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Skeeter Barnes

William Henry Barnes

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 3, 1957 in Cincinnati, OH
School: University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted
by the Cincinnati Reds in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1983 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Reds/Expos/Cardinals 1983-1994

Final Game: June 20, 1994 (Age 37)
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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
1983 26 CIN NL 15 43 34 5 7 0 0 1 4 2 2 7 3 .206 .372 .294 .666 85 10 0 2 0 0 0 /35
1984 27 CIN NL 32 46 42 5 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 6 .119 .196 .190 .386 8 8 1 0 0 0 1 5/7
1985 28 MON NL 19 26 26 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .154 .154 .192 .346 -1 5 1 0 0 0 0 /5937
1987 30 STL NL 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 210 4 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1989 32 CIN NL 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 34 DET AL 75 171 159 28 46 13 2 5 17 10 7 9 24 .289 .325 .491 .816 121 78 1 0 2 1 1 597/348D
1992 35 DET AL 95 181 165 27 45 8 1 3 25 3 1 10 18 .273 .318 .388 .706 98 64 4 2 2 2 1 53/4D897
1993 36 DET AL 84 180 160 24 45 8 1 2 27 5 5 11 19 .281 .318 .381 .699 89 61 2 0 4 5 0 35D74/96
1994 37 DET AL 24 21 21 4 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 .286 .286 .429 .714 82 9 1 0 0 0 0 3/7D
9 Yrs 353 675 614 95 159 30 4 14 83 20 18 41 74 .259 .306 .389 .695 90 239 10 4 8 8 3
162 Game Avg. 162 310 282 44 73 14 2 6 38 9 8 19 34 .259 .306 .389 .695 90 110 5 2 4 4 1
DET (4 yrs) 278 553 505 83 142 29 4 11 73 18 14 30 63 .281 .319 .420 .739 102 212 8 2 8 8 2
CIN (3 yrs) 52 92 79 11 12 0 0 2 7 2 3 11 9 .152 .272 .228 .500 39 18 1 2 0 0 1
STL (1 yr) 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 210 4 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 19 26 26 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .154 .154 .192 .346 -1 5 1 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 75 122 109 12 17 1 0 3 10 2 4 11 11 .156 .246 .248 .494 38 27 2 2 0 0 1
AL (4 yrs) 278 553 505 83 142 29 4 11 73 18 14 30 63 .281 .319 .420 .739 102 212 8 2 8 8 2

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
1983 26 CIN NL 15 43 -0 -0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .492 .499 0.0 -0.0 0 /35
1984 27 CIN NL 32 46 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .488 .498 -0.3 0.1 -2 5/7
1985 28 MON NL 19 26 -3 -1 -0 1 -0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.4 0.1 -3 /5937
1987 30 STL NL 4 4 1 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 /5
1989 32 CIN NL 5 3 -1 -1 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .465 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1
1991 34 DET AL 75 171 5 -0 1 4 -2 8 0.9 6 14 1.4 .511 .505 1.0 0.3 10 597/348D
1992 35 DET AL 95 181 -2 -0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 7 3 0.3 .496 .497 0.4 -0.2 4 $150,000 53/4D897
1993 36 DET AL 84 180 -2 -1 0 -0 -3 -6 -0.6 7 1 0.0 .493 .496 0.1 -0.3 1 $265,000 35D74/96
1994 37 DET AL 24 21 -1 -1 -0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 3/7D
9 Seasons 353 675 -8 -4 1 3 -6 -13 -1.4 25 11 0.9 .496 .499 0.6 -0.3 8 $415,000
DET (4 yrs) 278 553 0 -2 1 3 -6 -4 -0.3 20 17 1.6 .499 .499 1.4 -0.4 14 $415,000
CIN (3 yrs) 52 92 -5 -1 0 0 -0 -6 -0.7 3 -3 -0.4 .487 .499 -0.4 0.0 -3
STL (1 yr) 4 4 1 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.1 -0.1 1
MON (1 yr) 19 26 -3 -1 -0 1 -0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.4 0.1 -3

