Virgil Harris

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Virgil Harris

| image = Virgil Harris Baseball.jpg

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|8|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Petrey, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|7|3|1911|8|4}}

| death_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| bats = Both

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1936

| debutteam = Cincinnati Tigers

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1936

| finalteam = Cincinnati Tigers

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• Cincinnati Tigers (1936)

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Virgil Charles Harris (August 4, 1911 – July 3, 1980), nicknamed "Schoolboy", was an American Negro league pitcher who played in the 1930s.

A native of Petrey, Alabama, Harris was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Sonny Harris and brother-in-law of Negro leaguer Jesse Houston. He played for the Cincinnati Tigers in 1936. In four recorded appearances on the mound, Harris posted a 4.34 ERA over 18.2 innings.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=harri01vir |title=Virgil Harris |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=December 16, 2021}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=harris000vir |title=Virgil Harris |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=December 16, 2021}} He died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1980 at age 68.