Virgil Barnes

Virgil Jennings Barnes (Zeke)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 5, 1897 in Ontario, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1919
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves 1919-1928

Final Game: September 15, 1928
Died: July 24, 1958 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Holton Cemetery, Holton, KS
Relatives: Brother of Jesse Barnes
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1915	18	DAV	B	0	4	.000	4.88	7						48.0	55	34	26		21							1.583	10.3		3.9			DAV · IIIL
1919	22	SXC,KCY	A,AA	6	6	.500	0.14	28						132.0	168	106	2		46							1.621	11.5		3.1			SXC,KCY · WL,AA
1919	22	NYG	NL	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	20	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1920	23	ROC	AA	12	23	.343	4.28	41						303.0	371	178	144		79							1.485	11.0		2.3			ROC · IL
1920	23	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	30	84	1.429	11.6	0.0	1.3	2.6	2.00

1921	24	MLW	AA	17	15	.531	4.24	36						259.0	273	140	122		98							1.432	9.5		3.4			MLW · AA
1922	25	NYG	NL	1	0	1.000	3.48	22	2	7	1	0	2	51.2	46	27	20	1	11	16	0	0	3	206	116	1.103	8.0	0.2	1.9	2.8	1.45
1923	26	NYG	NL	2	3	.400	3.91	22	2	7	0	0	1	53.0	59	31	23	2	19	6	0	0	1	232	99	1.472	10.0	0.3	3.2	1.0	0.32
1924	27	NYG	NL	16	10	.615	3.06	35	29	4	15	1	3	229.1	239	87	78	10	57	59	0	1	1	958	120	1.291	9.4	0.4	2.2	2.3	1.04
1925	28	NYG	NL	15	11	.577	3.53	32	27	4	17	1	2	221.2	242	110	87	9	53	53	1	0	0	934	115	1.331	9.8	0.4	2.2	2.2	1.00
1926	29	NYG	NL	8	13	.381	2.87	31	25	4	9	2	1	185.0	183	73	59	4	56	54	3	0	1	777	130	1.292	8.9	0.2	2.7	2.6	0.96
1927	30	NYG	NL	14	11	.560	3.98	35	29	3	12	2	2	228.2	251	116	101	14	51	66	4	0	2	963	98	1.321	9.9	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.29
1928	31	TOT	NL	5	10	.333	5.45	26	19	1	4	1	0	115.2	157	74	70	6	44	18	0	0	1	531	71	1.738	12.2	0.5	3.4	1.4	0.41
1928	31	NYG	NL	3	3	.500	5.04	10	9	0	3	1	0	55.1	71	32	31	3	18	11	0	0	1	245	77	1.608	11.5	0.5	2.9	1.8	0.61
1928	31	BSN	NL	2	7	.222	5.82	16	10	1	1	0	0	60.1	86	42	39	3	26	7	0	0	0	286	66	1.856	12.8	0.4	3.9	1.0	0.27
1929	32	BLT	AA	1	1	.500	6.14	8						22.0	23	16	15		9							1.455	9.4		3.7			BLT · IL
9 Yrs				61	59	.508	3.66	205	134	31	58	7	11	1094.0	1192	525	445	46	293	275	8	1	9	4643	105	1.357	9.8	0.4	2.4	2.3	0.94
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.508	3.66	41	27	6	12	1	2	219	239	105	89	9	59	55	2	0	2	931	105	1.357	9.8	0.4	2.4	2.3	0.94

NYG (9 yrs)				59	52	.532	3.53	189	124	30	57	7	11	1033.2	1106	483	406	43	267	268	8	1	9	4357	109	1.328	9.6	0.4	2.3	2.3	1.00
BSN (1 yr)				2	7	.222	5.82	16	10	1	1	0	0	60.1	86	42	39	3	26	7	0	0	0	286	66	1.856	12.8	0.4	3.9	1.0	0.27

