Barnhart was the Pirates' third baseman until Pie Traynor arrived, when he was moved
to the outfield. Tough to strike out, he fanned only 149 times in 2673 at bats. He
drove in a career-high 114 runs and hit .325 as the Pirates leftfielder in 1925.
Lloyd Waner replaced Barnhart in 1927 but Waner moved to center when Kiki Cuyler
fell into manager Donie Bush's doghouse and was benched. The slow-footed Barnhart
went back to left and hit .319. In the four-game '27 WS, he drove in four of Pittsburgh's
ten runs. His son, Vic, was a Pittsburgh shortstop in the 1940s.
(ME)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»September 2, 1920:
With the last two games rained out, fans get their money's worth in Pittsburgh as the Pirates and Reds, battling to determine 3rd place, play the century's only tripleheader. Starting at noon, the Reds win the first, 13–4, to clinch 3rd place. The Reds win game two as well, 7–3, with a number of players at odd positions: Reds put catcher Ivy Wingo at 2B, with pitchers Bressler, Ruether, Coumbe, and Eller at field positions. The Pirates take the finale 6–0, called after six innings because of darkness. The only "tribill" played this century is played in five hours. Clyde Barnhart, who made his major league debut ten days earlier, doubles in the first two games, and singles in the 3rd, the only player to hit in all three games. .
»May 28, 1921: The league-leading Pirates protest their 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Reds. When hot-tempered Reds
P Dolf Luque throws the ball into the Cincinnati dugout, Clyde Barnhart tries to take 3B and is thrown out. The Pirates claim the ball was dead when it went into the dugout. NL president Heydler will sustain the protest and order the game continued with the score 3-3 in the last of the 8th. The Pirates win the
replay 4-3 on June 30th.
»August 7, 1922: A record ten Pirates collect two or more hits as the Pirates tally 22 hits to pound the seventh-place Phillies, 17–10. The Phils knock out the Bucs ace Cooper, scoring six runs in two 2/3 innings, but the Pirates score eight in the fourth to take the lead. Three Pirate pitchers are 5-for-5 at the plate, including Whitey Glazner's home run, and the only Buc batter to not contribute two safeties is cleanup hitter Clyde Barnhart.
»May 30, 1927:
Unassisted triple plays are a rarity, but SS Jimmy Cooney makes one for the Cubs against Pittsburgh in the opener of the Memorial Day doubleheader. He catches Paul Waner's line drive, steps on 2B to retire Lloyd Waner, and tags Clyde Barnhart going back to 1B. Paul Waner still collects three hits and two RBI, but the Cubs win 7–6 in 10 innings to snap the Pirates 11-game win streak. The Bucs win the nitecap, 6–5, in 10 innings as Lloyd Waner has seven hits for the day.
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