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Bob Barton

Robert Wilbur Barton

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 30, 1941 in Norwood, OH
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1965
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Reds 1965-1974

Final Game: July 30, 1974
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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
1965 23 SFG NL 4 7 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143 220 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1966 24 SFG NL 43 97 91 1 16 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 5 .176 .216 .220 .436 20 20 2 0 0 1 2 2
1967 25 SFG NL 7 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .211 .250 .211 .461 34 4 1 1 0 0 0 /2
1968 26 SFG NL 46 102 92 4 24 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 18 .261 .310 .283 .593 79 26 1 0 2 1 1 2
1969 27 SFG NL 49 118 106 5 18 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 19 .170 .241 .189 .430 23 20 4 1 2 0 1 2
1970 28 SDP NL 61 206 188 15 41 6 0 4 16 1 1 15 37 .218 .278 .314 .592 62 59 4 1 1 1 2 2
1971 29 SDP NL 121 413 376 23 94 17 2 5 23 0 5 35 49 .250 .317 .346 .663 94 130 16 2 0 0 11 *2
1972 30 SDP NL 29 92 88 1 17 1 0 0 9 2 0 2 19 .193 .209 .205 .413 23 18 3 0 1 1 0 2
1973 31 CIN NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1974 32 SDP NL 30 96 81 4 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 13 19 .235 .333 .247 .580 68 20 2 0 0 2 1 2
10 Yrs 393 1153 1049 54 237 31 3 9 66 3 6 87 168 .226 .287 .287 .574 65 301 33 5 6 6 18
162 Game Avg. 162 475 432 22 98 13 1 4 27 1 2 36 69 .226 .287 .287 .574 65 124 14 2 2 2 7
SFG (5 yrs) 149 344 315 11 66 6 1 0 11 0 0 21 44 .210 .262 .235 .497 43 74 8 2 4 2 4
SDP (4 yrs) 241 807 733 43 171 25 2 9 55 3 6 65 124 .233 .297 .310 .607 75 227 25 3 2 4 14
CIN (1 yr) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 54 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1965 23 SFG NL 4 7 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .528 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /2
1966 24 SFG NL 43 97 -11 -0 -0 4 2 -6 -0.7 3 -3 -0.3 .484 .496 -0.8 0.6 -7 $ 2
1967 25 SFG NL 7 20 -2 -0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .475 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
1968 26 SFG NL 46 102 -2 -0 0 2 2 1 0.2 4 5 0.5 .503 .501 0.3 0.5 3 $ 2
1969 27 SFG NL 49 118 -10 0 -0 -2 2 -10 -1.1 4 -6 -0.7 .477 .493 -0.5 0.1 -4 $ 2
1970 28 SDP NL 61 206 -8 -1 -0 3 3 -3 -0.2 6 3 0.3 .495 .498 0.0 0.7 0 $ 2
1971 29 SDP NL 121 413 -2 -3 -2 2 7 0 0.1 12 12 1.3 .500 .500 1.0 1.1 11 $ *2
1972 30 SDP NL 29 92 -8 -0 -0 0 2 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .472 .495 -0.6 0.2 -4 $ 2
1973 31 CIN NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1974 32 SDP NL 30 96 -2 -1 -0 5 2 4 0.4 3 6 0.7 .513 .502 0.1 0.8 1 $ 2
10 Seasons 393 1153 -45 -6 -3 14 19 -21 -2.2 35 14 1.3 .494 .498 -0.5 4.0 -0 $
SFG (5 yrs) 149 344 -24 -1 -1 4 6 -16 -1.7 12 -4 -0.5 .488 .498 -1.0 1.3 -8 $
SDP (4 yrs) 241 807 -21 -5 -3 10 13 -6 -0.5 24 18 1.8 .497 .499 0.5 2.7 8 $
CIN (1 yr) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1965 23 SFG NL 7 3 2 18.0 96 .571 .571 .261 .571 .326 .571 .395 1.143 .721 220 .936 1.1 0.1 1.333 .000 .000
1966 24 SFG NL 97 78 4 1.4 100 .184 .176 .269 .216 .329 .220 .406 .436 .734 20 .114 -10.1 -1.1 .325 .099 .044
1967 25 SFG NL 20 16 1 1.7 90 .235 .211 .258 .250 .320 .211 .379 .461 .700 34 .173 -1.7 -0.2 .313 .000 .000
1968 26 SFG NL 102 72 9 3.4 82 .320 .261 .253 .310 .312 .283 .357 .593 .668 79 .475 -2.3 -0.2 .478 .098 .022
1969 27 SFG NL 118 94 5 1.4 94 .207 .170 .258 .241 .328 .189 .383 .430 .711 23 .124 -11.0 -1.2 .326 .104 .019
1970 28 SDP NL 206 154 16 2.8 99 .250 .218 .261 .278 .333 .314 .399 .592 .732 62 .282 -10.1 -1.0 .493 .176 .096 1.6
1971 29 SDP NL 413 303 36 3.2 87 .276 .250 .252 .317 .317 .346 .368 .663 .685 94 .391 -2.4 -0.3 .535 .176 .096 .0
1972 30 SDP NL 92 76 4 1.4 85 .243 .193 .247 .209 .314 .205 .365 .413 .679 23 .128 -8.8 -0.9 .297 .057 .011 .0
1973 31 CIN NL 2 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .257 .500 .325 .000 .382 .500 .707 54 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
1974 32 SDP NL 96 66 8 3.3 90 .297 .235 .256 .333 .328 .247 .371 .580 .698 68 .381 -2.6 -0.3 .516 .173 .012
10 Yrs 1153 863 85 2.7 91 .260 .226 .256 .287 .322 .287 .378 .574 .700 65 .305 -47.8 -5.0 .458 .141 .061 4.5
162 Game Avg. 475 356 35 2.7 91 .260 .226 .256 .287 .322 .287 .378 .574 .700 65 .305 -47.8 -5.0 .458 .141 .061 2
SFG (5 yrs) 344 263 21 2.2 92 .242 .210 .260 .262 .323 .235 .382 .497 .705 43 .243 -24.0 -2.5 .377 .092 .025
SDP (4 yrs) 807 599 64 2.9 90 .268 .233 .254 .297 .322 .310 .376 .607 .698 75 .330 -23.9 -2.5 .492 .161 .076 4.5
CIN (1 yr) 2 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .257 .500 .325 .000 .382 .500 .707 54 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000

