Willie Harris

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Willie Harris

Born:	June 22, 1978
Birthplace:	Cairo, Georgia
Hometown:	Calro, Georgia
Height:	5' 9"
Weight:	175 lbs
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right
Drafted:	1999: 24th Rd. by the Baltimore Orioles
College:	Kennesaw State
High School:	Cairo High School (GA)
Other Teams:	Baltimore Orioles 2001 Chicago White Sox 2002-05 Atlanta Braves 2007-Pres
Years with Boston:	2006

1 Overall Career
2 Moment in the Sun
3 Awards
4 Trivia
5 Transactions
6 External Links

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Overall Career

William Charles (Willie) Harris is a former Chicago White Sox second baseman whose only offensive contribution to the 2006 Boston Red Sox was being the first batter to get a hit off of Mariano Rivera. Harris was DFA'd by the Red Sox on July 18th and accepted an assignment to Pawtucket on July 21st.

Also had a gamesaving assist at the end of a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays which saved Rudy Seanez and Julian Tavarez from further humiliation.

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Moment in the Sun

Willie Harris's only real positive moment was on May 28 at Fenway against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays; the game which can only be called "the ugliest save in the history of baseball." After 8 scoreless innings from Tim Wakefield, with Jonathan Papelbon unavailable, and the score 5-0, the game was turned over to the Gruesome Twosome of Rudy Seanez and Julian Tavarez, who promptly refused to throw strikes and looked to give the game away. Willie, having replaced Manny Ramirez in left, picked up a Carl Crawford two-out hit, the first of the inning, and fired a strong, accurate throw to Doug Mirabelli who tagged Joey Gathright out by a mile at home to mercifully end the game.

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Awards

2001 Eastern League All-Star (AA)

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Trivia

For some reason is one of the best players in MLB 2006: The Show for Playstation 2.
Got a shoutout from David Ortiz during the 2006 Home Run Derby (as did Adam Stern).
Scored the 2005 World Series winning-run for the Chicago White Sox in Game 4 against the Houston Astros.

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 28th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 24th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1999.
January 29, 2002: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Chris Singleton.
December 21, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 19, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
December 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves to a minor league contract.