During the 2014 season, Josh Harrison came out of seemingly nowhere to have a monster season for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Entering the 2014 season Josh Harrison owned a lifetime .282 on-base percentage, .283 wOBA, 78 wRC+, and .117 ISO. He also owned a very poor 2.6 percent walk rate and his fWAR these three seasons was just a combined 1.0.
No matter how you want to slice it Harrison was a well below league average hitter for the first three seasons of his Major League career. But then, his 2014 campaign happened. During the 2014 season, it looked like Josh Harrison was bursting onto the scene as one of the Pirates’ best players.