Barbaro Garbey

Barbaro (Garbey) Garbey

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 4, 1956 in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1984
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Rangers 1984-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1980	23	DET-min	A	26	102	88	15	32	4	0	1	16	1	1	10	5	.364	.436	.443	.879		39		2	1	1		LAK · FLOR
1981	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	111	448	403	60	113	17	4	6	55	8	10	37	45	.280	.340	.387	.727		156		2	1	5	1	BIR,EVN · SOUL,AA
1982	25	DET-min	AA	120	522	480	69	143	32	4	17	99	5	5	25	47	.298	.337	.488	.825		234		7	3	7	1	BIR · SOUL
1983	26	DET-min	AAA	101	417	377	60	121	21	6	14	59	7	3	28	24	.321	.373	.520	.893		196		6	2	4	1	EVN · AA
1984	27	DET	AL	110	348	327	45	94	17	1	5	52	6	7	17	35	.287	.325	.391	.716	98	128	8	2	0	2	2	35D/7489
1985	28	DET	AL	86	259	237	27	61	9	1	6	29	3	2	15	37	.257	.305	.380	.685	87	90	7	3	0	4	1	3D97/58

1988	31	TEX-min	AAA	67	278	263	30	81	16	0	5	41	6	1	8	26	.308	.327	.426	.753		112		2	0	5	1	OKC · AA
1988	31	TEX	AL	30	67	62	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	11	.194	.239	.226	.465	30	14	3	0	0	1	0	/375D9
1989	32	WSN-min	AA	67	226	201	19	58	11	0	2	24	3	4	19	22	.289	.358	.373	.732		75		4	0	2	1	JCK · SOUL
1990	33	LAD-min	AAA	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	ABQ · PCL
3 Seasons				226	674	626	76	167	28	2	11	86	9	9	36	83	.267	.309	.371	.679	87	232	18	5	0	7	3
162 Game Avg.				162	483	449	54	120	20	1	8	62	6	6	26	59	.267	.309	.371	.679	87	166	13	4	0	5	2

DET (2 yrs)				196	607	564	72	155	26	2	11	81	9	9	32	72	.275	.316	.387	.703	93	218	15	5	0	6	3
TEX (1 yr)				30	67	62	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	11	.194	.239	.226	.465	30	14	3	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1984	27	DET	AL	348	-1	-2	3	0	-0	-5	11	5	0.5	6	0.6	-0.1	$	35D/7489
1985	28	DET	AL	259	-6	-1	0	0	1	-5	8	-2	-0.2	-4	-0.4	0.2	$	3D97/58

1988	31	TEX	AL	67	-6	0	0	0	1	-1	2	-4	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$80,000	/375D9
3 Seasons				674	-13	-3	3	0	2	-11	21	-1	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$80,000

DET (2 yrs)				607	-7	-3	3	0	1	-10	19	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$
TEX (1 yr)				67	-6	0	0	0	1	-1	2	-4	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$80,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1984	27	DET	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	3	9	9	1	3	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	1
1984	27	DET	AL	WS	SDP	W	4	12	12	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1 Season (2 Series)							7	21	21	1	3	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	1
1 ALCS							3	9	9	1	3	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	1
1 WS							4	12	12	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1984	DET	AL	27	1B	65	51	21	412.1	438	391	42	5	50	.989	1	4	9.45	6.66	.991	9.75	9.68
1984	DET	AL	27	3B	20	14	4	112.0	28	7	14	7	1	.750	-3	-36	1.69	1.05	.950	2.75	2.73
1984	DET	AL	27	DH	12	12
1984	DET	AL	27	OF	10	2	1	38.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	2	47	2.61	1.10	.983	2.51	2.49
1984	DET	AL	27	LF	8	2	1	36.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1	37	2.50	1.25	.982	2.28	2.26
1984	DET	AL	27	2B	3	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	1.000	0	20	6.00	1.33	.980	5.25	5.20
1984	DET	AL	27	CF	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	480	18.00	2.00	.985	2.70	3.00
1984	DET	AL	27	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1985	DET	AL	28	1B	37	23	10	200.1	212	190	20	2	24	.991	2	12	9.43	5.68	.991	9.76	9.67
1985	DET	AL	28	OF	24	20	17	190.0	39	38	0	1	0	.974	-1	-4	1.80	1.58	.982	2.44	2.42
1985	DET	AL	28	DH	16	16
1985	DET	AL	28	RF	14	10	10	114.0	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	1.82	1.64	.980	2.17	2.15
1985	DET	AL	28	LF	10	10	7	72.0	15	14	0	1	0	.933	-0	-2	1.75	1.40	.977	2.25	2.23
1985	DET	AL	28	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.80
1985	DET	AL	28	CF	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-30	0.00	0.00		2.92	2.90
1988	TEX	AL	31	OF	8	4	1	41.2	10	9	0	1	0	.900	0	12	1.94	1.13	.979	2.46	2.45
1988	TEX	AL	31	1B	7	4	1	39.1	41	34	7	0	3	1.000	1	27	9.38	5.86	.992	9.56	9.49
1988	TEX	AL	31	LF	7	4	1	40.2	10	9	0	1	0	.900	0	12	1.99	1.29	.977	2.26	2.24
1988	TEX	AL	31	3B	3	0	0	8.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.38	1.00	.953	2.70	2.70
1988	TEX	AL	31	DH	3	3
1988	TEX	AL	31	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
	3 Seasons			1B	109	78	32	652.0	691	615	69	7	77	.990	4	8	9.44	6.28	.991	9.74	9.66
	3 Seasons			OF	42	26	19	269.2	60	58	0	2	0	.967	1	6	1.94	1.38	.982	2.45	2.44
	3 Seasons			LF	25	16	9	148.2	35	33	0	2	0	.943	1	11	2.00	1.32	.979	2.26	2.24
	3 Seasons			3B	24	14	4	122.0	31	9	15	7	1	.774	-3	-33	1.77	1.00	.950	2.74	2.73
	3 Seasons			RF	16	10	10	116.0	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	1.78	1.44	.980	2.16	2.16
	1 Season			2B	3	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	1.000	0	20	6.00	1.33	.980	5.25	5.20
	2 Seasons			CF	2	0	0	5.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	72	3.60	1.00	.985	2.88	2.95
	3 Seasons			TOT	178	118	55	1049.2	786	684	86	16	80	.980	2	3	6.60	4.33	.989	7.03	6.95
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 6, 1980: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
November 13, 1985: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.
March 21, 1986: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
December 13, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1988	31	Texas Rangers	$80,000	12/13/88 NYT

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$80,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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