Lenny Harris, baseball player, 1988-2005

Lenny Harris

Born: 10/28/1964 in Miami, FL, USA

MLB Debut: 1988-09-07 | Final Game: 2005-10-02

Bats: L | Throws: R | Height: 5'10" | Weight: 195 lbs

Full name: Leonard Anthony Harris

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Biography

Lenny Harris, born in 1964, was a versatile position player who enjoyed a lengthy career in Major League Baseball from 1988 until his retirement in 2005. Over the span of 1,903 games, Harris compiled a solid batting average of .269, accumulating 1,055 hits, including 37 home runs and 369 RBIs. Renowned for his speed and base-running acumen, he also recorded 131 stolen bases, showcasing his ability to impact the game in multiple facets. Harris was particularly notable for his role as a pinch hitter, where he excelled in delivering critical hits in high-pressure situations. His career coincided with an era marked by offensive explosions and evolving strategies in baseball, enabling him to carve out a niche as a reliable contributor off the bench. Throughout his time in the league, Harris played for several teams, including the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets, leaving a legacy as one of the most effective pinch hitters in the game’s history. His contributions on the field and his adaptability made him an invaluable asset to his teams during his 17 seasons in the majors.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1903 3924 460 1055 161 21 37 369 131 279 337 0.269 0.318 0.349 0.667 -6971.1

Career AVG .269 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .318 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .349 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 15.3% below league average.

Career OPS 0.667 vs. league average 0.744 across their career seasons — 10.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1988 CIN NL 16 43 7 16 1 0 0 8 4 5 4 0.372 — — — — 134.4
1989 CIN NL 61 188 17 42 4 0 2 11 10 9 20 0.223 .254 (-12%) .319 (-18%) .375 (-26%) .694 (-22%) -711.5
1989 LAD NL 54 147 19 37 6 1 1 15 4 11 13 0.252 .254 (-1%) .319 (-4%) .375 (-13%) .694 (-9%) -711.5
1990 LAD NL 137 431 61 131 16 4 2 29 15 29 31 0.304 .257 (+18%) .324 (+7%) .385 (-3%) .710 (+2%) 178.1
1991 LAD NL 145 429 59 123 16 1 3 38 12 37 32 0.287 .255 (+12%) .323 (+8%) .384 (-9%) .708 (-1%) 20.1
1992 LAD NL 135 347 28 94 11 0 0 30 19 24 24 0.271 .255 (+6%) .322 (-1%) .377 (-20%) .699 (-11%) -696.4
1993 LAD NL 107 160 20 38 6 1 2 11 3 15 15 0.237 .265 (-10%) .332 (-9%) .403 (-19%) .735 (-15%) -437.5
1994 CIN NL 66 100 13 31 3 1 0 14 7 5 13 0.310 .269 (+15%) .338 (avg) .424 (-15%) .763 (-8%) -154.8
1995 CIN NL 101 197 32 41 8 3 2 16 10 14 20 0.208 .266 (-22%) .337 (-23%) .417 (-26%) .755 (-25%) -1002.0
1996 CIN NL 125 302 33 86 17 2 5 32 14 21 31 0.285 .269 (+6%) .340 (-3%) .426 (-5%) .767 (-4%) -308.2
1997 CIN NL 120 238 32 65 13 1 3 28 4 18 18 0.273 .266 (+2%) .336 (-3%) .419 (-11%) .756 (-7%) -353.1
1998 CIN NL 57 122 12 36 8 0 0 10 1 8 9 0.295 .266 (+11%) .335 (+1%) .420 (-14%) .755 (-7%) -167.4
1998 NYN NL 75 168 18 39 7 0 6 17 5 9 12 0.232 .266 (-13%) .335 (-19%) .420 (-9%) .755 (-14%) -167.4
1999 COL NL 91 158 15 47 12 0 0 13 1 6 6 0.297 .271 (+10%) .344 (-6%) .433 (-14%) .778 (-11%) -338.8
1999 AZ NL 19 29 2 11 1 0 1 7 1 0 1 0.379 — — — — -338.8
2000 AZ NL 36 85 9 16 1 1 1 13 5 3 5 0.188 .270 (-30%) .344 (-39%) .437 (-41%) .782 (-40%) -671.6
2000 NYN NL 76 138 22 42 6 3 3 13 8 17 17 0.304 .270 (+13%) .344 (+10%) .437 (+4%) .782 (+7%) -671.6
2001 NYN NL 110 135 12 30 5 1 0 9 3 8 9 0.222 .263 (-16%) .332 (-20%) .426 (-36%) .758 (-29%) -772.9
2002 MIL NL 122 197 23 60 8 2 3 17 4 14 17 0.305 .261 (+17%) .331 (+7%) .416 (-1%) .747 (+2%) 115.9
2003 CHC NL 75 131 11 24 3 0 1 7 1 13 20 0.183 .264 (-31%) .332 (-23%) .422 (-46%) .754 (-36%) -873.0
2003 MIA NL 13 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0.286 — — — — -873.0
2004 MIA NL 79 95 7 20 5 0 1 17 0 3 8 0.211 .266 (-21%) .335 (-31%) .427 (-31%) .762 (-31%) -586.1
2005 MIA NL 83 70 5 22 4 0 1 13 0 7 11 0.314 .264 (+19%) .330 (+16%) .418 (-1%) .749 (+7%) 119.6

