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Sam Barkley
Samuel E. Barkley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 1, 1884
Final Game July 12, 1889
Born May 24, 1858 in Wheeling, WV
Died April 20, 1912 in Wheeling, WV

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 26 TOL AA 104  435   71  133  39  9   1    0   0     22      .306  .342  .444  151  193               2    
 1885 27 STL AA 106  418   67  112  18 10   3   53   0     25      .268  .312  .380  113  159               2    
 1886 28 PIT AA 122  478   77  127  31  8   1   69  22     58      .266  .345  .370  127  177               0    
 1887 29 PIT NL  89  340   44   76  10  4   1   35   6     30  24  .224  .294  .285   66   97               4    
 1888 30 KCC AA 116  482   67  104  21  6   4   51  15     26      .216  .262  .309   78  149               4    
 1889 31 KCC AA  45  176   36   50   6  2   0   23   8     15  20  .284  .340  .341   90   60               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      582 2329  362  602 125 39  10  231  51  0 176  44  .258  .314  .359  106  835   0   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        648  101  168  35 11   3   64  14  0  49  12  .258  .314  .359  106  232   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High    122  482   77  133  39 10   4   69  22  0  58  24  .306  .345  .444  151  193   0   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 26 TOL AA  459  302   65   5.6    70| .306  .248| .342  .287| .444  .337| .786  .624| 151  .734  25.5   2.9     
 1885 27 STL AA  445  306   49   4.3    77| .268  .257| .312  .303| .380  .344| .692  .648| 113  .599   6.3   0.7     
 1886 28 PIT AA  536  351   61   4.6    73| .266  .243| .345  .306| .370  .324| .715  .631| 127  .621  16.8   1.9     
 1887 29 PIT NL  374  264   28   2.8    91| .224  .266| .294  .323| .285  .379| .579  .702|  66  .298 -13.9  -1.4     
 1888 30 KCC AA  512  378   38   2.7    75| .216  .251| .262  .310| .309  .331| .571  .641|  78  .412 -12.7  -1.5     
 1889 31 KCC AA  191  126   20   4.1    96| .284  .274| .340  .347| .341  .371| .681  .718|  90  .501  -2.4  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2517 1727  261   4.0    78| .258  .254| .314  .308| .359  .343| .673  .652| 106  .550  19.7   2.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 26 TOL AA 2B 103 318 358 51 46 .930 .902 6.56 5.91 C 2 8 0 2 0 .800 .909 4.00 7.15 4 1885 27 STL AA 2B 96 286 328 53 38 .921 .901 6.40 6.05 1B 11 125 3 2 8 .985 .966 11.64 10.46 1886 28 PIT AA 2B 112 362 328 47 52 .936 .908 6.16 6.00 OF 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 .874 1.12 1.75 8 0 0 1B 2 20 1 0 1 1.000 .968 10.50 10.10 1887 29 PIT NL 1B 53 552 15 12 24 .979 .974 10.70 10.41 2B 36 112 114 25 14 .900 .911 6.28 5.79 1888 30 KCC AA 2B 116 341 314 43 44 .938 .916 5.65 5.54 1889 31 KCC AA 2B 41 90 103 16 20 .923 .917 4.71 5.59 1B 4 26 1 1 1 .964 .971 6.75 9.78
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1885 27 STL AA 1B 11 125 3 2 8 .985 .966 11.64 10.46 1886 28 PIT AA 1B 2 20 1 0 1 1.000 .968 10.50 10.10 1887 29 PIT NL 1B 53 552 15 12 24 .979 .974 10.70 10.41 1889 31 KCC AA 1B 4 26 1 1 1 .964 .971 6.75 9.78 1884 26 TOL AA 2B 103 318 358 51 46 .930 .902 6.56 5.91 1885 27 STL AA 2B 96 286 328 53 38 .921 .901 6.40 6.05 1886 28 PIT AA 2B 112 362 328 47 52 .936 .908 6.16 6.00 1887 29 PIT NL 2B 36 112 114 25 14 .900 .911 6.28 5.79 1888 30 KCC AA 2B 116 341 314 43 44 .938 .916 5.65 5.54 1889 31 KCC AA 2B 41 90 103 16 20 .923 .917 4.71 5.59 1884 26 TOL AA C 2 8 0 2 0 .800 .909 4.00 7.15 4 1886 28 PIT AA OF 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 .874 1.12 1.75 8 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 504 1509 1545 235 214 .929 .908 6.06 5.84 1B 70 723 20 15 34 .980 .972 10.61 10.37 OF 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 .874 1.12 1.75 8 0 0 C 2 8 0 2 0 .800 .909 4.00 7.15 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 584 2249 1565 252 248 .938 .920 6.53 6.33
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    STL CHC     T   7  23   3   2  0  0  0   0   2   0  .087  .160  .087   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1884 AA-.306-9

Slugging %
1884 AA-.444-8

OPS
1884 AA-.786-9

Hits
1884 AA-133-9

Total Bases
1884 AA-193-8

Doubles
1884 AA-39-1
1885 AA-18-10
1886 AA-31-3

Adjusted OPS+
1884 AA-151-10

Runs Created
1884 AA-65-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1884 AA-26-9

Batting Wins
1884 AA-2.9-9

Extra-Base Hits
1884 AA-49-4
1886 AA-40-10

Offensive Win%
1884 AA-.734-8

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1124) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (1261) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Al Spohrer (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Ellis (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack O'Brien (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack O'Brien (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ski Melillo (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 24, 1884: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Toledo Blue Stockings for $2500 (only $1909.30 paid).

December, 1885: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the St. Louis Browns for $1,000.

April 25, 1888: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Pittsburg Alleghenys. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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