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
1983 26 CIN NL 43 29 4 3.7 99 .200 .206 .267 .372 .336 .294 .395 .666 .731 85 .439 -0.3 -0.0 .655 .294 .088 1.3
1984 27 CIN NL 46 38 2 1.4 97 .114 .119 .268 .196 .334 .190 .390 .386 .723 8 .122 -5.5 -0.6 .316 .167 .071 .0
1985 28 MON NL 26 24 0 0.0 91 .167 .154 .254 .154 .321 .192 .379 .346 .700 -1 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .167 .000 .038
1987 30 STL NL 4 3 1 9.0 108 .000 .250 .272 .250 .341 1.000 .423 1.250 .764 210 .761 0.5 0.0 1.333 .750 .750 .0
1989 32 CIN NL 3 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .258 .000 .326 .000 .385 .000 .711 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 -.250 -.333 .000
1991 34 DET AL 171 124 24 5.2 99 .313 .289 .263 .325 .331 .491 .398 .816 .730 121 .562 4.0 0.4 .744 .277 .201 6.7
1992 35 DET AL 181 129 20 4.2 94 .288 .273 .259 .318 .328 .388 .385 .706 .713 98 .476 -0.8 -0.1 .624 .188 .115 3.0
1993 36 DET AL 180 131 19 3.9 102 .299 .281 .265 .318 .336 .381 .406 .699 .742 89 .402 -2.3 -0.2 .590 .169 .100 2.9
1994 37 DET AL 21 17 2 3.2 111 .278 .286 .273 .286 .345 .429 .434 .714 .779 82 .275 -0.8 -0.1 .471 .095 .143 .0
9 Yrs 675 499 72 3.9 98 .272 .259 .263 .306 .332 .389 .396 .695 .729 90 .428 -9.4 -1.0 .592 .200 .130 16.5
162 Game Avg. 310 229 33 3.9 98 .272 .259 .263 .306 .332 .389 .396 .695 .729 90 .428 -9.4 -1.0 .592 .200 .130 8
DET (4 yrs) 553 401 65 4.4 99 .298 .281 .263 .319 .332 .420 .398 .739 .730 102 .473 0.1 0.0 .644 .206 .139 13.7
CIN (3 yrs) 92 71 6 2.3 98 .147 .152 .267 .272 .334 .228 .392 .500 .726 39 .245 -6.6 -0.7 .423 .203 .076 2.0
STL (1 yr) 4 3 1 9.0 108 .000 .250 .272 .250 .341 1.000 .423 1.250 .764 210 .761 0.5 0.0 1.333 .750 .750 .0
MON (1 yr) 26 24 0 0.0 91 .167 .154 .254 .154 .321 .192 .379 .346 .700 -1 -3.5 -0.4 .167 .000 .038
NL (5 yrs) 122 98 7 1.9 96 .147 .156 .264 .246 .332 .248 .390 .494 .722 38 .192 -9.6 -1.0 .388 .174 .092 2.4
AL (4 yrs) 553 401 65 4.4 99 .298 .281 .263 .319 .332 .420 .398 .739 .730 102 .473 0.1 0.0 .644 .206 .139 13.7

