Bill Harvey

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 24–38
ERA 5.21
WHIP 1.48
SO 241
Pitcher PIV 766.5
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
5'8" / 175 lb
Born
3/23/1908 in Clarksdale, MS, USA
Died
3/3/1989 in Baltimore, MD, USA
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: David William Harvey

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
443.0 392.0 52.0 102.0 20.0 7.0 8.0 32.0 39.0 2.0 5.0 .260 .332 .408 .740

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
31 43 73 46 56 5 618.1 627 418 105 28 187 163 1.53 1.32

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
24 38 109 57 33 4 3 509.3 549 295 29 203 241 5.21 766.5

Career ERA 5.21 vs. league average 3.98 across their career seasons — 31.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1932 MRS NSL 3 2 8 4 2 0 1 30.7 27 20 16 24 5.87 4.13 (-42%) 368.8
1932 MRM NSL 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.7 4 2 1 1 10.80 — 0.0
1933 PC NN2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5.7 10 6 7 3 9.53 — 0.0
1933 ACG NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 7 7 2 0 23.62 — 0.0
1935 PC NN2 2 3 12 5 3 0 0 51.7 47 24 22 27 4.18 4.35 (+4%) 803.1
1936 PC NN2 3 4 14 6 5 0 0 76.0 89 51 40 37 6.04 4.59 (-32%) -339.7
1937 PC NN2 1 4 9 3 2 0 0 50.0 53 31 25 20 5.58 4.34 (-29%) -1880.1
1938 PC NN2 4 3 11 7 4 0 0 56.0 54 32 20 28 5.14 4.35 (-18%) 715.1
1939 BEG NN2 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 13.7 10 3 1 6 1.98 4.28 (+54%) 567.0
1939 TC2 NN2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 13.7 11 6 7 7 3.95 4.28 (+8%) 241.0
1939 TC NAL 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 12.0 18 9 6 5 6.75 4.28 (-58%) 165.1
1942 BEG NN2 5 3 17 7 3 2 1 57.0 51 27 15 31 4.26 3.57 (-19%) 468.6
1943 BEG NN2 2 11 14 13 10 1 0 94.7 112 48 29 34 4.56 3.50 (-30%) 15.4
1944 BEG NN2 1 3 6 4 2 0 0 25.3 36 21 9 10 7.46 3.57 (-109%) -732.3
1945 BEG NN2 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 14.7 13 3 3 5 1.84 3.67 (+50%) 374.4
1946 BEG NN2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 0 3 11.25 — 0.0
Career · 16 seasons 24 38 109 57 33 4 3 509.1 549 295 203 241 5.21 — 766

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
196 388 57 97 18 7 7 40 5 47 8 .250 .336 .387 .722 -35

Career AVG .250 vs. league average .268 across their career seasons — 6.8% below league average.

Career OBP .336 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .387 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .722 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1932 MRS NSL 12 21 8 8 1 1 1 8 0 2 0 .381 — — — — 0.0
1932 MRM NSL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1933 PC NN2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1933 ACG NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1935 PC NN2 15 19 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .263 — — — — 0.0
1936 PC NN2 16 29 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 .069 — — — — 0.0
1937 PC NN2 22 53 9 15 5 1 1 7 1 7 0 .283 .276 (+2%) .342 (+10%) .398 (+18%) .740 (+15%) 135.0
1938 PC NN2 17 31 10 10 0 1 2 10 0 4 0 .323 — — — — 0.0
1939 BEG NN2 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1939 TC2 NN2 5 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 — — — — 0.0
1939 TC NAL 7 24 2 10 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 .417 — — — — 0.0
1940 TIC NAL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1942 BEG NN2 29 41 7 9 0 1 1 2 1 4 8 .220 — — — — 0.0
1943 BEG NN2 34 97 6 21 3 3 1 4 1 6 0 .216 .255 (-15%) .324 (-17%) .346 (-2%) .671 (-9%) -170.2
1944 BEG NN2 19 33 4 8 4 0 1 2 0 7 0 .242 — — — — 0.0
1945 BEG NN2 7 11 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .364 — — — — 0.0
1946 BEG NN2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1946 NBY NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 18 seasons 196 388 57 97 18 7 7 40 5 47 8 .250 — — — — -35

