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The odd Yankees career of Joe Harris

Joe Harris had a 10-year major league career, and a pretty decent one at that. He finished with a career OPS of .877. He received MVP votes in 1923 and 1924. The start of his career was rather strange, though.

After playing parts of three years in the minor leagues, Joe Harris signed with the Yankees on June 8, 1914. He played in his first major league game against the White Sox the very next day. Harris came off the bench to play left field for Jimmy Walsh, who had made one of four Yankees errors.