Bob Barr

Robert McClelland Barr

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: December, 1856 in Washington, DC (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1883
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Broncos/PittsburghAlleghenys/Hoosiers/Giants 1883-1891

Final Game: September 12, 1891
Died: March 11, 1930 in Washington, DC
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
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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
1883	26	PIT	AA	6	18	.250	4.38	26	23	3	19	0	1	203.1	263	166	99	5	28	81			17	922	73	1.431	11.6	0.2	1.2	3.6	2.89
1884	27	TOT	AA	12	34	.261	3.94	48	48	0	47	2	0	413.0	471	327	181	11	50	207	18	0	39	1853	78	1.262	10.3	0.2	1.1	4.5	4.14
1884	27	WAS	AA	9	23	.281	3.45	32	32	0	32	2	0	281.1	312	210	108	9	31	138	13	0	26	1248	87	1.219	10.0	0.3	1.0	4.4	4.45
1884	27	IND	AA	3	11	.214	4.99	16	16	0	15	0	0	131.2	159	117	73	2	19	69	5	0	13	605	65	1.352	10.9	0.1	1.3	4.7	3.63

1885	28	WSH	N/A	21	4	.840	1.01	26	25		24	5		222.0	140	67	25		19	178	6		4			0.716	5.7		0.8	7.2	9.37	WSH · EL
1886	29	ROC	N/A	4	2	.667	0.85	6	6		6	1		53.0	37	13	5		11	35			3			0.906	6.3		1.9	5.9	3.18	ROC · IL
1886	29	WHS	NL	3	18	.143	4.41	23	23	0	21	1	0	191.2	221	153	94	7	54	80		0	22	844	72	1.435	10.4	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.48

1888	31	ROC	N/A	35	13	.729	1.60	48	48		47	4		427.0	354	164	76		67	216	16		29			0.986	7.5		1.4	4.6	3.22	ROC · INTA
1889	32	ROC	N/A	30	19	.612	1.64	50	49		49	1		433.1	385	195	79		129	169	14		20			1.186	8.0		2.7	3.5	1.31	ROC · IL
1890	33	ROC	AA	28	24	.538	3.25	57	54	3	52	3	0	493.1	458	267	178	7	219	209	14	0	28	2152	111	1.372	8.4	0.1	4.0	3.8	0.95
1891	34	BFL	A	25	8	.758	1.56	34	30		29	3		288.0	257	133	50		105	133	19		9			1.257	8.0		3.3	4.2	1.27	BFL · EASA
1891	34	NYG	NL	0	4	.000	5.33	5	4	1	2	0	0	27.0	47	25	16	1	12	11	3	0	1	143	60	2.185	15.7	0.3	4.0	3.7	0.92
1892	35	SYR,PRV	N/A	9	17	.346	2.57	29	28		24	1		238.0	265	157	68		81	79	14		15			1.454	10.0		3.1	3.0	0.98	SYR,PRV · EL
1893	36	BFL,PRV	N/A	18	14	.563	3.44	34	29		28	1		277.1	319	231	106		92	70						1.482	10.4		3.0	2.3	0.76	BFL,PRV · EL
5 Yrs				49	98	.333	3.85	159	152	7	141	6	1	1328.1	1460	938	568	31	363	588	35	0	107	5914	86	1.372	9.9	0.2	2.5	4.0	1.62
162 Game Avg.				11	21	.333	3.85	35	33	2	31	1	0	290	319	205	124	7	79	129		0	23	1293	86	1.372	9.9	0.2	2.5	4.0	1.62

NYG (1 yr)				0	4	.000	5.33	5	4	1	2	0	0	27.0	47	25	16	1	12	11	3	0	1	143	60	2.185	15.7	0.3	4.0	3.7	0.92
ROC (1 yr)				28	24	.538	3.25	57	54	3	52	3	0	493.1	458	267	178	7	219	209	14	0	28	2152	111	1.372	8.4	0.1	4.0	3.8	0.95
PIT (1 yr)				6	18	.250	4.38	26	23	3	19	0	1	203.1	263	166	99	5	28	81			17	922	73	1.431	11.6	0.2	1.2	3.6	2.89
IND (1 yr)				3	11	.214	4.99	16	16	0	15	0	0	131.2	159	117	73	2	19	69	5	0	13	605	65	1.352	10.9	0.1	1.3	4.7	3.63
WHS (1 yr)				3	18	.143	4.41	23	23	0	21	1	0	191.2	221	153	94	7	54	80		0	22	844	72	1.435	10.4	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.48
WAS (1 yr)				9	23	.281	3.45	32	32	0	32	2	0	281.1	312	210	108	9	31	138	13	0	26	1248	87	1.219	10.0	0.3	1.0	4.4	4.45

AA (3 yrs)				46	76	.377	3.71	131	125	6	118	5	1	1109.2	1192	760	458	23	297	497	32	0	84	4927	90	1.342	9.7	0.2	2.4	4.0	1.67
NL (2 yrs)				3	22	.120	4.53	28	27	1	23	1	0	218.2	268	178	110	8	66	91	3	0	23	987	71	1.527	11.0	0.3	2.7	3.7	1.38

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
1883	26	PIT	AA	203.1	26	23	166	7.35	5.78	-0.54	0.00	97.0	6.12	-26	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-1.4	-19	.417	.487	$
1884	27	WAS	AA	281.1	32	32	210	6.72	5.29	-0.87	0.00	93.0	5.73	-21	-1.8		-0.3	-0.7	-18	.443	.489	$
1884	27	IND	AA	131.2	16	16	117	8.00	5.32	-0.27	0.00	100.0	5.59	-31	-2.5		-0.2	-1.9	-29	.346	.485	$

