Walter Barbare
1914–1922 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates
501G
.260AVG
.297OBP
.315SLG
More career statistics
462H
1HR
156RBI
37SB
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 · Caught stealing | 16 | 29 |
| Batting · Hits | 462 | 459 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,954 | 1,950 |
| Batting · Runs | 173 | 175 |
| Batting · RBI | 156 | 159 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 37 | 39 |
| Batting · Walks | 88 | 83 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 1,954 | 1,777 | 173 | 462 | 52 | 21 | 1 | 156 | 88 | 121 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 559 | .260 | .297 | .315 | .612 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1921-05-21 to 1921-06-04
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1921-04-26 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1920-06-27 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1915-07-24 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 281 | 1084 | 240 | 1 | 91 | 51 | 70 | .244 | .268 | .299 |
| Away | 220 | 866 | 219 | 0 | 68 | 32 | 51 | .276 | .290 | .330 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 129 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | .248 | .248 | .273 |
| May | 61 | 243 | 65 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 15 | .289 | .300 | .333 |
| June | 89 | 385 | 95 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 25 | .265 | .283 | .313 |
| July | 101 | 368 | 77 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 13 | .235 | .264 | .299 |
| August | 109 | 428 | 95 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 22 | .248 | .278 | .292 |
| September | 106 | 381 | 92 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 33 | .265 | .281 | .349 |
| October | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .312 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 61 | 223 | 59 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 8 | .280 | .300 | .379 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 59 | 244 | 52 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 14 | .231 | .258 | .284 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 59 | 248 | 55 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 9 | .241 | .258 | .276 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 57 | 241 | 68 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 18 | .301 | .311 | .350 |
| cincinnati-reds | 46 | 164 | 45 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | .304 | .317 | .412 |
| chicago-cubs | 45 | 191 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 15 | .307 | .340 | .355 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 34 | 141 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | .236 | .277 | .252 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 21 | 72 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .305 | .347 | .373 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Cleveland Guardians | 15 | 52 | 16 | – | 5 | 1 | .308 | – | – |
| 1915 | Cleveland Guardians | 78 | 246 | 44 | – | 13 | 6 | .179 | – | – |
| 1916 | Cleveland Guardians | 13 | 48 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Boston Red Sox | 13 | 29 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | .172 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 293 | 80 | 1 | 30 | 11 | .273 | – | – |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 186 | 51 | – | 12 | 5 | .274 | – | – |
| 1921 |  Boston Braves | 134 | 550 | 166 | – | 54 | 13 | .302 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Braves | 106 | 373 | 86 | – | 40 | 2 | .231 | – | – |