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Bill Barrett
William Joseph Barrett (Whispering Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 13, 1921
Final Game May 31, 1930
Born May 28, 1900 in Cambridge, MA
Died January 26, 1951 in Cambridge, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 21 PHA AL  14   30    3    7   2  1   0    3   0  0   0   5  .233  .233  .367   51   11   0           0    
 1923 23 CHW AL  44  162   17   44   7  2   2   23  12  3   9  24  .272  .310  .377   81   61   5           0    
 1924 24 CHW AL 119  406   52  110  18  5   2   56  15 10  30  38  .271  .326  .355   78  144   8           3    
 1925 25 CHW AL  81  245   44   89  23  3   3   40   5  6  24  27  .363  .420  .518  142  127   8           0    
 1926 26 CHW AL 111  368   46  113  31  4   6   61   9  7  25  26  .307  .353  .462  115  170  18           1    
 1927 27 CHW AL 147  556   62  159  35  9   4   83  20 13  52  46  .286  .347  .403   96  224  26           0    
 1928 28 CHW AL  76  235   34   65  11  2   3   26   8  3  14  30  .277  .320  .379   84   89   2           1    
 1929 29 TOT AL 114  371   57  100  23  4   3   35  11  8  53  38  .270  .365  .377   94  140  12           3    
         CHW AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   0  .000  .667  .000   87    0   0           0    
         BOS AL 111  370   57  100  23  4   3   35  11  8  51  38  .270  .363  .378   93  140  12           3    
 1930 30 TOT AL  12   22    3    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   5  .136  .208  .182    1    4   2           0    
         BOS AL   6   18    3    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .167  .211  .222   12    4   2           0    
         WSH AL   6    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .200  .000  -44    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      718 2395  318  690 151 30  23  328  80 50 209 239  .288  .347  .405   96  970  81   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        540   72  156  34  7   5   74  18 11  47  54  .288  .347  .405   96  219  18   0   0   2   0
 Career High    147  556   62  159  35  9   6   83  20 13  53  46  .363  .420  .518  142  224  26   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 21 PHA AL   30   23    3   3.5   114| .233  .300| .233  .365| .367  .421| .600  .786|  51  .335  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1923 23 CHW AL  176  126   20   4.3   107| .272  .289| .310  .359| .377  .399| .687  .758|  81  .456  -5.3  -0.5  80%
 1924 24 CHW AL  447  314   45   3.8   109| .271  .294| .326  .363| .355  .403| .681  .767|  78  .390 -14.2  -1.4  60%
 1925 25 CHW AL  277  170   52   8.2   111| .363  .293| .420  .363| .518  .411| .938  .774| 142  .702  16.4   1.5  45%
 1926 26 CHW AL  412  280   58   5.5   106| .307  .285| .353  .356| .462  .399| .815  .755| 115  .574   7.2   0.7  56%
 1927 27 CHW AL  634  436   77   4.7   109| .286  .290| .347  .358| .403  .408| .750  .766|  96  .487  -3.7  -0.4  60%
 1928 28 CHW AL  252  175   29   4.4   107| .277  .287| .320  .352| .379  .408| .699  .760|  84  .468  -6.1  -0.6  72%
 1929 29 TOT AL  439  291   50   4.6   110| .270  .288| .365  .354| .377  .416| .742  .770|  94  .465  -1.1  -0.1  57%
         CHW AL    3    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .290| .667  .357| .000  .420| .667  .777|  87  .000   0.4   0.0   0%
         BOS AL  436  290   50   4.6   110| .270  .288| .363  .354| .378  .416| .741  .770|  93  .466  -1.4  -0.1  57%
 1930 30 TOT AL   26   21    1   1.3   113| .136  .291| .208  .355| .182  .428| .390  .782|   1  .069  -3.3  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL   21   17    1   1.6   112| .167  .290| .211  .353| .222  .426| .433  .780|  12  .098  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         WSH AL    5    4    0   0.0   116| .000  .295| .200  .359| .000  .434| .200  .793| -44  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2693 1836  335   4.9   109| .288  .290| .347  .358| .405  .407| .752  .765|  96  .501 -12.6  -1.3  61%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1921 21 PHA AL   1   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    5.0    2    4    4   0    9    2   0   1    25       0  7.20  4.45   62 2.200
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL%1.000   1   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    5.0    2    4    4   0    9    2   0   1    25       0  7.20  4.45   62 2.200
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17   0  68   0   0   0  34  0   85.0   34   68   68   0  153   34   0  17   425   0   0  7.20  4.45   62 2.200