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
1919	22	NYG	NL	2.0	1	0	4	18.00	3.47	0.45	0.00	92.0	2.77	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.216	.498	$
1920	23	NYG	NL	7.0	1	1	3	3.86	4.08	0.41	0.00	92.0	3.38	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.0	0	.461	.500	$

1922	25	NYG	NL	51.2	22	2	27	4.70	4.76	0.40	0.00	96.8	4.22	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.1	3	.486	.498	$
1923	26	NYG	NL	53.0	22	2	31	5.26	4.78	0.28	0.00	94.2	4.24	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.472	.496	$
1924	27	NYG	NL	228.1	35	29	87	3.43	4.27	0.25	0.00	97.4	3.92	14	1.5	1.0	-0.1	3.1	34	.542	.509	$
1925	28	NYG	NL	221.2	32	27	110	4.47	5.15	-0.05	0.00	96.4	5.02	13	1.3	1.0	-0.1	2.9	38	.541	.508	$
1926	29	NYG	NL	185.0	31	25	73	3.55	4.64	0.26	0.00	96.1	4.20	14	1.5	1.0	-0.1	2.8	31	.547	.509	$
1927	30	NYG	NL	229.0	35	29	116	4.56	4.54	0.14	0.00	99.5	4.37	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.2	1.2	18	.486	.497	$
1928	31	NYG	NL	55.1	10	9	32	5.20	4.57	0.34	0.00	95.6	4.04	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.433	.496	$
1928	31	BSN	NL	60.1	16	10	42	6.27	4.68	-0.26	0.00	97.7	4.83	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.443	.494	$
9 Seasons				1093.1	205	134	525	4.32	4.65	0.15	0.00	97.1	4.37	6	0.9	1.0	-0.6	8.8	115	.505	.501	$

NYG (9 yrs)				1033.0	189	124	483	4.21	4.65	0.18	0.00	97.1	4.34	16	1.9	1.0	-0.6	9.3	118	.510	.501	$
BSN (1 yr)				60.1	16	10	42	6.27	4.68	-0.26	0.00	97.7	4.83	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.443	.494	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1923	26	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	0		0.00	2	0	1	4.2	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	18	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	7.7
1924	27	NYG	NL	WS	L	WSH	1	.000	5.68	2	2	0	12.2	15	8	8	2	1	9	1	52	1.263	10.7	1.4	0.7	6.4	9.00
2 Yrs (2 Series)							1	.000	4.15	4	2	1	17.1	19	8	8	2	1	13	1	70	1.154	9.9	1.0	0.5	6.8	13.00
2 WS							1	.000	4.15	4	2	1	17.1	19	8	8	2	1	13	1	70	1.154	9.9	1.0	0.5	6.8	13.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1919	22	NYG	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%			83%
1920	23	NYG	NL	30	0.0%	6.7%	3.3%			90%

