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Batting average
  
.250

Role
  
Novelist

Name
  
Al Barker


Runs batted in
  
2

Home runs
  
0

Nominations
  
Man Booker Prize

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Died
  
February 21, 2002, Carshalton, United Kingdom

Books
  
John Brown's Body, The Gooseboy, Femina real, A heavy feather, The middling

Alfred L. Barker (January 18, 1839 – September 15, 1912) played one major league baseball game in 1871 for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association.

Barker was the starting left fielder for the Forest Citys on June 1, 1871, in a road game against the New York Mutuals. In five plate appearances he went 1-for-4 (a single) with a walk and had two runs batted in. In the field he made two putouts without an error. Despite his efforts, his team lost, 7-3.

One of his teammates during his short stay with the club was future Hall of Famer Cap Anson.

Barker umpired three National League games in 1881.

A native of Lost Creek, Indiana, Barker died at the age of 72 in Rockford, Illinois.

References

Al Barker Wikipedia


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