What years did Pete Harnisch play?

Pete Harnisch played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001.

Was Pete Harnisch a pitcher?

Yes. Pete Harnisch pitched in the major leagues, recording 111 wins and 1368 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Pete Harnisch hit?

Pete Harnisch hit 2 career home runs with 66 hits.

What teams did Pete Harnisch play for?

Pete Harnisch played for 5 teams: the Baltimore Orioles (1988–1990), the Houston Astros (1991–1994), the New York Mets (1995–1997), the Milwaukee Brewers (1997), and the Cincinnati Reds (1998–2001).

Did Pete Harnisch win a Cy Young Award?

No. Pete Harnisch did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Pete Harnisch win?

Pete Harnisch was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Pete Harnisch's career stats?

In 321 games, Pete Harnisch went 111-103 with a 3.89 ERA, 1,368 strikeouts, and 1,959.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 66 hits and 2 home runs.

What was Pete Harnisch's salary?

Pete Harnisch's last recorded salary was $250,000, in 2002. His highest recorded salary was $3,750,000, in 2001, and his lowest was $120,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2002.

What position did Pete Harnisch play?

Pete Harnisch played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Pete Harnisch and how much did he weigh?

Pete Harnisch was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.

What was Pete Harnisch's career ERA?

Pete Harnisch finished with a 3.89 career ERA, going 111-103 with 1,368 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Pete Harnisch have?

Pete Harnisch recorded 1,368 career strikeouts.

Is Pete Harnisch in the Hall of Fame?

No. Pete Harnisch has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Pete Harnisch

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1988-2001)

Pete Harnisch was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001 for 5 teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 14 seasons. Across 321 career appearances, he went 111-103 with a 3.89 ERA and 1,368 strikeouts. He also batted .129 with 2 home runs. Pete Harnisch was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 401.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 111–103

ERA 3.89

WHIP 1.30

SO 1,368

Pitcher PIV 401.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 195 lb
Born: 9/23/1966 in Commack, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1988-09-13
Last Game: 2001-05-07
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Peter Thomas Harnisch

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Career Pitching Statistics

Pete Harnisch — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
111	103	321	318	24	11	0	1959.0	1,822	846	223	716	1,368	3.89	401.2

Career ERA 3.89 vs. league average 4.26 across their career seasons — 8.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Pete Harnisch Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1988	BAL	AL	0	2	2	2	0	0	13.0	13	8	9	10	5.54	3.73 (-48%)	-186.5
1989	BAL	AL	5	9	18	17	2	0	103.1	97	53	64	70	4.62	3.71 (-24%)	-2477.4
1990	BAL	AL	11	11	31	31	3	0	188.2	189	91	86	122	4.34	3.86 (-12%)	-983.4
1991	HOU	NL	12	9	33	33	4	2	216.2	169	65	83	172	2.70	3.91 (+31%)	3308.5
1992	HOU	NL	9	10	34	34	0	0	206.2	182	85	64	164	3.70	3.75 (+1%)	2238.2
1993	HOU	NL	16	9	33	33	5	4	217.2	171	72	79	185	2.98	4.19 (+29%)	3048.0
1994	HOU	NL	8	5	17	17	1	0	95.0	100	57	39	62	5.40	4.51 (-20%)	-996.0
1995	NYN	NL	2	8	18	18	0	0	110.0	111	45	24	82	3.68	4.45 (+17%)	1591.7
1996	NYN	NL	8	12	31	31	2	1	194.2	195	91	61	114	4.21	4.61 (+9%)	-2145.2
1997	NYN	NL	0	1	6	5	0	0	25.2	35	23	11	12	8.06	4.39 (-84%)	-1103.5
1997	ML4	AL	1	1	4	3	0	0	14.0	13	8	12	10	5.14	4.39 (-17%)	-276.9
1998	CIN	NL	14	7	32	32	2	1	209.0	176	73	64	157	3.14	4.43 (+29%)	1620.1
1999	CIN	NL	16	10	33	33	2	2	198.1	190	81	57	120	3.68	4.71 (+22%)	1074.0
2000	CIN	NL	8	6	22	22	3	1	131.0	133	69	46	71	4.74	4.77 (+1%)	-2094.1
2001	CIN	NL	1	3	7	7	0	0	35.1	48	25	17	17	6.37	4.42 (-44%)	-2216.2
Career · 15 seasons			111	103	321	318	24	11	1,959.0	1,822	846	716	1,368	3.89	—	401

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Pete Harnisch — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
326	513	40	66	19	0	2	29	0	12	150	.129	.150	.177	.327	-3,672

Career AVG .129 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 51.2% below league average.

