Jesse Barfield
Jesse Lee Barfield
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 29, 1959 in Joliet, IL
High School: Central (Joliet, Il)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 9th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1981
Final Game: June 17, 1992
Relatives: Father of Josh Barfield
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 TOR AL 21 OF 25 25 220.2 73 71 2 0 1 1.000 6.6 35.9 5.6 3.1 2.4 1 2.98 2.92 .982 2.48 2.16
1981 TOR AL 21 RF 25 25 220.2 71 69 2 0 1 1.000 6.6 35.9 5.6 3.1 2.4 1 2.90 2.84 .980 2.16 1.75
1982 TOR AL 22 OF 137 104 980.0 241 217 15 9 4 .963 4.3 5.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.8 5 2.13 1.69 .982 2.47 2.15 RoY-8
1982 TOR AL 22 RF 136 104 973.0 239 216 14 9 4 .962 4.4 5.4 -0.6 -0.1 -0.6 5 2.13 1.69 .981 2.27 1.90 RoY-8
1982 TOR AL 22 CF 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.50 0.33 1.000 2.85 2.50 RoY-8
1982 TOR AL 22 DH 1 RoY-8
1982 TOR AL 22 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.90 RoY-8
1983 TOR AL 23 OF 120 95 880.1 237 213 16 8 4 .966 10.9 14.9 5.9 5.2 0.7 5 2.34 1.91 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 TOR AL 23 RF 118 94 873.1 237 212 17 8 4 .966 11.1 15.3 6.1 5.4 0.7 5 2.36 1.94 .978 2.25 1.85
1983 TOR AL 23 DH 5
1983 TOR AL 23 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1983 TOR AL 23 LF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.34 1.90
1984 TOR AL 24 OF 88 76 708.0 209 190 9 10 5 .952 10.9 18.5 9.9 3.2 6.7 1 2.53 2.26 .984 2.51 2.17
1984 TOR AL 24 RF 79 71 648.0 196 177 10 9 5 .954 12.1 22.4 11.1 2.9 8.2 1 2.60 2.37 .980 2.23 1.88
1984 TOR AL 24 CF 9 5 60.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -1.2 -24.0 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 0 1.80 1.33 .985 3.02 2.62
1984 TOR AL 24 DH 9
1985 TOR AL 25 OF 154 152 1357.0 375 349 22 4 8 .989 23.0 20.3 18.0 5.0 12.9 5 2.46 2.41 .982 2.44 2.10 MVP-7
1985 TOR AL 25 RF 147 145 1290.1 353 328 21 4 7 .989 19.3 17.9 15.3 3.4 11.9 4 2.43 2.37 .980 2.17 1.82 MVP-7
1985 TOR AL 25 CF 8 7 66.2 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 3.7 66.6 2.7 1.6 1.0 1 3.51 3.25 .988 2.92 2.56 MVP-7
1986 TOR AL 26 OF 157 156 1408.0 391 368 20 3 8 .992 21.0 17.9 14.0 6.6 7.6 7 2.48 2.47 .980 2.39 2.06 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 RF 147 145 1297.0 355 335 17 3 7 .992 16.3 15.1 12.3 5.2 7.2 4 2.44 2.39 .975 2.11 1.79 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 CF 18 11 111.0 41 37 4 0 1 1.000 4.7 50.8 1.7 1.4 0.4 3 3.32 2.28 .985 2.83 2.47 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 OF 158 146 1338.1 361 341 17 3 4 .992 24.7 22.1 16.7 5.2 11.5 8 2.41 2.27 .980 2.31 2.00 GG
1987 TOR AL 27 RF 153 136 1250.2 332 313 16 3 3 .991 23.2 22.3 15.2 5.1 10.0 8 2.37 2.15 .979 2.12 1.75 GG
1987 TOR AL 27 CF 13 10 87.2 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 20.5 1.5 0.1 1.5 0 3.18 2.38 .987 2.70 2.34 GG
1988 TOR AL 28 OF 136 126 1135.0 341 325 12 4 4 .988 20.1 21.3 13.1 7.9 5.3 7 2.67 2.48 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 TOR AL 28 RF 132 116 1053.0 307 294 9 4 4 .987 15.5 17.7 10.5 6.7 3.8 5 2.59 2.30 .974 2.24 1.89
1988 TOR AL 28 CF 13 10 82.0 35 33 2 0 1 1.000 4.6 67.3 2.6 1.2 1.5 2 3.84 2.69 .986 2.91 2.52
1988 TOR AL 28 DH 1
1989 TOT AL 29 OF 150 145 1280.2 370 340 20 10 4 .973 15.5 14.5 1.5 -0.3 1.8 14 2.53 2.40 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 TOT AL 29 RF 140 132 1167.2 325 300 18 7 4 .978 16.1 16.5 4.1 2.8 1.3 12 2.45 2.27 .979 2.33 1.90
