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Signed by the Phillies in 1957, by 1963 so not in their plans that they had loaned him to Hawaii of the PCL. Then on June 29 the Phils sold the veteran Jim Lemon to the White Sox and needed somebody in a hurry, and that was Harrington.

He didn't get into a game until July 10. Roy Sievers led off the 8th inning with a single and Gene Mauch sent Harrington in to pinch-run. He got as far as second, the inning ended, Frank Torre replaced both him and Sievers (at first base) - and that was it.

In a bizarre twist, three days later the Phils sent Harrington to their PCL farm in Little Rock to make room for Cal Emery, who himself would get into just 16 big league games (15 as a pinch-hitter) for the '63 Phils. George Brace got at least one shot of Emery, too, as you'll see.

Harrington played in the minors through 1966.