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
1983 26 CIN NL 43 2.3% 7.0% 16.3% 2.3% 14% 0.43 11.3 34.0 8.5 0.71 70%
1984 27 CIN NL 46 2.2% 13.0% 8.7% 2.2% 20% 1.50 7.0 42.0 14.0 0.50 76%
1985 28 MON NL 26 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 3.9% 25% 13.0 0.75 92%
1987 30 STL NL 4 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 4.0 1.3 75%
1989 32 CIN NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 100%
1991 34 DET AL 171 2.9% 14.0% 5.3% 11.7% 44% 2.67 6.6 31.8 9.4 0.59 0.80 77% 21% 7.9% 23%
1992 35 DET AL 181 1.7% 9.9% 5.5% 6.6% 27% 1.80 9.2 55.0 6.6 0.57 0.76 81% 22% 4.5% 27%
1993 36 DET AL 180 1.1% 10.6% 6.1% 6.1% 24% 1.73 8.4 80.0 5.9 0.67 0.81 80% 25% 2.8% 16%
1994 37 DET AL 21 4.8% 9.5% 0.0% 4.8% 17% 10.5 21.0 5.3 1.11 0.88 86% 5% 12.5% 11%
9 Yrs 675 2.1% 11.0% 6.1% 7.1% 30% 1.80 8.3 43.9 7.4 0.62 0.76 79% 22% 5.2% 23%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.8% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.72 6.0 40.6 8.3 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 26 CIN NL -0.3 -0.0 47 0.0 0.8 -0.7 1.06 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.0 0.98 1.1 1.80 2
1984 27 CIN NL -5.5 -0.6 48 -0.0 1.1 -1.1 1.33 -0.3 0.3 -3.1 -0.3 1.02 -3.3 1.24 16
1985 28 MON NL -3.5 -0.4 27 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .82 -0.4 0.3 -2.7 -0.3 0.72 -3.9 1.14 10
1987 30 STL NL 0.5 0.0 4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.16 -0.1 -0.1 1.7 0.2 1.02 0.7 1.55 3
1989 32 CIN NL -0.8 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .96 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.73 -1.0 0.47 3
1991 34 DET AL 4.0 0.4 193 -0.2 2.7 -3.0 .92 0.2 -0.5 -0.1 -0.0 0.95 4.1 1.49 11
1992 35 DET AL -0.8 -0.1 191 0.2 3.0 -2.9 1.01 -0.3 0.4 4.7 0.5 1.00 -0.9 1.29 16
1993 36 DET AL -2.3 -0.2 192 -0.2 2.9 -3.1 .93 -0.4 0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.05 -2.4 1.21 17
1994 37 DET AL -0.8 -0.1 23 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .62 -0.0 -0.5 -3.7 -0.3 1.07 -2.5 1.06 5
9 Yrs -9.4 -1.0 729 -1.0 10.9 -11.9 .97 -1.1 0.1 -6.8 -0.7 0.99 -8.2 1.25 83

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
1983 26 CIN NL 0 0 27% 11 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
1984 27 CIN NL 2 0 50% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 40% 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 28 MON NL 0 0 0% 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1987 30 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 32 CIN NL 0 0 3 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 34 DET AL 3 0 46% 68 10 7 59% 6 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 10 47% 13 7 5 2 1 1 4 1 3
1992 35 DET AL 1 0 44% 85 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 50% 12 8 4 2 0 2 6 1 4
1993 36 DET AL 3 0 41% 62 5 5 50% 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 55% 9 6 3 4 1 3 7 2 5
1994 37 DET AL 0 0 60% 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
9 Yrs 9 0 43% 281 20 18 53% 15 11 5 6 0 1 4 1 7 0 2 2 2 22 47% 42 26 15 12 6 6 20 5 14