1922	25	NYG	NL	206	0.5%	7.8%	5.3%			84%
1923	26	NYG	NL	232	0.9%	2.6%	8.2%			86%
1924	27	NYG	NL	951	1.1%	6.2%	6.0%	2.1%	8%	85%
1925	28	NYG	NL	945	1.0%	5.6%	5.6%	3.3%	13%	86%
1926	29	NYG	NL	777	0.5%	7.0%	7.2%	2.3%	10%	83%
1927	30	NYG	NL	963	1.5%	6.9%	5.3%	2.8%	11%	84%
1928	31	TOT	NL	531	1.1%	3.4%	8.3%	2.1%	7%	83%
1928	31	NYG	NL	245	1.2%	4.5%	7.4%	2.9%	10%	82%
1928	31	BSN	NL	286	1.1%	2.5%	9.1%	1.4%	5%	84%
9 Yrs				4647	1.0%	5.9%	6.3%	2.3%	9%	84%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.3%	7.7%	2.9%	11%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1919	22	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	20	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	20
1920	23	0	1	.000	7.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	15	7	7	0	2	3	0	0	0	42	47	1.889	15.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.50	47
1921	24	0	1	.000	7.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	15	7	7	0	2	3	0	0	0	42	47	1.889	15.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.50	47
1922	25	1	1	.500	4.01	24	3	8	1	0	2	60.2	61	34	27	1	13	19	0	0	3	248	98	1.220	9.0	0.1	1.9	2.8	1.46	98
1923	26	3	4	.429	3.96	46	5	15	1	0	3	113.2	120	65	50	3	32	25	0	0	4	480	99	1.337	9.5	0.2	2.5	2.0	0.78	99
1924	27	19	14	.576	3.36	81	34	19	16	1	6	343.0	359	152	128	13	89	84	0	1	5	1438	112	1.306	9.4	0.3	2.3	2.2	0.94	112
1925	28	34	25	.576	3.43	113	61	23	33	2	8	564.2	601	262	215	22	142	137	1	1	5	2372	113	1.316	9.6	0.4	2.3	2.2	0.96	113
1926	29	42	38	.525	3.29	144	86	27	42	4	9	749.2	784	335	274	26	198	191	4	1	6	3149	117	1.310	9.4	0.3	2.4	2.3	0.96	117
1927	30	56	49	.533	3.45	179	115	30	54	6	11	978.1	1035	451	375	40	249	257	8	1	8	4112	111	1.312	9.5	0.4	2.3	2.4	1.03	111
1928	31	61	59	.508	3.66	205	134	31	58	7	11	1094.0	1192	525	445	46	293	275	8	1	9	4643	105	1.357	9.8	0.4	2.4	2.3	0.94	105

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
1919	22	0	0		22.50	2.0	7	6	5	0	1	1	0	4.000	31.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	1
1920	23	0	0		3.86	7.0	10	3	3	0	1	2	0	1.571	12.9	1.3	2.6	2.00	0.0	1

1922	25	3	2	.600	3.23	53.0	46	21	19	1	11	16	0	1.075	7.8	1.9	2.7	1.45	0.2	22
1923	26	3	3	.500	3.76	55.0	60	26	23	2	19	6	0	1.436	9.8	3.1	1.0	0.32	0.3	22
1924	27	15	10	.600	3.27	231.0	254	93	84	11	61	59	0	1.364	9.9	2.4	2.3	0.97	0.4	35
1925	28	15	10	.600	3.29	230.0	245	93	84	9	54	55	1	1.300	9.6	2.1	2.2	1.02	0.4	32
1926	29	13	7	.650	3.00	186.0	192	69	62	4	59	54	3	1.349	9.3	2.9	2.6	0.92	0.2	31
1927	30	12	13	.480	4.00	232.0	260	114	103	15	53	67	4	1.349	10.1	2.1	2.6	1.26	0.6	35
1928	31	4	8	.333	5.54	117.0	163	80	72	6	46	18	0	1.786	12.5	3.5	1.4	0.39	0.5	26
9 Yrs		65	53	.551	3.68	1113.0	1237	505	455	48	305	278	8	1.385	10.0		2.2	0.91	0.4	205

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1924 NL 3.1 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1924 NL 3.06 (7th) 1925 NL 3.53 (10th) 1926 NL 2.87 (5th)	Wins s c a p y 1924 NL 16 (6th) 1925 NL 15 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1925 NL 2.152 (9th) Career 2.410 (250th)
Saves s c a p y 1922 NL 2 (7th) 1924 NL 3 (4th) 1925 NL 2 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1924 NL 229.3 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1926 NL 2 (10th) 1927 NL 2 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1927 NL 14 (8th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1927 NL 1.294 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1925 NL 0.365 (10th) 1926 NL 0.195 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1926 NL 13 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1924 NL 120 (8th) 1926 NL 131 (6th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1924 NL 19 (6th) 1926 NL 18 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1924 NL 1.9 (6th) 1926 NL 1.8 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 36 (684), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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