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Rich
Barbato		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 12, 1957 in Framingham, MS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 21 HON JL   5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6
1980 22 HON JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 8 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 8 8 8 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 23 HON JL $ 300,000   14 14 14 4 4 4 9 9 9 19 19 19 15 14 15
1982 24 HON JL $ 300,000   14 14 14 4 4 4 9 9 9 20 20 20 15 14 15
1983 25 DM FL $ 928,571   14 14 14 4 4 4 10 10 10 19 19 19 16 15 15
1984 26 DM FL $ 928,571   14 14 14 4 4 4 10 10 10 19 19 19 16 15 16
1985 27 DM FL $ 1,208,571   15 15 15 4 4 4 11 11 11 20 20 20 16 15 16
1986 28 DM FL $ 1,452,857   14 14 14 4 4 4 10 10 10 20 20 20 17 16 16
1987 29 VAN JL $ 950,000   14 14 14 4 4 4 10 10 10 20 20 20 16 15 16
1988 30 VAN JL $ 950,000   15 15 15 4 4 4 10 10 10 20 20 20 17 16 16
1989 31 VAN JL $ 950,000   14 14 14 5 5 5 9 9 9 19 19 19 16 15 15
1990 32 VAN JL $ 1,160,000   13 13 13 4 4 4 9 9 9 18 18 18 15 14 15
1991 33 BAL JL $ 1,160,000   13 13 13 6 6 6 10 10 10 18 18 18 15 14 14
1992 34 BAL JL $ 1,160,000   13 13 13 6 6 6 10 10 10 18 18 18 15 14 14
1993 35 BRK FL $ 600,000   12 12 12 4 4 4 9 9 9 16 16 16 14 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   12 12 12 4 4 4 9 9 9 16 16 16 14 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,452,857   15 15 15 6 6 6 11 11 11 20 20 20 17 16 16
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 21 AAA   118 394 51 111 18 1 5 49 14 12 38 48 .282 .345 .371 .715 49.1  
    AA   10 42 9 14 0 0 2 12 4 0 5 6 .333 .404 .476 .880 8.6  
1980 22 HON JL 131 363 49 92 15 3 2 30 5 5 43 62 .253 .348 .328 .676 44.7 6.5
1981 23 HON JL 138 453 72 131 11 3 4 41 17 15 63 66 .289 .390 .353 .743 62.6 8.4
1982 24 HON JL 146 410 59 122 13 3 2 43 10 9 35 62 .298 .366 .359 .725 52.3 7.2
1983 25 DM FL 93 288 30 74 13 0 0 26 9 13 26 49 .257 .333 .302 .635 28.2 2.6
    AAA   46 144 35 41 3 2 3 32 6 5 57 17 .285 .488 .396 .883 34.0  
1984 26 DM FL 126 306 47 95 14 3 3 46 6 4 41 31 .310 .403 .405 .808 49.4 8.7
1985 27 DM FL 145 333 46 102 18 1 1 29 4 5 39 42 .306 .388 .375 .763 51.4 9.5
1986 28 DM FL 130 347 58 105 16 1 4 34 4 10 43 47 .303 .392 .389 .781 52.2 8.2
1987 29 LV FL 41 51 8 10 1 1 0 4 0 1 9 10 .196 .339 .255 .594 5.0 0.2
  VAN JL 27 24 6 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 4 .292 .393 .333 .726 3.2 0.3
  TOT   68 75 14 17 2 1 0 8 0 2 12 14 .227 .356 .280 .636 8.2 0.4
1988 30 VAN JL 154 545 60 159 29 6 5 60 7 13 68 68 .292 .381 .394 .776 77.4 13.5
1989 31 VAN JL 146 491 73 129 24 5 2 49 12 11 68 73 .263 .366 .344 .710 67.2 10.5
1990 32 VAN JL 66 92 18 27 3 3 1 12 7 6 7 11 .293 .359 .424 .783 13.2 1.7
1991 33 BAL JL 111 216 23 60 9 3 0 25 0 2 25 35 .278 .355 .347 .703 25.3 3.2
1992 34 BAL JL 114 377 47 94 17 5 1 25 0 5 29 65 .249 .318 .329 .647 38.5 3.8
1993 35 BRK FL 46 29 10 9 2 1 0 3 2 2 6 3 .310 .459 .448 .908 5.0 0.7
14 Years Sim 1614 4325 606 1216 186 38 25 431 83 102 505 628 .281 .369 .359 .728 575.7 84.9
2 Years AAA 164 538 86 152 21 3 8 81 20 17 95 65 .283 .401 .377 .778 83.2  
1 Years AA 10 42 9 14 0 0 2 12 4 0 5 6 .333 .417 .476 .893 8.6  
3 Years Minors 174 580 95 166 21 3 10 93 24 17 100 71 .286 .402 .384 .786 91.8  
162 Game Average 434 60 122 18 3 2 43 8 10 50 63 .281 .369 .359 .728 57.8  
Career Highs 154 545 73 159 29 6 5 60 17 15 68 73 .310 .459 .448 .908 77.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2733 358 751 117 24 11 277 48 63 290 429 .275 .361 .347 .708 321.3
vs LH   1592 248 465 69 14 14 154 35 39 215 199 .292 .383 .379 .763 227.1
Home 800 2128 273 589 101 18 8 196 35 63 242 302 .277 .362 .352 .715 254.6
Away 814 2197 333 627 85 20 17 235 48 39 263 326 .285 .376 .365 .741 293.8
RISP   1006 0 301 40 13 4 383 0 0 113 136 .299 .379 .377 .756 140.8
Pinch Hitting   342 48 98 11 3 2 37 5 7 38 43 .287 .380 .354 .734 43.1
Close/Late   519 78 146 17 7 2 57 0 1 64 73 .281 .377 .353 .730 68.0
Mar/Apr 264 797 116 225 30 6 6 75 20 22 80 116 .282 .359 .358 .717 96.8
May 308 935 137 249 42 8 4 88 16 22 112 137 .266 .358 .341 .700 109.9
June 286 782 109 214 32 6 3 74 16 19 91 128 .274 .365 .341 .707 93.3
July 269 668 80 188 35 9 5 65 7 9 85 89 .281 .371 .383 .755 92.5
August 238 535 76 154 21 3 2 63 9 9 64 76 .288 .376 .350 .726 69.0
