Darwin Barney
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| Chicago Cubs – No. 15 | |
| Second Baseman | |
| Born: November 8, 1985 Portland, Oregon |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| August 12, 2010 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Career statistics (through 2011 Season) |
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| Batting average | .271 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 45 |
| Hits | 165 |
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Competitor for  United States |
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| World University Championship | ||
| Gold | 2006 Havana | Team |
Darwin James Kunane Barney (born November 8, 1985 in Portland, Oregon) is a Major League second baseman currently playing for the Chicago Cubs. He was drafted by the Cubs with the 127th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.[1]
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[edit] High school
Barney graduated from Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon, where he led the school to its first baseball state championship in 2002.[2]
[edit] College
Barney attended Oregon State University and played for the Beavers for its back-to-back NCAA Division I Baseball Championships in 2006 and 2007,[3] and was named to the all-tournament team in 2007.[4]
He was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2005, and earned Freshman All-American honors.[3] In 2006, Barney was selected to Team USA by USA Baseball, where his team won the gold medal at the World University Baseball Championship.[3]
[edit] Professional career
Barney spent 2007-2009 in the Chicago Cubs minor-league system. In 2009 he split time with the Double-A Tennessee Smokies and the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. Throughout the 2009 season Barney posted a .293 batting average in 137 games. In January 2010, Barney was invited to the Cubs' training camp.[5] Barney opened the 2010 season with the Triple A Iowa Cubs.
On August 11, 2010 Barney was called up from AAA to play with the Cubs after they traded Mike Fontenot to the San Francisco Giants.[6] Barney split time at second base and played along side fellow rookie Starlin Castro who was the team's starting shortstop. He went on to hit .241 in 30 games.
On January 31, 2011, Barney was honored as the presenter of the Johnny Carpenter Prep Athlete of the Year (5A/6A) award during the Oregon Sports Awards.
After a strong spring training, Barney eventually earned a spot on the Cubs opening day roster as the starting second baseman in 2011, beating out Jeff Baker and Blake DeWitt for the job.[7] After hitting .326 with 14 RBIs in his first month, he was named the National League Rookie of the Month for April.[8]
On May 25, 2011, Barney made the top play on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays with an infield catch.[9]
[edit] Personal Life
Barney grew up speaking English with his Japanese grandfather and Korean grandmother.[10] Darwin and his wife Lindsay have a two-year-old daughter named Hayden.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ 2007 "MLB.com Draft Tracker". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2007/drafttracker.jsp 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ Eggers, Kerry (2004-05-18). "‘Little twerp’ grows into Southridge star". Portland Tribune. http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=24392. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ a b c "Darwin Barney". OSUBeavers.com. http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24962&SPID=1962&DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=130910&Q_SEASON=2006. Retrieved 2006-06-21.[dead link]
- ^ "OSU in first and last Division I games of season". OregonLive.com. 2007-06-25. http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/118275274140910.xml&coll=7. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- ^ "Non Roster Invitees". http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/team/roster_nri.jsp?c_id=chc.
- ^ "Barney the latest rookie to join the Cubs". http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/1942/barney-the-latest-rookie-to-join-the-cubs.
- ^ Sullivan, Paul (March 24, 2011). "Barney relegates DeWitt to Cubs' bench". Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-03-24/sports/ct-spt-0325-cubs-spring-training-chic20110324_1_manager-mike-quade-cubs-roster-bobby-scales.
- ^ "Darwin Barney National League Rookie of the Month". Chicago Tribune. May 3, 2011. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0504-bits-cubs-dodgers-chicago20110503,0,6035939.story.
- ^ "SportsCenter". [[http://espn.go.com/video/sportscenter|SportsCenter]]. 2011-05-25.
- ^ "MLB/Cubs infielder Barney proud of his Asian roots". http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105120208.html.
- ^ "Cubs call up former OSU shortstop Darwin Barney". http://blog.oregonlive.com/mlb/2010/08/chicago_cubs_call_up_former_os.html.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Portland, Oregon
- People from Beaverton, Oregon
- Oregon State Beavers baseball players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Peoria Chiefs players
- Arizona League Cubs players
- Daytona Cubs players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- American sportspeople of Korean descent
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
