Kevin Barker

Kevin Stewart Barker

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 26, 1975 in Bristol, VA
High School: Virginia HS (Bristol, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1999
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Reds/BlueJays/Padres 1999-2009

Final Game: October 4, 2009
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Standard Batting

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
1996	20	MIL-min	Rk	71	335	281	61	89	19	4	9	56	0	2	46	54	.317	.412	.509	.921		143	4	3	0	5	4		OGD · PION
1997	21	MIL-min	A+,AA	135	566	505	84	147	35	11	23	108	7	6	53	100	.291	.357	.541	.897		273	11	2	0	6	4		STK,ELP · CALL,TL
1998	22	MIL-min	AAA,AA	144	598	548	73	154	32	4	28	110	4	6	39	118	.281	.331	.507	.838		278	13	5	0	6	1		LOU,ELP · IL,TL
1999	23	MIL-min	AAA	121	512	442	89	123	27	5	23	87	2	2	59	94	.278	.363	.518	.881		229	13	4	0	7	5		LOU · IL
1999	23	MIL	NL	38	127	117	13	33	3	0	3	23	1	0	9	19	.282	.331	.385	.715	82	45	0	0	0	1	1	3
2000	24	MIL-min	AAA	85	345	286	41	56	10	1	11	44	0	1	52	76	.196	.316	.353	.669		101	6	1	0	6	3		INA · IL
2000	24	MIL	NL	40	122	100	14	22	5	0	2	9	1	0	20	21	.220	.352	.330	.682	77	33	1	1	0	1	0	3

2001	25	MIL-min	AA,AAA	117	454	391	54	105	21	1	12	58	0	2	55	91	.269	.358	.419	.778		164	5	2	2	4	7		HVL,INA · SOUL,IL
2002	26	SDP-min	AAA	113	442	390	54	98	14	1	14	48	1	1	46	70	.251	.333	.400	.733		156	10	3	0	3	2		POR · PCL
2002	26	SDP	NL	7	20	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	.158	.200	.158	.358	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	/3

2003	27	FLA-min	AAA	10	31	24	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	.167	.355	.167	.522		4	1	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2004	28	PHI-min	AA,AAA	125	505	441	72	123	39	3	20	62	2	1	56	103	.279	.358	.517	.875		228	9	2	0	6	5		REA,SWB · EL,IL
2005	29	TOR-min	AAA,AA	142	610	533	75	153	35	2	28	112	2	2	65	130	.287	.364	.518	.882		276	6	4	0	8	3		SYR,MAN · IL,EL
2006	30	TOR-min	AAA	130	559	473	72	130	39	2	18	76	5	3	80	119	.275	.379	.480	.859		227	10	2	0	4	7		SYR · IL
2006	30	TOR	AL	12	18	17	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	10	.235	.278	.471	.748	89	8	0	0	0	0	0	/D39

2007	31	TOR-min	AAA	130	553	470	68	122	22	1	18	76	2	0	74	119	.260	.358	.426	.784		200	15	2	0	7	4		SYR · IL
2008	32	CIN-min	AAA	114	468	399	73	103	22	0	21	77	0	1	55	98	.258	.346	.471	.817		188	9	4	0	10	7		LOU · IL
2009	33	CIN-min	AAA	101	417	354	58	101	22	3	22	69	1	1	54	80	.285	.376	.551	.927		195	10	2	0	7	6		LOU · IL
2009	33	CIN	NL	29	36	32	2	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.281	.333	.375	.708	87	12	2	0	0	1	1	/3
2010	34	VCZ	AAA	80	320	261	51	76	19	1	12	48	0	0	55	35	.291	.416	.510	.925		133	5	2	0	2	2		VCZ · MEX
2011	35	OAX	AAA	85	373	316	59	113	34	2	12	79	2	0	56	63	.358	.456	.592	1.048		187	12	1	0	0	9		OAX · MEX
5 Yrs				126	323	285	32	71	12	0	6	36	3	0	34	65	.249	.328	.354	.683	77	101	4	1	0	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	415	366	41	91	15	0	8	46	4	0	44	84	.249	.328	.354	.683	77	130	5	1	0	4	3

MIL (2 yrs)				78	249	217	27	55	8	0	5	32	2	0	29	40	.253	.341	.359	.701	80	78	1	1	0	2	1
SDP (1 yr)				7	20	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	.158	.200	.158	.358	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				29	36	32	2	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.281	.333	.375	.708	87	12	2	0	0	1	1
TOR (1 yr)				12	18	17	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	10	.235	.278	.471	.748	89	8	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				114	305	268	29	67	11	0	5	35	3	0	33	55	.250	.331	.347	.678	76	93	4	1	0	3	2
AL (1 yr)				12	18	17	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	10	.235	.278	.471	.748	89	8	0	0	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
1999	23	MIL	NL	38	127	-3	1	0	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$200,000	3
2000	24	MIL	NL	40	122	-2	-0	1	0	-2	-3	-0.3	3	1	0.0	.493	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$205,000	3

