Red Barnes

Red Barnes

Barnes depicted c. 1926
Alabama Crimson Tide
Position Halfback/Quarterback
Class Graduate
Career history
College Alabama (19251926)
Bowl games
Personal information
Date of birth (1904-12-25)December 25, 1904
Place of birth Suggsville, Alabama
Date of death July 3, 1959(1959-07-03) (aged 54)
Place of death Mobile, Alabama
Weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Career highlights and awards
Red Barnes
Outfielder
Born: (1904-12-25)December 25, 1904
Suggsville, Alabama
Died: July 3, 1959(1959-07-03) (aged 54)
Mobile, Alabama
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 29, 1927, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
September 20, 1930, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average .269
Home runs 8
Runs batted in 97
Teams

Emile Deering "Red" Barnes (December 25, 1904 – July 3, 1959) was an American professional baseball outfielder with Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox from 1927-1930. He had a .269 career batting average in 286 career games. Barnes was also a quarterback for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams, starting in the 1927 Rose Bowl.[1] He was born in Suggsville, Alabama and died in Mobile, Alabama.

He was the cousin of former major leaguer Sam Barnes.

References

  1. "Pasadena Clash Has National Grid Flavor". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 26, 1926. p. 13. Retrieved March 4, 2015 via Newspapers.com.

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