Career OBP .150 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 55.0% below league average.

Career SLG .177 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 56.6% below league average.

Career OPS .327 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 55.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Pete Harnisch Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1988	BAL	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	BAL	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	BAL	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	HOU	NL	33	62	4	6	1	0	4	4	21	.097	.255 (-62%)	.323 (-54%)	.384 (-71%)	.708 (-63%)	-621.8
1992	HOU	NL	34	67	7	11	5	0	8	2	12	.164	.255 (-36%)	.322 (-42%)	.377 (-37%)	.699 (-39%)	-418.8
1993	HOU	NL	33	67	6	7	2	0	2	2	19	.104	.265 (-61%)	.332 (-57%)	.403 (-67%)	.735 (-62%)	-677.7
1994	HOU	NL	18	35	5	6	3	0	0	0	10	.171	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	NYN	NL	18	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	NYN	NL	32	55	3	5	1	0	1	2	18	.091	.269 (-66%)	.340 (-65%)	.426 (-74%)	.767 (-70%)	-663.0
1997	NYN	NL	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	ML4	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	CIN	NL	32	66	3	7	0	0	1	1	22	.106	.266 (-60%)	.335 (-64%)	.420 (-75%)	.755 (-70%)	-761.5
1999	CIN	NL	33	66	6	10	4	1	5	1	20	.152	.271 (-44%)	.344 (-52%)	.433 (-41%)	.778 (-46%)	-529.6
2000	CIN	NL	24	43	4	8	2	1	8	0	14	.186	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	CIN	NL	8	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	5	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			326	513	40	66	19	2	29	12	150	.129	—	—	—	—	-3,672

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Pete Harnisch — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	164	249	21	38	1	18	.153
Away	162	264	19	28	1	11	.106

Pitching — Home / Away

Pete Harnisch — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	164	1030.0	904	418	348	757	3.65
Away	157	929.0	918	428	368	611	4.15

Last 10 Games — Batting

Pete Harnisch — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO
2001-05-07	CIN	AZ	W	2	0	1	1	0	0
2001-05-02	CIN	LAD	L	1	1	1	0	0	0
2001-04-26	CIN	SFG	W	2	0	1	0	0	1
2001-04-18	CIN	MIL	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001-04-12	CIN	PIT	W	3	0	0	0	0	2
2001-04-08	CIN	MIL	L	0	1	0	0	0	0
2001-04-07	CIN	MIL	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2001-04-02	CIN	ATL	L	2	0	0	0	0	1
2000-09-23	CIN	HOU	W	2	0	0	0	0	0
2000-09-17	CIN	MIL	W	3	0	1	0	2	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Pete Harnisch — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2001-05-07	CIN	AZ	—	5.0	7	4	3	4	1	1
2001-05-02	CIN	LAD	L	5.0	9	6	5	3	0	4
2001-04-26	CIN	SFG	—	5.0	9	3	2	2	1	0
2001-04-18	CIN	MIL	L	4.0	6	5	5	2	5	2
2001-04-12	CIN	PIT	W	6.0	6	4	4	0	5	1
2001-04-07	CIN	MIL	L	4.1	5	3	3	4	5	0
2001-04-02	CIN	ATL	—	6.0	6	4	3	2	0	1
2000-09-23	CIN	HOU	—	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	2
2000-09-17	CIN	MIL	W	7.0	5	4	3	0	6	3
2000-09-11	CIN	CHC	W	5.0	8	5	5	2	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Pete Harnisch — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	321	318	119	167	14	13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Pete Harnisch — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1988	BAL	P	2	2	2	2	0	0
1989	BAL	P	18	17	7	9	0	2
1990	BAL	P	31	31	12	14	1	0
1991	HOU	P	33	33	7	18	1	0
1992	HOU	P	34	34	16	15	2	1
1993	HOU	P	33	33	3	15	2	0
1994	HOU	P	17	17	11	8	0	0
1995	NYN	P	18	18	10	12	2	1
1996	NYN	P	31	31	10	16	3	1
1997	NYN	P	6	5	3	4	0	2
1997	ML4	P	4	3	2	0	0	0
1998	CIN	P	32	32	20	18	0	4
1999	CIN	P	33	33	7	18	3	1
2000	CIN	P	22	22	6	17	0	1
2001	CIN	P	7	7	3	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Pete Harnisch Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	321

