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Babe Barna
Herbert Paul Barna

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
School West Virginia University

Debut September 16, 1937
Final Game July 28, 1943
Born March 2, 1915 in Clarksburg, WV
Died May 18, 1972 in Charleston, WV

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 22 PHA AL  14   36   10   14   2  0   2    9   1  0   2   6  .389  .421  .611  159   22   0           0    
 1938 23 PHA AL   9   30    4    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   5  .133  .212  .133  -11    4   0           0    
 1941 26 NYG NL  10   42    5    9   3  0   1    5   0      2   6  .214  .250  .357   68   15   1           0   0
 1942 27 NYG NL 104  331   39   85   8  7   6   58   3     38  48  .257  .333  .378  107  125   1           0   4
 1943 28 TOT     70  225   30   42   9  2   3   22   5  1  31  33  .187  .285  .284   65   64   1           0   2
         NYG NL  40  113   11   23   5  1   1   12   3     16   9  .204  .302  .292   71   33   1           0   1
         BOS AL  30  112   19   19   4  1   2   10   2  1  15  24  .170  .268  .277   58   31   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      207  664   88  154  22  9  12   96   9  1  76  98  .232  .311  .346   88  230   3   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        520   69  121  17  7   9   75   7  1  59  77  .232  .311  .346   88  180   2   0   0   0   5
 Career High    104  331   39   85   9  7   6   58   5  1  38  48  .257  .333  .378  107  125   1   0   0   0   4
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 22 PHA AL   38   22    9  10.8   115| .389  .287| .421  .362| .611  .428|1.032  .790| 159  .789   3.1   0.3 100%
 1938 23 PHA AL   33   26    1   1.0   116| .133  .286| .212  .365| .133  .427| .345  .791| -11  .046  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1941 26 NYG NL   45   34    4   3.2    96| .214  .268| .250  .339| .357  .378| .607  .717|  68  .376  -2.0  -0.2     
 1942 27 NYG NL  370  251   42   4.5    88| .257  .257| .333  .329| .378  .357| .711  .686| 107  .577   2.2   0.2     
 1943 28 TOT     257  187   18   2.6    89| .187  .262| .285  .334| .284  .359| .569  .693|  65  .327 -10.1  -1.1  83%
         NYG NL  130   92   10   2.9    90| .204  .266| .302  .335| .292  .361| .594  .695|  71  .367  -3.9  -0.4     
         BOS AL  127   95    8   2.3    89| .170  .258| .268  .333| .277  .356| .545  .690|  58  .285  -6.1  -0.7  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       743  520   74   3.8    91| .232  .262| .311  .335| .346  .366| .657  .701|  88  .482 -12.0  -1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 22 PHA AL OF 9 8 0 2 0 .800 .964 0.89 2.28 9 0 0 1B 1 9 2 0 3 1.000 .991 11.00 9.60 1938 23 PHA AL OF 7 10 1 1 0 .917 .973 1.57 2.29 4 0 3 1941 26 NYG NL OF 10 16 2 0 1 1.000 .973 1.80 2.15 2 0 8 1942 27 NYG NL OF 89 169 4 3 0 .983 .981 1.94 2.15 88 0 1 1943 28 TOT OF 60 102 5 4 1 .964 .977 1.78 2.33 60 0 0 NYG NL OF 31 58 2 1 0 .984 .977 1.94 2.27 31 0 0 BOS AL OF 29 44 3 3 1 .940 .977 1.62 2.39 29 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 22 PHA AL 1B 1 9 2 0 3 1.000 .991 11.00 9.60 1937 22 PHA AL OF 9 8 0 2 0 .800 .964 0.89 2.28 9 0 0 1938 23 PHA AL OF 7 10 1 1 0 .917 .973 1.57 2.29 4 0 3 1941 26 NYG NL OF 10 16 2 0 1 1.000 .973 1.80 2.15 2 0 8 1942 27 NYG NL OF 89 169 4 3 0 .983 .981 1.94 2.15 88 0 1 1943 28 TOT OF 60 102 5 4 1 .964 .977 1.78 2.33 60 0 0 NYG NL OF 31 58 2 1 0 .984 .977 1.94 2.27 31 0 0 BOS AL OF 29 44 3 3 1 .940 .977 1.62 2.39 29 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 175 305 12 10 2 .969 .978 1.81 2.22 163 0 12 1B 1 9 2 0 3 1.000 .991 11.00 9.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 176 314 14 10 5 .970 .979 1.86 2.27
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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.

Triples
1942 NL-7-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2305) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3480) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

April 8, 1939: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.

July 22, 1941: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Minneapolis (American Association).


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