1989 TOR AL 29 OF 21 20 179.0 48 43 4 1 1 .979 2.1 14.1 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 3 2.36 2.24 .979 2.42 2.12
1989 TOR AL 29 RF 20 19 171.0 48 43 4 1 1 .979 2.0 14.0 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 3 2.47 2.35 .979 2.33 1.90
1989 TOR AL 29 LF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
1989 NYY AL 29 OF 129 125 1101.2 322 297 16 9 3 .972 13.4 14.6 2.4 0.7 1.7 11 2.56 2.43 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 NYY AL 29 RF 120 113 996.2 277 257 14 6 3 .978 14.1 17.0 5.1 3.9 1.2 9 2.45 2.26 .979 2.33 1.90
1989 NYY AL 29 CF 18 12 105.0 41 36 2 3 0 .927 -0.7 -8.0 -2.7 -3.2 0.5 2 3.26 2.11 .985 2.78 2.46
1990 NYY AL 30 OF 151 136 1220.1 330 305 16 9 3 .973 15.1 14.8 7.1 1.0 6.1 8 2.37 2.13 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 NYY AL 30 RF 151 133 1193.1 322 297 17 8 3 .975 14.8 14.9 7.8 1.0 6.8 7 2.37 2.08 .978 2.23 1.81
1990 NYY AL 30 CF 4 3 27.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.3 13.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 1 2.67 2.00 .989 2.73 2.42
1991 NYY AL 31 OF 81 76 677.2 188 178 10 0 3 1.000 11.1 19.7 6.1 2.7 3.4 5 2.50 2.32 .982 2.37 2.03
1991 NYY AL 31 RF 81 76 677.2 188 178 10 0 3 1.000 11.1 19.7 6.1 2.7 3.4 5 2.50 2.32 .980 2.19 1.76
1992 NYY AL 32 OF 30 26 236.0 59 54 3 2 0 .966 -1.8 -9.2 -2.8 -3.0 0.2 1 2.17 1.90 .983 2.47 2.17
1992 NYY AL 32 RF 30 26 236.0 58 53 3 2 0 .966 -1.8 -9.2 -2.8 -3.0 0.2 1 2.14 1.87 .983 2.23 1.87
12 Seasons OF 1387 1263 11442.0 3175 2951 162 62 48 .980 161.4 16.9 94.4 36.6 57.8 67 2.45 2.24 .981 2.42 2.10
12 Seasons RF 1339 1203 10880.2 2983 2772 154 57 45 .981 148.7 16.4 90.7 35.2 55.3 58 2.42 2.19 .978 2.21 1.83
9 Seasons CF 87 58 547.1 197 183 9 5 3 .975 12.7 27.8 3.7 1.4 2.5 9 3.16 2.21 .986 2.84 2.48
4 Seasons DH 16
3 Seasons LF 3 2 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.57 1.33 1.000 2.25 1.87
12 Seasons TOT 1387 1263 11442.0 3175 2951 162 62 48 .980 161.4 16.9 94.4 36.6 57.8 67 2.45 2.24 .961 2.42 2.10
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1981 TOR AL 21 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25 0 0 0
1982 TOR AL 22 139 104 139 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 136 137 0 23 0
1983 TOR AL 23 128 99 128 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 118 119 4 18 0
1984 TOR AL 24 110 76 110 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 79 88 0 24 6
1985 TOR AL 25 155 152 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 147 154 0 1 1
1986 TOR AL 26 158 156 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 147 157 0 1 1
1987 TOR AL 27 159 146 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 153 159 0 6 4
1988 TOR AL 28 137 126 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 132 136 0 4 0
1989 NYY AL 29 129 126 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 120 128 1 1 1
1989 TOR AL 29 21 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 21 0 1 0
1990 NYY AL 30 153 136 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 151 151 0 16 0
1991 NYY AL 31 84 76 84 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 81 0 8 0
1992 NYY AL 32 30 26 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 0 3 0
12 Seasons 1428 1268 1428 1386 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 87 1339 1386 5 106 13
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 -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 TOR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12 7 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 23 13 56.5% 10 0 0.0% 2 956 53% 78% 28% 113 62%
