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Red Barkley
John Duncan "Red" Barkley (September 19, 1912 – December 12, 2000) was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the St. Louis Browns, the Boston Braves#1936–1941: the Bees, Boston Bees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. In a three-season career, Barkley was a .264 batting average (baseball), hitter with no home runs and 21 runs batted in in 63 games played. He is the grandfather of Brian Barkley, who pitched with the Boston Red Sox. Barkley died in Waco, Texas, at the age of 88. External links * Boston Bees players Brooklyn Dodgers players St. Louis Browns players Major League Baseball infielders 1912 births 2000 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball shortstops Minor league baseball managers Danville Leafs players Meridian Scrappers players Springfield Browns players Evansville Bees players San Antonio Missions players Montreal Royals players Waco Dons players Baseball players from Texas People from Childress, Texas St. Louis C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. Although there are many rules to baseball, in general the team playing offense tries to score runs by batting balls into the field that enable runners to make a complete circuit of the four bases. The team playing in the field tries to prevent runs by catching the ball before it hits the ground, by tagging runners with the ball while they are not touching a base, or by throwing the ball to first base before the batter who hit the ball can run from home plate to first base. There are nine defensive positions on a baseball field. The part of the baseball field closest to the batter (shown in the diagram as light brown) is known as the "infield" (as opposed to the "outfield", the part of the field furthest from the batter, shown in the diagr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |