Skeeter
Barnes
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 3, 1957 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1987   
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
1983 26 BOS AL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1984 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1985 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1986 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 8
1987 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1988 31 BOS AL $ 497,143   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1989 32 BOS AL $ 497,143   5 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1990 33 BOS AL $ 497,143   5 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 497,143   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 8
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
1983 26 AA   137 528 70 167 36 3 20 81 6 5 53 53 .316 .379 .509 .888 94.7  
1984 27 BOS AL 56 152 14 39 5 0 4 19 0 1 10 25 .257 .302 .368 .671 15.6 1.8
    AAA   24 86 17 28 5 3 4 18 0 1 7 7 .326 .376 .593 .969 17.0  
1985 28 BOS AL 90 261 27 66 13 2 4 29 0 2 14 30 .253 .293 .364 .657 23.9 1.7
1986 29 BOS AL 86 221 33 63 18 1 3 28 3 1 14 24 .285 .333 .416 .750 26.9 5.0
1987 30 BOS AL 91 222 32 64 11 2 5 22 1 1 14 23 .288 .332 .423 .755 29.3 5.7
1988 31 BOS AL 39 45 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .222 .239 .244 .484 2.0 0.0
1989 32 BOS AL 46 90 9 24 7 0 1 10 0 1 6 16 .267 .309 .378 .687 10.5 1.8
    AAA   55 226 25 64 12 2 6 21 1 2 14 27 .283 .325 .434 .759 30.1  
1990 33 BOS AL 14 23 4 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .174 .240 .304 .544 1.9 0.2
    AAA   108 406 40 107 18 3 17 60 3 3 25 65 .264 .306 .448 .755 54.4  
7 Years Sim 422 1014 124 270 55 5 18 116 4 6 61 135 .266 .310 .384 .693 110.0 16.2
3 Years AAA 187 718 82 199 35 8 27 99 4 6 46 99 .277 .322 .461 .783 101.5  
1 Years AA 137 528 70 167 36 3 20 81 6 5 53 53 .316 .379 .509 .889 94.7  
4 Years Minors 324 1246 152 366 71 11 47 180 10 11 99 152 .294 .347 .482 .828 196.2  
162 Game Average 389 47 103 21 1 6 44 1 2 23 51 .266 .310 .384 .693 42.2  
Career Highs 91 261 33 66 18 2 5 29 3 2 14 30 .288 .333 .423 .755 29.3  
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   498 57 120 28 3 4 46 2 2 22 78 .241 .273 .333 .607 42.5
vs LH   516 67 150 27 2 14 70 2 4 39 57 .291 .343 .432 .776 72.4
Home 197 485 63 145 34 2 11 68 1 3 25 65 .299 .334 .445 .779 66.5
Away 225 529 61 125 21 3 7 48 3 3 36 70 .236 .288 .327 .615 48.4
RISP   275 0 66 17 0 3 86 0 0 20 44 .240 .291 .335 .626 26.3
Pinch Hitting   27 2 8 0 0 1 6 0 1 2 2 .296 .345 .407 .752 3.5
Close/Late   132 12 24 4 1 2 10 0 0 9 17 .182 .234 .273 .507 8.0
Mar/Apr 64 129 22 38 5 2 2 13 0 1 11 21 .295 .355 .411 .765 17.7
May 71 169 18 40 8 0 4 23 1 1 14 22 .237 .296 .355 .651 17.8
June 54 125 17 31 9 0 2 16 1 0 7 17 .248 .296 .368 .664 12.9
July 60 137 14 34 4 0 4 17 0 0 7 17 .248 .285 .365 .650 14.1
August 79 200 24 55 11 1 2 17 1 0 11 21 .275 .311 .370 .681 22.3
Sep/Oct 94 254 29 72 18 2 4 30 1 4 11 37 .283 .315 .417 .732 30.0
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
1984 27 BOS AL 3B 47 35 329.7 22 92 5 8 .958 3.11   1.2
    1B 5 2 23.0 26 2 1 4 .966 10.96   0.0
    LF 3 2 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53   0.0
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.80    
1985 28 BOS AL 3B 66 51 465.7 31 113 10 11 .935 2.78   1.3
    1B 16 8 82.0 101 9 1 10 .991 12.07   0.2
    LF 8 6 59.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.2
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1986 29 BOS AL 3B 61 54 470.7 31 116 11 8 .930 2.81   1.6
    1B 19 4 81.0 82 7 0 10 1.000 9.89   0.2
    LF 3 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
    RF 3 1 13.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
1987 30 BOS AL 3B 69 44 424.0 22 108 6 7 .956 2.76   1.1
    1B 17 3 44.3 58 2 2 2 .968 12.18   0.1
    LF 4 3 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    RF 2 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1988 31 BOS AL 1B 17 2 42.7 44 3 3 4 .940 9.92   0.0
    3B 11 3 37.0 3 11 1 0 .933 3.41   0.1
    RF 3 1 12.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.50   0.0
    2B 4 0 10.0 2 1 1 0 .750 2.70   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 32 BOS AL 3B 16 10 93.7 5 23 1 2 .966 2.69   0.4
    1B 20 6 79.3 87 11 1 11 .990 11.12   0.1
    LF 5 1 17.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.1
