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Darwin Barney
Chicago Cubs – No. 15
Second Baseman
Born: (1985-11-08) November 8, 1985 (age 38)
Beaverton, Oregon
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
debut
August 12, 2010, for the Chicago Cubs
Career statistics
(through June 26, 2012)
Batting average.270
Home runs5
Runs batted in68
Hits233
Teams

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]

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]

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]

Professional career

Barney playing for the Peoria Chiefs, Single-A affiliates of the Chicago Cubs, in 2007.
Darwin Barney
Medal record
Men’s baseball
Representing  United States
World University Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Havana Team

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]

Personal life

Barney grew up speaking English with his Japanese grandfather and Korean grandmother.[9] He is of one-quarter Korean, one-quarter Japanese, and half American-Hawaiian descent.[10] Barney and his wife Lindsay have a two-year-old daughter named Hayden.[11]

References

  1. ^ 2007 "MLB.com Draft Tracker". MLB.com. Retrieved 2007-06-21. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. ^ Eggers, Kerry (2004-05-18). "'Little twerp' grows into Southridge star". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  3. ^ a b c "Darwin Barney". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved 2006-06-21. [dead link]
  4. ^ "OSU in first and last Division I games of season". OregonLive.com. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
  5. ^ "Non Roster Invitees".
  6. ^ "Barney the latest rookie to join the Cubs".
  7. ^ Sullivan, Paul (March 24, 2011). "Barney relegates DeWitt to Cubs' bench". Chicago Tribune.
  8. ^ "Darwin Barney National League Rookie of the Month". Chicago Tribune. May 3, 2011.
  9. ^ "MLB/Cubs infielder Barney proud of his Asian roots".
  10. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110505&content_id=18668526&vkey=mlbpa_news&fext=.jsp
  11. ^ "Cubs call up former OSU shortstop Darwin Barney".

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