Darwin Barney

Darwin Barney (born November 8, 1985 in Portland, Oregon) is a baseball shortstop who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball with the 127th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.

High school

Barney graduated from Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon, where he led the school to its first baseball state championship in 2002.

College

Barney attended Oregon State University and played for the Beavers for its back-to-back NCAA Division I Baseball Championships in 2006 and 2007, and was named to the all-tournament team in 2007.

He was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2005, and earned Freshman All-American honors. In 2006, Barney was selected to Team USA by USA Baseball, where his team won the gold medal at the World University Championships.

Professional career

Barney spent 2007-2009 in the Chicago Cubs minor-league system. In 2009 he split time with the Double-A Tennessee Smokies and the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. Throughout the 2009 season Barney averaged a .293 batting average in 137 games. In January 2010, Barney was invited to the Cubs' training camp. In 2010, Barney will be playing for the Triple A Iowa Cubs. On August 11, 2010 Barney was called up from AAA to play with the Cubs after they traded Mike Fontenot to the San Francisco Giants. Barney was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014. On June 12, 2015, he was designated for assignment and removed from the 40-man roster. On September 13, 2015, Barney was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Jack Murphy. He stayed with the Blue Jays until the end of 2017. He signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on February 5, 2018. He was released on March 19.