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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1963 TB 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1969 TB 62 225 24 47 5 3 8 23 11 57 2 1 2 .609 .245 .364 .209
1970 TB 43 47 1 6 2 1 0 4 2 14 0 0 1 .393 .180 .213 .128
1971 TB-STL 124 377 73 110 14 3 22 55 32 98 2 0 1 .867 .347 .520 .292
1972 STL 96 276 43 67 9 2 12 33 26 66 4 0 1 .734 .314 .420 .243
1973 STL 80 179 24 38 4 3 6 28 17 35 1 1 0 .657 .289 .369 .212
1974 STL 106 433 59 102 11 6 15 46 32 107 1 0 1 .682 .289 .393 .236
1975 STL 114 373 53 100 13 2 15 43 24 80 0 0 1 .748 .313 .434 .268
1976 STL-NYA 15 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 .149 .098 .051 .051
Total 642 1950 277 472 58 20 78 232 146 468 10 2 7 .709 .297 .412 .242
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Poacher Barnes has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1976-07-06The New York Highlanders have waived Poacher Barnes.
1976-06-26The New York Highlanders have designated Poacher Barnes for assignment.
1976-06-12The New York Highlanders have promoted Poacher Barnes to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have designated Steve Taitt for assignment.
1976-06-12The New York Highlanders have acquired Poacher Barnes from the waiver wire.
1976-06-02The St. Louis Cards have waived Poacher Barnes.
1976-05-17The St. Louis Cards have promoted Johnny Osteen to the major league team. The St. Louis Cards have designated Poacher Barnes for assignment.
1971-05-29A 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.
1971-04-02The Tampa Bay Tempers have placed Poacher Barnes on the trade block.
1970-10-03The Tampa Bay Tempers have removed Poacher Barnes from the trade block.
1970-04-13Poacher Barnes of the Tampa Bay Tempers is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1969-08-28Poacher Barnes of the Tampa Bay Tempers is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1969-06-22The Tampa Bay Tempers have promoted Poacher Barnes to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tempers have designated Little Timmy for assignment.
1969-06-13The Tampa Bay Tempers have placed Poacher Barnes on the trade block.
1965-04-11The Tampa Bay Tempers have renamed Ben Barnes to Poacher Barnes.
1963-09-22The Tampa Bay Tempers have promoted Greg Rice to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tempers have sent Ben Barnes to the minors.
1963-09-21Ben Barnes of the Tampa Bay Tempers is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1963-09-16The Tampa Bay Tempers have auto-promoted Ben Barnes to the major leagues.
1962-06-10The Tampa Bay Tempers have acquired Ben Barnes from the waiver wire.
1962-05-03The Washington Grizzlies have waived Ben Barnes.