John Barry

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

BornOctober 27, 1878 · Newburgh, NY, USA

MLB debutMay 30, 1899

Final gameOctober 7, 1908

Seasons10 (1899–1908)

Washington Senators 1899; Boston Beaneaters 1900–1901; Philadelphia Phillies 1901–1903; Chicago Cubs 1904; Philadelphia Phillies 1904; Chicago Cubs 1905; Cincinnati Reds 1905–1906; St. Louis Cardinals 1906–1907; New York Giants 1908; St. Louis Cardinals 1908

Percentile snapshot

1906 season — qualified batters

135

578

52.6

516

57.9

55.8

139

65.3

55.8

42.1

33.7

RBI

47.4

48.4

63.2

35.8

.269

57.9

OBP

.329

47.4

SLG

.335

47.4

OPS

.664

46.3

wRC+

105.4

45.3

OPS+

105.7

47.4

wOBA

.329

47.4

sWAR

1.4

37.9

of 96 qualified 1906 batters (min 480 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

93.5

29.2

OPS+

93.8

sWAR

6.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1899	78	266	247	31	71	7	5	1	33	12	14	11	.287	.328	.368	.697	89.8	90.7	.333	0.4
1900	81	277	254	40	66	10	7	1	37	13	16	9	.260	.301	.366	.667	82.4	83.6	.316	0.2
1901	78	324	292	38	69	12	0	1	28	17	25	14	.236	.285	.288	.573	66.2	64.5	.278	-0.2
1902	138	606	543	65	156	20	6	3	58	44	47	14	.287	.343	.363	.706	117.3	118.1	.347	2.5
1903	138	600	550	75	152	24	5	1	60	30	39	26	.276	.321	.344	.664	89.8	90.4	.321	0.5
1904	108	428	385	44	94	9	2	1	29	28	25	14	.244	.300	.286	.586	85.0	83.0	.289	0.4
1905	152	667	598	100	182	13	12	1	66	38	35	21	.304	.352	.371	.723	107.3	107.7	.349	1.5
1906	135	578	516	64	139	19	6	1	45	41	34	17	.269	.329	.335	.664	105.4	105.7	.329	1.4
1907	81	340	294	30	73	5	2	0	19	28	14	4	.248	.320	.279	.599	89.7	87.6	.304	0.3
1908	111	379	335	29	71	9	2	0	16	28	15	10	.212	.281	.251	.531	70.5	69.9	.268	-0.6

Career totals

1,100

4,465

4,014

516

1,073

128

RBI

391

279

264

140

.2673

OBP

.3208

SLG

.3301

OPS

.6509

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1905-09-27	ATL @ CIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	8
1906-04-29	PIT @ CIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	7
1902-09-04	STL @ PHI Gameday	4	2	3	1	1	0	4	1	6
1902-06-20	PHI @ ATL Gameday	3	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	6
1904-09-30	CHC @ SF Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-19	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-23	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-26	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	ATL @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	ATL @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.