Austin Barnes

Austin Barnes appeals to me precisely because catching is the least glamorous, most cerebral job on a baseball diamond. A Riverside kid who went through Arizona State and stuck with the Dodgers, he isn't a towering slugger at 178 cm; he survived by reading hitters, managing pitchers, and earning the trust no box score captures. I have a soft spot for players whose contributions live in the spaces between statistics. Barnes is the kind of unglamorous professional who quietly makes a championship clubhouse function, and that earns more of my respect than a flashy bat ever would.

Name (English)

Austin Barnes

Name (Japanese)

オースティン・バーンズ

Reading

おーすてぃん・ばーんず

Born

December 28, 1989 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Riverside, California, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Riverside Polytechnic High School

University

Arizona State University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Barnes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18249328

Tags

• California
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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