:Reggie Harris

{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1968)}}

{{for|the poet|Reggie Harris (poet)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Reggie Harris

|position=Pitcher / Coach

|image=

|team=Down East Bird Dawgs

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1968|8|12}}

|birth_place=Waynesboro, Virginia, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 4

|debutyear=1990

|debutteam= Oakland Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 15

|finalyear=1999

|finalteam= Milwaukee Brewers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.91

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=95

|stat2league = CPBL

|stat21label=Win–loss record

|stat21value=3–5

|stat22label=Earned run average

|stat22value=3.00

|stat23label=Strikeouts

|stat23value=32

|teams=

}}

Reginald Allen Harris (born August 12, 1968) is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher who is currently the pitching coach for the Down East Bird Dawgs of the Frontier League. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics (1990–91), Boston Red Sox (1996), Philadelphia Phillies (1997), Houston Astros (1998), and Milwaukee Brewers (1999). He was drafted in the first round (26th overall) in the 1987 Major League Baseball draft. Listed at {{convert|6|ft|1|in|m}}, {{convert|180|lb|kg}}, Harris batted and threw right-handed.

In a six-season career, Harris posted a 2–3 record with a 4.91 earned run average in 86 appearances, including 95 strikeouts, 81 walks, 28 games finished, and 121.0 innings of work. He was not credited with a save.

In 2015, Harris was hired as pitching coach for the Sussex County Miners but left the team in early July. As of 2018, he served as the pitching coach of the indy league Chicago Dogs.

In 2021, Harris was hired as pitching coach for the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He returned for the 2022 season.

In 2023, Harris moved to the Staten Island FerryHawks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball to serve as their pitching coach.

Prior to the 2025 season, Harris was named pitching coach of the Down East Bird Dawgs of the Frontier League.{{Cite press release |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Down East Bird Dawgs Appoint Reggie Harris as Pitching Coach |url=https://www.downeastbirddawgs.com/press-box/news/2025/12/down-east-bird-dawgs-appoint-reggie-harris-as-pitching-coach/ |access-date=January 8, 2025}}

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