Hogan Harris
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1996)}}
{{distinguish|Hobie Harris}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Hogan Harris
|image =
|caption =
|team = Athletics
|number = 36
|position = Pitcher
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|12|26}}
|birth_place = Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
|bats = Right
|throws = Left
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate = April 14
|debutyear = 2023
|debutteam = Oakland Athletics
|statyear = June 24, 2025
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label = Win–loss record
|stat1value = 8–11
|stat2label = Earned run average
|stat2value = 4.62
|stat3label = Strikeouts
|stat3value = 155
|teams =
- Oakland Athletics / Athletics ({{mlby|2023}}–present)
}}
Hogan Anthony Harris (born December 26, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Amateur career
Harris attended St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/sports/high_schools/article_89d99b90-1994-5aa5-8bd7-d2b650ab56f5.html|title=Chase Vallot, Hogan Harris spark St. Thomas More semifinal win|first=Robin |last=Fambrough|website=NOLA.com|date=May 30, 2014 }} In 2015, his senior year, he went 6–1 with a 0.67 ERA, earning All-State honors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/high_schools/article_e5fe809a-7986-52f7-b90e-025318917885.html|title=Cajuns signee Hogan Harris faces 'win-win situation' in Major League Baseball draft|first=William |last=Weathers|website=The Advocate|date=August 21, 205}}{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.mlblogs.com/2018-mlb-first-year-player-draft-day-2-6d1002847c1d|title=2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft — Day 2|date=June 5, 2018|website=Medium}}
Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he played college baseball. In 2016, Harris' freshman year at UL Lafayette, he appeared in 16 games (two starts) in which he went 2–0 with a 3.90 ERA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2017/02/16/robichaux-has-tough-call-how-use-harris/98010162/|title=Robichaux has tough call on how to use Harris|first=Tim|last=Buckley|website=The Daily Advertiser}} That summer, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|url=http://pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=1006293 |title=#54 Hogan Harris - Profile |publisher=pointstreak.com |access-date=May 6, 2020}} As a sophomore in 2017, he compiled a 5–2 record with a 2.66 ERA over 13 games (12 starts), striking out 87 batters over {{fraction|67|2|3}} innings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2018/03/02/ul-cajuns-baseball-coach-tony-robichaux-wants-stay-very-cautious-hogan-harris/390324002/|title=Cajuns coach wants to 'stay very cautious' with Harris|first=Tim |last=Buckley|date=March 2, 2018|website=The Daily Advertiser}}{{Cite web|url=https://espn1420.com/2018-ul-baseball-media-day-pitcher-hogan-harris/|title=2018 UL Baseball Media Day: Pitcher Hogan Harris|website=Sports Radio ESPN 1420|date=February 5, 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iberianet.com/sports/becoming-an-ace/article_ec415d12-0bc2-11e8-9dab-83371f130cb2.html|title=Becoming an ace|first=Raymond|last=Partsch III|website=The Daily Iberian}} He returned to the Cape Cod League after the season's end and played for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox.{{cite web|url=http://pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=1144007 |title=Hogan Harris - Profile |publisher=pointstreak.com |access-date=May 6, 2020}} In 2018, Harris' junior season, he missed the first six weeks of the season due to an oblique injury, but eventually returned and went 5–2 with a 2.62 ERA over 12 games (11 starts).{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_b34a4ef6-691e-11e8-a7d9-fb8e50e76962.html|title=Why did Cajuns pitcher Hogan Harris go so early in the third round of MLB draft? Work, and command|first=Dan |last=McDonald|website=The Advocate|date=June 5, 2018 }}
Professional career
Following his junior season, Harris was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and signed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2018/06/05/ul-baseball-oakland-athletics-take-cajuns-lefty-harris-mlb-draft/673998002/|title=UL's Harris goes early to Oakland; Stoelke, Lee drafted|first=Tim|last=Buckley|website=The Daily Advertiser}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/a-s-load-up-on-college-talent-at-draft-c279923560|title=A's load up on college talent on Day 2|website=MLB.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iberianet.com/sports/harris-heads-list-of-drafted-state-players/article_80b345ea-6939-11e8-933c-03ed4752836f.html|title=Harris heads list of drafted state players|first=Chris|last=Landry|website=The Daily Iberian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_078a3bf8-690f-11e8-a31e-7b8d21eed267.html|title=Hogan Harris highlights seven players taken from Louisiana universities Tuesday in MLB draft|first=Luke |last=Johnson|website=The Advocate|date=June 5, 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/oakland-athletics-reach-terms-with-26-mlb-draft-picks/|title=Oakland Athletics reach terms with 26 MLB Draft picks|date=June 10, 2018|website=The San Francisco Examiner}} He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Vermont Lake Monsters of the Low–A New York–Penn League before being promoted to the Stockton Ports of the High–A California League in July.