Jack Barry

John Joseph Barry

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: April 26, 1887 in Meriden, CT
School: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1908. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1908
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1908-1919

Final Game: June 23, 1919
Died: April 23, 1961 in Shrewsbury, MA
Buried: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Meriden, CT
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	Awards
1908	PHA	AL	21	2B	20			88	29	56	3	3	.966	4.25	.951	5.22
1908	PHA	AL	21	SS	14			54	20	28	6	0	.889	3.43	.927	5.54
1908	PHA	AL	21	3B	3			8	5	2	1	0	.875	2.33	.932	3.27
1909	PHA	AL	22	SS	124			590	196	351	43	40	.927	4.41	.925	5.35
1910	PHA	AL	23	SS	145			748	279	406	63	54	.916	4.72	.928	5.35
1911	PHA	AL	24	SS	127			691	268	384	39	49	.944	5.13	.926	5.57	MVP-18
1912	PHA	AL	25	SS	139			731	238	438	55	55	.925	4.86	.921	5.32	MVP-14
1913	PHA	AL	26	SS	134			683	248	403	32	60	.953	4.86	.935	5.39	MVP-9
1914	PHA	AL	27	SS	140			730	244	447	39	61	.947	4.94	.937	5.35	MVP-16
1915	PHA	AL	28	SS	54			269	106	150	13	21	.952	4.74	.937	5.15
1915	BOS	AL	28	2B	78			373	143	216	14	19	.962	4.60	.956	5.14
1916	BOS	AL	29	2B	94			495	200	282	13	30	.974	5.13	.964	5.06
1917	BOS	AL	30	2B	116			549	196	339	14	40	.974	4.61	.959	5.14
1919	BOS	AL	32	2B	31	29	28	154	54	88	12	15	.922	4.58	.961	5.35
	8 Seasons			SS	877			4496	1599	2607	290	340	.935	4.80	.929	5.37
	5 Seasons			2B	339	29	28	1659	622	981	56	107	.966	4.73	.960	5.14
	1 Season			3B	3			8	5	2	1	0	.875	2.33	.932	3.27
	11 Seasons			TOT	1219	29	28	6163	2226	3590	347	447	.944	4.77	.937	5.30

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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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1908	PHA	AL	21	40		40		20	3	14
1909	PHA	AL	22	124		124		0	0	124
1910	PHA	AL	23	145		145		0	0	145
1911	PHA	AL	24	127		127		0	0	127
1912	PHA	AL	25	140		140		0	0	139
1913	PHA	AL	26	134		134		0	0	134
1914	PHA	AL	27	140		140		0	0	140
1915	BOS	AL	28	78		78		78	0	0
1915	PHA	AL	28	54		54		0	0	54
1916	BOS	AL	29	94		94		94	0	0
1917	BOS	AL	30	116		116		116	0	0
1919	BOS	AL	32	31	29	31	31	31	0	1	0	0
	11 Seasons			1223	29	1223	31	339	3	878	0	0

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1938 BBWAA ( 1.1%) 1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1911 AL (18, 5%) 1912 AL (14, 6%) 1913 AL (9, 12%) 1914 AL (16, 9%) 0.32 Career Shares (587th)	Assists† s c a p y 1912 AL 438 (5th) 1914 AL 447 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1910 AL 63 (1st) 1912 AL 55 (4th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1909 AL 124 (3rd) 1910 AL 145 (2nd) 1911 AL 127 (4th) 1912 AL 139 (5th) 1913 AL 134 (5th) 1914 AL 140 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1909 AL 196 (5th) 1910 AL 279 (4th) 1911 AL 268 (5th) 1912 AL 238 (5th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1909 AL 351 (5th) 1910 AL 406 (4th) 1911 AL 384 (5th) 1912 AL 438 (4th) 1913 AL 403 (5th) 1914 AL 447 (4th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1909 AL 43 (5th) 1910 AL 63 (1st) 1912 AL 55 (4th) 1914 AL 39 (3rd) Career 290 (74th)
Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1916 AL 5.13 (4th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1915 AL .962 (4th) 1916 AL .974 (2nd) 1917 AL .974 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y Career 4.80 (98th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1909 AL .927 (5th) 1911 AL .944 (2nd) 1912 AL .925 (4th) 1913 AL .953 (2nd) 1914 AL .947 (4th)

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