MLB / Players

Sam Barkley

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb

BornMay 24, 1858 · Wheeling, WV, USA

MLB debutMay 1, 1884

Final gameJuly 12, 1889

Seasons6 (1884–1889)

Toledo Blue Stockings 1884; St. Louis Browns 1885; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1886–1887; Kansas City Cowboys 1888–1889

Percentile snapshot

1888 season — qualified batters

116

24.7

512

482

41.6

104

23.6

34.8

53.9

RBI

34.8

39.3

29.2

5.6

.216

12.4

OBP

.262

SLG

.309

33.7

OPS

.571

25.8

wRC+

85.5

25.8

OPS+

82.4

25.8

wOBA

.274

29.2

sWAR

0.9

of 90 qualified 1888 batters (min 409 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

10.6

87.5

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
1884	104	459	435	71	133	39	9	1	0	22	0	0	.306	.342	.444	.786	137.3	154.2	.356	4.0
1885	106	445	418	67	112	18	10	3	53	25	0	0	.268	.312	.380	.693	112.4	117.9	.322	2.3
1886	122	536	478	77	127	31	8	1	69	58	0	22	.266	.345	.370	.715	118.3	124.9	.346	3.2
1887	89	374	340	44	76	10	4	1	35	30	24	6	.224	.294	.285	.579	72.0	61.4	.276	-0.4
1888	116	512	482	67	104	21	6	4	51	26	51	15	.216	.262	.309	.571	85.5	82.4	.274	0.9
1889	45	191	176	36	50	6	2	0	23	15	20	8	.284	.340	.341	.681	95.4	93.9	.330	0.5

Career totals

582

2,517

2,329

362

602

125

RBI

231

176

.2585

OBP

.3139

SLG

.3585

OPS

.6724

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.