MLB / Players

Johnny Barrett

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornDecember 18, 1915 · Lowell, MA, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1942

Final gameSeptember 26, 1946

Seasons5 (1942–1946)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1942–1945; Boston Braves 1946; Pittsburgh Pirates 1946

Percentile snapshot

1945 season — qualified batters

142

65.8

594

65.8

507

56.8

91.9

130

50.5

46.8

90.1

RBI

73.9

90.1

96.4

35.1

.256

22.5

OBP

.357

60.4

SLG

.418

69.4

OPS

.775

68.5

wRC+

112.2

53.2

OPS+

111.2

51.4

wOBA

.367

63.1

sWAR

2.6

69.4

of 112 qualified 1945 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

6.0

81.5

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
1942	111	390	332	56	82	11	6	0	26	48	42	10	.247	.347	.316	.664	97.4	92.8	.327	0.7
1943	130	329	290	41	67	12	3	1	32	32	23	5	.231	.316	.303	.619	76.7	76.4	.305	-0.4
1944	149	661	568	99	153	24	19	7	83	86	56	28	.269	.366	.415	.782	119.1	116.1	.368	3.3
1945	142	594	507	97	130	29	4	15	67	79	68	25	.256	.357	.418	.775	112.2	111.2	.367	2.6
1946	56	134	114	10	22	6	0	0	12	20	12	1	.193	.313	.246	.559	61.2	58.9	.287	-0.2

Career totals

588

2,108

1,811

303

454

RBI

220

265

201

.2507

OBP

.3488

SLG

.3694

OPS

.7182

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
1945-08-13	PIT @ ATL Gameday	4	3	4	0	0	2	2	1	10
1945-05-24	ATL @ PIT Gameday	5	3	4	1	0	1	2	1	8
1944-09-21	PIT @ LAD Gameday	5	3	3	2	0	1	3	0	8
1945-08-05	STL @ PIT Gameday	5	2	2	0	1	1	4	0	7
1944-08-06	CHC @ PIT Gameday	2	4	2	0	1	1	2	3	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1942-04-14	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-15	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-16	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-17	STL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-18	STL @ PIT 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.