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Name	Team	Age
Poacher Barnes	Retired (1976, Age 35)	Died (2007, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21 (1962)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	6 years (98 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	3/25/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
B- (56.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1962

Minors

45.00

4 / 5

3 / 5

4 / 5

1 / 3

5 / 8

5 / 8

9 / 11

31 / 45

1963

Minors

63.00

10 / 12

9 / 13

7 / 11

4 / 6

2 / 6

3 / 6

5 / 9

40 / 63

1963

Majors

0.90

6

0

9

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1964

Minors

61.00

4 / 7

6 / 13

3 / 9

1 / 4

5 / 13

3 / 7

4 / 8

26 / 61

1965

Minors

63.00

2 / 12

4 / 7

2 / 6

2 / 12

1 / 7

3 / 7

5 / 12

19 / 63

1966

Minors

59.00

4 / 7

4 / 10

3 / 14

3 / 10

0 / 6

1 / 11

0 / 1

15 / 59

1967

Minors

74.00

1 / 15

2 / 9

2 / 12

2 / 4

4 / 10

6 / 14

0 / 10

17 / 74

1968

Minors

64.00

6 / 11

2 / 8

2 / 6

5 / 12

2 / 9

7 / 14

0 / 4

24 / 64

1969

Minors

21.00

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 2

1 / 3

3 / 21

1969

Majors

29.06

76

62

15

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 4

1 / 7

2 / 29

1970

Majors

17.94

106

4

19

1 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 3

3 / 17

1971

Majors

55.20

162

85

0

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 3

0 / 13

0 / 7

1 / 55

1972

Majors

47.01

162

73

0

0 / 11

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 47

1973

Majors

37.59

162

40

0

0 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 2

2 / 37

1974

Majors

54.97

162

101

0

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 10

1 / 54

1975

Majors

54.00

162

85

0

-1 / 5

-7 / 14

-3 / 7

-3 / 5

-7 / 3

-1 / 9

-2 / 11

-24 / 54

1976

Minors

2.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

1976

Majors

9.23

53

8

0

-2 / 1

-7 / 2

-5 / 1

-5 / 2

-7 / 2

-3 / 1

-3 / 0

-32 / 9

Total

1051

458

43

29 / 115

16 / 115

16 / 108

11 / 96

7 / 100

27 / 116

22 / 104

128 / 754

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1976-11-01	Poacher Barnes has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1976-07-06	The New York Highlanders have waived Poacher Barnes.
1976-06-26	The New York Highlanders have designated Poacher Barnes for assignment.
1976-06-12	The New York Highlanders have promoted Poacher Barnes to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have designated Steve Taitt for assignment.
1976-06-12	The New York Highlanders have acquired Poacher Barnes from the waiver wire.
1976-06-02	The St. Louis Cards have waived Poacher Barnes.
1976-05-17	The St. Louis Cards have promoted Johnny Osteen to the major league team. The St. Louis Cards have designated Poacher Barnes for assignment.
1971-05-29	A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Cards and the Tampa Bay Tempers. The Tampa Bay Tempers receive Draft Pick 1973 Round 3 STL (Jim Weinert), Draft Pick 1973 Round 2 STL (Dick Sommers), Draft Pick 1972 Round 2 STL (Carlton Marshall) from the St. Louis Cards in exchange for Poacher Barnes.
1971-04-02	The Tampa Bay Tempers have placed Poacher Barnes on the trade block.
1970-10-03	The Tampa Bay Tempers have removed Poacher Barnes from the trade block.
1970-04-13	Poacher Barnes of the Tampa Bay Tempers is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1969-08-28	Poacher Barnes of the Tampa Bay Tempers is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1969-06-22	The Tampa Bay Tempers have promoted Poacher Barnes to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tempers have designated Little Timmy for assignment.
1969-06-13	The Tampa Bay Tempers have placed Poacher Barnes on the trade block.
1965-04-11	The Tampa Bay Tempers have renamed Ben Barnes to Poacher Barnes.
1963-09-22	The Tampa Bay Tempers have promoted Greg Rice to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tempers have sent Ben Barnes to the minors.
1963-09-21	Ben Barnes of the Tampa Bay Tempers is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1963-09-16	The Tampa Bay Tempers have auto-promoted Ben Barnes to the major leagues.
1962-06-10	The Tampa Bay Tempers have acquired Ben Barnes from the waiver wire.
1962-05-03	The Washington Grizzlies have waived Ben Barnes.