Jack Barry

Shortstop

1908—1919

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
NR

Player Detail

John Joseph
GIVEN NAME
Barry
SURNAME
April 26, 1887, in Meriden, CT
BORN
April 23, 1961, in Shrewsbury, MA, USA
DIED
1908—1919
Playing Career
Played from 21-32
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia A's
Boston Red Sox
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia A's
PRIMARY TEAM
1910-11, 1913, 1915-16
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#7 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 158
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
July 13, 1908
Major League Debut
June 23, 1919
FINAL GAME

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Athletics manager Connie Mack signed Barry off the campus of the College of the Holy Cross to play shortstop on what would become his famous $100,000 Infield (with Eddie Collins, Stuffy McInnis, and Home Run Baker).

40

HITTING

40

POWER

50

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1223
1009
10
429
.243

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
25.2
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.624
.618
101.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.243
.321
.303

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Jack Barry Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Barry
507
124
65
17
5
1
53
48
32
19
154
181
.243
.321
.303
624
AVG SS
524
127
63
17
6
1
47
45
20
161
179
.243
.311
.307
.618

Jack Barry Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
92
96
82
97
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
88
75
61
86
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Jack Barry PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
25.9
24.6
20.4
13.5
3.43
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Jack Barry
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
129.3
109.1
UNK
54.7
17.1
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Jack Barry
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS