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Virgil Barnes
Virgil Jennings Barnes (Zeke)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 5, 1897 in Ontario, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1919
Final Game: September 15, 1928
Died: July 24, 1958 in Wichita, KS
Relatives: Brother of Jesse Barnes
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 16 3.500 27.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
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 78 1.429 11.6 0.0 1.3 2.6 2.00
1922 25 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 3.48 22 3 7 1 0 2 51.2 46 27 20 1 11 16 0 0 3 206 115 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 98 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 1 777 131 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 96 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 72 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 67 1.856 12.8 0.4 3.9 1.0 0.27
9 Seasons 61 59 .508 3.66 205 135 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 2 219 238 105 89 9 59 55 2 0 2 929 105 1.357 9.8 0.4 2.4 2.3 0.94
NYG (9 yrs) 59 52 .532 3.53 189 125 30 57 7 11 1033.2 1106 483 406 43 267 268 8 1 9 4357 108 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 67 1.856 12.8 0.4 3.9 1.0 0.27

Postseason Pitching

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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
1923 26 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 7.7
1924 27 NYG NL WS L WSH 0 1 .000 5.68 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 15 8 8 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 52 1.263 10.7 1.4 0.7 6.4 9.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 4.15 4 2 1 0 0 0 17.1 19 8 8 2 1 0 13 0 0 1 70 1.154 9.9 1.0 0.5 6.8 13.00
2 WS 0 1 .000 4.15 4 2 1 0 0 0 17.1 19 8 8 2 1 0 13 0 0 1 70 1.154 9.9 1.0 0.5 6.8 13.00

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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1919 22 NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1920 23 NYG NL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1 /1
1922 25 NYG NL 22 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -15 2 0 1 1
1923 26 NYG NL 22 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1924 27 NYG NL 35 87 77 8 14 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 26 .182 .241 .182 .423 16 14 0 4 1
1925 28 NYG NL 32 91 89 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 .101 .101 .101 .202 -47 9 0 2 1
1926 29 NYG NL 31 57 56 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 .054 .054 .054 .107 -71 3 0 1 1
1927 30 NYG NL 35 87 83 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 29 .108 .108 .108 .217 -42 9 0 4 1
1928 31 TOT NL 26 42 39 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .077 .100 .077 .177 -53 3 0 2 1
1928 31 NYG NL 10 22 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .091 .091 .091 .182 -53 2 0 0 1
1928 31 BSN NL 16 20 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .059 .111 .059 .170 -53 1 0 2 1
9 Seasons 205 393 371 20 40 0 0 0 9 0 2 7 119 .108 .124 .108 .232 -38 40 0 0 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 311 293 16 32 0 0 0 7 0 6 94 .108 .124 .108 .232 -38 32 0 12
NYG (9 yrs) 189 373 354 19 39 0 0 0 9 0 2 6 113 .110 .125 .110 .235 -37 39 0 0 13 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 16 20 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .059 .111 .059 .170 -53 1 0 2

Postseason Batting

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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
1923 26 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 27 NYG NL WS WSH L 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1919 NYG NL 22 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1920 NYG NL 23 P 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 1.80
1922 NYG NL 25 P 22 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 0.73 .956 1.29
1923 NYG NL 26 P 22 16 0 16 0 0 1.000 0.73 .956 1.34
1924 NYG NL 27 P 35 77 10 66 1 3 .987 2.17 .964 1.42
1925 NYG NL 28 P 32 64 8 54 2 3 .969 1.94 .956 1.35
1926 NYG NL 29 P 31 54 10 42 2 1 .963 1.68 .957 1.39
1927 NYG NL 30 P 35 59 6 49 4 1 .932 1.57 .959 1.29
1928 TOT NL 31 P 26 29 2 24 3 1 .897 1.00 .969 1.27
1928 NYG NL 31 P 10 14 0 12 2 1 .857 1.20 .971 1.27
1928 BSN NL 31 P 16 15 2 12 1 0 .933 0.88 .967 1.27
9 Seasons P 205 319 39 268 12 10 .962 1.50 .960 1.35
9 Seasons TOT 205 319 39 268 12 10 .962 1.50 .922 1.35

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1924 NL  3.061 (7th)
1925 NL  3.532 (10th)
1926 NL  2.870 (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 (246th)

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  .365 (10th)
1926 NL  .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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 36 (672), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 15, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants with Ben Cantwell, Bill Clarkson and Al Spohrer to the Boston Braves for Joe Genewich.

December 8, 1928: Purchased by Milwaukee (American Association) from the Boston Braves.

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