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Ross led the National League batting (.429), on-base percentage (.462), slugging (.562), runs (126), hits (138), bases (190), doubles (21), triples (14), and walks (20). In the 1876 season, Barnes also established the single-season record for runs per game (1.91), a mark which still stands.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ross Barnes. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
- Mount Morris, NY, United States
- May 8, 1850
Jan 4, 2012 · Ross Barnes was one of the best hitters and second basemen in the early history of professional baseball. He played for the Boston Red Stockings and Chicago White Stockings, and was praised by many contemporaries as the greatest player of his era.
This video examines Ross Barnes, the best professional baseball player of the 1870s.
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May 2, 2013 · Charles Roscoe “Ross” Barnes was one of the greatest players of his era, and largely forgotten today. Barnes was a member Harry Wright’s Boston Red Stocking teams in the National Association from 1871-1875 and won the National League’s first batting title hitting .429 in 1876 as a member the Chicago White Stockings.
Aug 1, 2013 · Ross Barnes was a versatile and dominant player in the 1860s and 1870s, leading the National Association in batting average, on-base percentage, and WAR. He also played for the Boston Red Stockings and the Chicago White Stockings, but his career was cut short by illness and the fair-foul rule.
Nov 10, 2023 · Ross Barnes was one of the greatest players of the first decade of professional baseball, the 1870s. He began playing team baseball as early as 1866 in Rockford, IL a hotbed of early baseball, and was a big star in the National Association from 1871 to 1875 and the new National League.
