Frank Barnes (right-handed pitcher)
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Frank Barnes is a retired American Major League Baseball
pitcher
and occasional pinch runner
who played three seasons
for the St. Louis Cardinals
of the National League
. Barnes played professional baseball for 16 seasons starting with the Indianapolis Clowns
of the Negro Leagues at age 18 in 1947 and ending in the Mexican League
in 1965
.
from the Kansas City Monarchs
in 1950. He was sold to the Yankees along with Elston Howard
. Howard later became the first African-American member of the Yankees. Barnes' rights were sent by the Yankees to the St. Louis Browns
during the 1951 season. Before the 1953 season, the Browns returned him to the Toronto Maple Leafs after expiration of minor league working agreement. After the 1956 season he was traded by Toronto to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Pearce
, cash and a player to be named later, which turned out to be Rocky Nelson
. He played in the Major Leagues for the Cardinals in , , and . On May 19, 1960, the Chicago White Sox purchased Barnes from the St. Louis Cardinals. After the season, he was traded by the White Sox with Andy Carey
to the Philadelphia Phillies
for Bob Sadowski
and Taylor Phillips
. However, Carey refused to report to his new team before the season. Thus, to complete the trade the White Sox sent Cal McLish
to Philadelphia and the Phillies sent Lou Vassie to Chicago. During the 1950s, he played in the Eastern League, Texas League
and American Association
in Minor League Baseball
.
After his Major League Baseball career Barnes played in the Mexican Summer League, Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
. In 1965, he led the league in both winning percentage 13–5, .722 and in E.R.A. at 1.58.
with a 2.41 E.R.A. for the Omaha Cardinals
before being called up to St. Louis in September. He also led the league with six shutout
s and pitched a record-setting 41⅓ consecutive scoreless innings. On August 4, 1958, he pitched the first no-hitter
in Omaha Cardinal American Association history. It was not the first no-hitter for Barnes who had pitched one for the Oklahoma City of the Texas League
in 1955.
Barnes posted a 1–3 record with 1 save over the course of three seasons with the Cardinals. He accumulated 30 strikeout
s in 36⅔ innings pitched
. During his career, Barnes scored three runs
despite only having one hit
in ten career at bat
s and having no walk
s, no hit by pitch
es and one caught stealing
. Also, over the course of his career he had a 2.84 Earned run average
in games on the road
, but only a 9.17 E.R.A. at home
in Sportsman's Park
. Barnes appeared as a pinch runner several times in 1957 and 1958.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
and occasional pinch runner
Pinch runner
A pinch runner is a baseball player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing a player on base. In the typical case, the pinch runner is faster or otherwise more skilled at base-running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been substituted...
who played three seasons
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...
for the St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
of the National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
. Barnes played professional baseball for 16 seasons starting with the Indianapolis Clowns
Indianapolis Clowns
The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League.- Founding :They began operation in Cincinnati in , and operated between Cincinnati and Indianapolis in 1944 and 1945 before officially moving in...
of the Negro Leagues at age 18 in 1947 and ending in the Mexican League
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
The Mexican League is a summer minor league baseball league with teams based across Mexico. Along with the International League and the Pacific Coast League, it is one of three leagues playing at the triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It is the only Minor League...
in 1965
1965 in baseball
-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins ; Sandy Koufax, MVP*All-Star Game, July 13 at Metropolitan Stadium: National League, 6-5; Juan Marichal, MVP-Other champions:*College World Series: Arizona State...
.
Transaction history
Born in Longwood, Mississippi, Barnes was acquired by the New York YankeesNew York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
from the Kansas City Monarchs
Kansas City Monarchs
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by J.L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. J.L. Wilkinson was the first Caucasian owner at the time...
in 1950. He was sold to the Yankees along with Elston Howard
Elston Howard
Elston Gene Howard was an American Negro League and Major League Baseball catcher, left fielder and coach. During a 14-year baseball career, he played from 1955–1968, primarily for the New York Yankees...
. Howard later became the first African-American member of the Yankees. Barnes' rights were sent by the Yankees to the St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
during the 1951 season. Before the 1953 season, the Browns returned him to the Toronto Maple Leafs after expiration of minor league working agreement. After the 1956 season he was traded by Toronto to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Pearce
Jim Pearce (baseball)
James Madison Pearce was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of five seasons in the majors, between and , for the Washington Senators and Cincinnati Redlegs.-Sources:...