1886	29	WHS	NL	191.2	23	23	153	7.18	5.48	-0.17	0.00	97.0	5.48	-31	-2.6		-0.2	-1.2	-18	.388	.484	$

1890	33	ROC	AA	493.1	57	54	267	4.87	5.63	0.21	0.00	93.0	5.04	26	2.3	1.0	-0.8	4.2	41	.541	.514	$
1891	34	NYG	NL	27.0	5	4	25	8.33	5.54	0.31	0.00	94.0	4.91	-10	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-7	.351	.495	$
5 Seasons				1328.1	159	152	938	6.36	5.53	-0.23	0.00	94.9	5.47	-92	-7.5	1.0	-1.8	-1.5	-50	.453	.492	$

NYG (1 yr)				27.0	5	4	25	8.33	5.54	0.31	0.00	94.0	4.91	-10	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-7	.351	.495	$
ROC (1 yr)				493.1	57	54	267	4.87	5.63	0.21	0.00	93.0	5.04	26	2.3	1.0	-0.8	4.2	41	.541	.514	$
PIT (1 yr)				203.1	26	23	166	7.35	5.78	-0.54	0.00	97.0	6.12	-26	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-1.4	-19	.417	.487	$
IND (1 yr)				131.2	16	16	117	8.00	5.32	-0.27	0.00	100.0	5.59	-31	-2.5		-0.2	-1.9	-29	.346	.485	$
WHS (1 yr)				191.2	23	23	153	7.18	5.48	-0.17	0.00	97.0	5.48	-31	-2.6		-0.2	-1.2	-18	.388	.484	$
WAS (1 yr)				281.1	32	32	210	6.72	5.29	-0.87	0.00	93.0	5.73	-21	-1.8		-0.3	-0.7	-18	.443	.489	$

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+
1883	26	6	18	.250	4.38	26	23	3	19	0	1	203.1	263	166	99	5	28	81			17	922	73	1.431	11.6	0.2	1.2	3.6	2.89	73
1884	27	18	52	.257	4.09	74	71	3	66	2	1	616.1	734	493	280	16	78	288	18	0	56	2775	77	1.317	10.7	0.2	1.1	4.2	3.69	77
1885	28	18	52	.257	4.09	74	71	3	66	2	1	616.1	734	493	280	16	78	288	18	0	56	2775	77	1.317	10.7	0.2	1.1	4.2	3.69	77
1886	29	21	70	.231	4.17	97	94	3	87	3	1	808.0	955	646	374	23	132	368	18	0	78	3619	76	1.345	10.6	0.3	1.5	4.1	2.79	76
1887	30	21	70	.231	4.17	97	94	3	87	3	1	808.0	955	646	374	23	132	368	18	0	78	3619	76	1.345	10.6	0.3	1.5	4.1	2.79	76
1888	31	21	70	.231	4.17	97	94	3	87	3	1	808.0	955	646	374	23	132	368	18	0	78	3619	76	1.345	10.6	0.3	1.5	4.1	2.79	76
1889	32	21	70	.231	4.17	97	94	3	87	3	1	808.0	955	646	374	23	132	368	18	0	78	3619	76	1.345	10.6	0.3	1.5	4.1	2.79	76
1890	33	49	94	.343	3.82	154	148	6	139	6	1	1301.1	1413	913	552	30	351	577	32	0	106	5771	87	1.356	9.8	0.2	2.4	4.0	1.64	87
1891	34	49	98	.333	3.85	159	152	7	141	6	1	1328.1	1460	938	568	31	363	588	35	0	107	5914	86	1.372	9.9	0.2	2.5	4.0	1.62	86

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
1883	26	24	16	.600	3.21	365.0	387	144	130	7	41	146	0	1.173	9.5	1.0	3.6	3.56	0.2	26
1884	27	48	31	.608	3.23	719.0	712	287	258	17	76	360	27	1.096	8.9	1.0	4.5	4.74	0.2	48

1886	29	15	13	.536	3.76	256.0	269	119	107	9	66	107	0	1.309	9.5	2.3	3.8	1.62	0.3	23

1890	33	51	24	.680	2.71	682.0	570	228	205	9	273	289	17	1.236	7.5	3.6	3.8	1.06	0.1	57
1891	34	1	2	.333	4.24	34.0	51	18	16	1	13	14	3	1.882	13.5	3.4	3.7	1.08	0.3	5
5 Yrs		139	86	.618	3.13	2056.0	1989	796	716	43	469	916	47	1.196	8.7		4.0	1.95	0.2	159

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1890 AA 4.2 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1890 AA 3.25 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1890 AA 28 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 AA 8.355 (9th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 AA 1.239 (6th) 1884 AA 1.090 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 AA 3.585 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 1890 AA 57 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1883 AA 1 (1st)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1890 AA 493.3 (2nd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1890 AA 209 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1890 AA 54 (2nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1890 AA 52 (2nd) Career 141 (247th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1890 AA 3 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1883 AA 5 (9th) 1884 AA 11 (4th) 1890 AA 7 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1890 AA 219 (1st)	Hits s c a p y 1884 AA 471 (7th) 1890 AA 458 (2nd)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1883 AA 2.893 (5th) 1884 AA 4.140 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 AA 0.128 (9th) Career 0.210 (179th)	Losses s c a p y 1883 AA 18 (8th) 1884 AA 34 (4th) 1886 NL 18 (10th) 1890 AA 24 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1884 AA 181 (4th) 1890 AA 178 (2nd)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1883 AA 17 (9th) 1884 AA 39 (5th) 1890 AA 28 (4th) Career 107 (85th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1884 AA 18 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1890 AA 2,152 (2nd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1883 AA 3 (3rd) 1890 AA 3 (9th)
Oldest s c a p y 1890 AA born 1856-12-32 (10th) 1891 NL born 1856-12-32 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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