Baseball
Barney, Darwin
Darwin Barney
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Former Oregon State infielder and Major League Gold Glove winner Darwin Barney joined the Oregon State staff as an assistant coach on August 7, 2020.
• The Beavers have finished with back-to-back .982 fielding percentages, which are tied for the Oregon State single-season record.
• The 2021 Beavers finished third nationally for fielding percentage, and led the Pac-12. The 2022 Beavers, meanwhile, led the Pac-12 and finished tied for sixth nationally.
• Oregon State has upped its fielding percentage to .986 in conference play over the last two seasons. The Beavers led the Pac-12 with that mark, finishing six points better than No. 2 Stanford in 2021 and seven points better than No. 2 UCLA in 2022.
Barney, the 2012 National League Gold Glove winner at second base, came back to Corvallis three years after the completion of an eight-year Major League career. The Beaverton, Ore., native played in 814 games for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. Barney totaled 117 doubles, 15 triples, 201 runs batted in and 29 stolen bases over those eight seasons.
Barney was supposed to serve as the manager of the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in 2020, but the Covid-19 pandemic cut the season short before any games were played. He was, however, able to work with the Texas Rangers in Spring Training in Surprise, Ariz.
He played in 191 games - he did not miss an OSU game - over three seasons for Oregon State, helping guide the Beavers to national titles in 2006 and 2007 and a trip to Omaha in 2005 as a freshman.
In those three seasons, Barney, who manned shortstop for OSU, collected a school-record 238 hits. His 765 career at bats rank first as well while his 152 runs scored ranks second. He is tied for eighth with 40 doubles and ranks 10th with 136 RBI.
Barney batted .311 with six triples, seven home runs and 36 stolen bases. He also walked 99 times to just 73 strikeouts.
He was selected in the fourth round, 127th overall, in the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Chicago Cubs. Barney spent three seasons in the Cubs’ Minor League system before making his MLB debut on Aug. 12, 2010 at San Francisco.
Barney played in 542 games for the Cubs from 2010-14. He was named the 2012 National League Gold Glove winner. He committed just two errors that season, in 731 chances, for a .997 fielding percentage.
That season, he also set the NL’s record for consecutive games without an error at 140 games, just three outs shy of the Major League record.
Barney concluded his Cubs’ career in 2014 and played in 24 games over two years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, moving on to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015. He appeared in 248 games for the Blue Jays, including 129 in 2017, his last season in the Major Leagues.
He and his wife, Lindsay, have four children: Hayden, Zoey, Devyn and Noah.
• The Beavers have finished with back-to-back .982 fielding percentages, which are tied for the Oregon State single-season record.
• The 2021 Beavers finished third nationally for fielding percentage, and led the Pac-12. The 2022 Beavers, meanwhile, led the Pac-12 and finished tied for sixth nationally.
• Oregon State has upped its fielding percentage to .986 in conference play over the last two seasons. The Beavers led the Pac-12 with that mark, finishing six points better than No. 2 Stanford in 2021 and seven points better than No. 2 UCLA in 2022.
Barney, the 2012 National League Gold Glove winner at second base, came back to Corvallis three years after the completion of an eight-year Major League career. The Beaverton, Ore., native played in 814 games for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. Barney totaled 117 doubles, 15 triples, 201 runs batted in and 29 stolen bases over those eight seasons.
Barney was supposed to serve as the manager of the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in 2020, but the Covid-19 pandemic cut the season short before any games were played. He was, however, able to work with the Texas Rangers in Spring Training in Surprise, Ariz.
He played in 191 games - he did not miss an OSU game - over three seasons for Oregon State, helping guide the Beavers to national titles in 2006 and 2007 and a trip to Omaha in 2005 as a freshman.
In those three seasons, Barney, who manned shortstop for OSU, collected a school-record 238 hits. His 765 career at bats rank first as well while his 152 runs scored ranks second. He is tied for eighth with 40 doubles and ranks 10th with 136 RBI.
Barney batted .311 with six triples, seven home runs and 36 stolen bases. He also walked 99 times to just 73 strikeouts.
He was selected in the fourth round, 127th overall, in the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Chicago Cubs. Barney spent three seasons in the Cubs’ Minor League system before making his MLB debut on Aug. 12, 2010 at San Francisco.
Barney played in 542 games for the Cubs from 2010-14. He was named the 2012 National League Gold Glove winner. He committed just two errors that season, in 731 chances, for a .997 fielding percentage.
That season, he also set the NL’s record for consecutive games without an error at 140 games, just three outs shy of the Major League record.
Barney concluded his Cubs’ career in 2014 and played in 24 games over two years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, moving on to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015. He appeared in 248 games for the Blue Jays, including 129 in 2017, his last season in the Major Leagues.
He and his wife, Lindsay, have four children: Hayden, Zoey, Devyn and Noah.
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