000  .295| .000  .359| .000  .434| .000  .793|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1933 24 CLE AL  470  331   46   3.7   110| .269  .287| .310  .359| .347  .413| .657  .772|  70  .390 -20.6  -2.0  28%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       556  391   53   3.6   111| .268  .288| .309  .359| .341  .415| .650  .774|  68  .377 -26.0  -2.5  28%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 19 WSH AL 1B 5 32 0 1 2 .970 .991 6.40 9.90 1929 20 WSH AL 1B 18 119 9 3 13 .977 .993 7.11 9.74 1930 21 WSH AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.50 1933 24 CLE AL 1B 110 1062 71 7 89 .994 .989 10.30 9.09
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 19 WSH AL 1B 5 32 0 1 2 .970 .991 6.40 9.90 1929 20 WSH AL 1B 18 119 9 3 13 .977 .993 7.11 9.74 1930 21 WSH AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.50 1933 24 CLE AL 1B 110 1062 71 7 89 .994 .989 10.30 9.09
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 134 1215 80 11 104 .992 .989 9.66 9.21 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 134 1215 80 11 104 .992 .989 9.66 9.21
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1928 AL-19-4
1929 AL-20-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 15, 1932: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Jack Russell and Bruce Connatser.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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