What years did Willie Harris play?

Willie Harris played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2012.

Was Willie Harris a pitcher?

No. Willie Harris was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Willie Harris hit?

Willie Harris hit 39 career home runs with 580 hits.

What were Willie Harris's career stats?

In 1,046 games, Willie Harris had 580 hits, 39 home runs, 212 RBI, 365 runs, and 107 stolen bases, with a .238 batting average.

What was Willie Harris's salary?

Willie Harris's last recorded salary was $800,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $1,500,000, in 2009, and his lowest was $318,500, in 2004. The Salary History table lists each season from 2004 to 2012.

What position did Willie Harris play?

Willie Harris played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Willie Harris and how much did he weigh?

Willie Harris was listed at 5 feet 9 inches and 195 pounds.

How many home runs did Willie Harris hit each season?

Willie Harris's home runs by season: 0 in 2001, 2 in 2002, 0 in 2003, 2 in 2004, 1 in 2005, 0 in 2006, 2 in 2007, 13 in 2008, 7 in 2009, 10 in 2010, 2 in 2011, and 0 in 2012. His most in one season was 13, in 2008.

What was Willie Harris's career batting average?

Willie Harris batted .238 over his career, with 580 hits in 2,441 at bats.

How many RBI did Willie Harris have?

Willie Harris drove in 212 runs in his career.

Is Willie Harris in the Hall of Fame?

No. Willie Harris has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Willie Harris

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2001-2012)

Willie Harris was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2012 for 7 teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 12 seasons. In 1,046 career games, he hit .238 with 580 hits, 39 home runs, and 212 RBI. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 25, 2026

AVG .238

HR 39

RBI 212

H 580

OPS .673

PIV -2,879

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 195 lb
Born: 6/22/1978 in Cairo, GA, USA
MLB Debut: 2001-09-02
Last Game: 2012-06-24

Full name: William Charles Harris

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Willie Harris — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
3.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	.667

Pitching

Willie Harris — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2	0	3	1	0	0	18.0	11	9	2	2	4	5	1.00	0.83

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Willie Harris — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1954	1.0	0	1.0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
1955	2.0	2.0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1956	2.0	0	1.0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
1958	1.0	1.0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Listed seasons · 4	6	3	2	.000	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Willie Harris — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1956	1	1	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.67
1958	1	2	1	12.0	8	7	2	1	4	4	1.50	1.00
1959	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.33
Listed seasons · 3	2	3	1	18.0	11	9	2	2	4	5	1.00	0.83

Career Batting Statistics

Willie Harris — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,046	2,441	365	580	100	24	39	212	107	306	500	.238	.327	.346	.673	-2,879

Career AVG .238 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 9.5% below league average.

Career OBP .327 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .346 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — 17.1% below league average.

Career OPS .673 vs. league average .748 across their career seasons — 10.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Willie Harris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2001	BAL	AL	9	24	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	CHA	AL	49	163	14	38	4	0	2	12	8	9	21	.233	.261 (-11%)	.331 (-18%)	.416 (-29%)	.747 (-25%)	-665.2
2003	CHA	AL	79	137	19	28	3	1	0	5	12	10	28	.204	.264 (-23%)	.332 (-22%)	.422 (-43%)	.754 (-34%)	-752.9
2004	CHA	AL	129	409	68	107	15	2	2	27	19	51	79	.262	.266 (-2%)	.335 (+2%)	.427 (-25%)	.762 (-13%)	-747.6
2005	CHA	AL	56	121	17	31	2	1	1	8	10	13	25	.256	.264 (-3%)	.330 (+1%)	.418 (-25%)	.749 (-14%)	-226.3
2006	BOS	AL	47	45	17	7	2	0	0	1	6	4	11	.156	—	—	—	—	-315.1
2007	ATL	NL	117	344	56	93	20	8	2	32	17	40	71	.270	.268 (+1%)	.335 (+4%)	.422 (-7%)	.758 (-2%)	-114.0
2008	WAS	NL	140	367	58	92	14	4	13	43	13	50	66	.251	.263 (-5%)	.333 (+3%)	.416 (avg)	.749 (+2%)	205.4
2009	WAS	NL	137	323	47	76	18	6	7	27	11	57	62	.235	.262 (-10%)	.332 (+9%)	.417 (-6%)	.750 (+1%)	242.3
2010	WAS	NL	132	224	25	41	6	2	10	32	5	33	60	.183	.257 (-29%)	.325 (-11%)	.402 (-10%)	.728 (-10%)	-368.1
2011	NYN	NL	126	240	36	59	11	0	2	23	5	36	62	.246	.255 (-4%)	.320 (+10%)	.399 (-21%)	.719 (-7%)	-138.0
2012	CIN	NL	25	44	5	5	4	0	0	2	1	3	8	.114	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			1,046	2,441	365	580	100	24	39	212	107	306	500	.238	—	—	—	—	-2,879

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.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Willie Harris — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Willie Harris — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2005	ALDS1	CHA	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2005	WS	CHA	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Willie Harris — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	528	1197	179	288	23	106	.241
Away	518	1244	186	292	16	106	.235