2002	26	SDP	NL	7	20	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.475	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/3

2006	30	TOR	AL	12	18	-0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/D39

2009	33	CIN	NL	29	36	-1	-0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
5 Seasons				126	323	-9	1	1	-1	-5	-13	-1.3	9	-4	-0.5	.490	.498	-0.4	-0.6	-3	$405,000

MIL (2 yrs)				78	249	-5	1	1	-2	-4	-9	-0.9	7	-2	-0.3	.489	.497	-0.1	-0.5	-1	$405,000
SDP (1 yr)				7	20	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.475	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
CIN (1 yr)				29	36	-1	-0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
TOR (1 yr)				12	18	-0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	-0.1	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1999	23	MIL	NL	127	85	16	5.0	114	.313	.282	.273	.331	.348	.385	.440	.715	.788	82	.476	-3.3	-0.3	.655	.188	.103	1.5
2000	24	MIL	NL	122	80	14	4.7	114	.256	.220	.270	.352	.346	.330	.440	.682	.787	77	.441	-2.8	-0.2	.696	.320	.110	1.3

2002	26	SDP	NL	20	17	1	1.6	98	.231	.158	.254	.200	.326	.158	.404	.358	.730	0	.116	-2.7	-0.3	.294	.105	.000	.0

2006	30	TOR	AL	18	13	2	4.1	111	.500	.235	.275	.278	.340	.471	.438	.748	.778	89	.391	-0.4	-0.0	.692	.294	.235	.0

2009	33	CIN	NL	36	26	4	4.1	107	.375	.281	.266	.333	.339	.375	.422	.708	.761	87	.431	-0.4	-0.0	.600	.188	.094
5 Yrs				323	221	37	4.5	112	.300	.249	.270	.328	.345	.354	.436	.683	.780	77	.430	-9.5	-0.9	.638	.235	.105	4.0
162 Game Avg.				415	284	48	4.5	112	.300	.249	.270	.328	.345	.354	.436	.683	.780	77	.430	-9.5	-0.9	.638	.235	.105	5

MIL (2 yrs)				249	165	30	4.9	114	.287	.253	.271	.341	.347	.359	.440	.701	.788	80	.459	-6.1	-0.6	.675	.249	.106	2.9
SDP (1 yr)				20	17	1	1.6	98	.231	.158	.254	.200	.326	.158	.404	.358	.730	0	.115	-2.7	-0.3	.294	.105	.000	.0
CIN (1 yr)				36	26	4	4.1	107	.375	.281	.266	.333	.339	.375	.422	.708	.761	87	.430	-0.4	-0.0	.600	.188	.094
TOR (1 yr)				18	13	2	4.1	111	.500	.235	.275	.278	.340	.471	.438	.748	.778	89	.392	-0.4	-0.0	.692	.294	.235	.0

NL (4 yrs)				305	208	35	4.5	112	.294	.250	.270	.331	.345	.347	.435	.678	.780	76	.432	-9.1	-0.8	.634	.231	.097	3.8
AL (1 yr)				18	13	2	4.1	111	.500	.235	.275	.278	.340	.471	.438	.748	.778	89	.392	-0.4	-0.0	.692	.294	.235	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1999	23	MIL	NL	127	2.4%	15.0%	7.1%	4.7%	18%	2.11	6.2	39.0	5.1	0.74	0.69	76%	21%	6.3%	16%
2000	24	MIL	NL	122	1.6%	17.2%	16.4%	5.7%	32%	1.05	4.8	50.0	11.1	1.05	1.38	64%	21%	6.3%	16%

2002	26	SDP	NL	20	0.0%	30.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.2			0.86	1.50	65%	31%	0.0%	14%

2006	30	TOR	AL	18	5.6%	55.6%	5.6%	11.1%	50%	10.00	1.7	17.0	17.0	0.17	0.33	33%	29%	16.7%	0%

2009	33	CIN	NL	36	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	8.3%	33%	3.00	3.6		10.7	1.18	2.60	67%	21%	0.0%	18%
5 Yrs				323	1.9%	20.1%	10.5%	5.6%	25%	1.91	4.4	47.5	7.9	0.86	1.07	67%	22%	5.9%	15%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.9%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.94	5.2	31.8	7.5	0.78	1.07	70%	20%	8.0%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	23	MIL	NL	-3.5	-0.3	129	1.6	3.4	-1.8	1.06	0.0	1.5	5.9	0.5	1.02	1.2	0.60	7
2000	24	MIL	NL	-2.8	-0.2	127	-0.1	1.8	-1.9	.95	-0.0	-0.1	1.8	0.2	0.90	-0.5	1.09	8

2002	26	SDP	NL	-2.7	-0.3	21	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.01	-0.2	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.90	-1.7	0.17	0

2006	30	TOR	AL	-0.4	-0.0	18	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.09	-0.1	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	1.02	-1.5	2.50	5

