WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES |
| Harrison is the older brother of current Pirates Josh Harrison. He’s a bigger guy than Josh and, unlike his younger brother, showed solid power early in his career with the Devil Rays, and also eventually developed a good eye at the plate. He tended to be old for his levels, though, and was derailed by injuries at the time when he needed to be getting experience in the upper minors. As a result, he never got beyond AA and ended up in independent ball for three years.
2001 Had a good debut in the NYPL as a secondbaseman. 2002 Harrison played briefly at three levels, mainly at third. This probably indicated that Tampa Bay regarded him as an organizational player. 2003 Spent the season playing third in the SAL. He hit for good power, but at 23 he was old for the league. 2004 Harrison hit well in the high-offense California League, then finished the season in AA. He didn’t show the same power there, but still showed a good eye at the plate. 2005 Texas selected Harrison from the Devil Rays in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft, but he broke his hand, costing him the whole season. Texas released him in the spring and Boston eventually signed him in August. 2006 He got selected again in the minor league Rule 5 draft, this time with St. Louis taking him from Boston. Once again, though, he never played for his new team. This time it was due to surgery on a torn quadriceps muscle. 2007 Harrison signed to play with the Marlins, but missed part of the year due to injury once again. Florida released him in late July and the Mets immediately signed him. He played the rest of the season with their AA affiliate. He played mainly third, but also saw time at second and in left. 2008 Spent the year in the independent Northern League, having a solid season at the plate. 2009 Harrison played for three different Northern League teams and again had a good year. 2010 Harrison played most of the year back in the Northern League, but didn’t have as good a season. He finished with ten games in the Atlantic League. 2011 Harrison was one of half a dozen veteran minor leaguers the Pirates signed as player/coaches in November 2011. He’s unlikely to see an action on the field. |
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STATS
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| Baseball Reference–Minors Fangraphs MiLB.com |
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CONTRACT INFORMATION
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| 2012: Minor League contract |
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PLAYER INFORMATION
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| Signing Bonus: N/A MiLB Debut: 2001 MLB Debut: N/A MiLB FA Eligible: Eligible MLB FA Eligible: N/A Rule 5 Eligible: Eligible Added to 40-Man: N/A Options Remaining: 3 MLB Service Time: 0.000 |
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TRANSACTIONS
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| June 3, 1998: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 30th round, 910th overall pick. June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 13th round, 379th overall pick; signed on June 8. December 13, 2004: Selected by the Texas Rangers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. March 17, 2005: Released by the Texas Rangers. August 2005: Signed by the Boston Red Sox. December 8, 2005: Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. 2006: Signed as a minor league free agent by the Florida Marlins. July 2007: Released by the Florida Marlins. July 2007: Signed as a minor league free agent by the New York Mets. November 2, 2007: Became a free agent. November 9, 2011: Signed as a minor league free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
