Babe Barna Stats

Babe Barna was born on Tuesday, March 2, 1915, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Barna was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 16, 1937, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Babe Barna baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:   Herbert Paul Barna
Nickname:   Babe
Born On:   03-02-1915  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Clarksburg, West Virginia
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-18-1972 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Charleston, West Virginia
Cemetery:   Mountain View Memorial Park, Charleston, West Virginia
High School:   Brideport High School (Brideport, WV)
College:   West Virginia University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   06-16-1937 (Age 22)
Last Game:   07-28-1943
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Babe Barna Pitching Stats

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Babe Barna Hitting Stats

1937 22 Athletics 14 36 10 14 2 0 2 0 9 2 0 6 0 0 0 1 .389 .421 .611
1938 23 Athletics 9 30 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .133 .212 .133
1941 26 Giants 10 42 5 9 3 0 1 0 5 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 .214 .250 .357
1942 27 Giants 104 331 39 85 8 7 6 0 58 38 1 48 1 0 0 4 .257 .333 .378
1943 28 Giants 40 113 11 23 5 1 1 0 12 16 1 9 1 0 0 1 .204 .302 .292
1943 28 Red Sox 30 112 19 19 4 1 2 0 10 15 1 24 0 0 0 1 .170 .268 .277
5 Years 207 664 88 154 22 9 12 0 96 76 3 98 3 0 0 7 .232 .311 .346

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Babe Barna Fielding Stats

1937 Athletics 1B 1 1 24 11 11.0 11 9 2 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.38
1937 Athletics LF 9 9 186 10 1.1 8 8 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.16
1938 Athletics LF 4 4 102 8 2.0 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
1938 Athletics RF 3 3 72 4 1.3 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.13
1941 Giants LF 2 2 54 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1941 Giants RF 8 8 213 16 2.0 16 14 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.03
1942 Giants LF 88 84 2,185 176 2.0 173 170 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.14
1942 Giants RF 1 0 14 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1943 Giants LF 31 30 793 61 2.0 60 58 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.04
1943 Red Sox LF 29 29 808 50 1.7 47 44 3 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .940 1.57
LF Totals 163 158 4,128 307 1.9 298 289 9 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.95
RF Totals 12 11 299 20 1.7 19 17 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.72
1B Totals 1 1 24 11 11.0 11 9 2 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.38
5 Years 176 170 4,451 338 1.9 328 315 13 10 5 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.99

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Babe Barna Miscellaneous Stats

1937 Athletics 1 0 1.000 4 0 n/a 18.0 6.0 4.0 - - -
1938 Athletics 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 15.0 - - -
1941 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 42.0 7.0 8.4 - - -
1942 Giants 3 4 .429 15 0 n/a 55.2 6.9 5.7 - - -
1943 Giants 3 2 .600 9 0 n/a 113.0 12.6 9.4 - - -
1943 Red Sox 2 1 .667 1 0 n/a 56.0 4.7 11.2 - - -
5 Years 9 7 .563 31 0 n/a 55.3 6.8 6.9 - - -

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Babe Barna Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1937 Philadelphia Athletics 10, 42 Undetermined - -
1938 Philadelphia Athletics 14 Undetermined - -
1941 New York Giants 23 Undetermined - -
1942 New York Giants 23 Undetermined - -
1943 New York Giants 5 Undetermined - -
1943 Boston Red Sox 42 Undetermined - -

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