2009	33	CIN	NL	-0.4	-0.0	36	0.1	0.7	-0.6	1.08	-0.1	0.2	-2.1	-0.2	0.96	-2.1	1.15	24
5 Yrs				-9.6	-0.9	331	1.1	6.3	-5.3	1.02	-0.4	1.4	2.1	0.2	0.96	-4.6	1.20	44

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1999	23	MIL	NL	1	0	26%	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	29%	8	5	3	2	2	0	4	3	1
2000	24	MIL	NL	2	0	29%	47	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33%	8	5	2	1	1	0	3	1	2

2002	26	SDP	NL	1	0	0%	8	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	30	TOR	AL	0	0	50%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009	33	CIN	NL	0	0	17%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40%	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
5 Yrs				4	0	26%	114	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	30%	21	14	6	4	3	1	8	5	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1999	23	MIL	NL	127	85%	33	2	0	7	1	0	0	0.60	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		24	0	0%	11	6	55%	112	21	19%	10	6	60%	13	9	69%	0
2000	24	MIL	NL	122	91%	22	2	0	8	1	0	1	1.09	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		24	1	4%	5	2	40%	63	7	11%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0

2002	26	SDP	NL	20	65%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	1	50%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2006	30	TOR	AL	18	89%	4	0	0	5	1	0	0	2.50	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	0	0%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0

2009	33	CIN	NL	36	92%	9	1	0	24	7	0	1	1.15	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	2	1	50%	28	4	14%	6	4	67%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				323	87%	71	5	0	44	10	0	2	1.20	6	0	11	6	0	1	5	0	0	0		60	4	7%	24	10	42%	224	32	14%	22	12	55%	17	11	65%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	23	MIL	NL	127	458	3.61	285	62%	24%	14%	27%	35%	76%	2%	47%	82%	31%	4%	5	0	13%	17	8	8%	10	4	21%	0	0	0
2000	24	MIL	NL	122	461	3.78	263	57%	32%	13%	24%	30%	68%	0%	39%	80%	20%	5%	6	1	19%	23	9	10%	12	6	43%	0	0	0

2002	26	SDP	NL	20	57	2.85	42	74%	33%	17%	19%	31%	67%	0%	49%	75%	35%	0%	0	0	5%	1	1	5%	1	0	17%	0	0	0

2006	30	TOR	AL	18	71	3.94	49	69%	24%	29%	33%	14%	76%	0%	52%	62%	44%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	6%	1	1	50%	0	0	0

2009	33	CIN	NL	36	142	3.94	89	63%	18%	24%	31%	27%	82%	8%	51%	71%	39%	6%	2	0	11%	4	1	8%	3	3	44%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				323	1189	3.68	728	61%	27%	16%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	78%	29%	4%	13	1	14%	46	20	8%	27	14	35%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1999	23	38	127	117	13	33	3	3	23	1	9	19	.282	.331	.385	.715	82	45	0	0	1	1
2000	24	78	249	217	27	55	8	5	32	2	29	40	.253	.341	.359	.701	80	78	1	1	2	1
2001	25	78	249	217	27	55	8	5	32	2	29	40	.253	.341	.359	.701	80	78	1	1	2	1
2002	26	85	269	236	27	58	8	5	32	3	30	46	.246	.331	.343	.674	74	81	2	1	2	1
2003	27	85	269	236	27	58	8	5	32	3	30	46	.246	.331	.343	.674	74	81	2	1	2	1
2004	28	85	269	236	27	58	8	5	32	3	30	46	.246	.331	.343	.674	74	81	2	1	2	1
2005	29	85	269	236	27	58	8	5	32	3	30	46	.246	.331	.343	.674	74	81	2	1	2	1
2006	30	97	287	253	30	62	9	6	33	3	31	56	.245	.328	.352	.679	75	89	2	1	2	1
2007	31	97	287	253	30	62	9	6	33	3	31	56	.245	.328	.352	.679	75	89	2	1	2	1
2008	32	97	287	253	30	62	9	6	33	3	31	56	.245	.328	.352	.679	75	89	2	1	2	1
2009	33	126	323	285	32	71	12	6	36	3	34	65	.249	.328	.354	.683	77	101	4	1	3	2

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1999	23	38	126	116	12	32	3	0	3	21	1	9	19	.276	.325	.379	.705	14	38
2000	24	40	120	99	13	21	5	0	2	9	1	19	21	.212	.342	.323	.665	11	40

2002	26	7	21	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	.200	.238	.200	.438	1	7

2006	30	12	18	17	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	10	.235	.278	.471	.748	2	12

2009	33	29	36	32	2	9	3	0	0	3	0	3	9	.281	.333	.375	.708	4	29
5 Yrs		126	321	284	30	70	12	0	6	34	3	33	65	.246	.324	.352	.676	32	126
162 Game Avg.		162	413	365	39	90	15	0	8	44	4	42	84	.246	.324	.352	.676	41	126

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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