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Barkley		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 160
 
Born: September 19, 1913 in Usa, TX, CHILDRESS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1940    1944   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 23 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6
1938 24 NYG NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6
1939 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
1940 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
1941 27 CIN NL     2 2 3 1 1 1 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
1943 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6
1944 30 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1945 31 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
1946 32 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
1947 33 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 4 4
1948 34 BOS AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 6 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 6 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1937 23 AA   111 404 49 117 25 0 6 51 1 0 70 42 .290 .395 .396 .791 66.1  
    A   26 101 15 33 12 1 2 12 1 0 16 14 .327 .419 .525 .944 20.7  
1938 24 AA   135 516 71 159 38 1 10 50 0 0 84 64 .308 .405 .444 .849 92.1  
1939 25 CIN NL 126 388 43 89 21 0 1 23 1 1 45 80 .229 .310 .291 .602 35.9 2.8
    AAA   26 105 14 25 4 0 2 10 0 0 14 31 .238 .328 .333 .661 12.3  
1940 26 CIN NL 152 467 41 107 14 3 3 37 0 0 43 102 .229 .295 .291 .586 39.1 2.4
1941 27 CIN NL 74 185 10 32 6 0 1 16 0 0 17 40 .173 .243 .222 .464 8.1 0.0
1943 29 BOS AL 101 283 25 56 14 0 1 27 0 0 35 61 .198 .284 .258 .542 20.9 0.0
    A   54 187 18 40 13 1 4 27 0 0 38 22 .214 .347 .358 .705 26.0  
1944 30 BOS AL 149 448 28 67 21 1 2 36 0 0 47 108 .150 .229 .214 .443 15.9 0.0
1945 31 BOS AL 123 369 36 61 21 0 1 18 0 0 44 74 .165 .254 .230 .484 17.7 0.0
1946 32 AAA   135 404 48 97 28 1 5 35 0 1 44 67 .240 .315 .351 .666 45.1  
1947 33 BOS AL 15 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.7 0.0
    AAA   134 432 35 79 26 1 3 38 1 0 59 91 .183 .281 .269 .550 34.9  
1948 34 AAA   137 487 47 83 24 3 2 37 2 0 64 101 .170 .267 .244 .511 33.6  
7 Years Sim 740 2158 185 416 97 4 9 157 1 1 231 468 .193 .271 .254 .524 138.3 5.1
4 Years AAA 432 1428 144 284 82 5 12 120 3 1 181 290 .199 .288 .289 .577 126.0  
2 Years AA 246 920 120 276 63 1 16 101 1 0 154 106 .300 .399 .423 .822 158.2  
2 Years A 80 288 33 73 25 2 6 39 1 0 54 36 .253 .370 .417 .787 46.6  
8 Years Minors 758 2636 297 633 170 8 34 260 5 1 389 432 .240 .337 .349 .686 330.7  
162 Game Average 472 40 91 21 0 1 34 0 0 50 102 .193 .271 .254 .524 30.3  
Career Highs 152 467 43 107 21 3 3 37 1 1 47 108 .229 .310 .291 .602 39.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1434 117 254 60 3 7 106 1 1 135 345 .177 .248 .238 .485 80.9
vs LH   724 68 162 37 1 2 51 0 0 96 123 .224 .314 .286 .600 70.2
Home 368 1048 103 203 51 2 4 82 1 1 111 225 .194 .271 .258 .529 74.0
Away 372 1110 82 213 46 2 5 75 0 0 120 243 .192 .270 .250 .520 77.1
RISP   483 0 87 12 1 1 132 0 0 48 108 .180 .252 .215 .467 25.9
Pinch Hitting   10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.8
Close/Late   205 10 34 5 2 0 6 0 0 24 46 .166 .252 .210 .462 10.9
Mar/Apr 99 314 21 52 14 1 1 17 0 0 28 65 .166 .234 .226 .460 14.9
May 118 345 28 64 14 1 3 27 0 0 33 83 .186 .256 .258 .514 22.7
June 120 335 31 73 13 1 1 23 0 0 30 74 .218 .283 .272 .555 25.9
July 128 382 27 65 17 0 2 24 1 1 46 83 .170 .258 .230 .489 23.2
August 137 397 37 84 20 0 1 37 0 0 48 77 .212 .295 .270 .565 33.6
Sep/Oct 138 385 41 78 19 1 1 29 0 0 46 86 .203 .288 .265 .553 30.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1939 25 CIN NL 2B 81 79 630.7 149 254 8 51 .981 5.75   2.6
    3B 27 26 208.0 16 57 1 6 .986 3.16   1.1
    SS 24 17 152.0 31 70 3 15 .971 5.98   1.0
1940 26 CIN NL 3B 145 142 1209.0 87 313 16 26 .962 2.98   4.5
    SS 4 1 13.0 3 5 1 1 .889 5.54   0.0
1941 27 CIN NL SS 55 50 428.7 62 165 4 32 .983 4.77   2.2
    3B 11 3 38.0 1 10 1 1 .917 2.61   0.1
    2B 7 2 31.0 10 11 1 4 .955 6.10   0.1
1943 29 BOS AL SS 101 95 778.0 154 396 29 77 .950 6.36   2.4
1944 30 BOS AL SS 149 147 1192.7 226 608 31 124 .964 6.29   5.6
1945 31 BOS AL SS 123 103 897.7 178 408 31 89 .950 5.88   1.7
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 33 BOS AL 2B 10 2 31.7 11 15 0 3 1.000 7.39   0.2
    SS 2 1 10.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
    3B 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 458 414 3472.0 655 1659 99 339 .959 6.00   13.1
  3B 187 171 1462.0 104 380 18 33 .964 2.98   5.8
  2B 99 83 695.3 170 282 9 58 .980 5.85   3.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   745 668 5630.3 929 2321 126 430 .963 5.20   21.8
Career Highs   149 147 1222.0 226 608 31 124 1.000 6.36    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1939-6-80
1940-5-102
1944-4-108
1945-10-74
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Buddy Kerr (953)
  2. Dick Schofield (942)
  3. Tim Foli (937)
  4. Lou Skizas (910)
  5. Eddie Leon (906)
  6. Sibby Sisti (905)
  7. Bob Sadowski (903)
  8. Gair Allie (902)
  9. Sandy Alomar Sr. (901)
  10. Milt Bolling (899)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Oakland in 1937
Injured on 7/6/1937 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week
Traded from Oakland to New York (G) on 2/1/1938 (Going to NYG: P Paul Derringer, 2B Red Barkley. Going to OAK: RF Paul Waner)
Injured on 4/30/1938 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Traded from New York (G) to Cincinnati on 4/2/1939 (Going to CIN: 3B Red Barkley. Going to NYG: RF Jimmy Ripple, 3B Pinky Higgins)
Had first career hit on 5/1/1939, off Whit Wyatt (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1939, off Spud Chandler (BSN)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1940
Released by Cincinnati on 9/1/1941
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1943 to a minor league deal
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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