Last 10 Games — Batting

Willie Harris — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
2012-06-24	CIN	MIN	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012-06-20	CIN	CLE	L	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
2012-06-19	CIN	CLE	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
2012-06-17	CIN	NYN	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
2012-06-16	CIN	NYN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012-06-15	CIN	NYN	W	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
2012-05-06	CIN	PIT	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012-05-03	CIN	CHC	W	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
2012-05-02	CIN	CHC	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012-04-27	CIN	HOU	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Willie Harris — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	225	179	389	525	13	114
3B	34	15	9	39	4	3
OF	567	362	916	16	12	4
SS	8	3	4	11	0	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Willie Harris — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2001	BAL	OF	8	7	16	1	0	1
2002	CHA	2B	38	36	87	104	3	21
2002	CHA	OF	6	4	19	1	0	0
2003	CHA	2B	12	7	13	24	0	5
2003	CHA	OF	61	23	83	3	2	0
2004	CHA	2B	92	76	163	223	4	46
2004	CHA	OF	30	25	57	1	1	0
2005	CHA	2B	32	28	58	78	2	20
2005	CHA	SS	5	2	1	9	0	1
2006	BOS	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006	BOS	OF	36	10	38	1	0	0
2007	ATL	3B	2	0	0	4	1	0
2007	ATL	OF	100	78	173	4	3	1
2008	WAS	2B	14	11	29	30	1	9
2008	WAS	3B	14	3	0	6	0	0
2008	WAS	OF	103	72	191	4	3	2
2008	WAS	SS	3	1	3	2	0	1
2009	WAS	2B	19	9	21	26	2	7
2009	WAS	3B	4	4	4	8	1	2
2009	WAS	OF	98	68	177	1	1	0
2010	WAS	3B	6	2	1	8	1	0
2010	WAS	OF	80	42	98	0	2	0
2011	NYN	2B	10	7	10	22	0	2
2011	NYN	3B	7	5	4	11	1	0
2011	NYN	OF	44	32	63	0	0	0
2012	CIN	2B	7	5	8	18	1	4
2012	CIN	3B	1	1	0	2	0	1
2012	CIN	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Willie Harris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Second Base	225
Third Base	34
Shortstop	8
Left Field	308
Center Field	237
Right Field	51
Designated Hitter	15

Awards & Honors

Willie Harris — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2008	Player of the Week	Week of 2008-07-19

Salary History

Willie Harris's recorded salaries total $6,083,500 over 7 seasons, 2004 to 2012. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Harris's career ran from 2001 to 2012. No salary is recorded for 5 of his seasons between 1985 and 2016.

Willie Harris — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	CIN	NL	$800,000
2011	NYN	NL	$800,000
2010	WAS	NL	$1,500,000
2009	WAS	NL	$1,500,000
2008	WAS	NL	$800,000
2005	CHA	AL	$365,000
2004	CHA	AL	$318,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$6,083,500

College History

Willie Harris — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Middle Georgia College	Cochran	GA	1996, 1997
Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw	GA	1999

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Willie Harris (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

Willie Harris: the record in brief

September 2, 2001 and June 24, 2012 bracket Willie Harris's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column moves through the Baltimore Orioles (2001), the Chicago White Sox (2002 through 2005), the Boston Red Sox (2006), the Atlanta Braves (2007), the Washington Nationals (2008 to 2010), the New York Mets (2011), and the Cincinnati Reds (2012). The bio lists Harris as an outfielder who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 5'9" and 195 pounds. Harris was born on June 22, 1978, in Cairo, GA, USA. On the record, Willie Harris was born William Charles Harris.

The batting record for Harris: 1,046 games, 580 hits in 2,441 at bats, and a .238 average, adding 39 homers, 212 runs batted in, and 107 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .327 and the slugging percentage .346, for an OPS of .673. Measured against the leagues Harris played in, the .238 career average compares with a .263 league average over the same seasons, 9.5% below the league.

Frequently Asked Questions about Willie Harris

What years did Willie Harris play?: Willie Harris played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2012.
Was Willie Harris a pitcher?: No. Willie Harris was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Willie Harris hit?: Willie Harris hit 39 career home runs with 580 hits.
What teams did Willie Harris play for?: Willie Harris played for 7 teams: the Baltimore Orioles (2001), the Chicago White Sox (2002–2005), the Boston Red Sox (2006), the Atlanta Braves (2007), the Washington Nationals (2008–2010), the New York Mets (2011), and the Cincinnati Reds (2012).
What were Willie Harris's career stats?: In 1,046 games, Willie Harris had 580 hits, 39 home runs, 212 RBI, 365 runs, and 107 stolen bases, with a .238 batting average.
How much did Willie Harris earn in his career?: Willie Harris's recorded salaries total $6,083,500 over 7 seasons, 2004 to 2012. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Harris's career ran from 2001 to 2012. No salary is recorded for 5 of his seasons between 1985 and 2016.
What was Willie Harris's salary?: Willie Harris's last recorded salary was $800,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $1,500,000, in 2009, and his lowest was $318,500, in 2004. The Salary History table lists each season from 2004 to 2012.
What position did Willie Harris play?: Willie Harris played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Willie Harris and how much did he weigh?: Willie Harris was listed at 5 feet 9 inches and 195 pounds.
How many home runs did Willie Harris hit each season?: Willie Harris's home runs by season: 0 in 2001, 2 in 2002, 0 in 2003, 2 in 2004, 1 in 2005, 0 in 2006, 2 in 2007, 13 in 2008, 7 in 2009, 10 in 2010, 2 in 2011, and 0 in 2012. His most in one season was 13, in 2008.
What was Willie Harris's career batting average?: Willie Harris batted .238 over his career, with 580 hits in 2,441 at bats.
How many RBI did Willie Harris have?: Willie Harris drove in 212 runs in his career.
Is Willie Harris in the Hall of Fame?: No. Willie Harris has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.