Joe Harris (baseball)

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Joe Harris
Joe Harris
First Baseman
Born: May 20, 1891
Died: December 10, 1959 (aged 68)
Batted: Both Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 9, 1914
for the New York Yankees
Final game
September 25, 1928
for the Brooklyn Robins
Career statistics
Batting average     .317
Home Runs     47
Hits     963
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Batted .335 for Boston Red Sox in 1923.
  • First player to hit a home run in first appearance in World Series (1924).

Joseph Harris (May 20, 1891 - December 10, 1959), nicknamed "Moon," was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born in Coulters, Pennsylvania.

In 1918, he was drafted into the United States Army. He served during World War I and was gassed. In 1919, he left the Army and returned to the Cleveland Indians for part of the season. At season's end, he played for an industrial team, which offered him money and a business. Harris played with the team for the 1920 season. Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis promptly banned him from baseball for life for having "played with and against ineligible players in independent games".

Harris later applied for reinstatement; Landis agreed to the reinstatement, in part due to Harris' war service. Harris was the first ballplayer to be reinstated after receiving a lifetime banishment. He died at age 68 in Renton, Pennsylvania.

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