Barry Wesson

Barry Jarvis Wesson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 6, 1977 in Tupelo, MS
High School: Brandon HS (Pearl, MS)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 2002
Teams (by GP): Astros/Angels 2002-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 on Baseball-Reference.com. Your message will replace this ad.

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
1995	18	HOU-min	Rk,AA	49	163	141	16	28	2	3	2	19	4	0	19	40	.199	.296	.298	.594		42	2	1	1	1	0		AST,JAC · GULF,TL
1996	19	HOU-min	A-	55	193	176	11	28	7	0	0	12	5	3	12	46	.159	.214	.199	.412		35	5	1	1	3	1		AUB · NYPL
1997	20	HOU-min	A-	58	221	208	24	54	7	3	3	26	8	4	10	45	.260	.295	.365	.661		76	1	1	1	1	0		AUB · NYPL
1998	21	HOU-min	A	138	532	493	71	124	21	2	7	43	22	12	32	90	.252	.304	.345	.649		170	11	5	2	0	1		QDS · MIDW
1999	22	HOU-min	A+	115	386	352	32	76	15	1	4	34	8	7	26	84	.216	.276	.298	.574		105	3	4	2	2	0		KIS · FLOR
2000	23	HOU-min	A+,AA	120	470	418	62	110	22	5	7	50	30	7	43	98	.263	.333	.390	.723		163	4	2	4	3	0		KIS,RRK · FLOR,TL
2001	24	HOU-min	AA	133	530	472	67	119	23	7	16	54	20	10	41	135	.252	.317	.432	.750		204	4	6	7	4	0		RRK · TL
2002	25	HOU-min	AAA	111	439	413	43	121	25	5	11	61	4	7	16	100	.293	.325	.458	.783		189	9	5	2	3	0		NOR · PCL
2002	25	HOU	NL	15	21	20	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.238	.300	.538	38	6	2	0	0	0	0	/879
2003	26	ANA-min	AAA	123	521	475	62	133	27	6	8	53	17	3	38	86	.280	.334	.413	.747		196	10	3	0	5	0		SLK · PCL
2003	26	ANA	AL	10	11	11	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	4	.182	.182	.455	.636	62	5	0	0	0	0	0	/79D
2004	27	ANA-min	AAA,Rk	49	199	176	20	43	12	0	3	27	4	1	17	37	.244	.306	.364	.670		64	3	0	3	3	1		SLK,ANG · PCL,ARIZ
2005	28	HOU-min	AAA	126	430	402	39	109	19	3	9	43	6	2	19	84	.271	.305	.400	.706		161	10	2	4	3	0		RRK · PCL
2007	30	HOU-min	AAA	90	254	222	21	54	8	1	3	17	9	3	28	55	.243	.327	.329	.656		73	2	0	3	1	2		RRK · PCL
2 Yrs				25	32	31	3	6	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	9	.194	.219	.355	.574	46	11	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	207	201	19	39	0	6	6	26	6	0	6	58	.194	.219	.355	.574	46	71	13	0	0	0	0

ANA (1 yr)				10	11	11	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	4	.182	.182	.455	.636	62	5	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				15	21	20	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.238	.300	.538	38	6	2	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
2002	25	HOU	NL	15	21	-2	0	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/879
2003	26	ANA	AL	10	11	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/79D
2 Seasons				25	32	-3	0	0	1	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

ANA (1 yr)				10	11	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
HOU (1 yr)				15	21	-2	0	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
2002	25	HOU	NL	21	18	1	1.5	112	.267	.200	.273	.238	.348	.300	.434	.538	.782	38	.105	-2.1	-0.2	.389	.150	.100
2003	26	ANA	AL	11	9	1	3.0	105	.167	.182	.265	.182	.331	.455	.425	.636	.756	62	.276	-0.7	-0.1	.667	.364	.273	1.0
2 Yrs				32	27	2	2.0	110	.238	.194	.270	.219	.342	.355	.431	.574	.773	46	.161	-2.8	-0.3	.481	.226	.161	1.0
162 Game Avg.				207	175	13	2.0	110	.238	.194	.270	.219	.342	.355	.431	.574	.773	46	.161	-2.8	-0.3	.481	.226	.161	6

ANA (1 yr)				11	9	1	3.0	105	.167	.182	.265	.182	.331	.455	.425	.636	.756	62	.276	-0.7	-0.1	.667	.364	.273	1.0
HOU (1 yr)				21	18	1	1.5	112	.267	.200	.273	.238	.348	.300	.434	.538	.782	38	.105	-2.1	-0.2	.389	.150	.100

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
2002	25	HOU	NL	21	0.0%	23.8%	4.8%	4.8%	25%	5.00	4.0		20.0	0.88	1.17	71%	13%	0.0%	63%
2003	26	ANA	AL	11	9.1%	36.4%	0.0%	9.1%	50%		2.8	11.0	3.7	1.33	1.50	55%	14%	50.0%	33%
2 Yrs				32	3.1%	28.1%	3.1%	6.3%	33%	9.00	3.4	31.0	7.8	1.00	1.25	66%	14%	20.0%	55%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.6%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	1.94	5.3	32.4	7.7	0.78	1.08	70%	21%	7.9%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	25	HOU	NL	-2.1	-0.2	21	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.71	-0.1	-0.0	-2.6	-0.2	1.00	-1.8	0.26	2
2003	26	ANA	AL	-0.7	-0.1	12	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.68	0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.01	0.3		0
2 Yrs				-2.8	-0.3	33	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	.70	-0.1	0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.00	-1.5	0.26	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT
2002	25	HOU	NL	20%	3	0		0	1
2003	26	ANA	AL	100%	4	1	100%	1	0
2 Yrs				33%	7	1	100%	1	1

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
2002	25	HOU	NL	21	71%	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	0	0		13	1	8%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	26	ANA	AL	11	36%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	2	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				32	59%	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.26	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	2	1	50%	19	3	16%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	25	HOU	NL	21	73	3.48	46	63%	17%	37%	13%	33%	83%	0%	52%	55%	52%	0%	0	0	10%	2	1	5%	1	0	40%	0	0	0
2003	26	ANA	AL	11	42	3.82	32	76%	16%	28%	34%	22%	84%	0%	64%	67%	55%	0%	0	0	18%	2	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				32	115	3.59	78	68%	17%	33%	22%	28%	83%	0%	57%	60%	53%	0%	0	0	13%	4	1	3%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
2002	25	15	21	20	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.238	.300	.538	38	6	2	0	0	0	0
2003	26	25	32	31	3	6	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	9	.194	.219	.355	.574	46	11	2	0	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / 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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	25	15	20	19	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	5	.158	.200	.263	.463	1	15
2003	26	10	11	11	2	2	0	1	3	1	0	4	.182	.182	.455	.636	1	10
2 Yrs		25	31	30	3	5	1	1	4	1	1	9	.167	.194	.333	.527	2	25
162 Game Avg.		162	201	194	19	32	6	6	26	6	6	58	.167	.194	.333	.527	13	25

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page

Viewed 3,634 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Barry Barry bary berry Jarvis Wesson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.