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.43 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1998 CIN NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00 — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
17 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.200

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2003 NLCS FLO 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
2003 NLDS1 FLO 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
2000 NLCS NYN 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2000 NLDS2 NYN 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2000 WS NYN 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000
1999 NLDS2 ARI 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1995 NLCS CIN 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 87 51 445 49 6 28
2B 300 206 507 638 35 133
3B 485 325 275 638 61 55
OF 304 160 342 15 10 1
P 1 0 0 0 0 0
SS 52 19 34 97 19 14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1988 CIN 2B 6 4 11 12 1 2
1988 CIN 3B 10 8 3 21 0 0
1989 CIN 2B 32 26 74 75 3 19
1989 CIN 3B 16 12 7 27 2 1
1989 CIN SS 17 4 11 32 8 3
1989 LAN 2B 14 11 21 28 2 8
1989 LAN 3B 8 3 4 4 0 1
1989 LAN OF 21 17 30 1 0 0
1989 LAN SS 1 0 0 1 0 0
1990 LAN 2B 44 29 62 70 2 13
1990 LAN 3B 94 74 77 133 9 11
1990 LAN OF 2 0 1 0 0 0
1990 LAN SS 1 0 0 2 0 0
1991 LAN 2B 27 10 33 49 1 12
1991 LAN 3B 113 89 77 155 14 16
1991 LAN OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LAN SS 20 13 15 46 5 7
1992 LAN 2B 81 65 160 206 14 39
1992 LAN 3B 33 10 12 26 5 5
1992 LAN OF 15 10 21 1 2 0
1992 LAN SS 10 2 6 15 6 4
1993 LAN 2B 35 24 56 92 2 11
1993 LAN 3B 17 2 2 6 1 0
1993 LAN OF 2 0 1 0 0 0
1993 LAN SS 3 0 2 1 0 0
1994 CIN 1B 4 1 17 1 0 0
1994 CIN 2B 2 1 1 3 0 0
1994 CIN 3B 15 9 8 25 6 2
1994 CIN OF 3 1 1 0 0 0
1995 CIN 1B 23 14 127 13 0 10
1995 CIN 2B 1 0 2 0 0 0
1995 CIN 3B 24 15 9 53 4 3
1995 CIN OF 8 3 9 2 0 0
1996 CIN 1B 16 14 123 12 1 10
1996 CIN 2B 8 5 11 15 1 4
1996 CIN 3B 24 19 21 37 4 2
1996 CIN OF 37 21 44 2 0 0
1997 CIN 1B 11 7 51 5 1 1
1997 CIN 2B 20 13 26 34 1 6
1997 CIN 3B 13 6 2 17 0 1
1997 CIN OF 42 22 41 1 1 0
1998 CIN OF 32 19 37 2 3 0
1998 CIN P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYN 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1998 NYN 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0
1998 NYN 3B 10 7 2 11 1 1
1998 NYN OF 65 29 80 3 1 0
1999 COL 2B 24 16 46 51 8 19
1999 COL 3B 2 0 2 0 0 0
1999 COL OF 14 7 12 2 1 1
1999 ARI 3B 5 3 3 5 0 2
1999 ARI OF 2 1 3 0 0 0
2000 ARI 3B 20 18 11 29 4 1
2000 ARI OF 3 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NYN 1B 10 5 36 6 2 3
2000 NYN 2B 3 2 2 3 0 0
2000 NYN 3B 16 12 15 26 7 2
2000 NYN OF 11 5 14 1 2 0
2001 NYN 1B 7 5 33 4 2 1
2001 NYN 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0
2001 NYN 3B 11 2 3 4 1 0
2001 NYN OF 8 3 5 0 0 0
2002 MIL 1B 12 5 49 7 0 1
2002 MIL 3B 14 10 7 14 0 3
2002 MIL OF 16 12 26 0 0 0
2003 CHN 1B 2 0 5 1 0 0
2003 CHN 3B 35 26 10 45 3 4
2003 CHN OF 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 FLO OF 4 1 5 0 0 0
2004 FLO 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0
2004 FLO OF 14 9 12 0 0 0
2005 FLO 1B 1 0 3 0 0 2
2005 FLO 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0
2005 FLO OF 2 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 1
First Base 87
Second Base 300
Third Base 485
Shortstop 52
Left Field 157
Center Field 3
Right Field 161
Designated Hitter 12

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2005 FLO NL $425,000
2004 FLO NL $400,000
2003 CHN NL $800,000
2002 MIL NL $1,100,000
2001 NYN NL $1,100,000
2000 ARI NL $1,100,000
1999 COL NL $1,125,000
1998 CIN NL $775,000
1997 CIN NL $650,000
1996 CIN NL $550,000
1995 CIN NL $522,223
1994 CIN NL $450,000
1993 LAN NL $900,000
1992 LAN NL $840,000
1991 LAN NL $315,000
1990 LAN NL $145,000
1989 LAN NL $71,000
Total Career Earnings $11,268,223