Brian Barden

Brian David Barden

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 2, 1981 in Templeton, CA
High School: St. Augustine (San Diego, CA)
School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2007
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Marlins/Diamondbacks 2007-2010
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: July 2, 2010
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Honus Wagner…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Honus Wagner…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2002	21	ARI-min	A+,A-	68	308	284	63	95	20	1	8	48	3	1	17	64	.335	.373	.496	.869		141	4	2	2	3	0		LNR,YAK · CALL,NORW
2003	22	ARI-min	AA	109	426	383	50	110	24	5	3	57	10	4	29	78	.287	.348	.399	.747		153	8	8	3	3	0		ELP · TL
2004	23	ARI-min	AAA,AA	137	573	527	83	153	40	11	11	78	4	3	27	131	.290	.328	.471	.799		248	9	7	3	9	1		TUC,ELP · PCL,TL
2005	24	ARI-min	AAA	135	576	518	78	159	36	5	15	85	14	5	38	111	.307	.363	.483	.846		250	15	11	3	6	3		TUC · PCL
2006	25	ARI-min	AAA	128	550	494	80	147	35	3	16	96	1	3	44	92	.298	.361	.478	.839		236	11	7	2	3	2		TUC · PCL
2007	26	ARI-STL-min	AAA	103	406	354	43	93	12	2	4	37	2	3	36	69	.263	.342	.342	.683		121	14	8	5	3	1		TUC,MEM · PCL
2007	26	TOT	NL	23	37	35	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.171	.216	.200	.416	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	/654
2007	26	ARI	NL	8	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-58	1	0	0	0	0	0	/5
2007	26	STL	NL	15	25	23	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.217	.280	.261	.541	42	6	2	0	0	0	0	/645
2008	27	STL-min	AAA	103	456	411	60	117	21	4	9	35	3	3	38	72	.285	.349	.421	.770		173	13	4	0	3	0		MEM · PCL
2008	27	STL	NL	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	/534
2009	28	STL-min	AAA	61	206	187	26	50	11	0	4	28	1	1	10	44	.267	.317	.390	.707		73	7	4	4	1	1		MEM · PCL
2009	28	STL	NL	52	114	103	13	24	3	0	4	10	0	0	6	21	.233	.286	.379	.664	75	39	3	2	2	1	0	5/64
2010	29	FLA-min	AAA	49	204	184	30	65	14	1	3	23	3	3	18	38	.353	.407	.489	.896		90	2	0	0	2	0		NOR · PCL
2010	29	FLA	NL	35	32	28	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	12	.179	.281	.179	.460	26	5	0	1	0	0	0	5/64
2011	30	TEX-min	Fgn,AAA	117	474	417	56	133	28	1	10	58	1	2	42	81	.319	.385	.463	.848		193	9	7	1	7	0		HIR,RRK · JPCL,PCL
4 Yrs				119	193	175	21	37	4	0	4	14	0	2	11	44	.211	.268	.303	.571	51	53	5	3	3	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	263	238	29	50	5	0	5	19	0	3	15	60	.211	.268	.303	.571	51	72	7	4	4	1	0

STL (3 yrs)				76	149	135	19	31	4	0	4	11	0	0	8	29	.230	.281	.348	.629	66	47	5	2	3	1	0
ARI (1 yr)				8	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-58	1	0	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				35	32	28	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	12	.179	.281	.179	.460	26	5	0	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	26	ARI	NL	8	12	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.472	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$380,000	/5
2007	26	STL	NL	15	25	-1	0	-0	2	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.0	0.2	-0	$	/645
2008	27	STL	NL	9	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/534
2009	28	STL	NL	52	114	-3	-0	-0	0	1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.495	.498	0.0	0.1	0	$400,000	5/64
2010	29	FLA	NL	35	32	-3	-1	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$415,000	5/64
4 Seasons				119	193	-10	-1	-1	2	1	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.493	.499	-0.5	0.4	-5	$1,195,000

STL (3 yrs)				76	149	-5	0	-1	2	1	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.3	-1	$400,000
ARI (1 yr)				8	12	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.472	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$380,000
FLA (1 yr)				35	32	-3	-1	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$415,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2007	TOT	NL	26	3B	4	2	1	22.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	-0	0	-5	0	1.64	1.00	.955	2.70	2.68
2007	ARI	NL	26	3B	3	2	1	17.0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	-0	0	-7	0	1.06	0.67	.955	2.70	2.67
2007	STL	NL	26	SS	6	0	0	25.1	14	3	11	0	2	1.000	1	1	38	47	4.97	2.33	.975	4.44	4.42
2007	STL	NL	26	2B	2	2	1	9.0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	0	1	13	133	6.00	3.00	.983	4.90	4.85
2007	STL	NL	26	3B	1	0	0	5.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	3.60	2.00	.955	2.70	2.70
2008	STL	NL	27	3B	4	0	0	7.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1	1	103	171	2.57	0.50	.955	2.57	2.58
2008	STL	NL	27	1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-720	-1200	0.00	0.00		9.00	9.30
2008	STL	NL	27	2B	1	1	1	8.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833	-0	0	-30	0	5.62	5.00	.982	4.84	4.80
2009	STL	NL	28	3B	46	20	14	216.2	63	9	50	4	4	.937	3	2	18	11	2.45	1.28	.957	2.57	2.55
2009	STL	NL	28	SS	4	3	1	27.0	15	4	11	0	2	1.000	0	-1	0	-44	5.00	3.75	.974	4.37	4.35
2009	STL	NL	28	2B	1	1	0	7.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-86	-171	5.14	4.00	.985	4.89	4.80
2010	FLA	NL	29	3B	16	0	0	27.1	13	3	10	0	3	1.000	1	1	61	44	4.28	0.81	.951	2.54	2.52
2010	FLA	NL	29	SS	7	3	3	42.0	13	6	7	0	1	1.000	-1	0	-23	0	2.79	1.86	.971	4.31	4.27
2010	FLA	NL	29	2B	2	1	1	12.0	10	1	8	1	0	.900	-0	-1	-30	-100	6.75	4.50	.984	4.80	4.75
	4 Seasons			3B	70	22	15	273.0	82	14	64	4	8	.951	5	4	22	17	2.57	1.11	.956	2.58	2.55
	3 Seasons			SS	17	6	4	94.1	42	13	29	0	5	1.000	0	0	0	0	4.01	2.47	.973	4.36	4.34
	4 Seasons			2B	6	5	3	36.0	26	8	16	2	0	.923	-1	-1	-30	-33	6.00	4.00	.983	4.85	4.80
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-720	-1200	0.00	0.00		9.00	9.30
	4 Seasons			TOT	94	33	22	404.1	150	35	109	6	13	.960	4	2	11	5	3.21	1.53	.966	3.21	3.09

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2002.
August 13, 2007: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 5, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 9, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 18, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
July 1, 2011: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2007	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	$380,000

2009	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$400,000
2010	29	Florida Marlins	$415,000
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,195,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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