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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 (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1943
Team: Dodgers 1943-1950

Final Game: September 4, 1950
Died: August 12, 1997 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1943	18	LAD-min	B,AA	4	7	.364	2.88	15						103.0	89	41	33		69	18						1.534	7.8		6.0	1.6	0.26	DHM,MTL · PIED,IL
1943	18	BRO	NL	2	2	.500	6.35	9	8	0	1	0	0	45.1	36	32	32	4	41	23	2	0	1	214	54	1.699	7.1	0.8	8.1	4.6	0.56

1946	21	BRO	NL	2	5	.286	5.87	16	9	1	1	0	0	53.2	46	42	35	2	51	36	0	0	1	249	58	1.807	7.7	0.3	8.6	6.0	0.71
1947	22	BRO	NL	5	2	.714	4.75	28	9	8	0	0	0	77.2	66	52	41	4	59	36	2	1	5	341	87	1.609	7.6	0.5	6.8	4.2	0.61
1948	23	BRO	NL	15	13	.536	3.10	44	34	6	12	4	0	246.2	193	101	85	17	122	138	6	1	4	1028	129	1.277	7.0	0.6	4.5	5.0	1.13	MVP-18
1949	24	BRO	NL	9	8	.529	4.41	38	20	10	6	2	1	140.2	108	75	69	15	89	80	3	1	3	594	94	1.400	6.9	1.0	5.7	5.1	0.90
1950	25	BRO	NL	2	1	.667	6.42	20	1	5	0	0	0	33.2	25	26	24	6	48	23	2	1	7	167	65	2.168	6.7	1.6	12.8	6.1	0.48
1951	26	LAD-min	AA	0	2	.000		5	4					14.0	11				39							3.571	7.1		25.1			FTW · TL
1952	27	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	51.00	4			0			3.0	7	18	17	1	14	4	0	0	1			7.000	21.0	3.0	42.0	12.0	0.29	STP · AA
6 Seasons				35	31	.530	4.31	155	81	30	20	6	1	597.2	474	328	286	48	410	336	15	4	21	2593	92	1.479	7.1	0.7	6.2	5.1	0.82
162 Game Avg.				10	9	.530	4.31	45	23	9	6	2	0	172	137	95	82	14	118	97	4	1	6	747	92	1.479	7.1	0.7	6.2	5.1	0.82

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1943	18	BRO	NL	45.1	8	32	22	-1	1.0	-10	-1.1	$

1946	21	BRO	NL	53.2	9	42	28	0	1.0	-14	-1.7	$
1947	22	BRO	NL	77.2	9	52	47	2	1.0	-5	-0.6	$
1948	23	BRO	NL	246.2	34	101	144	2	1.0	43	4.4	$	MVP-18
1949	24	BRO	NL	140.2	20	75	84	3	1.0	9	0.8	$
1950	25	BRO	NL	33.2	1	26	21	0	1.0	-5	-0.6	$
6 Seasons				597.2	81	328	346	6	1.0	18	1.2	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1947	22	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	2.70	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	4	2	2	1	10	0	3	0	0	2	32	2.100	5.4	1.4	13.5	4.1	0.30

1949	24	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	5	5	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	17	3.375	10.1	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
2 Seasons (2 Series)							0	2	.000	6.75	4	2	1	0	0	0	9.1	7	7	7	1	16	0	5	0	0	2	49	2.464	6.8	1.0	15.4	4.8	0.31
2 WS							0	2	.000	6.75	4	2	1	0	0	0	9.1	7	7	7	1	16	0	5	0	0	2	49	2.464	6.8	1.0	15.4	4.8	0.31

Standard Batting

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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	Pos	Awards
1943	18	LAD-min	B,AA	16	35	35		9	2	0	0			0			.257	.257	.314	.571		11				DHM,MTL · PIED,IL
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
1951	26	LAD-min	AA	10	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400		1				FTW · TL
1952	27	LAD-min	AAA	4	0	0		0	0	0	0											0				STP · AA
6 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1943	18	BRO	NL	19	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/1

1946	21	BRO	NL	19	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1947	22	BRO	NL	27	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
1948	23	BRO	NL	90	-13	0	0	0	0	6	3	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1	MVP-18
1949	24	BRO	NL	51	-5	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1950	25	BRO	NL	9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
6 Seasons				215	-30	0	0	0	0	15	8	-7	-0.9	-7	-0.7	-0.2	$

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1943	BRO	NL	18	P	9	8	1	45.1	8	1	7	0	1	1.000	1.59	0.89	.961	2.24	2.24
1946	BRO	NL	21	P	16	9	1	53.2	14	7	6	1	1	.929	2.18	0.81	.960	2.25	2.22
1947	BRO	NL	22	P	28	9	0	77.2	12	1	11	0	4	1.000	1.39	0.43	.966	2.10	2.07
1948	BRO	NL	23	P	44	34	12	246.2	37	5	28	4	1	.892	1.20	0.75	.963	2.11	2.08					MVP-18
1949	BRO	NL	24	P	38	20	6	140.2	16	4	10	2	1	.875	0.90	0.37	.953	2.04	2.02
1950	BRO	NL	25	P	20	1	0	33.2	6	2	3	1	0	.833	1.34	0.25	.962	2.11	2.10	0	2	100%	0
	6 Seasons			P	155	81	20	597.2	93	20	65	8	8	.914	1.28	0.55	.961	2.11	2.09	0	2	100%	0
	6 Seasons			TOT	155	81	20	597.2	93	20	65	8	8	.914	1.28	0.55	.961	2.11	2.09	0	2	100%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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 (1177th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1948 NL 4.4 (6th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1948 NL 3.10 (6th)	Wins s c a p y 1948 NL 15 (7th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1948 NL 1.277 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1948 NL 7.042 (2nd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1948 NL 5.035 (3rd)	Games Played s c a p y 1948 NL 44 (7th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1948 NL 246.7 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1948 NL 138 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1948 NL 34 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1948 NL 12 (9th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1948 NL 4 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1948 NL 122 (2nd) 1949 NL 89 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1948 NL 13 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1947 NL 5 (8th) 1950 NL 7 (4th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1948 NL 6 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1948 NL 1,028 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1948 NL 129 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1948 NL 23 (6th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1948 NL 2.3 (6th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1948 NL 4 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1947 NL 1.000 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1943 NL born 1924-12-19 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1008), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Hal Gregg (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

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