Sep/Oct 249 608 88 186 26 6 5 66 15 21 73 82 .306 .394 .393 .787 86.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1980 22 HON JL 3B 114 84 813.0 48 202 17 16 .936 2.77 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1981 23 HON JL 3B 132 129 1125.7 75 249 21 20 .939 2.59 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    2B 1 1 8.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 24 HON JL 3B 111 101 910.7 43 203 20 11 .925 2.43 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    SS 1 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 25 DM FL 3B 79 74 633.3 31 142 14 8 .925 2.46 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    1B 7 4 43.0 51 2 1 5 .981 11.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 26 DM FL 1B 71 66 552.0 553 41 6 52 .990 9.68 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 19 12 120.7 8 24 2 0 .941 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 27 DM FL 1B 71 70 592.0 611 61 6 40 .991 10.22 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 37 10 132.0 11 40 4 3 .927 3.48 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 3 3 29.0 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 28 DM FL 1B 60 54 483.3 492 43 4 50 .993 9.96 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 30 24 220.0 17 50 3 3 .957 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1987 29 LV FL 1B 7 4 48.0 54 1 0 4 1.000 10.31 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 6 1 19.3 1 1 1 1 .667 0.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  VAN JL 1B 5 3 21.7 25 1 0 2 1.000 10.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 12 7 69.7 79 2 0 6 1.000 10.46   0.1
      3B 10 1 28.0 1 2 1 1 .750 .96   0.0
1988 30 VAN JL 1B 149 149 1273.7 1401 116 19 141 .988 10.72 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 31 VAN JL 1B 139 137 1122.7 1248 109 9 106 .993 10.88 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    3B 3 1 14.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 32 VAN JL 1B 23 17 146.3 180 11 1 5 .995 11.75 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 13 5 62.0 2 12 1 1 .933 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 33 BAL JL 3B 39 36 331.0 31 82 9 13 .926 3.07 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 17 13 117.0 141 9 3 14 .980 11.54 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 34 BAL JL 1B 90 86 757.3 814 77 8 86 .991 10.59 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    3B 9 5 48.7 6 8 2 0 .875 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1993 35 BRK FL 1B 5 1 12.3 16 1 0 1 1.000 12.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 645 604 5172.3 5589 472 57 506 .991 10.55 0 0 .000 0 9.5
  3B 601 482 4448.0 273 1020 94 76 .932 2.62 0 0 .000 0 11.9
  2B 5 4 39.0 8 11 0 1 1.000 4.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 3 0 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1258 1090 9676.6 5875 1504 151 583 .980 6.86 0 0 .000 0 21.6
Career Highs   153 149 1279.7 1401 252 21 141 1.000 10.78 0 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1988-9-.381
CAR-43-.369
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  5. Leron Lee (869)
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  7. Jerome McDunnell (861)
  8. Jeff Jarrett (861)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Des Moines in 1979
Traded from Des Moines to Honolulu on 7/21/1979 (Going to DM: RF L. Overson, P C. Robbins, 3B B. Oberdorsten. Going to HON: LF L. Hazelton, 3B R. Barbato, CF C. Vicknair, P B. Henriques, P T. Mihewon)
Had first career hit on 4/1/1980, off Fernando Huertas (VAN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1980, off Voo Fowler (VAN)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Valencia on 4/3/1981
Injured on 8/15/1981 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Baltimore on 5/24/1982
Traded from Honolulu to Des Moines on 2/15/1983 (Going to HON: C Deris Millon, RF Leron Lee. Going to DM: P Christian Mcdonald, 3B Rich Barbato, LF Buster Hall, 2B Michael Diamond)
1/31/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,452,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/11/1986 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/13/1987 to a 3-year deal worth $950,000 per year
Traded from Las Vegas to Vancouver on 7/11/1987 (Going to LV: P Vancouver Waiver. Going to VAN: 1B Rich Barbato)
5/11/1989: Signed a contract extension with Vancouver, $1,160,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1989
Traded from Vancouver to Baltimore on 2/10/1991 (Going to VAN: P Baltimore Waiver. Going to BAL: 1B Rich Barbato)
 
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