If you need to know anything about the career of Lenny Harris, it’s his career as a pinch-hitter. Harris’ career was built on this. His 212 pinch-hits are 37 more than the next best player in the history of the game. When the New York Mets acquired him for the second time, his role was quite clear.
Less than two full years after trading Harris to the Cincinnati Reds for John Hudek, the Amazins re-acquired Harris for their stretch-run in 2000. It was on June 2nd when they shipped Bill Pulsipher off to the Arizona Diamondbacks to land Harris.