| Frank Barnes | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born:(1926-08-26)August 26, 1926 Longwood,Mississippi, U.S. | |
| Died: October 19, 2014(2014-10-19) (aged 88) Greenville, Mississippi, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| NgL: 1949, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |
| MLB: September 22, 1957, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 14, 1960, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 1–3 |
| Earned run average | 5.89 |
| Strikeouts | 30 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
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Frank Barnes (August 26, 1926 – October 19, 2014) was an American professional baseballpitcher and occasionalpinch runner who played threeseasons for theSt. Louis Cardinals ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). Barnes pitched another sixteen seasons starting with theIndianapolis Clowns of theNegro leagues at age 18 in 1947 and ending in theMexican League in 1967.[1]
Born inLongwood, Mississippi, Barnes was acquired by theNew York Yankees from theKansas City Monarchs in 1950.[2] He was sold to the Yankees along withElston Howard. Howard later became the first African-American member of the Yankees.[1] Barnes' rights were sent by the Yankees to theSt. Louis Browns during the 1951 season. Before the 1953 season, the Browns returned him to theToronto Maple Leafs after expiration of minor league working agreement. After the 1956 season he was traded by Toronto to the St. Louis Cardinals forJim Pearce, cash and a player to be named later, which turned out to beRocky Nelson. He played in the Major Leagues for the Cardinals in 1957, 1958, and 1960. On May 19, 1960, theChicago White Sox purchased Barnes from the St. Louis Cardinals. After the 1961 season, he was traded by the White Sox withAndy Carey to thePhiladelphia Phillies forBob Sadowski andTaylor Phillips. However, Carey refused to report to his new team before the 1962 season. Thus, to complete the trade the White Sox sentCal McLish to Philadelphia and the Phillies sent a minor leaguer to Chicago.[2] During the 1950s, he played in theEastern League,Texas League andAmerican Association inMinor League Baseball.[1]
After his Major League Baseball career Barnes played in the Mexican Summer League,Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. In 1965, where he led the circuit in both winning percentage 13–5, .722 and inearned run average at 1.58.[3]
Additionally, Barnes played winter ball for theLicoreros de Pampero club of theVenezuelan Professional Baseball League during the 1955–1956 season. He also played in the Dominican Republic's league withTigres del Licey andEstrellas Orientales in from 1953 to 1959.[citation needed]
In 1957, Barnes led theAmerican Association with a 2.41 ERA for theOmaha Cardinals before being called up to St. Louis in September.[4] He also led the league with sixshutouts and pitched a record-setting41+1⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings.[1] On August 4, 1958, he pitched the firstno-hitter in Omaha Cardinal American Association history.[5] It was not the first no-hitter for Barnes who had pitched one for the Oklahoma City of theTexas League in 1955.[1]
Barnes posted a 1–3 record with onesave over the course of three seasons with the Cardinals. He accumulated 30strikeouts in36+2⁄3innings pitched. During his career, Barnes scored threeruns despite only having onehit in ten careerat bats and having nowalks, nohit by pitches and onecaught stealing.[2] Also, over the course of his career he had a 2.84 ERA in games on theroad, but only a 9.17 ERA athome inSportsman's Park.[6] Barnes appeared as a pinch runner several times in 1957 and 1958.[7][8]
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