Earl "Irish" Harrist (April 20, 1919 – September 7, 1998) was an American

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with the

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, Washington Senators,

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and the

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between 1945 and 1953. Harrist batted and threw right-handed. He was born in

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. In five seasons, Harrist had a

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of 12–28 in 132 games, started 24 games, 2 complete games, 50 games finished, 10 saves, 383 innings pitched, 391 hits allowed, 217 runs allowed, 185 earned runs allowed, 20 home runs allowed, 193 walks allowed, 162 strikeouts, 20 hit batsmen, 9 wild pitches, 1,705 batters faced and a 4.34 ERA. He led the

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in Hit Batsmen (10) in 1952. Harrist died in

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on September 7, 1998 at the age of 79.

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