Harry Colliflower

{{Short description|American baseball player (1869–1961)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Harry Colliflower

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date|1869|3|11}}

|birth_place=Petersville, Maryland

|death_date={{death date and age|1961|8|14|1869|3|11}}

|death_place=Washington, D.C.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 21

|debutyear=1899

|debutteam=Cleveland Spiders

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 12

|finalyear=1899

|finalteam=Cleveland Spiders

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–11

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=8.17

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=8

|teams=

• Cleveland Spiders ({{mlby|1899}})

}}

James Harry Colliflower (March 11, 1869 – August 14, 1961),{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colliha01.shtml | title = Harry Colliflower Statistics – Baseballreference.com}} nicknamed "Collie", was a Major League Baseball player during the {{Baseball year|1899}} season. As a 30-year-old rookie southpaw pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders, Colliflower won his debut game on July 21 giving up only 3 runs on 6 hits in a 5–3 victory against his hometown Washington Senators in the first half of a double header.{{cite web | url=http://rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2006/03/harry-colliflower-and-1899-cleveland.html | title =Harry Colliflower and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders}} Colliflower then lost his next 11 decisions, compiling an 8.17 earned run average, and a .303 batting average as a substitute outfielder.

In 1905, he coached Georgetown University's baseball team before becoming a minor league umpire for a couple of seasons. He umpired in the American League during the 1910 season.{{cite web | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/umpires/umpires-ad.shtml | title = Major League Umpire Rosters (A - D)}}{{cite web | url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/all_time_roster.jsp#C | title = Major League Umpires All-time Roster}} Colliflower umpired in the Southern League in 1911, and the Departmental League in Washington D.C. in 1912. After retiring from umpiring Colliflower worked as a clerk for his nephew's fuel and oil company.