John Barfield

John David Barfield

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

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

Final Game: August 1, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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
1986	21	TEX-min	A	3	6	.333	4.79	16	14	0	0	0	0	73.1	85	52	39	7	23	0	52	2	1	3			1.473	10.4	0.9	2.8	6.4	2.26	SAL,DYB · CARL,FLOR
1987	22	TEX-min	A	10	7	.588	3.69	25	25	0	3	0	0	153.2	145	75	63	3	55	0	79	3	3	6			1.302	8.5	0.2	3.2	4.6	1.44	CHT · FLOR
1988	23	TEX-min	AA	9	9	.500	2.88	24	24	0	5	0	0	169.0	159	69	54	8	66	2	125	3	2	13			1.331	8.5	0.4	3.5	6.7	1.89	TUL · TL
1989	24	TEX-min	AAA	10	8	.556	4.06	28	28	0	7	3	0	175.1	178	93	79	14	68	2	58	2	1	11			1.403	9.1	0.7	3.5	3.0	0.85	OKC · AA
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	66	1.629	11.6	0.0	3.1	6.9	2.25
1990	25	TEX-min	AAA	1	6	.143	3.53	19	3	2	0	0	1	43.1	44	21	17	3	21	3	25	1	2	0			1.500	9.1	0.6	4.4	5.2	1.19	OKC · AA
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
1992	27	TEX-min	AAA,A+	7	2	.778	4.46	45	0	14	0	0	3	78.2	85	46	39	6	27	0	30	2	3	1	336		1.424	9.7	0.7	3.1	3.4	1.11	OKC,CHT · AA,FLOR
1993	28	CHW-min	AA,AAA	8	3	.727	3.97	27	9	9	1	1	2	77.0	93	43	34	4	16	2	33	2	1	3	332		1.416	10.9	0.5	1.9	3.9	2.06	BIR,NVL · SOUL,AA
1994	29	LAD-min	AA	6	5	.545	2.70	51	0	24	0	0	3	73.1	63	27	22	3	24	6	45	3	2	4	298		1.186	7.7	0.4	2.9	5.5	1.88	SAN · TL
1995	30	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	1	7.1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	26		0.682	4.9	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.00	OKC · AA
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1997	32	CLE-min	AAA	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6		3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	9.0		BFL · AA
3 Yrs				8	8	.500	4.72	65	11	15	0	0	2	139.1	153	86	73	13	39	6	53	1	3	2	591	86	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	86	1.378	9.9	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.36

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1989	24	TEX	AL	11.2	4	2	10	7.71	4.53	-0.00	-0.04	101.8	4.57	-4	-0.4	.1	0.1	-0.2	-3	.399	.498	$
1990	25	TEX	AL	44.1	33	0	25	5.08	4.40	0.15	-0.34	99.7	3.90	-5	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.483	.496	$100,000
1991	26	TEX	AL	83.1	28	9	51	5.51	4.56	-0.26	-0.05	99.4	4.74	-7	-0.7	1.3	-0.2	-0.1	2	.474	.496	$110,000
3 Seasons				139.1	65	11	86	5.56	4.51	-0.11	-0.14	99.7	4.46	-17	-1.7	1.1	-0.2	-0.6	-1	.474	.496	$210,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	1
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	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	5
3 Yrs				65	591	536	86	153	32	4	13	3	6	39	53	.285	.330	.433	.763	.293	232	13	1	7	8	6	9
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	8
MLB Averages																.256	.323	.382	.704	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1989	24	TEX	AL	-3.1	-0.3	55	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.72	-0.3	-0.4	-3.8	-0.4	0.72	-2.9	0	0	2
1990	25	TEX	AL	-3.1	-0.3	184	0.3	2.7	-2.4	.89	0.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.89	3.6	11	9	13
1991	26	TEX	AL	-6.6	-0.6	370	-1.2	5.9	-7.1	.95	-0.8	-0.5	-4.5	-0.4	0.95	-5.0	7	4	8
3 Yrs				-12.8	-1.3	609	-1.4	9.1	-10.5	.91	-0.6	-1.0	-8.9	-0.9	0.91	-4.3	18	13	23

Starting Pitching*

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%	34.5	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%	41.1	60	26	27	9	1	4	6.1	5.9	5.3	82	4	2	2	1	121
2 Yrs				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													.500						53%	51	103	-4					4.3	4.2	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	1	0	0%	2	.722	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	100%	2	33	13	39%	7	.889	11	9	13	9	7	17	19	14	11	17	13	6	4.0	16
1991	26	TEX	AL	28	19	4	2	1	1	1	100%	1	24	4	17%	7	.949	7	4	8	3	5	11	11	8	13	3	13	5	5.6	26
3 Yrs				65	54	15	6	4	2	2	100%	3	58	17	29%		.911	18	13	23	12	12	30	31	23	25	20	27	12	4.7	20

Ratio Pitching*

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	23%	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	29%	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	16%	3.1%	7.5%	6.1%	9.1%	34%	0.89	1.19	83%	20%	8.2%	17%	61	5	8%
3 Yrs				591	20%	2.2%	9.0%	6.6%	8.3%	32%	0.97	1.28	81%	20%	6.5%	19%	103	13	13%
MLB Averages					39%	2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.0%	18%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 Yrs				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						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	2	2	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 Yrs				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	5	3	15	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	11.2	15	10	8	0	4	0	9	0	0	1	52	66	1.629	11.6	0.0	3.1	6.9	2.25	66
1990	25	4	4	.500	4.98	37	2	11	1	56.0	57	35	31	2	17	3	26	1	1	2	230	80	1.321	9.2	0.3	2.7	4.2	1.53	80
1991	26	8	8	.500	4.72	65	11	15	2	139.1	153	86	73	13	39	6	53	1	3	2	591	86	1.378	9.9	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.36	86

Neutralized Pitching

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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	5.63	40.0	44	28	25	2	14	15	1	1.450	9.9	3.2	3.4	1.07	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 Yrs		4	9	.308	5.29	131.0	158	86	77	13	41	49	1	1.519	10.9		3.4	1.20	0.9	65

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