Richard Joseph Harley (September 25, 1872 – April 3, 1952) was an American baseball outfielder, manager, and coach.

[1] Harley later served as the player-manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Eastern League (1904–1905) and as a college baseball coach for Georgetown (1913), Penn State (1915–1917), and Pittsburgh (1920–1924).

He grew up on his family's land named Boxwood Farm located in Whitpain Township, northwest of Philadelphia.

Dick was elected captain of the Georgetown nine in his sixth and final year and had standing offers from two professional baseball teams.

After graduation, Dick immediately signed his first professional baseball contract with the Springfield Ponies (Massachusetts) of the Eastern League where he played from June 28, 1896, to September 15, 1896.

Later in the fall of 1896 he was contacted by the Philadelphia Phillies who he eventually signed a contract with in December 1896 and attended their spring training camp in Augusta, Georgia for 1897.

rwh220) On May 29, 1897, he was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Bill Hallman to the St. Louis Browns in exchange for Tommy Dowd.

[1] Prior to the start of the 1899 season, the St. Louis Browns baseball club was acquired by the owners of the Cleveland Spiders.

[1] On April 3, 1900, the Detroit Tigers purchased four former Spiders: Harley, Sport McAllister, Harry Lochhead, and Suter Sullivan.

Harley appeared in 123 games for the 1900 Tigers and led the team with a .325 batting average, 77 runs scored, and 47 stolen bases.

In early October 1902, Harley signed with the Chicago Cubs for the 1903 season, jumping back to the National League.

[1] The 1904 season saw Harley playing left field with the Toronto baseball club of the Eastern (minor) League.

On August 30, 1905, Harley was acquired by the Providence Clamdiggers (also Eastern League) where he stayed through the end of the 1906 season.

Harley was released May 19, 1909 from the Louisville team (suffering from a badly cut hand) and came back to the Phila.

He signed on to manage the Penn State University baseball club for the 1915, 1916 and 1917 seasons and had a cumulative record of 44 and 19.

Harley also would coach the Villa Nova College baseball club before reporting for spring training during the years 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1903 and 1904.