finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1908 left 24 october 1921 detroit , michigan athol , massachusetts 1899 may 13 .291 962 255 center fielder boston red sox batting average hits runs batted in september 13 28 march 1875 jimmybarrett.jpg jimmy barrett
 cincinnati reds jimmy barrett right
jimmy barrett

james erigena barrett -lrb- march 28 , 1875 -- october 24 , 1921 -rrb- was a major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- center fielder .
a native of athol , massachusetts , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed .
barrett played 10 seasons in the major leagues with the cincinnati reds -lrb- 1899 -- 1900 , 1906 -rrb- , detroit tigers -lrb- 1901 -- 05 -rrb- , and boston red sox -lrb- 1907 -- 08 -rrb- .
barrett was the first star for the tigers , playing for the tigers in the first five years of their existence .
he left the tigers with the arrival of a new center fielder ty cobb .
barrett had a career batting average of .291 -lrb- 21 points higher than the league average during the deadball years in which he played -rrb- .
he also had a career on-base percentage of .379 .
in 1903 and 1904 , he led the american league in times on base and walks .
despite barrett 's having played in only 866 major league games , baseball historian , bill james , ranks barrett as the 72nd best center fielder of all time .
