Walter Lawrence “Dinty” Barbare
Third Base, Shortstop
6’0″, 162 lbs., Batted Right, Threw Right
Born: August 11, 1891, Greenville, South Carolina
Died: October 28, 1965, Greenville, South Carolina
Major League Debut: September 17, 1914
Walter Barbare began his professional career in 1912 and played with the Cleveland Indians from 1914 to 1916. Barbare spent the first part of the 1918 season with New Orleans (Southern League) where he hit .283 in 70 games. He joined the Red Sox in late June. After approximately three weeks with the club, Boston sent Barbare to Jersey City of the International League; he batted .366 in 48 games.
Barbare played the infield for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1919 and 1920 before returning to Boston as the Braves’ shortstop for two years. His best season was 1921, when he batted .302 in 134 games. He later played, managed and umpired in the minor leagues.
Batting
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP
1914 22 CLE AL 15 52 6 16 2 2 0 5 1 4 2 5 .308 .345 .423 22 3 1
1915 23 CLE AL 77 246 15 47 3 1 0 11 6 5 10 27 .191 .235 .211 52 14 4
1916 24 CLE AL 13 48 3 11 1 0 0 3 0 4 9 .229 .288 .250 12 2 0
1918 26 BOS AL 13 29 2 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 .172 .172 .276 8 4 0
1919 27 PIT NL 85 293 34 80 11 5 1 34 11 18 18 .273 .317 .355 104 16 1
1920 28 PIT NL 57 186 9 51 5 2 0 12 5 3 9 11 .274 .308 .323 60 4 0
1921 29 BSN NL 134 550 66 166 22 7 0 49 11 4 24 28 .302 .331 .367 202 26 0
1922 30 BSN NL 106 373 38 86 5 4 0 40 2 0 21 22 .231 .272 .265 99 14 0
8 Seasons 500 1777 173 462 52 21 1 156 37 16 88 121 .260 .297 .315 559 83 6
Fielding
Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RnF lgRnF
1914 22 CLE AL 3B 14 12 30 3 3 .933 .936 3.00 3.14
SS 1 1 1 1 1 .667 .937 2.00 5.17
1915 23 CLE AL 3B 68 99 141 10 12 .960 .925 3.53 3.01
1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .987 2.00 10.27
1916 24 CLE AL 3B 12 12 30 1 2 .977 .939 3.50 3.23
1918 26 BOS AL 3B 11 6 13 4 1 .826 .948 1.73 3.25
SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .939 1.00 5.23
1919 27 PIT NL 3B 80 109 136 10 11 .961 .946 3.06 3.10
2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .960 3.00 5.14
1920 28 PIT NL SS 34 54 102 13 14 .923 .941 4.59 5.47
2B 12 21 49 0 6 1.000 .963 5.83 5.45
3B 5 4 10 0 1 1.000 .947 2.80 3.04
1921 29 BSN NL SS 121 294 393 31 58 .957 .951 5.68 5.64
2B 8 15 26 1 4 .976 .962 5.12 5.45
3B 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .941 2.00 2.95
1922 30 BSN NL 2B 45 95 157 9 27 .966 .961 5.60 5.58
3B 38 44 72 3 5 .975 .948 3.05 2.93
1B 14 102 9 2 12 .982 .990 7.93 10.22
Position Total 3B 230 288 434 31 36 .959 .939 3.14 3.06
SS 157 349 497 45 73 .949 .949 5.39 5.60
2B 66 133 233 10 37 .973 .961 5.55 5.53
1B 15 104 9 2 12 .983 .991 7.53 10.20
Overall Total 468 874 1173 88 158 .959 .950 4.37 4.49
Minor League Batting
YEAR TEAM LG POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR SF SB BA PO A E PCT 1912 Greenville,SC 3B 114 .230 .925 1913 Ashville NCL 3B 116 .273 .925 1914 New Orleans SA SS 150 565 66 167 36 7 3 16 47 .296 175 417 50 .922 1915 1916 Little Rock SA 3B/ 122 440 57 108 13 2 0 12 17 .245 24 28 3 .953 SS 236 365 31 .950 1917 Milwaukee AA 2B 21 80 6 13 4 0 0 6 1 .162 61 79 4 .972 New Orleans SA SS 123 418 41 103 20 5 1 33 15 .246 236 394 33 .950 1918 New Orleans SA SS 70 258 33 73 18 1 0 20 25 .283 162 225 16 .960 Jersey City IL SS 48 183 26 67 8 2 0 2 12 .366 83 125 5 .977 1924 Memphis* SA 3/2B 74 216 29 69 11 3 0 0 .319 Incomplete Totals 838 2160 258 600 110 20 4 89 117 .270 977 1633 142 .951
In 1924, Barbare had 19 RBI, 16 BB and 16 K.
NCL - North Carolina League; SA - Southern Association; AA - American Association; IL - International league.
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