James
Barton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 7, 1980 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2008   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 27 LUD PL $ 8,860,000 75 88 86 87 68 67 68 56 56 56
2008 28 LUD PL $ 8,860,000 75 87 86 87 65 64 65 54 54 54
2009 29 LUD PL $ 8,860,000 75 81 81 81 59 58 59 55 55 55
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 8,860,000 75 81 81 81 59 58 59 54 54 54
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,860,000 75 88 86 87 68 67 68 56 56 56
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Billy Chapel Award or The Moonlight Graham Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2007 27 NHB PL 3 6 .333 11 11 0 0 0 66.0 73 45 11 22 63 6.14 .274 .333 .462 .796 0.6
  LUD PL 11 5 .688 23 23 1 0 0 150.3 138 62 20 44 143 3.71 .238 .294 .392 .686 12.7
  TOT   14 11 .560 34 34 1 0 0 216.3 211 107 31 66 206 4.45 .250 .307 .414 .721 13.3
2008 28 LUD PL 11 11 .500 32 32 1 0 0 216.3 193 93 22 56 212 3.87 .236 .284 .381 .665 15.3
2009 29 LUD PL 7 10 .412 22 22 0 0 0 128.0 133 69 17 37 126 4.85 .263 .312 .414 .726 5.6
3 Years Sim 32 32 .500 88 88 2 0 0 560.7 537 269 70 159 544 4.32 .248 .299 .401 .701 34.2
Season Average 10 10 .500 29 29 0 0 0 186.9 179 89 23 53 181 4.32 .248 .299 .401 .701  
Career Highs 14 11 .560 34 34 1 0 0 216.3 211 107 31 66 212 4.85 .263 .312 .414 .726  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   214 103 23 81 307   .203 .260 .317 .577
vs LH   323 166 47 78 237   .290 .337 .482 .818
Home 13 15 .464 36 36 1 0 0 229.3 228 114 30 71 212 4.47 .255 .310 .427 .737
Away 19 17 .528 52 52 1 0 0 331.3 309 155 40 88 332 4.21 .243 .292 .383 .675
Mar/Apr 6 8 .429 15 15 0 0 0 82.0 92 55 15 32 79 6.04 .282 .346 .497 .843
May 3 7 .300 16 16 0 0 0 95.0 108 60 16 25 104 5.68 .279 .323 .468 .791
June 8 2 .800 16 16 1 0 0 105.3 88 42 13 32 98 3.59 .226 .285 .368 .653
July 4 5 .444 11 11 1 0 0 74.3 65 29 7 15 75 3.51 .230 .268 .364 .632
August 4 5 .444 12 12 0 0 0 78.0 92 48 10 21 67 5.54 .293 .337 .468 .805
Sep/Oct 7 5 .583 18 18 0 0 0 126.0 92 35 9 34 121 2.50 .197 .251 .286 .537
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Crash Davis Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 27 NHB PL P 11 11 66.0 5 12 2 1 .895 2.32    
  LUD PL P 23 23 150.3 12 26 4 2 .905 2.27    
  TOT   P 34 34 216.3 17 38 6 3 .902 2.29    
2008 28 LUD PL P 32 32 216.3 13 38 1 4 .981 2.12    
2009 29 LUD PL P 22 22 128.0 8 20 0 1 1.000 1.97    
Career Totals   88 88 560.7 38 96 7 8 .950 2.15    
Career Highs   34 34 216.3 17 38 6 4 1.000 2.29    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2007 27 LUD PL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 8 6 0 2 6 12.47 .364 .417 .591 1.008
2009 29 LUD PL 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 15.0 19 11 6 1 15 6.60 .302 .313 .683 .995
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 19.3 27 17 6 3 21 7.92 .318 .341 .659 1.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2007-10-4.45
2008-5-3.87
Wins
2007-5-14
CAR-19-32
Losses
2007-8-11
CAR-14-32
Winning Pct
2007-7-.560
Games Started
2007-6-34
CAR-19-88
Complete Games
CAR-49-2
Innings Pitched
2007-10-216.3
2008-6-216.3
CAR-20-560.7
Hits Allowed
CAR-27-537
Homeruns Allowed
2007-3-31
CAR-17-70
Strikeouts
2007-4-206
2008-2-212
CAR-8-544
Walks Allowed
2007-9-66
CAR-21-159
Walks per 9IP
2008-10-2.3
Hits per 9IP
2007-7-8.8
2008-4-8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
2007-4-8.6
2008-3-8.8
WHiP
2007-5-1.28
2008-3-1.15
OAVG
2007-6-.250
2008-4-.236
OOBP
2007-4-.307
2008-2-.284
OSLG
2007-8-.414
2008-4-.381
OOPS
2007-6-.721
2008-4-.665
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 40
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Newcastle in 2007
Earned first career win on 4/13/2007
Traded from Newcastle to Ludington on 5/27/2007 (Going to NHB: RF Jose Baeza, P Michael Davis, P Dario Ozuna, P Sylvester Scott, SS Everett McClaskey. Going to LUD: 2B Carlos Frades, P James Barton, RF Armand Aleman)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2007, going 4-0, 1.41
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game