{{Cite web|url=https://espn1420.com/former-ul-baseball-star-hogan-harris-records-first-pro-win/|title=Former UL Baseball Star Records Memorable Pro Win|website=Sports Radio ESPN 1420|date=July 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.recordnet.com/sports/20190804/stockton-ports-lefty-hogan-harris-brings-heat-to-rotation|title=Stockton Ports lefty Hogan Harris brings heat to rotation|first=Kevin |last=Niendorf|website=recordnet.com}} Over 15 games (13 starts) between the two clubs, Harris pitched to a 1–5 record with a 2.80 ERA, striking out 65 batters over {{fraction|54|2|3}} innings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1565073/2020/01/28/crystal-ball-three-prospects-from-the-as-and-giants-who-will-have-breakout-2020-seasons/|title=Crystal ball: Three prospects from the A's and Giants who will have breakout 2020 seasons|first=Melissa|last=Lockard|website=The Athletic}}
Harris did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-canceled|title = 2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled|website = MLB.com}} He missed all of the 2021 season due to an undisclosed injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/athletics-hogan-harris-yet-to-pitch-this-season/|title=Athletics' Hogan Harris: Yet to pitch this season|website=CBSSports.com|date=August 6, 2021 }} He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox after the season with whom he gave up eight earned runs and 14 walks, alongside striking out 14 batters, over ten innings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/arizona-fall-league-rosters-2021-prospect-loaded?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage|title = Here are the Arizona Fall League rosters|website = MLB.com}} He was assigned to the Lansing Lugnuts of the High-A Midwest League to begin the 2022 season.{{Cite web | url=https://www.milb.com/lansing/news/athletics-prospect-soderstrom-headlines-lugnuts-roster | title=A's No. 1 prospect Soderstrom headlines Lugnuts' 2022 roster }} In mid-June, he was promoted to the Midland RockHounds of the Double-A Texas League.{{cite web | url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/athletics-denzel-clarke-makes-jump-to-high-a-lansing/ | title=Athletics' Denzel Clarke: Makes jump to High-A Lansing | date=June 14, 2022 }} In mid-August, he was promoted to the Las Vegas Aviators of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.{{cite web | url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_f97c344e-215b-11ed-b4d8-5f0618cdda87.html | title=As usual, ex-Cajun Hogan Harris taking promotion to Triple-A in stride | date=August 21, 2022 }} Over 23 games (22 starts) between the three teams, he went 2–4 with a 3.42 ERA and 105 strikeouts over {{fraction|73|2|3}} innings.{{cite web | url=https://www.milb.com/player/hogan-harris-663687?season=2022&team=400 | title=Hogan Harris Stats, Fantasy & News }}
On November 15, 2022, the Athletics selected Harris's contract and added him to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.{{cite web | title=Press release: A's select LHP Hogan Harris and OF Lawrence Butler | website=MLB.com | date=November 15, 2022 | url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-a-s-select-lhp-hogan-harris-and-of-lawrence-butler | access-date=February 16, 2025}} Harris was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to begin the 2023 season.{{cite web | title=Press release: A's announce 10 roster moves | website=MLB.com | date=March 12, 2023 | url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-a-s-roster-moves-march-12-2023 | access-date=February 16, 2025}}
On April 14, 2023, Harris was recalled and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.{{cite news |title=Ex-UL and STM star pitcher Hogan Harris promoted to the Major Leagues |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/ex-ul-stm-star-pitcher-hogan-harris-promoted-to-big-leagues/article_d7169f16-daf6-11ed-9950-77011cee3924.html |access-date=April 15, 2023 |work=The Acadiana Advocate |date=April 14, 2023}} After initially appearing in three games as a reliever, Harris made his first career MLB start against Pittsburgh on June 7. Pitching 5 innings, Harris earned the win after giving up 3 earned runs. In 14 games (6 starts) for Oakland, he registered a 3–6 record and 7.14 ERA with 56 strikeouts across 63.0 innings of work.
Harris was optioned to Triple–A Las Vegas to begin the 2024 season.{{cite web | title=Athletics' Hogan Harris: Optioned to Triple-A | website=CBSSports.com | date=March 3, 2024 | url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/athletics-hogan-harris-optioned-to-triple-a-906227/ | access-date=February 16, 2025}}
References
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External links
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