Clint Barmes

Clint Barmes
Barmes while with the Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates — No. --
Shortstop/Second baseman
Born: March 6, 1979 (1979-03-06) (age 32) Vincennes, Indiana
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 5, 2003 for the Colorado Rockies
Career statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.252
On base percentage	.302
Home runs	73
Runs batted in	324
Strikeouts	485
Teams
Colorado Rockies (2003–2010) Houston Astros (2011)

Clint Harold Barmes [BAR-miss] (born March 6, 1979 in Vincennes, Indiana) is an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He played for the Colorado Rockies from 2003-2010 and Houston Astros in 2011. He bats and throws right-handed.

Collegiate career

Barmes attended Olney Central College and Indiana State University.

Professional career

Colorado Rockies

Minors

Drafted by the Rockies in 2000 out of Indiana State University, Barmes needed three seasons before reaching the majors with Colorado. He spent time in subsequent seasons (2004–2005, 2007–2008) for rehabilitation and demotions. In 2002, he was a post-season All-Star for the Carolina Mudcats of the Southern League; in 2004, he was a post-season All-Star for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League and 2007, he was a mid-season All-Star for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League.

2003-05 seasons

From 2003-04, Barmes posted a .292 batting average with two home runs and 12 RBIs in 32 games played. In 2005 in 81 games Clint hit .289, 10 home runs, and 46 RBIs.

2005 season

On Opening Day at Coors Field, Barmes hit a game-winning, walk-off home run off Trevor Hoffman of the San Diego Padres, becoming the first Rockies rookie to hit such a home run.^[1] At the end of the month, MLB selected Barmes as the National League Rookie of the Month for April.^[2] Barmes, who hit .410 with four home runs and 14 RBIs, also became the third player in MLB history to hit .400 or better in March/April, joining the New York Mets' Willie Randolph in 1980 and Montreal Expos' Andrés Galarraga in 1986.^[3]

In June, Barmes suffered an injury that sidelined him until September after breaking his left collarbone in a fall while carrying a package of deer meat given to him as a gift by Todd Helton up the stairs in his apartment building on June 5.^[4] (Barmes initially told the team and the press that he got hurt carrying groceries, but later admitted that this was not the truth. He claimed that he was trying to prevent Helton from being embarrassed.)^[5] Barmes, who was leading National League rookies in most offensive categories, underwent surgery on June 7. He was hitting around .400 and led the major leagues in batting average for the first six weeks of the season. After a mild slump, he was still leading NL rookies in hitting (.329), runs (40), hits (74), doubles (16), home runs (8) and RBIs (34) up until the time of his injury. His Rookie of the Year candidacy, however, was ruined by his freak injury, which he called "the craziest thing that's happened to me, by far." However, Barmes still finished eighth in the National League Rookie of the Year voting for the season.

2006 season

Barmes entered the 2006 season with high expectations. Many predicted a repeat of the beginning of the '05 season for Barmes in '06. Although Barmes set career highs in a number of offensive categories, his '06 season was widely considered a disappointment. He managed a subpar .220 batting average (the lowest of any starter in baseball) with only 7 home runs and a .264 on base percentage.

2007 season

As Spring Training prior to the 2007 season began, Barmes was informed that recently drafted prospect Troy Tulowitzki would be competing with him for the starting role in '07. After a spring performance that mirrored his unimpressive '06 season, Barmes ultimately lost the Rockies starting shortstop role to Tulowitzki. Subsequently, Barmes began the regular season with the Rockies Triple-A affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. After an injury to starting second baseman Kazuo Matsui, Barmes was recalled to the Major League roster on April 15. After wearing jersey number 12 throughout his tenure in the Majors, Barmes switched to number 21 for the '07 season after veteran Steve Finley chose number 12 for the season.

Not long after being recalled, Barmes was sent down to Triple-A on May 1.

2008 season

Barmes playing for the Rockies in 2008.

With Tulowitzki firmly entrenched in the shortstop position, Barmes entered Spring Training as one of four players aiming to start at second base for the Rockies. The job was ultimately won by Jayson Nix, who subsequently started the regular season very poorly. With the benching of Nix, Barmes competed with teammates Jeff Baker and Omar Quintanilla for the starting second baseman role. Barmes would win the job. He has since produced very well as the second baseman, although sustained an injury that put him on the Disabled List for several weeks. Upon his return Barmes continued as the Rockies starting second baseman for the remainder of the season. Barmes walked into Spring Training prior to the 2009 season as the starting second baseman.

2009 season

In 2009, Barmes started off the season with the starting job and started off extremely well hitting nearly .300. He went into a hitting slump and dropped down to .225, and then jumped on a hot streak and went up to .296 on June 19. He had 23 HRs on the year.

2010 season

Started regularly at 2B for the Rockies but was switched to Shortstop following Troy Tulowitzki's wrist injury. When Tulowitzki returned from his injury Barmes moved back to 2B. Barmes struggled in the second half of the season was then benched in favor of Eric Young, Jr.. He spend most of the 2nd half as a defensive replacement. Barmes finished the season hitting .235, 8 HR, and 50 RBI.

Houston Astros

On November 18, 2010, Barmes was traded to the Houston Astros for Felipe Paulino.^[6] He got his first hit for the Astros (a two run double) on May 3, 2011.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Barmes signed a two-year, $10.5 million contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates on November 21, 2011.^[7]

Personal

He was married in December 2006 to Summer Dennison. The couple have a boy named Wyatt James, who was born in September, 2007.^[8]

References

1. ^ http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050404&content_id=999157&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=col
2. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050502&content_id=1036172&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col
3. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050502&content_id=1036172&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col
4. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2077547
5. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2081549
6. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/7300856.html
7. ^ Langosch, Jennifer (21 November 2011). "Barmes confirms he's headed to Pittsburgh". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111121&content_id=26016208&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 
8. ^ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/may/04/for-barmes-timings-everything/

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Baseball America (2005 top 25 rookies)
• Minor league news (report)

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Name	Barmes, Clint
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Date of birth	March 6, 1979
Place of birth	Vincennes, Indiana
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