Marvin Barker
1935–1948 · bats R / throws R · ASE, NAS, NW1, Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars
503G
.254AVG
.303OBP
.344SLG
More career statistics
409H
13HR
159RBI
20SB
1–2W–L
59.2IP
14K
4.37ERA
4GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 503 | 401 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,608 | 1,350 |
| Batting · Doubles | 79 | 64 |
| Batting · Hits | 409 | 378 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,747 | 1,447 |
| Batting · Runs | 205 | 181 |
| Batting · RBI | 159 | 80 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 20 | 11 |
| Batting · Triples | 13 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 106 | 78 |
| Pitching · Games | 15 | 13 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 265 | 157 |
| Pitching · p cg | 4 | 3 |
| Pitching · p er | 29 | 4 |
| Pitching · p h | 66 | 50 |
| Pitching · p hr | 1 | 2 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 179 | 126 |
| Pitching · p k | 14 | 5 |
| Pitching · p r | 38 | 35 |
| Pitching · p w | 20 | 14 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 503 | 1,747 | 1,608 | 205 | 409 | 79 | 13 | 13 | 159 | 106 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 553 | .254 | .303 | .344 | .647 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59.7 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4.37 | 1.441 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1938-07-17 to 1938-08-28
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1948-06-27 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1945-08-07 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1936-07-20 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 144 | 510 | 138 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 5 | .291 | .324 | .379 |
| Away | 257 | 937 | 240 | 10 | 46 | 51 | 4 | .274 | .311 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 |
| May | 86 | 313 | 75 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 3 | .260 | .294 | .301 |
| June | 88 | 277 | 73 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 2 | .286 | .329 | .388 |
| July | 114 | 436 | 114 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 0 | .279 | .312 | .379 |
| August | 77 | 282 | 83 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 3 | .316 | .351 | .468 |
| September | 34 | 129 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .226 | .256 | .306 |
| October | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 86 | 326 | 83 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 0 | .270 | .301 | .349 |
| newark-eagles | 79 | 289 | 74 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | .281 | .318 | .388 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 71 | 234 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .235 | .282 | .290 |
| homestead-grays | 52 | 188 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .291 | .324 | .352 |
| new-york-cubans | 34 | 119 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .324 | .353 | .486 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 23 | 78 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .371 | .423 | .600 |
| WEG | 15 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .259 | .305 | .426 |
| NSH | 13 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .216 | .231 | .216 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | NW1 | 39 | 147 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1936 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 27 | 103 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 2 | .243 | – | – |
| 1937 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 36 | 127 | 41 | 3 | 8 | – | .323 | – | – |
| 1938 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 32 | 121 | 39 | – | 4 | – | .322 | – | – |
| 1939 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 13 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 8 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1940 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 18 | 62 | 13 | – | 2 | 2 | .210 | – | – |
| 1941 | Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees | 28 | 91 | 17 | 3 | 6 | – | .187 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Stars | 34 | 83 | 21 | – | 3 | 1 | .253 | – | – |
| 1943 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 25 | 92 | 25 | 1 | 8 | – | .272 | 3 | – |
| 1944 | Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees | 29 | 105 | 30 | – | 7 | 1 | .286 | – | – |
| 1945 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 28 | 111 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .360 | – | – |
| 1946 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 40 | 118 | 29 | – | 3 | 1 | .246 | 13 | 4 |
| 1947 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 23 | 58 | 19 | 1 | 3 | – | .328 | 6 | – |
| 1948 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 29 | 91 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .308 | 19 | 1 |