Skeeter Barnes
[edit] Biography
Skeeter Barnes (William Henry Barnes) was born on March 3, 1957 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1983 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1991, his rookie year, he hit .289 with 5 home runs and 17 RBI. Barnes played for the Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Skeeter Barnes's best season was 1991, when he hit for a .289 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| 15
| 34
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 4
| .206
| .372
| .294
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 32
| 42
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 3
| .119
| .196
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| 19
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .154
| .192
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1987
| STL
| N
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
| .250
| .250
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| 75
| 159
| 28
| 46
| 5
| 17
| .289
| .325
| .491
| 13
| 2
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 1
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| 95
| 165
| 27
| 45
| 3
| 25
| .273
| .318
| .388
| 8
| 1
| 10
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 4
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| 84
| 160
| 24
| 45
| 2
| 27
| .281
| .318
| .381
| 8
| 1
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 2
|
| 1994
| DET
| A
| 24
| 21
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 4
| .286
| .286
| .429
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 75
| 109
| 12
| 17
| 3
| 10
| .156
| .246
| .248
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 278
| 505
| 83
| 142
| 11
| 73
| .281
| .319
| .420
| 29
| 4
| 30
| 63
| 2
| 8
| 18
| 2
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 353
| 614
| 95
| 159
| 14
| 83
| .259
| .306
| .389
| 30
| 4
| 41
| 74
| 4
| 8
| 20
| 3
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 7
| 2
| 34
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 6
| 52.2
| 43
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 11
| 7
| 62.1
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| LF
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 1
| 22
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| OF
| 3
| 2
| 18
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| LF
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| RF
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| OF
| 33
| 22
| 202.2
| 54
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| LF
| 13
| 12
| 96
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| CF
| 5
| 4
| 32
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| RF
| 17
| 6
| 74.2
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 20
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| DH
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 17
| 9
| 91.1
| 9
| 22
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 7
| 4
| 39
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 17
| 3
| 59
| 82
| 6
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| DH
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| LF
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| OF
| 15
| 0
| 28
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| CF
| 6
| 0
| 14
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 39
| 33
| 266.1
| 34
| 68
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 20
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| DET
| A
| RF
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| DH
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 10
| 1
| 31
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 27
| 9
| 107.1
| 113
| 9
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 13
| 7
| 65.2
| 9
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| RF
| 6
| 4
| 36
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| OF
| 18
| 14
| 116
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| LF
| 12
| 10
| 80
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| DET
| A
| OF
| 4
| 1
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1994
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 15
| 0
| 23.1
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| DET
| A
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1994
| DET
| A
| LF
| 4
| 1
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 24
| 5
| 90
| 14
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 24
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 30
| 11
| 126.2
| 34
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 92
| 59
| 544.2
| 64
| 133
| 13
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 37
| 25
| 216
| 50
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 76
| 18
| 265.1
| 285
| 23
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 11
| 4
| 46
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 76
| 40
| 388.2
| 99
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 16th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978 - signed June 8, 1978).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Montreal Expos in exchange for Max Venable (April 26, 1985).
- Traded by Montreal Expos with Dan Schatzeder to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Tom Foley and Lary Sorensen (July 24, 1986).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1986).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 26, 1987).
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Brewers (July 16, 1987).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1987).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (November 20, 1987).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 7, 1988).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (May 14, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1988).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (November 5, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 22, 1989).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (January 29, 1990).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1990).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (January 21, 1991).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (March 28, 1994).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 3, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
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