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{{Short description|American baseball player (1915–1990)}}
{{Other people|Charles Barrett}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Red Barrett
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=Red Barrett 1949 Bowman.jpg
|caption=Barrett's 1949 [[Bowman Gum]] baseball card
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1915|2|14}}<!-- baseballcube lists January 14; baseball-reference.com, retrosheet, fangraphs, and mlb.com list February 14 -->
|birth_place=[[Santa Barbara, California]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1990|7|28|1915|2|14}}
|death_place=[[Wilson, North Carolina]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 15
|debutyear=1937
|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear=1949
|finalteam=Boston Braves
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=69–69
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.53
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=333
|teams=
*[[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{baseball year|1937}}–{{baseball year|1940}})
*[[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] ({{baseball year|1943}}–{{baseball year|1945}})
*[[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{baseball year|1945}}–{{baseball year|1946}})
*[[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] ({{baseball year|1947}}–{{baseball year|1949}})
|highlights=
*[[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1945]])
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders|NL wins leader]] (1945)
}}
'''Charles Henry "Red" Barrett''' (February 14,<!-- baseballcube lists January 14; baseball-reference.com, retrosheet, fangraphs, and mlb.com list February 14 --> 1915 – July 28, 1990) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] who played 11 total career seasons in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]. He played for the [[Cincinnati Reds]], [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] and [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. He once pitched the shortest complete game by fewest pitches (58) in history.<ref name="Baseball-Almanac.com">{{cite web|title=Fewest Pitches (By a Single Pitcher) in a Complete Game|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08101944.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|access-date=September 1, 2012}}</ref>

Barrett died at the age of 75 in [[Wilson, North Carolina]].<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |last=Barrett |first=Charles |title=Charles (Red) Barrett, Pitcher, 75 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DA1E3EF931A3575BC0A966958260 |publisher=NY Times |date=August 2, 1990 |access-date=February 8, 2008}}</ref>

==Career==
Barrett was right-handed. He stood 5'11". Playing for three teams over 11 years, Barrett was a .500 pitcher, winning and losing 69 games. Career totals for 253 games include 149 [[games started]], 67 [[complete game]]s, 11 [[shutouts in baseball|shutouts]], 62 [[games finished]], and 7 [[save (baseball)|saves]]. His lifetime ERA was 3.53.

On August 10, 1944, throwing for the Boston Braves against his former team the Cincinnati Reds, Barrett pitched a 2–0 shutout at [[Crosley Field]]. He faced 29 batters (two more than the minimum, having surrendered two hits, walked no one and struck out no one, with no defensive errors behind him), setting a complete game (and a nine-inning game) record by throwing only 58 pitches, an average of exactly two pitches per batter. It was also the shortest night game in history, and the shortest road-team win in history, lasting just 1 hour and 15 minutes. The game was umpired behind home plate by the noted umpire [[Jocko Conlan]].<ref name="Baseball-Almanac.com"/><ref name="NYTimes" />

[[File:Red Barrett 1946.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Barrett, circa 1946]]
In 1945, he led the Cardinals to second place in the National League, posting a team best 21 wins and 9 losses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/teams/1945cardinals.stm |title=1945 St. Louis Cardinals |publisher=Baseball Library |access-date=February 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724013017/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/teams/1945cardinals.stm |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }}</ref> For the year, his combined 23–12 record for the Braves and Cardinals with a 3.00 [[earned run average]] led the league in wins. He was named to the [[Associated Press|AP]] [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[All-Star]] team and finished third in NL [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] voting.

As a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, Barrett appeared on the cover of ''[[Life Magazine]]'' on April 1, 1946.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.2neatmagazines.com/life/Life-Magazine-Baseball-Features.html |title=Life Magazine in Baseball |publisher=Life Magazine |access-date=February 7, 2008}}</ref>

In 1948, Barrett was a relief pitcher for the Braves in two games of the [[1948 World Series|World Series]],<ref name="NYTimes" /> allowing no [[run (baseball)|runs]] in {{frac|3|2|3}} [[inning]]s.

==See also==
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{NL wins champions}} 
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{{2007–09 International League Hall of Fame}}

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