Clint Barmes
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| Colorado Rockies — No. 12 | |
| Shortstop | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| September 5, 2003 for the Colorado Rockies | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006 season) |
|
| AVG | .253 |
| RBI | 114 |
| HR | 19 |
Clint Harold Barmes [BAR-mess] (born March 6, 1979 in Vincennes, Indiana) is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who has played for the Colorado Rockies since 2003. He bats and throws right handed.
From 2003-04, Barmes posted a .292 batting average with two home runs and 12 RBI in 32 games played. In 2005 in 81 games Clint hit .289, 10 home runs, and 46 RBI.
[edit] 2005 season
- April 4 - Barmes hits a game-winning walk-off home run off Trevor Hoffman of the San Diego Padres in front of a sell-out crowd on Opening Day at Coors Field.
- May 2 - MLB selected Barmes as the National League Rookie of the Month for April. Barmes, who hit .410 with four home runs and 14 RBI, also became the third player in MLB history to hit .400 or better in March/April, joining the New York Mets' Willie Randolph in 1980 and Montreal Expos' Andrés Galarraga in 1986.
- June 8 - Barmes suffered an injury that sidelined him until September after breaking his left collarbone in a fall while carrying a large slab of meat given to him as a gift by Todd Helton up the stairs in his apartment building in June 5. (Barmes initially told the team and the press that he got hurt carrying groceries, but later admitted that this was not the truth. He claimed that he was trying to prevent Helton from being embarrassed.) Barmes, who was leading National League rookies in most offensive categories, underwent surgery on June 7. He was hitting around .400 and led the major leagues in batting average for the first six weeks of the season. After a mild slump, he was still leading NL rookies in hitting (.329), runs (40), hits (74), doubles (16), home runs (8) and RBI (34) up until the time of his injury. His Rookie of the Year candidacy, however, was ruined by his freak injury, which he called "the craziest thing that's happened to me, by far."
Barmes is currently in Triple-A Colorado Springs with Troy Tulowitzki currently starting in the majors.