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1921 21 PHA AL SS 8 12 25 3 1 .925 .941 4.62 5.15 P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.55 3.60 2.70 0 5.0 3B 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.25 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.20 1923 23 CHW AL OF 40 89 5 6 1 .940 .965 2.35 2.26 40 1 0 3B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 3.30 1924 24 CHW AL SS 77 167 199 39 36 .904 .949 4.75 4.83 OF 28 45 6 4 4 .927 .970 1.82 2.27 25 3 0 3B 8 11 15 2 2 .929 .952 3.25 3.01 1925 25 CHW AL 2B 41 83 115 12 23 .943 .962 4.83 5.31 OF 27 42 1 2 0 .956 .964 1.59 2.27 3 1 23 SS 4 4 10 2 0 .875 .946 3.50 4.67 3B 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 3.02 1926 26 CHW AL OF 102 179 8 6 2 .969 .966 1.83 2.23 1 0 102 1B 2 11 1 2 1 .857 .992 6.00 10.30 1927 27 CHW AL OF 147 289 22 12 6 .963 .964 2.12 2.22 0 12 136 1928 28 CHW AL OF 37 72 7 1 0 .988 .973 2.14 2.22 4 1 32 2B 25 50 55 4 7 .963 .963 4.20 5.31 1929 29 BOS AL OF 109 204 17 6 4 .974 .966 2.03 2.28 1 10 101 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.90 1930 30 TOT AL OF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.17 0 0 6 BOS AL OF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 2.16 0 0 5 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 21 PHA AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.20 1926 26 CHW AL 1B 2 11 1 2 1 .857 .992 6.00 10.30 1925 25 CHW AL 2B 41 83 115 12 23 .943 .962 4.83 5.31 1928 28 CHW AL 2B 25 50 55 4 7 .963 .963 4.20 5.31 1921 21 PHA AL 3B 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.25 1923 23 CHW AL 3B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 3.30 1924 24 CHW AL 3B 8 11 15 2 2 .929 .952 3.25 3.01 1925 25 CHW AL 3B 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 3.02 1929 29 BOS AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.90 1923 23 CHW AL OF 40 89 5 6 1 .940 .965 2.35 2.26 40 1 0 1924 24 CHW AL OF 28 45 6 4 4 .927 .970 1.82 2.27 25 3 0 1925 25 CHW AL OF 27 42 1 2 0 .956 .964 1.59 2.27 3 1 23 1926 26 CHW AL OF 102 179 8 6 2 .969 .966 1.83 2.23 1 0 102 1927 27 CHW AL OF 147 289 22 12 6 .963 .964 2.12 2.22 0 12 136 1928 28 CHW AL OF 37 72 7 1 0 .988 .973 2.14 2.22 4 1 32 1929 29 BOS AL OF 109 204 17 6 4 .974 .966 2.03 2.28 1 10 101 1930 30 TOT AL OF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.17 0 0 6 BOS AL OF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 2.16 0 0 5 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1 1921 21 PHA AL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.55 3.60 2.70 0 5.0 1921 21 PHA AL SS 8 12 25 3 1 .925 .941 4.62 5.15 1924 24 CHW AL SS 77 167 199 39 36 .904 .949 4.75 4.83 1925 25 CHW AL SS 4 4 10 2 0 .875 .946 3.50 4.67
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 496 926 66 37 17 .964 .966 2.00 2.24 74 28 400 SS 89 183 234 44 37 .905 .948 4.69 4.85 2B 66 133 170 16 30 .950 .963 4.59 5.31 3B 16 16 29 2 3 .957 .949 2.81 3.06 P* 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.55 0 5.0 1B 3 12 1 2 1 .867 .992 4.33 10.27 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 674 1270 502 101 88 .946 .961 2.63 2.94
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts
1927 AL-46-9

Stolen Bases
1927 AL-20-7

Sac. Hits
1927 AL-26-4

Caught Stealing
1927 AL-13-5

Outs
1927 AL-436-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1653) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 23, 1929: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Doug Taitt.

April 26, 1930: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Earl Webb.


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