Brian Barkley

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Brian Barkley

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|12|8}}

|birth_place=Conroe, Texas

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 28

|debutyear=1998

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=9.82

|stat3label=Innings pitched

|stat3value=11

|teams=

Boston Red Sox (1998)

}}

Brian Edward Barkley (born December 8, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player. The {{convert|6|ft|2|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}} left-hander was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who worked in six games pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the 1998 season.

Biography

Barkley was born in Conroe, Texas and graduated from Midway High School in Waco, Texas.{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=barklbr01| title= Brian Barkley Stats

|publisher= Baseball Almanac|access-date= November 21, 2012}} He was drafted by the Red Sox in the fifth round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft, and played his first game on May 28, 1998.{{cite web|url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barklbr01.shtml| title= Brian Barkley

|publisher= Baseball-Reference.com|access-date= November 21, 2012}}

In his one-season career, Barkley posted an 0–0 record with two strikeouts, 16 hits allowed (including two home runs and nine bases on balls in 11 innings pitched).{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/6016/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020904161910/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/6016/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2002| title= Brian Barkley His minor league career extended from 1994–2000, all in the Red Sox' organization.

|publisher= SI.com|access-date= November 21, 2012}}

Barkley is the grandson of Red Barkley, who played for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers between 1937 and 1943.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barklre01.shtml/| title= Red Barkley |publisher= Baseball-Reference.com|access-date= November 21, 2012}}

Barkley graduated from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2013 and completed his residency at the Scott & White Pediatrics Residency Program located in Temple, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://healthcare-professionals.sw.org/graduate-medical-education/residencies/pediatric/residents| title= Pediatrics Program Resident List|access-date= August 30, 2015}}