1982 TOR AL 22 9 0 8 1 2 14 0 2 3 8 50 23 4 35 10 3 12 8 0 16 4 3 14 12 0 127 57 44.9% 60 10 7.9% 4 4203 52% 80% 26% 457 49%
1983 TOR AL 23 8 0 8 0 3 17 0 2 3 8 43 21 2 34 11 4 17 7 2 12 5 0 22 16 0 128 60 46.9% 60 8 6.3% 9 3833 52% 78% 27% 440 51%
1984 TOR AL 24 9 0 9 0 3 10 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 0 12 7 1 23 11 47.8% 10 2 8.7% 8 2751 52% 78% 29% 185 97%
1985 TOR AL 25 4 0 4 0 1 21 0 6 5 8 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 5 4 17 7 1 42 13 31.0% 22 7 16.7% 14 5502 52% 79% 27% 344 96%
1986 TOR AL 26 3 0 2 1 1 17 1 5 3 5 63 32 2 41 15 2 22 15 0 25 6 4 28 19 1 179 87 48.6% 83 9 5.0% 8 5695 55% 76% 32% 643 53%
1987 TOR AL 27 3 0 3 0 1 16 0 5 1 7 53 29 0 29 10 5 20 16 2 14 3 1 30 20 1 146 78 53.4% 59 9 6.2% 7 5491 59% 74% 26% 592 55%
1988 TOR AL 28 4 0 4 0 2 9 1 4 0 2 37 24 0 29 12 1 18 13 0 19 7 1 22 9 1 125 65 52.0% 57 3 2.4% 6 4691 62% 76% 38% 532 56%
1989 NYY AL 29 6 0 5 1 2 14 0 4 6 4 45 24 3 46 16 3 20 18 1 15 4 1 27 21 1 153 83 54.2% 61 9 5.9% 5 4494 60% 79% 41% 519 52%
1989 TOR AL 29 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 6 4 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 19 12 63.2% 6 1 5.3% 3 747 70% 77% 39% 78 59%
1990 NYY AL 30 8 0 8 0 3 17 0 6 4 4 74 47 4 40 15 2 6 4 0 22 4 1 17 10 0 159 80 50.3% 72 7 4.4% 10 5349 60% 76% 38% 605 51%
1991 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 2 4 16 9 0 14 5 2 9 6 0 6 3 1 14 9 2 59 32 54.2% 22 5 8.5% 5 2982 57% 78% 40% 272 67%
1992 NYY AL 32 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 4 2 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 9 6 0 27 13 48.1% 12 2 7.4% 1 1061 60% 76% 37% 91 62%
12 Seasons 57 0 53 4 19 154 2 43 33 51 414 226 18 284 100 24 131 91 5 161 46 16 220 141 9 1210 604 49.9% 534 72 6.0% 82 47755 57% 77% 32% 4871 59%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.8% 56% 78% 32% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 48% 84% 20% 2 50%
1983 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 100% 33% 0
1984 TOR AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 281 45% 73% 24% 13 92%
1985 TOR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 280 53% 70% 28% 25 100%
1986 TOR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 5 5 0 7 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 17 8 47.1% 6 3 17.6% 1 468 53% 79% 37% 63 63%
1987 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 392 58% 78% 31% 45 69%
1988 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 15 9 60.0% 5 1 6.7% 1 358 71% 77% 40% 52 65%
1989 NYY AL 29 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 6 2 2 2 2 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 17 10 58.8% 5 2 11.8% 0 460 62% 83% 46% 71 54%
1990 NYY AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 130 62% 68% 33% 18 44%
9 Seasons 5 0 4 1 3 9 0 0 3 5 17 15 0 21 7 5 7 4 0 14 3 1 11 9 0 70 38 54.3% 26 6 8.6% 3 2400 58% 77% 35% 289 65%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.0% 56% 78% 32% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 100% 25% 2 50%
1983 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 26 65% 85% 27% 3 33%
1989 TOR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 45 33% 78% 40% 7 29%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 75 45% 81% 35% 12 33%
MLB Averages 59.3% 2.6% 56% 78% 32% 55%

* 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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