Bob Barton
Robert Wilbur Barton
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
Final Game: July 30, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1965 SFG NL 23 C 2 1 11.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.64 6.50 .985 6.95 5.80 0 1 0 0
1966 SFG NL 24 C 39 26 234.1 181 161 19 1 4 .994 4.0 20.5 4 6.91 4.62 .987 6.84 5.81 0 5 15 14 48%
1967 SFG NL 25 C 7 5 45.1 36 33 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.15 5.14 .989 6.89 5.84 0 1 1 1 50%
1968 SFG NL 26 C 45 27 263.1 218 194 23 1 4 .995 2.0 9.1 2 7.42 4.82 .990 6.87 6.12 3 7 12 11 48%
1969 SFG NL 27 C 49 33 308.1 198 186 9 3 3 .985 -2.0 -7.8 -2 5.69 3.98 .989 7.06 6.25 1 11 19 6 24%
1970 SDP NL 28 C 59 57 482.0 377 347 28 2 5 .995 3.0 7.5 3 7.00 6.36 .987 6.85 5.94 1 16 42 21 33%
1971 SDP NL 29 C 119 111 986.2 780 698 67 15 10 .981 2.0 2.4 2 6.98 6.43 .988 6.34 5.63 3 39 55 40 42%
1972 SDP NL 30 C 29 29 242.2 185 170 13 2 1 .989 0.0 0.0 0 6.79 6.31 .987 6.61 5.87 1 12 11 9 45%
1973 CIN NL 31 C 2 0 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.50 .980 6.30 5.60 0 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 32 C 29 28 237.2 206 179 23 4 3 .981 5.0 25.2 5 7.65 6.97 .985 6.12 5.37 0 14 20 21 51%
10 Seasons C 380 317 2816.1 2199 1986 185 28 30 .987 14.0 6.0 14 6.94 5.71 .988 6.61 5.84 9 106 175 123 41%
10 Seasons TOT 380 317 2816.1 2199 1986 185 28 30 .987 14.0 6.0 14 6.94 5.71 .975 6.61 5.84 9 106 175 123 41%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 SFG NL 23 4 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 SFG NL 24 43 26 43 43 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1967 SFG NL 25 7 5 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 26 46 27 46 46 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 SFG NL 27 49 33 49 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SDP NL 28 61 57 61 61 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 SDP NL 29 121 111 121 121 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 SDP NL 30 29 29 29 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 31 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 SDP NL 32 30 28 30 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Seasons 393 317 393 392 0 380 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1965 SFG NL 23 48 1.64 2.45 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 24 1029 3.50 3.88 9 89% 0 1 161 7 1 4 149 20 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0
1967 SFG NL 25 202 3.18 4.37 5 100% 0 0 32 3 0 0 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 SFG NL 26 1095 3.04 3.59 17 100% 0 0 193 8 2 4 179 24 10 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 5 100%
1969 SFG NL 27 1340 3.42 4.03 14 100% 0 0 184 10 1 6 167 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 1 100%
1970 SDP NL 28 2144 4.18 4.94 31 97% 1 0 348 23 1 9 315 25 6 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 100%
1971 SDP NL 29 4054 3.13 3.79 54 94% 2 0 645 32 7 19 586 62 15 2 0 4 15 3 8 4 2 10 1 2 3 11 100%
1972 SDP NL 30 1080 3.56 3.93 13 100% 0 0 172 9 3 4 156 11 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 CIN NL 31 20 3.60 3.60 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 32 1145 4.39 4.96 8 100% 0 0 179 7 1 2 169 23 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 100%
10 Seasons 12157 3.50 4.12 151 97% 3 1 1932 99 16 49 1767 175 37 3 0 13 27 4 9 14 2 31 1 4 9 25 100%
MLB Averages 3.51 3.98 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1965 SFG NL 23 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 SFG NL 24 0 5 381 15 14 14 48% 12 14 3 0 0 0 1 0 26 15 1.11 1.31
1967 SFG NL 25 0 1 92 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.68 0.13
1968 SFG NL 26 3 7 359 12 11 9 48% 9 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 28 11 1.87 1.16
1969 SFG NL 27 1 11 465 19 6 5 24% 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 7 1.24 1.31
1970 SDP NL 28 1 16 826 42 21 16 33% 37 17 5 1 0 3 1 0 66 23 1.29 1.01
1971 SDP NL 29 3 39 1460 55 40 34 42% 45 34 9 1 1 5 3 0 124 46 1.44 1.22
1972 SDP NL 30 1 12 375 11 9 8 45% 11 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 37 10 1.67 0.81
1973 CIN NL 31 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 32 0 14 442 20 21 19 51% 18 17 2 3 0 1 2 0 48 24 1.48 1.62
10 Seasons 9 106 4417 175 123 106 41% 152 104 21 8 2 11 7 0 369 137 1.40 1.22
MLB Averages 37% 1.27 1.23

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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