Salary History

Pete Harnisch's recorded salaries total $26,323,400 over 13 seasons, 1990 to 2002. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Harnisch's career ran from 1988 to 2001. No salary is recorded for 1988 and 1989.

Pete Harnisch — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2002	COL	NL	$250,000
2001	CIN	NL	$3,750,000
2000	CIN	NL	$3,250,000
1999	CIN	NL	$3,000,000
1998	CIN	NL	$300,000
1997	NYN	NL	$3,213,400
1996	NYN	NL	$3,725,000
1995	NYN	NL	$3,000,000
1994	HOU	NL	$3,205,000
1993	HOU	NL	$1,825,000
1992	HOU	NL	$475,000
1991	HOU	NL	$210,000
1990	BAL	AL	$120,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$26,323,400

College History

Pete Harnisch — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Fordham University	New York	NY	1985, 1986, 1987

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Pete Harnisch: the record in brief

The profile opens with Pete Harnisch's first major league game on September 13, 1988; the last one listed came on May 7, 2001. By club, Harnisch's seasons break down as the Baltimore Orioles (1988 through 1990), the Houston Astros (1991 through 1994), the New York Mets (1995 through 1997), the Milwaukee Brewers (1997), and the Cincinnati Reds (1998 through 2001). Harnisch, born on September 23, 1966, in Commack, NY, USA, is listed as a pitcher and switch-hit and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6'1" and 195 pounds. The bio lists the given name Peter Thomas.

Across 321 games (318 starts), Harnisch recorded 111 wins against 103 losses with a 3.89 ERA. The same table counts 1,368 strikeouts, 24 complete games, and 11 shutouts. The leagues Harnisch pitched in allowed 4.26 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 8.7% better than average. Harnisch won 16 games in 1993, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Pete Harnisch

What years did Pete Harnisch play?: Pete Harnisch played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001.
Was Pete Harnisch a pitcher?: Yes. Pete Harnisch pitched in the major leagues, recording 111 wins and 1368 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Pete Harnisch hit?: Pete Harnisch hit 2 career home runs with 66 hits.
What teams did Pete Harnisch play for?: Pete Harnisch played for 5 teams: the Baltimore Orioles (1988–1990), the Houston Astros (1991–1994), the New York Mets (1995–1997), the Milwaukee Brewers (1997), and the Cincinnati Reds (1998–2001).
Did Pete Harnisch win a Cy Young Award?: No. Pete Harnisch did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Pete Harnisch win?: Pete Harnisch was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Pete Harnisch's career stats?: In 321 games, Pete Harnisch went 111-103 with a 3.89 ERA, 1,368 strikeouts, and 1,959.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 66 hits and 2 home runs.
How much did Pete Harnisch earn in his career?: Pete Harnisch's recorded salaries total $26,323,400 over 13 seasons, 1990 to 2002. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Harnisch's career ran from 1988 to 2001. No salary is recorded for 1988 and 1989.
What was Pete Harnisch's salary?: Pete Harnisch's last recorded salary was $250,000, in 2002. His highest recorded salary was $3,750,000, in 2001, and his lowest was $120,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2002.
What position did Pete Harnisch play?: Pete Harnisch played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Pete Harnisch and how much did he weigh?: Pete Harnisch was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.
What was Pete Harnisch's career ERA?: Pete Harnisch finished with a 3.89 career ERA, going 111-103 with 1,368 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Pete Harnisch have?: Pete Harnisch recorded 1,368 career strikeouts.
Is Pete Harnisch in the Hall of Fame?: No. Pete Harnisch has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.