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
1965 23 SFG NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 2.00 100%
1966 24 SFG NL 97 0.0% 5.2% 5.2% 3.1% 19% 1.00 18.2 30.3 1.09 90%
1967 25 SFG NL 20 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.5 19.0 2.50 85%
1968 26 SFG NL 102 0.0% 17.7% 6.9% 2.0% 8% 2.57 5.1 18.4 1.94 74%
1969 27 SFG NL 118 0.0% 16.1% 7.6% 1.7% 11% 2.11 5.6 106.0 1.14 74%
1970 28 SDP NL 206 1.9% 18.0% 7.3% 4.9% 24% 2.47 5.1 47.0 11.8 0.98 72%
1971 29 SDP NL 413 1.2% 11.9% 8.5% 5.8% 26% 1.40 7.7 75.2 16.3 1.17 78%
1972 30 SDP NL 92 0.0% 20.7% 2.2% 1.1% 6% 9.50 4.6 9.8 1.59 76%
1973 31 CIN NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 50%
1974 32 SDP NL 96 0.0% 19.8% 13.5% 1.0% 5% 1.46 4.3 11.6 0.67 67%
10 Yrs 1153 0.8% 14.6% 7.6% 3.7% 18% 1.93 6.2 116.6 15.9 1.17 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.8% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.76 6.0 44.5 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 23 SFG NL 1.0 0.1 7 0.2 0.2 -0.1 .85 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.84 1.1 0.23 2
1966 24 SFG NL -10.1 -1.1 97 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 .98 -1.0 0.2 -9.9 -1.0 0.88 -11.2 2.06 5
1967 25 SFG NL -1.7 -0.2 20 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 1.04 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.2 0.81 -1.5 0
1968 26 SFG NL -2.3 -0.2 102 -0.3 1.3 -1.6 .98 -0.4 0.0 -3.6 -0.4 0.91 -3.4 0.15 2
1969 27 SFG NL -11.0 -1.2 120 -1.4 0.7 -2.2 .93 -1.1 -0.4 -10.8 -1.1 0.90 -10.5 0
1970 28 SDP NL -10.4 -1.0 208 -0.9 2.9 -3.7 .98 -0.9 0.0 -6.4 -0.7 0.92 -10.4 0.12 2
1971 29 SDP NL -2.4 -0.3 406 -0.8 6.5 -7.3 1.04 -1.1 0.4 -11.8 -1.3 0.93 -10.7 4.29 3
1972 30 SDP NL -8.8 -0.9 94 -0.2 1.0 -1.3 .81 -0.7 0.4 -4.5 -0.5 0.89 -7.5 0
1973 31 CIN NL 0.1 0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .18 -0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.62 0.2 0.36 1
1974 32 SDP NL -2.6 -0.3 97 0.0 1.5 -1.4 .95 -0.3 0.3 -3.2 -0.3 0.96 -2.3 6.72 1
10 Yrs -48.1 -5.0 1153 -4.5 15.2 -19.6 .98 -5.6 1.1 -50.1 -5.3 0.92 -56.1 1.95 16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 23 SFG NL 0 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 SFG NL 0 0 5% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 25 SFG NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 26 SFG NL 1 0 13% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 27 SFG NL 2 0 18% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1970 28 SDP NL 5 0 21% 56 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 25% 6 6 0 1 0 1 5 3 2
1971 29 SDP NL 7 0 14% 133 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 39% 12 10 2 2 1 1 9 2 6
1972 30 SDP NL 1 0 5% 20 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
1973 31 CIN NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 32 SDP NL 2 0 13% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38% 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 2
10 Yrs 18 0 14% 377 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 13 32% 33 28 4 3 1 2 23 8 13

