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Brian
Barden		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 2, 1981 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2015   
All-Star Selections 2009   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 23 ARI NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 2 4 4 4
2005 24 ARI NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2006 25 ARI NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2007 26 ARI NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2008 27 ARI NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2009 28 ARI NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2010 29 ARI NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2011 30 ARI NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
2012 31 ARI NL $ 2,707,143   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
2013 32 BOS AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
2014 33 BOS AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
2015 34 TEX AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
2016 35 TEX AL $ 3,750,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
2017 36 TEX AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 23 AA   136 511 60 137 29 2 10 59 5 3 40 93 .268 .321 .391 .713 63.0  
2005 24 AAA   96 407 44 121 17 1 14 46 2 4 16 73 .297 .324 .447 .771 55.0  
    AA   41 151 16 36 11 2 4 20 1 0 12 30 .238 .294 .417 .712 18.5  
2006 25 ARI NL 135 455 62 140 17 2 13 57 6 1 27 65 .308 .347 .440 .787 67.2 12.2
    AAA   21 85 7 28 3 0 3 10 2 1 9 10 .329 .394 .471 .864 15.1  
2007 26 ARI NL 141 311 27 67 8 0 6 27 0 1 22 50 .215 .266 .299 .566 22.2 0.0
2008 27 ARI NL 140 313 47 92 15 1 9 33 4 0 20 39 .294 .337 .435 .772 44.1 7.1
2009 28 ARI NL 155 582 84 178 28 2 21 90 4 2 39 97 .306 .351 .469 .821 89.7 17.3
2010 29 ARI NL 157 603 79 175 32 3 19 96 1 6 41 124 .290 .333 .448 .781 82.5 13.8
2011 30 ARI NL 154 519 69 147 25 1 21 70 1 0 41 111 .283 .333 .457 .790 76.2 12.4
2012 31 ARI NL 137 309 37 74 10 1 9 39 4 0 18 61 .239 .282 .366 .648 30.0 1.9
2013 32 BOS AL 157 618 75 170 30 0 19 99 2 0 33 111 .275 .309 .416 .725 74.0 9.6
2014 33 BOS AL 125 411 54 113 25 0 14 63 1 1 31 84 .275 .330 .438 .768 56.5 9.6
2015 34 BOS AL 87 322 39 79 13 0 10 46 1 0 17 68 .245 .286 .379 .665 32.2 1.8
  TEX AL 35 93 17 26 2 0 9 22 0 0 7 19 .280 .327 .591 .918 17.4 3.1
  TOT   122 415 56 105 15 0 19 68 1 0 24 87 .253 .295 .427 .722 49.6 4.9
2016 35 TEX AL 108 365 49 99 19 0 17 65 0 0 19 78 .271 .306 .463 .769 48.6 6.8
2017 36 TEX AL 51 140 17 29 5 0 3 15 0 0 12 37 .207 .275 .307 .582 11.5 0.2
12 Years Sim 1582 5041 656 1389 229 10 170 722 24 11 327 944 .276 .320 .426 .746 651.9 95.9
2 Years AAA 117 492 51 149 20 1 17 56 4 5 25 83 .303 .337 .451 .788 70.1  
2 Years AA 177 662 76 173 40 4 14 79 6 3 52 123 .261 .315 .397 .712 81.5  
4 Years Minors 294 1154 127 322 60 5 31 135 10 8 77 206 .279 .324 .420 .744 151.6  
162 Game Average 516 67 142 23 1 17 73 2 1 33 96 .276 .320 .426 .746 66.8  
Career Highs 157 618 84 178 32 3 21 99 6 6 41 124 .308 .351 .469 .821 89.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3640 464 969 160 6 117 522 16 10 227 676 .266 .309 .410 .719 453.4
vs LH   1401 192 420 69 4 53 200 8 1 100 268 .300 .347 .468 .815 218.1
Home 783 2474 330 694 131 6 79 326 12 8 166 444 .281 .325 .434 .759 338.5
Away 799 2567 326 695 98 4 91 396 12 3 161 500 .271 .314 .418 .733 333.0
RISP   1387 0 377 65 4 43 535 0 0 110 279 .272 .320 .417 .738 185.8
Pinch Hitting   326 39 88 14 0 12 52 3 0 19 63 .270 .311 .423 .735 42.5
Close/Late   626 66 160 31 1 20 87 0 0 56 124 .256 .318 .404 .722 80.5
Mar/Apr 248 809 105 196 44 3 25 117 3 3 52 161 .242 .288 .397 .685 91.2
May 296 986 120 249 26 1 29 121 6 3 58 200 .253 .294 .369 .663 107.1
June 268 819 101 250 44 4 32 139 2 0 58 160 .305 .351 .486 .837 132.4
July 240 738 103 220 37 0 28 116 4 0 43 142 .298 .336 .462 .798 110.1
August 264 833 117 246 46 1 23 112 3 2 48 133 .295 .334 .436 .769 115.1
Sep/Oct 266 856 110 228 32 1 33 117 6 3 68 148 .266 .321 .422 .743 115.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 25 ARI NL RF 109 101 893.0 156 3 6 2 .964 1.60   2.4
    3B 5 4 37.0 2 8 2 1 .833 2.43   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2007 26 ARI NL 3B 44 43 379.0 19 107 5 9 .962 2.99   1.6
    RF 25 12 139.7 29 0 1 0 .967 1.87   0.3
    2B 3 2 18.0 2 4 1 1 .857 3.00   0.0
