Harris named NL Player of the Week

Passing along this release from the Nationals about Willie Harris, who was named NL Player of the Week today after the torrid series he just finished against Atlanta. Here's the info: In the last hour, Major League Baseball named Willie Harris as its National League Player of the Week for the period ending July 20. Last week, the 30 year-old Harris batted .583 (7-for-12) with a double, triple, homer, NL-best 7 RBI, one stolen base, 5 runs scored, 4 walks, a .688 on-base percentage and a 1.083 slugging percentage to garner his first career citation from MLBs office. A few additional notes on Harris: *Harris is batting .366 (26-for-71) with 2 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 13 RBI, 12 walks and 3 stolen bags in 23 games beginning June 22. He has posted stellar OBP (.464), slugging (.620) and OPS (1.084) in the same span. *Harris has started games at 4 positions (2B, LF, CF, RF) for Manny Acta this season. He has also appeared defensively for Washington at 3B and SS in 2008. *Harris 6 home runs this season are not only a career high, they are only one shy of his career total (7) entering the 2008 campaign. *By winning NL POTW, Harris becomes the first Washington National to earn the citation outright. Two other Nationals shared the award with other players: 1B Nick Johnson (June 6, 2005, shared with STLs Albert Pujols) and 3B Ryan Zimmerman (August 5, 2007, shared with ARIs Brandon Webb).