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Harvey Haddix

Harvey Haddix

1952–1965  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'9", 170 lb  ·  b. 1925 Medway, OH

Career 136–113 · 3.63 ERA · 1,575 SO · 2235.0 IP · 531 G · 169 H · 4 HR · 64 RBI · .212 AVG

Seasons leading his league
4
1 best in baseball 3 league only
23 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1959 Best season

Spanning 1953–1959, peaking at 2 titles in 1959.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,384th League titles 4
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 1,284th Top-5 finishes 23

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1959 1.000
Shutouts 1 1st — 1953 NL 6
Strikeouts / 9 1 1st — 1954 NL 6.38 1955 #2 1956 #2 1957 #2
Walks + Hits / IP 1 1st — 1959 NL 1.06 1953 #3
Complete Games — #3 — 1953 #3
Innings Pitched — #3 — 1953 #3
Strikeouts — #2 — 1954 #2 1955 #3 1956 #2
Wins — #3 — 1953 #3
Earned Run Average — #3 — 1953 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1959 2 WHIP 1.06 P FPCT 1.000
1954 1 K/9 6.38
1953 1 SHO 6

Pitching

  led the league   14 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1952 SLN NL 2 2 2.79 7 6 0 42.0 31 13 4 10 31 0.98
1953 SLN NL 20 9 3.06 36 33 1 253.0 220 86 24 69 163 1.14
1954 SLN NL 18 13 3.57 43 35 4 259.2 247 103 26 77 184 1.25
1955 SLN NL 12 16 4.46 37 30 1 208.0 216 103 27 62 150 1.34
1956 PHI +1 NL 13 8 3.67 35 30 2 230.1 224 94 26 65 170 1.25
1957 PHI NL 10 13 4.06 27 25 0 170.2 176 77 18 39 136 1.26
1958 CIN NL 8 7 3.52 29 26 0 184.0 191 72 28 43 110 1.27
1959 PIT NL 12 12 3.13 31 29 0 224.1 189 78 26 49 149 1.06
1960 PIT NL 11 10 3.97 29 28 1 172.1 189 76 13 38 101 1.32
1961 PIT NL 10 6 4.10 29 22 0 156.0 159 71 15 41 99 1.28
1962 PIT NL 9 6 4.20 28 20 0 141.1 146 66 17 42 101 1.33
1963 PIT NL 3 4 3.34 49 1 1 70.0 67 26 7 20 70 1.24
1964 BAL AL 5 5 2.31 49 0 10 89.2 68 23 4 23 90 1.01
1965 BAL AL 3 2 3.48 24 0 1 33.2 31 13 5 23 21 1.60
Career — — 136 113 3.63 453 285 21 2235.0 2,154 901 240 601 1,575 1.23

Batting

14 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 SLN NL 9 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 .214 .267 .214 .481
1953 SLN NL 48 97 21 28 3 3 1 11 5 19 0 .289 .337 .412 .749
1954 SLN NL 61 93 16 18 4 2 0 4 5 11 2 .194 .232 .280 .512
1955 SLN NL 37 73 10 12 2 2 1 7 4 15 0 .164 .208 .288 .495
1956 PHI +1 NL 51 102 7 24 5 0 0 11 7 13 0 .235 .284 .284 .569
1957 PHI NL 41 68 6 21 3 1 0 6 3 12 1 .309 .333 .382 .716
1958 CIN NL 42 61 11 11 4 0 1 1 8 18 0 .180 .275 .295 .570
1959 PIT NL 31 83 3 12 4 0 0 5 3 17 0 .145 .174 .193 .367
1960 PIT NL 29 67 7 17 4 0 0 7 3 15 0 .254 .282 .313 .595
1961 PIT NL 31 56 2 8 3 0 0 3 6 14 0 .143 .226 .196 .422
1962 PIT NL 28 52 9 13 3 1 1 5 1 11 0 .250 .259 .404 .663
1963 PIT NL 50 11 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 .182 .167 .364 .530
1964 BAL AL 49 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 BAL AL 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 531 798 95 169 37 9 4 64 46 162 4 .212 .255 .296 .551

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1952 SLN NL P 7 — — 0 5 1 0 6 .833 0.71
OF 1 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1953 SLN NL P 36 — — 15 43 2 5 60 .967 1.61
1954 SLN NL P 43 35 259.2 14 39 3 3 56 .946 1.23
1955 SLN NL P 37 30 208.1 14 38 4 2 56 .929 1.41
1956 PHI NL P 35 31 230.1 10 31 1 1 42 .976 1.17
1957 PHI NL P 27 25 170.2 10 15 2 0 27 .926 0.93
1958 CIN NL P 29 26 184.0 10 26 1 1 37 .973 1.24
1959 PIT NL P 31 29 224.1 8 35 0 3 43 1.000 1.39
1960 PIT NL P 29 28 172.0 9 46 1 2 56 .982 1.90
1961 PIT NL P 29 22 156.0 5 29 2 4 36 .944 1.17
1962 PIT NL P 28 20 141.1 10 19 2 2 31 .935 1.04
1963 PIT NL P 49 1 70.0 5 10 1 0 16 .938 0.31
1964 BAL AL P 49 0 89.2 4 16 0 1 20 1.000 0.41
1965 BAL AL P 24 0 33.2 1 6 1 0 8 .875 0.29
Career — — P 453 247 1940.0 115 358 21 24 494 .957 1.04
— — OF 1 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00