(05-22-2020, 08:24 AM)Phogge Wrote: It appears that Bucky Harris played one game at shortstop with the Tigers at the end of the ‘29 season. Gehringer probably played his usual second base that day.
Unquestionably, Harris should have played shortstop. They had six different players play shortstop that season, and all of them were terrible, and I guarantee you that you've never heard of any of them. Gehringer led the league in games in 1929, with 155. On 7/20, 8/9, 8/10 and 8/11, Bucky started at 2B and Gehringer took over for him.
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They played together briefly as a SS-2B combination on June 22, in a 4-3 loss to the Indians. Harris went in as a PH for a catcher, and moved over to shortstop. He was the third shortstop of the game. Gehringer played a full game at second base, so yes, technically, they played together at shortstop. Stats show that Harris played the eighth inning. He had a ball hit to him, which turned into a single. No notes on whether the scorer was generous. Harris got credit for two innings played, but the home team didn't need the ninth inning, so technically he was in the field for just one inning.
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