Bob Barton

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: July 30, 1941 in Norwood, OH us

Died: January 15, 2018 in Vista, CA

High School: Holmes HS (Covington, KY)

School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Debut: September 17, 1965 (Age 24-049d, 12,436th in major league history)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 30, 1974 (Age 33-000d)
vs. LAD 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Robert Wilbur Barton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

1049

237

.226

RBI

OBP

.287

SLG

.287

OPS

.574

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1959	17	SFG-min	D-	44	171	143	14	41	4	3	2	28	3		25	37	.287	.396	.399	.795		57		1	2	0			HAS · NESL
1960	18	SFG-min	C	77	294	250	36	63	9	2	5	32	3	2	39	62	.252	.353	.364	.717		91		1	2	2			FRE · CALL
1961	19	SFG-min	B	124	455	385	48	112	21	6	3	56	2	2	59	53	.291	.382	.400	.782		154		2	2	7			EUG · NORW
1962	20	SFG-min	A	103	374	323	34	85	19	3	1	50	1		43	50	.263	.354	.350	.704		113		4	1	3	6		SPF · EL
1963	21	SFG-min	AAA	112	348	311	36	94	20	1	6	36	1	0	32	38	.302	.363	.431	.794		134		0	1	4			TAC · PCL
1964	22	SFG-min	AAA	108	356	314	22	54	7	0	4	29	2	0	29	58	.172	.240	.232	.472		73		1	6	6			TAC · PCL
1965	23	MLN-min	AAA	105	380	350	43	101	10	3	7	45	0	2	24	44	.289	.338	.394	.732		138		3	1	2			ATA · IL
1965	23	SFG	NL	4	7	7	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	220	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
1966	24	SFG-min	AAA	46	159	142	12	42	7	1	0	19	0	0	14	12	.296	.352	.359	.711		51		0	0	3			PHX · PCL
1966	24	SFG	NL	43	97	91	1	16	2	1	0	3	0	0	5	5	.176	.216	.220	.436	20	20	2	0	0	1	2	2/H
1967	25	CHC-min	AAA	103	376	351	25	103	15	1	1	35	2	2	22	40	.293	.338	.350	.688		123		2	0	1			TAC · PCL
1967	25	SFG	NL	7	20	19	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.211	.250	.211	.461	34	4	1	1	0	0	0	/2
1968	26	SFG	NL	46	102	92	4	24	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	18	.261	.310	.283	.593	79	26	1	0	2	1	1	2/H
1969	27	SFG	NL	49	118	106	5	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	19	.170	.241	.189	.430	23	20	4	1	2	0	1	2
1970	28	SDP	NL	61	206	188	15	41	6	0	4	16	1	1	15	37	.218	.278	.314	.592	62	59	4	1	1	1	2	2/H
1971	29	SDP	NL	121	413	376	23	94	17	2	5	23	0	5	35	49	.250	.317	.346	.663	94	130	16	2	0	0	11	*2/H
1972	30	SDP	NL	29	92	88	1	17	1	0	0	9	2	0	2	19	.193	.209	.205	.413	23	18	3	0	1	1	0	2
1973	31	CIN	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
1974	32	SDP	NL	30	96	81	4	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	13	19	.235	.333	.247	.580	68	20	2	0	0	2	1	2/H
10 Yrs				393	1153	1049	54	237	31	3	9	66	3	6	87	168	.226	.287	.287	.574	65	301	33	5	6	6	18
162 Game Avg.				162	475	432	22	98	13	1	4	27	1	2	36	69	.226	.287	.287	.574	65	124	14	2	2	2	7

SFG (5 yrs)				149	344	315	11	66	6	1	0	11	0	0	21	44	.210	.262	.235	.497	43	74	8	2	4	2	4
SDP (4 yrs)				241	807	733	43	171	25	2	9	55	3	6	65	124	.233	.297	.310	.607	75	227	25	3	2	4	14
CIN (1 yr)				3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	54	0	0	0	0	0	0

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