Elander Victor Harris (June 10, 1905 – February 23, 1978)[1] was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in the Negro leagues.
Nicknamed "Vicious Vic", he was noted as one of the toughest players of his era along with one of the best managers in black baseball.
In 1938, when Homestead dominated the league and won the first half with an .813 winning percentage, Harris led his team with a .380 batting average.
He took a job with a defense plant after the 1942 season, for which he would play for the Grays when he could do so while Candy Jim Taylor stepped in to manage the team for the next two seasons (each resulted in Negro World Series championships); Harris went 4-for-28 in the 1943 Negro World Series while not playing in the latter.
He won the last held Negro World Series in 1948 as the Grays left the league not long after.
In the waning days of the Negro leagues, Harris coached for the 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants and managed the 1950 Birmingham Black Barons.
After post-integration, he served as coach of the 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants, he took one last managerial job with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1950 before he retired.