Penny Hardaway vs. Bob Harrison Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Harrison and Penny Hardaway, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Penny Hardaway played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bob Harrison, who played 9. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Bob Harrison had his rookie season in 1949-50. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Penny Hardaway	Bob Harrison
Season	1993-94	1949-50
Team	Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	16.0	2.3	3.0	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	3.6	2.5	6.2	13.3	.466	0.6	2.3	.267	3.0	4.0	.742
Bob Harrison	66	-	4.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	1.9	5.3	.359	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	3	44.3	18.7	2.7	4.0	6.7	7.0	1.7	2.0	6.7	3.3	7.3	16.7	.440	1.7	3.7	.455	2.3	3.3	.700
Bob Harrison	12	-	3.5	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	3.1	.432	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.714

Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	Bob Harrison
Season	1994-95	1950-51
Team	Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	77	37.7	20.9	1.8	2.6	4.4	7.2	1.7	0.3	3.4	2.1	7.6	14.8	.512	1.1	3.2	.349	4.6	6.0	.769
Bob Harrison	68	-	5.9	-	-	2.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.2	2.2	6.4	.347	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	21	40.4	19.6	1.4	2.3	3.8	7.7	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.3	6.9	14.5	.472	1.9	4.7	.404	4.0	5.3	.757
Bob Harrison	7	-	7.7	-	-	3.9	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	3.4	7.4	.462	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.750

Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	Bob Harrison
Season	1995-96	1951-52
Team	Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	21.7	1.6	2.7	4.3	7.1	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.0	7.6	14.8	.513	1.1	3.5	.314	5.4	7.1	.767
Bob Harrison	65	26.3	6.2	-	-	2.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.1	2.4	7.5	.320	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.718
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	12	39.4	23.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	6.0	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	8.4	18.1	.465	1.7	4.6	.364	4.8	6.5	.744
Bob Harrison	12	19.6	6.2	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	2.5	5.7	.441	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.824

Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	Bob Harrison
Season	1996-97	1952-53
Team	Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	59	37.6	20.5	1.4	3.1	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	7.1	15.9	.447	1.4	4.5	.318	4.8	5.8	.820
Bob Harrison	70	23.5	7.1	-	-	2.2	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	2.8	7.4	.376	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.648
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	5	44.4	31.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	10.4	22.2	.468	2.2	6.0	.367	8.0	10.8	.741
Bob Harrison	12	17.0	5.0	-	-	1.8	1.2	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	5.4	.385	-	-	-	0.8	1.7	.500

Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	Bob Harrison
Season	1997-98	1953-54
Team	Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	19	32.9	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	2.4	2.4	5.4	14.4	.377	0.8	2.6	.300	4.7	6.2	.763
Bob Harrison	64	22.5	6.0	-	-	2.0	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	2.3	7.0	.321	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.595
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Harrison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Penny Hardaway	Bob Harrison
Season	1999-00	1955-56
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	60	37.6	16.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	5.3	1.6	0.6	2.6	2.7	6.3	13.3	.474	0.6	1.7	.324	3.8	4.8	.790
Bob Harrison	72	30.8	8.6	-	-	2.7	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	10.1	.359	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.664
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	9	42.8	20.3	1.6	3.3	4.9	5.7	1.6	1.0	2.8	3.2	7.4	16.1	.462	0.6	2.1	.263	4.9	6.9	.710
Bob Harrison	8	32.0	8.3	-	-	3.0	3.6	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	9.4	.360	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.632

Note: Penny Hardaway didn't play in 2006-07.