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1935 NLC PC 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 2 1 0 4.0 6 4 2 1 9.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1935 NLC PC 0 0 2 1 0 4.0 6 4 2 1 9.00

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (274 games) →

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home88135233729.274
Away871752040414.229

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home56224.22483466711.36
Away43220.02116280422.54

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1946-07-10 NY5NW2L 100000000
1946-05-26 NY5NW2W 300000000
1946-05-13 BLGNY6L 101100100
1946-05-05 BLGHOMW 100000000
1945-09-09 BLGNW2L 311000010
1945-09-04 BLGNY6W 100000000
1945-09-03 BLGHOML 000000000
1945-09-03 BLGHOML 000000000
1945-08-31 BLGNY5L 100000000
1945-08-20 BLGNY5W 311100010

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1946-05-13 BLGNY6 L 4.0753032
1945-09-09 BLGNW2 — 7.21255200
1945-09-04 BLGNY6 W 2.2100020
1945-09-03 BLGHOM — 0.0000000
1945-09-03 BLGHOM L 2.2410000
1945-08-20 BLGNY5 W 7.2510220
1944-09-03 BLGNY5 W 7.01030020
1944-08-20 BLGNY6 L 4.1740030
1944-08-18 BLGNY6 SV 1.0000000
1944-08-09 BLGHOM L 8.0920000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 11 7 59 1 4 5
OF 44 39 51 5 9 0
P 109 58 9 158 7 5
PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1932 MRS OF 3 3 1 0 2 0
1932 MRS P 8 4 1 10 1 0
1932 MRM P 2 1 0 1 1 0
1933 PC P 2 1 0 1 0 0
1933 ACG P 1 0 0 2 0 0
1935 PC P 12 5 2 13 0 2
1936 PC P 14 6 0 23 1 0
1937 PC OF 10 8 15 1 0 0
1937 PC P 9 3 3 16 0 0
1938 PC OF 2 2 3 0 2 0
1938 PC P 11 7 0 13 1 1
1939 BEG P 3 2 0 3 0 0
1939 TC2 OF 3 3 3 1 0 0
1939 TC2 P 2 1 0 2 0 0
1939 TC 1B 4 4 25 0 4 2
1939 TC OF 2 2 3 0 0 0
1939 TC P 3 1 0 6 0 1
1940 TIC 1B 2 0 3 0 0 1
1942 BEG 1B 4 3 30 1 0 2
1942 BEG P 17 8 1 25 0 0
1943 BEG OF 17 16 19 2 4 0
1943 BEG P 14 13 2 28 3 0
1944 BEG 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1944 BEG OF 6 4 6 1 0 0
1944 BEG P 6 4 0 13 0 1
1945 BEG OF 1 1 1 0 1 0
1945 BEG P 4 1 0 2 0 0
1946 BEG P 1 1 0 0 0 0
1946 NBY PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 109
First Base 11
Left Field 19
Center Field 1
Right Field 24

Most Similar Players

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

  1. 98
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  2. 92
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    19-27, 5.07 ERA
  3. 91
    Dennis Springer
    24-48, 5.18 ERA
  4. 71
    Roy K. Williams
    20-19, 5.04 ERA
  5. 71
    Dick Pole
    25-37, 5.05 ERA
  6. 70
    Harry Kenyon
    31-33, 5.09 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Bill Harvey

Was Bill Harvey a pitcher?
Yes. Bill Harvey pitched in the major leagues, recording 24 wins and 241 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bill Harvey hit?
Bill Harvey hit 7 career home runs with 97 hits.