    RF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    2B 2 0 9.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 33 BOS AL LF 6 3 33.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.55   0.0
    RF 2 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    1B 5 0 12.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 12.75   0.0
  3B 270 197 1820.6 114 463 34 36 .944 2.85   5.6
  1B 99 25 364.3 415 34 8 41 .982 11.09   0.6
  LF 31 16 173.7 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.5
  RF 16 8 84.7 19 0 2 0 .905 2.02   0.0
  2B 6 0 19.0 3 2 1 1 .833 2.37   0.0
  SS 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   424 246 2468.3 582 499 45 78 .960 3.94   6.7
Career Highs   92 65 609.7 146 123 11 21 1.000 5.60    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 29 BOS AL 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 30 BOS AL 9 17 8 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 .529 .526 .706 1.232
Career Post-Season Batting 10 22 8 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 .409 .417 .545 .962
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Worcester in 1963
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1964, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1964, off Tom Borland (OAK)
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 9/25/1966
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,228,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1968, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $8,250,000 per year, for 7 years
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Oakland on 5/25/1969
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1969, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/30/1969
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1969, hitting .300 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1970, hitting .409 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1970, hitting .370 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 6/26/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1970, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/27/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1971, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Injured on 9/10/1971 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1971
Injured on 5/20/1972 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (A) on 7/22/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1972, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1973 (Going to CLE: SS Dick Allen, P Gary Wagner, P Jim Merritt, P Jerry Cram. Going to KCR: 1B Cliff Johnson, RF Joe Lahoud, CF Pepe Mangual, CF Jim Nettles)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/13/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1974, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1974, hitting .303 with 31 HR, 110 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
9/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $7,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Oakland on 2/1/1976 (Going to CLE: SS Rafael Robles. Going to OAK: SS Dick Allen)
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland (A) on 5/21/1976
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/7/1977, off Tom Hume (WAS)
Injured on 4/13/1978 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/29/1978 with a Strained Back, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Oakland to Colorado on 7/31/1978 (Going to COL: SS Dick Allen. Going to OAK: P Chip Lang)
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 4/26/1979
10/3/1979: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 3/4/1980 (Going to KCR: SS Dick Allen, C Johnny Bench, RF Joe Ferguson, 3B Oscar Gamble, CF Johnny Grubb. Going to COL: 3B Jim Morrison, SS Doug Rader)
Injured on 4/6/1980 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 8/26/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1981, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to New York (A) on 7/1/1982 (Going to KCR: SS Dave Hilton. Going to NYA: SS Dick Allen, P Jeff Jones)
Drafted in 4th round, 76th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1983
Had first career hit on 5/1/1984, off Floyd Bannister (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/17/1984, off Dave Geisel (MIL)
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $497,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $497,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $497,143 through salary arbitration