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Turner Barber
Tyrus Turner Barber

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School Union University

Debut August 19, 1915
Final Game April 30, 1923
Born July 9, 1893 in Lavinia, TN
Died October 20, 1968 in Milan, TN

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 21 WSH AL  20   53    9   16   1  1   0    6   0  3   6   7  .302  .383  .358  120   19   3           1    
 1916 22 WSH AL  15   33    3    7   0  1   1    5   0      2   3  .212  .257  .364   87   12   0           0    
 1917 23 CHC NL   7   28    2    6   1  0   0    2   1      2   8  .214  .267  .250   54    7   0           0    
 1918 24 CHC NL  55  123   11   29   3  2   0   10   3      9  16  .236  .293  .293   77   36   2           1    
 1919 25 CHC NL  76  230   26   72   9  4   0   21   7     14  17  .313  .355  .387  122   89  10           1    
 1920 26 CHC NL  94  340   27   90  10  5   0   50   5  6   9  26  .265  .290  .324   74  110  17           3    
 1921 27 CHC NL 127  452   73  142  14  4   1   54   5  9  41  24  .314  .379  .369   99  167  14           6    
 1922 28 CHC NL  84  226   35   70   7  4   0   29   7  4  30   9  .310  .391  .376   97   85   6           0    
 1923 29 BRO NL  13   46    3   10   2  0   0    8   0  1   2   2  .217  .250  .261   37   12   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      491 1531  189  442  47 21   2  185  28 23 115 112  .289  .343  .351   93  537  53   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        505   62  146  16  7   1   61   9  8  38  37  .289  .343  .351   93  177  17   0   0   4   0
 Career High    127  452   73  142  14  5   1   54   7  9  41  26  .314  .391  .387  122  167  17   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 21 WSH AL   63   43    6   3.7    85| .302  .257| .383  .336| .358  .338| .741  .674| 120  .540   1.5   0.2   0%
 1916 22 WSH AL   35   26    3   3.1    82| .212  .256| .257  .329| .364  .334| .621  .663|  87  .456  -1.0  -0.1     
 1917 23 CHC NL   30   22    2   2.5    84| .214  .265| .267  .324| .250  .350| .517  .674|  54  .362  -1.5  -0.2     
 1918 24 CHC NL  135   96   10   2.8    81| .236  .263| .293  .321| .293  .340| .586  .662|  77  .410  -3.4  -0.4     
 1919 25 CHC NL  255  168   31   5.0    83| .313  .265| .355  .320| .387  .349| .742  .668| 122  .650   6.0   0.7     
 1920 26 CHC NL  369  273   30   3.0    92| .265  .279| .290  .333| .324  .371| .614  .703|  74  .386 -12.3  -1.3  45%
 1921 27 CHC NL  513  333   60   4.8   107| .314  .298| .379  .348| .369  .410| .748  .759|  99  .521   1.3   0.1  35%
 1922 28 CHC NL  262  166   33   5.3   114| .310  .304| .391  .362| .376  .422| .767  .784|  97  .535   0.1   0.0  63%
 1923 29 BRO NL   49   38    3   2.1   105| .217  .290| .250  .348| .261  .403| .511  .751|  37  .187  -4.2  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1711 1165  178   4.1    97| .289  .284| .343  .339| .351  .383| .694  .722|  93  .494 -13.5  -1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 21 WSH AL OF 19 17 3 1 1 .952 .957 1.05 1.98 3 0 16 1916 22 WSH AL OF 10 10 0 2 0 .833 .962 1.00 2.03 6 0 4 1917 23 CHC NL OF 7 13 2 0 0 1.000 .962 2.14 2.09 1 6 0 1918 24 CHC NL OF 27 45 2 3 0 .940 .961 1.74 2.13 4 17 15 1B 4 37 3 1 3 .976 .988 10.00 10.75 1919 25 CHC NL OF 68 123 7 7 1 .949 .964 1.91 2.18 53 13 2 1920 26 CHC NL 1B 69 739 30 9 40 .988 .990 11.14 10.80 OF 17 27 1 1 0 .966 .966 1.65 2.21 6 8 3 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.45 1921 27 CHC NL OF 123 234 23 8 4 .970 .965 2.09 2.24 90 20 14 1922 28 CHC NL OF 47 78 4 4 1 .953 .962 1.74 2.26 31 0 16 1B 16 164 4 0 11 1.000 .990 10.50 10.22 1923 29 BRO NL OF 12 20 1 0 1 1.000 .963 1.75 2.28 0 12 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1918 24 CHC NL 1B 4 37 3 1 3 .976 .988 10.00 10.75 1920 26 CHC NL 1B 69 739 30 9 40 .988 .990 11.14 10.80 1922 28 CHC NL 1B 16 164 4 0 11 1.000 .990 10.50 10.22 1920 26 CHC NL 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.45 1915 21 WSH AL OF 19 17 3 1 1 .952 .957 1.05 1.98 3 0 16 1916 22 WSH AL OF 10 10 0 2 0 .833 .962 1.00 2.03 6 0 4 1917 23 CHC NL OF 7 13 2 0 0 1.000 .962 2.14 2.09 1 6 0 1918 24 CHC NL OF 27 45 2 3 0 .940 .961 1.74 2.13 4 17 15 1919 25 CHC NL OF 68 123 7 7 1 .949 .964 1.91 2.18 53 13 2 1920 26 CHC NL OF 17 27 1 1 0 .966 .966 1.65 2.21 6 8 3 1921 27 CHC NL OF 123 234 23 8 4 .970 .965 2.09 2.24 90 20 14 1922 28 CHC NL OF 47 78 4 4 1 .953 .962 1.74 2.26 31 0 16 1923 29 BRO NL OF 12 20 1 0 1 1.000 .963 1.75 2.28 0 12 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 330 567 43 26 8 .959 .964 1.85 2.20 194 76 70 1B 89 940 37 10 54 .990 .990 10.98 10.69 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.45 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 421 1508 81 36 62 .978 .980 3.77 4.01
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1918   WS    CHC BOS     L   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1921 NL-6-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 2, 1923: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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