John Barfield
John David Barfield
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 15, 1964 in Pine Bluff, AR
School: Oklahoma City University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1989
Final Game: August 1, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1989 24 TEX AL 0 1 .000 6.17 4 2 1 0 0 0 11.2 15 10 8 0 4 0 9 0 0 1 52 64 1.629 11.6 0.0 3.1 6.9 2.25
1990 25 TEX AL 4 3 .571 4.67 33 0 10 0 0 1 44.1 42 25 23 2 13 3 17 1 1 1 178 85 1.241 8.5 0.4 2.6 3.5 1.31
1991 26 TEX AL 4 4 .500 4.54 28 9 4 0 0 1 83.1 96 51 42 11 22 3 27 0 2 0 361 90 1.416 10.4 1.2 2.4 2.9 1.23
3 Seasons 8 8 .500 4.72 65 11 15 0 0 2 139.1 153 86 73 13 39 6 53 1 3 2 591 85 1.378 9.9 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.36
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 4.72 58 10 13 0 0 2 125 137 77 65 12 35 5 47 1 3 2 529 85 1.378 9.9 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.36

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 24 TEX AL 4 52 47 10 15 5 0 0 1 1 4 9 .319 .373 .426 .798 .395 20 2 0 1 0 0
1990 25 TEX AL 33 178 157 25 42 8 1 2 1 2 13 17 .268 .320 .369 .689 .282 58 6 1 3 4 3
1991 26 TEX AL 28 361 332 51 96 19 3 11 1 3 22 27 .289 .330 .464 .793 .285 154 5 0 3 4 3
3 Seasons 65 591 536 86 153 32 4 13 3 6 39 53 .285 .330 .433 .763 .293 232 13 1 7 8 6
162 Game Avg. 58 529 480 77 137 29 4 12 3 5 35 47 .285 .330 .433 .763 .293 208 12 1 6 7 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1989 24 TEX AL 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35 39 30 5 2 0 2 4.5 5.1 3.5 49 1 0 0 0 49
1991 26 TEX AL 28 9 2 3 4 1 2 5 4 .556 0 2 0 0 4 44% 41 60 26 27 9 1 4 6.1 5.9 5.3 82 4 2 2 1 121
2 Seasons 32 11 2 4 5 1 2 5 6 .455 0 3 0 0 4 36% 40 60 26 32 11 1 6 5.8 5.8 5.0 78 5 2 2 1 121
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1989 24 TEX AL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.723 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 7.0 10
1990 25 TEX AL 33 33 10 4 3 1 1 0 100% 2 0 33 13 39% 7 0.915 11 10 12 9 7 17 19 14 11 17 13 6 4.0 16
1991 26 TEX AL 28 19 4 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 24 4 17% 7 0.957 7 4 8 3 5 11 11 8 13 3 13 5 5.6 26
3 Seasons 65 54 15 6 4 2 2 0 100% 3 0 58 17 29% 0.924 18 14 22 12 12 30 31 23 25 20 27 12 4.7 20

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1989 24 TEX AL 52 77% 0.0% 17.3% 7.7% 9.6% 33% 0.90 2.13 73% 31% 0.0% 25% 6 2 33%
1990 25 TEX AL 178 71% 1.1% 9.6% 7.3% 6.2% 26% 1.17 1.33 80% 18% 4.0% 24% 36 6 17%
1991 26 TEX AL 361 84% 3.1% 7.5% 6.1% 9.1% 34% 0.89 1.19 83% 20% 8.2% 17% 61 5 8%
3 Seasons 591 80% 2.2% 9.0% 6.6% 8.3% 32% 0.97 1.28 81% 20% 6.5% 19% 103 13 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 24 TEX AL 18 59 3.28 46 78% 22% 15% 33% 30% 78% 0% 61% 81% 78% 0% 0 0 39% 7 7 0 0% 0 0 34 0 0
1990 25 TEX AL 157 498 3.17 315 63% 22% 10% 27% 42% 78% 6% 50% 88% 52% 6% 10 4 13% 21 14 0 14% 2 3 21 0 0
1991 26 TEX AL 361 1228 3.40 770 63% 21% 13% 25% 41% 79% 2% 49% 84% 54% 4% 13 5 17% 61 37 4 30% 4 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 536 1785 3.33 1131 63% 21% 12% 26% 40% 79% 3% 50% 85% 54% 4% 23 9 17% 89 58 4 22% 6 8 55 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1989 24 TEX AL 52 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 18 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1990 25 TEX AL 178 42 7 1 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 16 12 0 75% 3 1 1 69 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
1991 26 TEX AL 361 96 41 3 11 0 8 11 0 8 3 19 13 1 68% 5 0 1 122 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
3 Seasons 591 153 49 4 13 0 14 13 0 9 4 37 27 1 73% 9 2 2 209 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 4 2 15 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1989 24 0 1 .000 6.17 4 2 1 0 0 0 11.2 15 10 8 0 4 0 9 0 0 1 52 64 1.629 11.6 0.0 3.1 6.9 2.25 64
1990 25 4 4 .500 4.98 37 2 11 0 0 1 56.0 57 35 31 2 17 3 26 1 1 2 230 79 1.321 9.2 0.3 2.7 4.2 1.53 79
1991 26 8 8 .500 4.72 65 11 15 0 0 2 139.1 153 86 73 13 39 6 53 1 3 2 591 85 1.378 9.9 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.36 85

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1989 24 0 1 .000 6.55 11.0 15 9 8 0 4 8 0 1.727 12.3 3.3 6.5 2.00 0.0 4
1990 25 1 3 .250 5.62 40.0 43 28 25 2 13 15 1 1.400 9.7 2.9 3.4 1.15 0.5 33
1991 26 3 5 .375 4.95 80.0 99 49 44 11 23 26 0 1.525 11.1 2.6 2.9 1.13 1.2 28
3 Seasons 4 9 .308 5.29 131.0 157 86 77 13 40 49 1 1.504 10.8 3.4 1.23 0.9 65

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