From the back of the card: “When they want somebody to come through with a hit in the pinch they call on Dave Harris.”

The back of the card states that most of Harris’s work came as a pinch hitter, but his career stats suggest that he was more of a part-time player/pinch hitter, and a pretty good one at that. Over seven seasons with the Boston Braves, Washington Senators, and Chicago White Sox, Harris posted a career .812 OPS (111 OPS+) with a respectable .368 OBP, primarily as an outfielder. In 1932 (.938 OPS), he placed 19th in the MVP voting, which seems completely insane, considering he only appeared in 81 games, with only 177 plate appearances.

Harris’s nickname was “The Sheriff.” According to the back of the card, Harris was “a sheriff in his home town of Greensboro, N.C.”

Tags: 1933, 1933 Goudey, Back in the day when players had jobs in the offseason, Boston Braves, Dave Harris, MVP award, OPS, pinch hitter, Sheriff, Washington Senators, white sox

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