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Harry Felix (1875–1961) was an American right-handed
pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...
in
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during the and seasons. Felix made his debut for the
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on October 5, 1901, pitching two innings at the end of a game against the
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. The following season, he pitched for the
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, starting on Opening Day and compiling a record of 1–3 in nine games, allowing 28
earned run In baseball, an earned run is any run that was fully enabled by the offensive team's production in the face of competent play from the defensive team. Conversely, an unearned run is a run that would not have been scored without the aid of an erro ...
s in 45
innings pitched In baseball, the statistic innings pitched (IP) is the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of Batter (baseball), batters and baserunners that have been put out while the pitcher is on the Baseball field#Pitcher's mou ...
. Felix also played in seven games at
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for the Phillies, compiling a
batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ...
of .135 and a
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of .774 over his 16 games played. Felix played his last game on July 24, 1902, and died on October 17, 1961, in
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1875 births 1961 deaths Baseball players from Brooklyn Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (baseball) players Philadelphia Phillies players Newark Colts players Montreal Royals players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1870s-stub