Billy Barnie

Full Name: William Harrison "Billy" Barnie
Height: 5'7" Weight: 157 lbs.
Born: January 26, 1853 in New York, NY
Died: July 15, 1900 in Hartford, CT
Major League Career: 1874 to 1886
Managerial Debut: April 1883

Year TM/L G W L PCT M/Y W-EXP A-E Standing
1883 BAL-AA 96 28 68 0.292   25.1 2.9 8
1884 BAL-AA 109 63 43 0.594   64.1 -1.1 6
1885 BAL-AA 110 41 68 0.376   41.7 -0.7 8
1886 BAL-AA 139 48 83 0.366   42.4 5.6 8
1887 BAL-AA 141 77 58 0.570   77.0 0.0 3
1888 BAL-AA 139 57 80 0.416   56.8 0.2 5
1889 BAL-AA 139 70 65 0.519   67.1 2.9 5
1890 BAL-AA 38 15 19 0.441   16.0 -1.0 8
1891 BAL-AA 139 71 64 0.526   72.0 -1.0 3
1892 WAS-NL 2 0 2 0.000 1-2 0.8 -0.8 7
1893 LOU-NL 126 50 75 0.400   47.6 2.4 11
1894 LOU-NL 131 36 94 0.277   38.4 -2.4 12
1897 BRO-NL 136 61 71 0.462   62.3 -1.3 6
1898 BRO-NL 35 15 20 0.429 1-3 13.5 1.5 10
Totals 6 1480 632 810 0.438   624.8 7.2  
 



Barnie was working in a brokerage office when he broke into baseball in 1871 as a catcher/outfielder. While managing Baltimore's American Association team in the 1880's, he occasionally caught for his team, but his .180 BA hardly indicated "leading by example." His third-place finish in 1887 was his best season, but "Bald Billy" managed for 14 ML seasons. In 1900, while managing Hartford of the Eastern League, he died in midseason from asthmatic bronchitis.


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