2008 27 ARI NL 1B 22 22 204.0 231 23 1 16 .996 11.21   0.1
    RF 37 16 198.0 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.4
    3B 20 17 154.7 13 29 3 3 .933 2.44   0.5
2009 28 ARI NL 3B 153 149 1317.0 95 227 20 16 .942 2.20   3.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2010 29 ARI NL 3B 147 142 1265.0 84 228 22 15 .934 2.22   3.8
    2B 6 6 58.0 12 14 0 3 1.000 4.03   0.3
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
2011 30 ARI NL 3B 122 122 1056.0 54 222 16 10 .945 2.35   4.8
    RF 15 7 76.3 9 0 1 0 .900 1.06   0.2
    CF 4 3 31.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.13    
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    SS 1 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
2012 31 ARI NL 3B 67 54 513.3 31 106 6 9 .958 2.40   2.0
    RF 11 0 30.7 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.94   0.1
    2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2013 32 BOS AL 3B 152 148 1318.0 88 242 19 24 .946 2.25   3.0
    RF 4 0 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.0
2014 33 BOS AL 3B 107 97 831.3 53 152 11 11 .949 2.22   2.4
    RF 19 16 135.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.2
2015 34 BOS AL 3B 65 63 589.7 35 105 8 8 .946 2.14   0.9
    1B 11 11 102.7 108 5 2 5 .983 9.90   0.2
    RF 1 0 8.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TEX AL 3B 26 25 173.6 10 31 3 3 .932 2.13   0.4
    1B 5 5 30.3 32 2 0 1 1.000 10.10   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 91 88 763.3 45 136 11 11 .943 2.13   1.4
      1B 16 16 133.0 140 7 2 6 .987 9.95   0.3
      RF 2 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
      LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2016 35 TEX AL 1B 76 72 603.7 564 44 6 46 .990 9.06   1.7
    3B 14 13 112.7 11 19 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2017 36 TEX AL 1B 38 31 292.3 261 24 2 28 .993 8.77   0.4
    RF 1 1 12.3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.46   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 924 877 7751.3 495 1476 115 109 .945 2.29   23.2
  RF 226 153 1511.6 282 5 9 2 .970 1.71   3.6
  1B 152 141 1233.0 1196 98 11 96 .992 9.45   2.4
  2B 10 8 80.0 15 19 1 4 .971 3.83   0.3
  CF 5 3 32.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.31    
  SS 2 1 15.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.1
  LF 3 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1322 1184 10635.6 2004 1601 136 211 .964 3.05   29.6
Career Highs   156 149 1332.0 577 243 22 46 .991 8.37    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 28 ARI NL 5 20 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .250 .318 .300 .618
2015 34 TEX AL 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833
2016 35 TEX AL 12 36 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 .056 .171 .056 .226
Career Post-Season Batting 23 62 3 9 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 17 .145 .232 .177 .409
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2013-6-157
 At-Bats
2010-5-603
2013-7-618
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jayson Werth (930)
  2. Miguel Viveiros (924)
  3. Arlie Perillo (921)
  4. Salvador Bosch (914)
  5. Jason Stokes (911)
  6. Roberto Rondo (911)
  7. Josh Labandeira (911)
  8. Thomas Primus (908)
  9. Alberto Vergara (904)
  10. Larry Broadway (901)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/27/2006, off Tony Armas (WSH)
Hit first career homerun on 5/8/2006, off Roy Oswalt (HOU)
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/18/2009, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,707,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 1/30/2013 to a 2-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/25/2013
6/16/2014: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $3,750,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/11/2014 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland on 4/24/2015
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 6/6/2015
Traded from Boston to Texas on 7/17/2015 (Going to TEX: 3B Brian Barden. Going to BOS: LF Eusebio Almeda)
Won World Championship with Texas in 2015
5/22/2016: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $840,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Texas on 7/18/2017
 
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