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Rex Barney

Rex Edward Barney

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 19, 1924 in Omaha, NE
High School: Creighton Prep HS (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1943 (Age 18)
Team: Dodgers 1943-1950

Final Game: September 4, 1950 (Age 25)
Died: August 12, 1997 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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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
1943 18 BRO NL 9 19 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -53 1 2 0 0 /1
1946 21 BRO NL 16 19 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .235 .316 .235 .551 57 4 2 0 0 1
1947 22 BRO NL 28 27 27 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 12 .111 .111 .148 .259 -33 4 1 0 0 1
1948 23 BRO NL 44 90 84 5 14 0 0 0 2 0 2 40 .167 .186 .167 .353 -5 14 2 0 4 1 MVP-18
1949 24 BRO NL 38 51 47 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 14 .213 .229 .234 .463 22 11 0 0 3 1
1950 25 BRO NL 20 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .250 .472 22 2 1 0 0 1
6 Yrs 155 215 201 12 33 3 0 0 7 0 7 78 .164 .192 .179 .371 0 36 8 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 225 210 13 34 3 0 0 7 0 7 82 .164 .192 .179 .371 0 38 8 0 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1943 18 BRO NL 9 19 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .477 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 /1
1946 21 BRO NL 16 19 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2 1
1947 22 BRO NL 28 27 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
1948 23 BRO NL 44 90 -14 -0 -0 0 9 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.5 0.0 -1 1 MVP-18
1949 24 BRO NL 38 51 -6 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 1
1950 25 BRO NL 20 9 -1 -0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 1
6 Seasons 155 215 -30 0 0 0 23 -7 -0.8 8 1 -0.8 .495 .499 -0.8 0.0 1

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
1943 18 BRO NL 19 19 0 0.0 90 .077 .056 .266 .105 .335 .056 .361 .161 .695 -53 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .105 .056 .000
1946 21 BRO NL 19 15 1 1.8 94 .333 .235 .264 .316 .339 .235 .369 .551 .709 57 .182 -0.9 -0.1 .400 .118 .000
1947 22 BRO NL 27 25 0 0.0 108 .200 .111 .278 .111 .353 .148 .412 .259 .765 -33 .000 -5.3 -0.5 .160 .037 .037
1948 23 BRO NL 90 76 3 1.0 105 .318 .167 .274 .186 .349 .167 .405 .353 .754 -5 .066 -12.9 -1.3 .222 .024 .000
1949 24 BRO NL 51 40 3 2.0 107 .303 .213 .275 .229 .349 .234 .412 .463 .761 22 .181 -5.4 -0.5 .324 .043 .021
1950 25 BRO NL 9 8 0 0.0 111 .167 .125 .273 .222 .351 .250 .424 .472 .774 22 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .375 .250 .125
6 Yrs 215 183 7 1.0 104 .268 .164 .273 .192 .347 .179 .401 .371 .749 0 .064 -29.0 -3.0 .244 .050 .015
162 Game Avg. 225 191 7 1.0 104 .268 .164 .273 .192 .347 .179 .401 .371 .749 0 .064 -29.0 -3.0 .244 .050 .015

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 22 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 24 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 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
1943 18 BRO NL 19 0.0% 26.3% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.6 68%
1946 21 BRO NL 19 0.0% 26.3% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 2.50 3.4 9.00 63%
1947 22 BRO NL 27 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 3.7% 33% 2.3 9.0 1.40 56%
1948 23 BRO NL 90 0.0% 44.4% 2.2% 0.0% 0% 20.00 2.1 42.0 4.00 49%
1949 24 BRO NL 51 0.0% 27.5% 2.0% 2.0% 10% 14.00 3.4 23.5 5.50 65%
1950 25 BRO NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 11.1% 100% 2.00 4.0 5.00 67%
6 Yrs 215 0.0% 36.3% 3.3% 1.4% 9% 11.14 2.6 28.7 3.94 57%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.5% 6.0% 26% 0.99 9.5 61.2 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 18 BRO NL -3.6 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 21 BRO NL -0.9 -0.1 19 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.06 -0.2 -0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.95 -1.7 0
1947 22 BRO NL -5.3 -0.5 27 0.1 0.4 -0.3 .60 -0.3 0.5 -3.2 -0.3 1.02 -4.1 0
1948 23 BRO NL -12.9 -1.3 90 -1.3 0.5 -1.7 .88 -1.4 -0.0 -13.8 -1.4 0.92 -14.8 0
1949 24 BRO NL -5.4 -0.5 51 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .91 -0.5 0.0 -6.2 -0.6 0.98 -5.6 0
1950 25 BRO NL -0.9 -0.1 9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.21 -0.2 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 1.27 -1.8 0
6 Yrs -29.0 -3.0 196 -2.3 1.5 -3.8 .88 -2.5 -0.0 -29.7 -2.9 0.97 -28.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1946 21 BRO NL 0 0 17% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1947 22 BRO NL 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1948 23 BRO NL 0 0 31% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13% 5 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 0
1949 24 BRO NL 0 0 27% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 25 BRO NL 0 0 0% 3 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
6 Yrs 1 0 30% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 23% 8 7 1 1 1 0 4 2 2

Situational Batting*

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1946 21 BRO NL 19 42% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 10 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1947 22 BRO NL 27 37% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 0 0% 23 3 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1948 23 BRO NL 90 34% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 12 2 17% 13 2 15% 61 2 3% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1949 24 BRO NL 51 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 10 2 20% 36 3 8% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1950 25 BRO NL 9 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 6 0 0% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
6 Yrs 196 33% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 32 8 25% 35 4 11% 141 8 6% 8 2 25% 3 1 33% 0
MLB Averages 50% 183% 21% 34% 15% 51% 56%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 18 9 19 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -53 1 2 0 0
1944 19 9 19 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -53 1 2 0 0
1945 20 9 19 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -53 1 2 0 0
1946 21 25 38 35 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 .143 .211 .143 .353 2 5 4 0 0
1947 22 53 65 62 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 22 .129 .169 .145 .314 -13 9 5 0 0
1948 23 97 155 146 9 22 1 0 0 5 0 5 62 .151 .179 .158 .336 -9 23 7 0 4
1949 24 135 206 193 12 32 2 0 0 7 0 6 76 .166 .191 .176 .367 -1 34 7 0 7
1950 25 155 215 201 12 33 3 0 0 7 0 7 78 .164 .192 .179 .371 0 36 8 0 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1943 18 9 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 9
1946 21 17 20 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .222 .300 .222 .522 1 16
1947 22 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
1948 23 46 92 86 4 13 0 0 0 2 0 2 42 .151 .170 .151 .322 2 44
1949 24 39 51 47 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 15 .191 .208 .213 .421 2 38
1950 25 21 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 20
6 Yrs 161 220 206 7 26 1 0 0 4 0 7 82 .126 .155 .131 .286 5 155
162 Game Avg. 162 221 207 7 26 1 0 0 4 0 7 83 .126 .155 .131 .286 5 155



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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (18, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1193rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 NL  born 1924-12-19 (5th)

                           

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