, cash and a player to be named later, which turned out to be Rocky Nelson
Rocky Nelson
Glenn Richard "Rocky" Nelson was a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago White Sox , Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians .A native of Portsmouth, Ohio, Nelson batted and threw left-handed...
. He played in the Major Leagues for the Cardinals in , , and . On May 19, 1960, the Chicago White Sox purchased Barnes from the St. Louis Cardinals. After the season, he was traded by the White Sox with Andy Carey
Andy Carey
Andrew Arthur Carey is a former major league third baseman for the New York Yankees , and three other major league teams from 1960 to 1962...
to the Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
for Bob Sadowski
Bob Sadowski (third baseman)
Robert Frank Sadowski is a retired American professional baseball player and manager. Primarily a third baseman and outfielder during his brief Major League Baseball career, he was a second baseman and shortstop coming through the minor leagues. Sadowski batted left-handed, threw right-handed,...
and Taylor Phillips
Taylor Phillips
William Taylor Phillips , nicknamed "T-Bone," is a retired American professional baseball player, a pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox.A left-hander listed at , , Phillips appeared in 147 Major...
. However, Carey refused to report to his new team before the season. Thus, to complete the trade the White Sox sent Cal McLish
Cal McLish
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs , Cleveland Indians , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies...
to Philadelphia and the Phillies sent Lou Vassie to Chicago. During the 1950s, he played in the Eastern League, Texas League
Texas League
The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892...
and American Association
American Association (20th century)
The American Association was a minor league baseball league at the Triple-A level of baseball in the United States from to and to . Together with the International League, it contested the Junior World Series which determined the championship team in minor league baseball, at least for the...
in Minor League Baseball
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
.
After his Major League Baseball career Barnes played in the Mexican Summer League, Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
The Mexican League is a summer minor league baseball league with teams based across Mexico. Along with the International League and the Pacific Coast League, it is one of three leagues playing at the triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It is the only Minor League...
. In 1965, he led the league in both winning percentage 13–5, .722 and in E.R.A. at 1.58.
Stats
In 1957, he led the American AssociationAmerican Association (20th century)
The American Association was a minor league baseball league at the Triple-A level of baseball in the United States from to and to . Together with the International League, it contested the Junior World Series which determined the championship team in minor league baseball, at least for the...
with a 2.41 E.R.A. for the Omaha Cardinals
Omaha Cardinals
The Omaha Cardinals was the name of the minor league baseball club based in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, from 1947 through 1959. It played in the Class A Western League through 1954 and in the AAA American Association from 1955-59 as an affiliate of its major league namesake, the St...
before being called up to St. Louis in September. He also led the league with six shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....
s and pitched a record-setting 41⅓ consecutive scoreless innings. On August 4, 1958, he pitched the first no-hitter
No-hitter
A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
in Omaha Cardinal American Association history. It was not the first no-hitter for Barnes who had pitched one for the Oklahoma City of the Texas League
Texas League
The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892...
in 1955.
Barnes posted a 1–3 record with 1 save over the course of three seasons with the Cardinals. He accumulated 30 strikeout
Strikeout
In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....
s in 36⅔ innings pitched
Innings pitched
In baseball, innings pitched are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third of an inning, and two...
. During his career, Barnes scored three runs
Run (baseball)
In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...
despite only having one hit
Hit (baseball)
In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
in ten career at bat
At bat
In baseball, an at bat or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. It is a more restricted definition of a plate appearance...
s and having no walk
Base on balls
A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...
s, no hit by pitch
Hit by pitch
In baseball, hit by pitch , or hit batsman , is a batter or his equipment being hit in some part of his body by a pitch from the pitcher.-Official rule:...
es and one caught stealing
Caught stealing
In baseball, a runner is charged, and the fielders involved are credited, with a time caught stealing when the runner attempts to advance or lead off from one base to another without the ball being batted and then is tagged out by a fielder while making the attempt...
. Also, over the course of his career he had a 2.84 Earned run average
Earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...
in games on the road
Road (sports)
Road game , more commonly known as an away game, is a reference to all cities and stadia/arenas/fields/venues where an athletic team plays games for which it is not the host. Most professional teams represent cities or towns and amateur sports teams often represent academic institutions...
, but only a 9.17 E.R.A. at home
Home (sports)
In sports, home is a term referring to both the city and stadium, arena, or field where an athletic team plays games at their venue, whilst when the team plays elsewhere then they are considered the away team. The home term can refer to either the sponsoring institution or the place where it is...
in Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, all but one of which were located on the same piece of land, the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of the city.- History :From...
. Barnes appeared as a pinch runner several times in 1957 and 1958.