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1983 26 CIN NL 43 47% 7 2 0 0 0 1.80 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 4 1 25% 31 3 10% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1984 27 CIN NL 46 61% 5 16 1 0 0 1.24 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 5 1 20% 25 2 8% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1985 28 MON NL 26 50% 4 10 1 0 0 1.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
1987 30 STL NL 4 75% 1 3 0 0 0 1.55 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 32 CIN NL 3 33% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 34 DET AL 171 54% 46 7 3 11 0 0 0 1.49 5 0 5 2 3 1 4 0 5 2 40% 29 1 3% 14 4 29% 101 12 12% 7 3 43% 5 1 20% 0
1992 35 DET AL 181 71% 45 12 2 16 3 0 4 1.29 3 0 7 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 67% 47 4 9% 16 8 50% 123 23 19% 14 10 71% 6 3 50% 0
1993 36 DET AL 180 61% 45 6 0 17 6 0 5 1.21 2 0 10 1 1 2 0 0 5 4 80% 40 2 5% 18 10 56% 159 25 16% 18 13 72% 11 9 82% 0
1994 37 DET AL 21 48% 6 3 0 5 1 0 1 1.06 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 17% 5 1 20% 18 3 17% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
9 Yrs 675 60% 159 28 5 83 12 0 10 1.25 14 0 26 7 7 8 6 0 14 8 57% 150 10 7% 65 26 40% 466 71 15% 49 31 63% 27 17 63% 0
MLB Averages 59% 75% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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
1989 32 CIN NL 3 20 6.67 11 55% 9% 18% 45% 27% 91% 0% 50% 80% 0% 0% 0 0 100% 3 2 67% 2 2 0 0 0
1991 34 DET AL 172 600 3.49 381 64% 26% 11% 27% 36% 74% 2% 47% 85% 28% 3% 6 1 15% 25 13 8% 14 10 13% -1 0 0
1992 35 DET AL 182 625 3.43 390 62% 30% 9% 22% 39% 70% 2% 44% 87% 26% 3% 6 0 11% 20 11 9% 17 14 56% -1 0 0
1993 36 DET AL 179 642 3.59 402 63% 26% 10% 26% 37% 74% 0% 46% 86% 25% 4% 7 1 16% 29 15 5% 9 6 42% 1 0 0
1994 37 DET AL 21 80 3.81 54 68% 39% 9% 17% 35% 61% 0% 41% 85% 0% 0% 0 0 10% 2 2 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 557 1967 3.53 1238 63% 28% 10% 25% 37% 72% 1% 46% 86% 25% 3% 19 2 14% 79 43 8% 42 32 35% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1983 26 15 43 34 5 7 0 0 1 4 2 2 7 3 .206 .372 .294 .666 85 10 0 2 0 0 0
1984 27 47 89 76 10 12 0 0 2 7 2 2 11 9 .158 .281 .237 .518 44 18 1 2 0 0 1
1985 28 66 115 102 10 16 1 0 2 7 2 3 11 11 .157 .252 .225 .478 34 23 2 2 0 0 1
1986 29 66 115 102 10 16 1 0 2 7 2 3 11 11 .157 .252 .225 .478 34 23 2 2 0 0 1
1987 30 70 119 106 11 17 1 0 3 10 2 3 11 11 .160 .252 .255 .507 41 27 2 2 0 0 1
1988 31 70 119 106 11 17 1 0 3 10 2 3 11 11 .160 .252 .255 .507 41 27 2 2 0 0 1
1989 32 75 122 109 12 17 1 0 3 10 2 4 11 11 .156 .246 .248 .494 38 27 2 2 0 0 1
1990 33 75 122 109 12 17 1 0 3 10 2 4 11 11 .156 .246 .248 .494 38 27 2 2 0 0 1
1991 34 150 293 268 40 63 14 2 8 27 12 11 20 35 .235 .292 .392 .684 87 105 3 2 2 1 2
1992 35 245 474 433 67 108 22 3 11 52 15 12 30 53 .249 .302 .390 .692 91 169 7 4 4 3 3
1993 36 329 654 593 91 153 30 4 13 79 20 17 41 72 .258 .307 .388 .694 91 230 9 4 8 8 3
1994 37 353 675 614 95 159 30 4 14 83 20 18 41 74 .259 .306 .389 .695 90 239 10 4 8 8 3

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
1983 26 15 45 35 6 8 0 0 1 5 2 8 3 .229 .400 .314 .714 4 15
1984 27 32 48 43 6 6 0 0 1 4 0 5 6 .140 .229 .209 .438 2 32
1985 28 19 27 27 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .185 .185 .222 .407 1 19
1987 30 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 1 4
1989 32 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1991 34 75 171 159 29 46 13 2 5 17 10 9 24 .289 .325 .491 .816 26 75
1992 35 95 183 167 30 47 8 1 3 27 3 10 18 .281 .326 .395 .721 22 95
1993 36 84 180 160 24 45 8 1 2 27 5 11 19 .281 .318 .381 .699 20 84
1994 37 34 28 28 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 .250 .250 .357 .607 3 24
9 Yrs 363 689 626 101 165 30 4 14 87 20 43 75 .264 .311 .391 .703 79 353
162 Game Avg. 162 307 279 45 74 13 2 6 39 9 19 33 .264 .311 .391 .703 35 353

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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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