Steve Barber
Stephen David Barber
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 22, 1938 in Takoma Park, MD
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1960
Final Game: July 31, 1974
Died: February 4, 2007 in Henderson, NV
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 BAL AL 22 P 36 27 181.2 36 4 30 2 5 .944 1.68 0.94 .967 1.96 0.78 MVP-20
1961 BAL AL 23 P 37 34 248.1 77 13 60 4 8 .948 2.65 1.97 .955 2.05 0.83 MVP-14
1962 BAL AL 24 P 28 19 140.1 44 16 26 2 1 .955 2.69 1.50 .959 2.08 0.79
1963 BAL AL 25 P 39 36 258.2 66 19 43 4 8 .939 2.16 1.59 .956 1.99 0.79 AS
1964 BAL AL 26 P 36 26 157.0 50 11 37 2 3 .960 2.75 1.33 .956 1.90 0.72
1965 BAL AL 27 P 37 32 220.2 65 12 47 6 1 .908 2.41 1.59 .954 2.04 0.75
1966 BAL AL 28 P 25 22 133.1 37 5 30 2 1 .946 2.36 1.40 .951 1.99 0.75 AS
1967 TOT AL 29 P 32 32 172.4 42 11 25 6 1 .857 1.88 1.13 .960 1.96 0.74
1967 BAL AL 29 P 15 15 74.2 23 6 13 4 1 .826 2.29 1.27 .961 1.96 0.74
1967 NYY AL 29 P 17 17 97.2 19 5 12 2 0 .895 1.57 1.00 .958 1.96 0.74
1968 NYY AL 30 P 20 19 128.1 30 2 24 4 1 .867 1.82 1.30 .960 1.89 0.73
1969 SEP AL 31 P 25 16 86.1 18 3 13 2 2 .889 1.67 0.64 .956 1.88 0.69
1970 TOT NL 32 P 10 2 20.4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 0.20 .950 1.86 0.72
1970 CHC NL 32 P 5 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.91 0.72
1970 ATL NL 32 P 5 2 14.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.40 .950 1.84 0.72
1971 ATL NL 33 P 39 3 75.0 18 4 13 1 0 .944 2.04 0.44 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 TOT MLB 34 P 39 3 73.2 17 3 12 2 0 .882 1.83 0.38 .953 1.84 0.75
1972 ATL NL 34 P 5 0 15.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 4.02 1.40 .943 1.78 0.72
1972 CAL AL 34 P 34 3 58.0 10 1 7 2 0 .800 1.24 0.24 .960 1.86 0.75
1973 CAL AL 35 P 50 1 89.1 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.26 .946 1.86 0.86
1974 SFG NL 36 P 13 0 13.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.91 0.71
15 Seasons P 466 272 1999.0 516 106 372 38 31 .926 2.15 1.03 .956 1.97 0.77
15 Seasons TOT 466 272 1999.0 516 106 372 38 31 .926 2.15 1.03 .883 1.97 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 BAL AL 22 36 27 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 23 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 24 28 19 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BAL AL 25 39 36 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 BAL AL 26 36 26 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BAL AL 27 37 32 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BAL AL 28 25 22 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 29 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 BAL AL 29 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYY AL 30 20 19 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SEP AL 31 25 16 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 ATL NL 32 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 32 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 33 39 3 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CAL AL 34 34 3 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 ATL NL 34 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 35 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 36 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 466 271 416 466 466 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1960 BAL AL 22 800 72% 31% 34 79% 1 6 0 4 29 20 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 5 0 4 100%
1961 BAL AL 23 1069 74% 33% 75 89% 0 14 2 9 67 50 11 4 0 1 3 2 8 7 8 0 7 100%
1962 BAL AL 24 632 76% 35% 31 84% 0 17 1 13 25 20 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1963 BAL AL 25 1116 75% 28% 53 91% 0 19 4 11 44 33 10 4 0 3 1 3 8 7 8 0 6 67%
1964 BAL AL 26 697 70% 30% 44 91% 1 10 1 7 39 30 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 4 75%
1965 BAL AL 27 922 77% 32% 51 96% 0 12 2 7 45 43 0 5 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1966 BAL AL 28 556 74% 33% 33 91% 0 4 1 2 30 23 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1967 NYY AL 29 469 73% 25% 14 64% 0 5 0 5 11 9 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1967 BAL AL 29 344 67% 27% 18 83% 0 6 0 5 14 12 2 4 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1968 NYY AL 30 597 74% 27% 30 70% 0 2 1 0 23 18 1 4 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 6 50%
1969 SEP AL 31 410 71% 26% 15 80% 0 3 1 1 13 9 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 100%
1970 ATL NL 32 55 69% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 32 33 73% 24% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 33 343 81% 29% 15 93% 0 3 0 2 14 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1972 CAL AL 34 244 73% 26% 11 73% 0 1 0 1 9 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1972 ATL NL 34 74 82% 30% 5 100% 0 4 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 CAL AL 35 397 77% 26% 12 75% 1 3 0 3 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1974 SFG NL 36 70 66% 19% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 8828 74% 30% 443 86% 3 109 13 73 379 293 40 37 1 20 16 24 31 22 29 2 58 83%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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