Helped by Sox starter Mike Boddicker , Harris adapted his curve to a variety of pitching motions. Harris' ERA dropped from 3.85 to 2.51 after he returned to the bullpen in 1992, and he made a league-leading 80 appearances in 1993. Harris' heavy workload soon took its toll. He moved to the Yankees after starting the 1994 season with an 8.38 ERA, and pitched just three games for his new team before the strike hit. Harris' unusual ability to pitch with both hands led to some tension between him and the Red Sox, who forbade the ambidextrous hurler from throwing lefty.
People are afraid to try anything.
In a muted show of defiance, Harris usually chose to wear an ambidextrous glove on the mound. But just before his retirement, while pitching for the Expos in 1995, the veteran hurler finally became the only twentieth-century pitcher to throw from both sides of the mound. The last pitcher to use both hands in a pro game had been Bert Campaneris , who did so in 1962 while playing for Daytona Beach in the Florida State League. Contribute your recollections of Greg Harris by clicking here . The Reds defeat the Expos by a score of 9-7, with Expos reliever Greg Harris pitching the 9th ambidexterously.