Virgil Barnes
1919–1928 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, New York Giants
205G
.108AVG
.124OBP
.108SLG
More career statistics
40H
0HR
9RBI
0SB
61–59W–L
1,094.0IP
275K
3.66ERA
134GS
11SV
2Rare feats
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 · Plate appearances | 393 | 392 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,643 | 4,647 |
| Pitching · p er | 445 | 439 |
| Pitching · p gs | 134 | 133 |
| Pitching · p hr | 46 | 45 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,282 | 3,277 |
| Pitching · p k | 275 | 278 |
| Pitching · p r | 525 | 526 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | 393 | 371 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | .108 | .124 | .108 | .232 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,094.0 | 205 | 134 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 11 | 1,192 | 525 | 445 | 46 | 293 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 | 1.357 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1924-07-19 to 1924-07-27
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1927-07-10 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1927-07-24 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1924-07-14 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 109 | 182 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 54 | .075 | .093 | .075 |
| Away | 96 | 210 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 65 | .136 | .143 | .136 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .093 | .111 | .093 |
| May | 27 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | .094 | .108 | .094 |
| June | 27 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .125 | .182 | .125 |
| July | 43 | 90 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 30 | .131 | .133 | .131 |
| August | 43 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .096 | .095 | .096 |
| September | 44 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | .115 | .119 | .115 |
| October | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 36 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | .127 | .127 | .127 |
| boston-braves | 32 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | .127 | .149 | .127 |
| cincinnati-reds | 31 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .089 | .098 | .089 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 28 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | .119 | .129 | .119 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 28 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .116 | .114 | .116 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 26 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .049 | .068 | .049 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 22 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .111 | .140 | .111 |
| new-york-giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  New York Giants | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| 1920 | New York Giants | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 2 |
| 1922 | New York Giants | 22 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | .167 | 50 | 17 |
| 1923 | New York Giants | 22 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 53 | 6 |
| 1924 | New York Giants | 35 | 77 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .182 | 228 | 59 |
| 1925 | New York Giants | 32 | 89 | 9 | – | – | – | .101 | 222 | 53 |
| 1926 | New York Giants | 31 | 56 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .054 | 185 | 55 |
| 1927 | New York Giants | 35 | 83 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .108 | 229 | 67 |
| 1928 | Boston Braves, New York Giants | 26 | 39 | 3 | – | – | – | .077 | 115 | 18 |