Bill Barrett (utility player)

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Bill Barrett
Utility player
Born: Baltimore or Washington, D.C.
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
July 8, 1871, for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas
Last MLB appearance
October 18, 1873, for the Baltimore Canaries
MLB statistics
Batting average.154
Runs scored1
Runs batted in1
Teams

William Barrett was a professional baseball player from 1871 to 1873. He was born in either Baltimore[1] or Washington, D.C.,[2] and played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, including at least one game with each of the Fort Wayne Kekiongas (1871), Washington Olympics (1872), and Baltimore Canaries (1873).[3] According to records of The Sporting News, he also played during the 1872 season for the Brooklyn Atlantics.[2] According to Baseball-Reference.com, he made his major-league debut on July 8, 1871 (the first season of Major League Baseball), and was the 102nd person to compete in the major leagues.[3] He also played at least three games with the Pastime Club of Baltimore during the 1871 season.[4][5][6] He played as a catcher, third baseman, shortstop, and outfielder. He recorded a single, a double, a run batted in, and scored a run in 13 major league at bats.[1]

There are also indications that he served as a major-league umpire during the 1872 and 1874 seasons.[7]

In 2012, Bill Carle, the chair of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Biographical Research Committee, wrote a profile on Barrett in SABR's Biographical Research Committee Report. Carle reported on records indicating that Barrett also played amateur baseball in Baltimore (professional baseball did not begin until the 1870s). Carle also reported that a SABR researcher had found a possible match for Barrett, who was born in Baltimore on July 12, 1850, and died in Chicago on February 18, 1909. Carle, however, found insufficient proof that this candidate was actually Barrett, the baseball player.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b David Nemec (2012). "The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball: Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and Umpires". McFarland & Co. p. 89.
  2. ^ a b "Player Contract Card for Bill Barrett". The Sporting News. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Bill Barrett". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Base-Ball: Chicago vs. Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. June 13, 1871. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Base-Ball: Philadelphia vs. Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. June 17, 1871. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Athletic vs. Pastimes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1871. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bill Barrett". BR Bullpen. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  8. ^ Bill Carle. "Bill Barrett". Biographical Research Committee Report (March/April 2012). Society for American Baseball Research. pp. 2–3.

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