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 23 SFG NL 7 100% 4 2 1 0 0 0.23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 SFG NL 97 80% 16 5 0 0 1 2.06 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 7 4 57% 47 3 6% 8 2 25% 3 2 67% 0
1967 25 SFG NL 20 80% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1968 26 SFG NL 102 27% 24 2 0 0 0 0.15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 16 1 6% 8 4 50% 51 5 10% 4 3 75% 4 1 25% 0
1969 27 SFG NL 118 18% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 25 4 16% 8 2 25% 63 2 3% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1970 28 SDP NL 206 18% 41 2 0 0 0 0.12 4 0 5 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 100% 33 4 12% 11 2 18% 115 13 11% 8 4 50% 6 2 33% 0
1971 29 SDP NL 413 21% 94 3 1 0 1 4.29 5 1 5 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 0% 57 16 28% 24 4 17% 211 19 9% 20 6 30% 9 5 56% 0
1972 30 SDP NL 92 20% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 3 23% 8 2 25% 45 9 20% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1973 31 CIN NL 2 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 32 SDP NL 96 35% 19 1 1 0 1 6.72 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 18 2 11% 7 3 43% 58 7 12% 5 4 80% 1 1 100% 0
10 Yrs 1153 29% 237 16 3 0 3 1.95 9 1 20 8 1 2 7 0 12 6 50% 175 33 19% 75 23 31% 600 60 10% 52 22 42% 29 12 41% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1965 23 4 7 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143 220 4 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 47 104 98 2 20 2 1 0 4 0 0 5 5 .204 .240 .245 .485 34 24 2 0 0 1 2
1967 25 54 124 117 2 24 2 1 0 5 0 0 5 7 .205 .242 .239 .481 34 28 3 1 0 1 2
1968 26 100 226 209 6 48 4 1 0 10 0 0 12 25 .230 .272 .258 .531 53 54 4 1 2 2 3
1969 27 149 344 315 11 66 6 1 0 11 0 0 21 44 .210 .262 .235 .497 43 74 8 2 4 2 4
1970 28 210 550 503 26 107 12 1 4 27 1 1 36 81 .213 .268 .264 .532 50 133 12 3 5 3 6
1971 29 331 963 879 49 201 29 3 9 50 1 6 71 130 .229 .289 .299 .588 69 263 28 5 5 3 17
1972 30 360 1055 967 50 218 30 3 9 59 3 6 73 149 .225 .282 .291 .573 65 281 31 5 6 4 17
1973 31 363 1057 968 50 218 30 3 9 59 3 6 74 149 .225 .283 .290 .573 65 281 31 5 6 4 17
1974 32 393 1153 1049 54 237 31 3 9 66 3 6 87 168 .226 .287 .287 .574 65 301 33 5 6 6 18

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
1965 23 4 7 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143 2 4
1966 24 43 98 92 1 17 2 1 0 3 0 5 5 .185 .224 .228 .453 5 43
1967 25 7 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .211 .250 .211 .461 1 7
1968 26 46 106 95 5 27 2 0 0 6 0 8 18 .284 .337 .305 .642 10 46
1969 27 49 120 107 5 19 2 0 0 1 0 10 19 .178 .254 .196 .450 5 49
1970 28 61 207 189 16 42 6 0 4 17 1 15 37 .222 .282 .317 .599 17 61
1971 29 121 429 388 28 106 19 2 6 28 0 39 49 .273 .343 .379 .722 50 121
1972 30 30 99 95 1 21 1 0 0 12 2 2 20 .221 .235 .232 .466 5 29
1973 31 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 3
1974 32 30 99 83 5 21 1 0 0 8 0 14 19 .253 .354 .265 .619 8 30
10 Yrs 394 1187 1076 62 261 33 3 10 77 3 94 169 .243 .305 .307 .612 103 393
162 Game Avg. 162 488 442 25 107 14 1 4 32 1 39 69 .243 .305 .307 .612 42 393

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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