Hiroshima Carp agrees to a deal with 30-year-old INF Brian Barden
by Gen on Jul.18, 2011 @ 4:28 pm, under NPB
The Carp announced today that they signed 30-year-old INF Brian Barden to a deal worth about 15M yen (US$200,000) plus incentives. He was also assigned the number 35.
UPDATE 7/25 @ 2:06pm - Barden arrived in Japan on Sunday and the Carp held a press conference for him at Mazda Stadium earlier today. He also had a chance to meet Kenjiro Nomura before the press conference.
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Career Stats
| Year | Age | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| 2007 | 26 | TOT | 23 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .171 | .216 | .200 | .416 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 26 | ARI | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 26 | STL | 15 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .217 | .280 | .261 | .541 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 27 | STL | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 28 | STL | 52 | 114 | 103 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .233 | .286 | .379 | .664 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 29 | FLA | 35 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .179 | .281 | .179 | .460 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MLB | 119 | 193 | 175 | 21 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 44 | .211 | .268 | .303 | .571 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MiLB | 946 | 3937 | 3549 | 551 | 1063 | 231 | 33 | 80 | 525 | 42 | 27 | 274 | 732 | .300 | .355 | .451 | .806 | 1600 | 90 | 53 | 23 | 38 | 8 | ||
July 19th, 2011 on 3:00 am
A little puzzling. Barden was a good utility guy. Not noted for power at all though.
July 19th, 2011 on 12:12 pm
Nikkan Sports mentions that the Carp went after Barden not for power, but because they think he can hit for average. And it seems they’re thinking of batting him in the 6-hole.
They also like that he can play the OF and INF.
http://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/p-bb-tp0-20110719-807410.html
July 20th, 2011 on 3:36 am
He is a good fielder, and I bet he will hit for average. I saw him play a few dozen times. He always seemed to be the 26th man. If given a chance I’m sure he would have had a pretty decent career as a utility player. He is also hard-nosed type player. Good luck to him!