Marvin Barker

{{short description|American baseball player (1912–1964)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Marvin Barker

| image = Marvin Barker Baseball.jpg

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|2|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Joplin, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = July 1964 (aged 52)

| death_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro leagues

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1935

| debutteam = Newark Dodgers

| finalleague = Negro leagues

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1948

| finalteam = New York Black Yankees

| statyear =

| statleague = Negro leagues

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .255

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 14

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 151

| stat4label = Managerial record

| stat4value = 52–147–5

| stat5label = Winning percentage

| stat5value = .261

| teams =

As player

• Newark Dodgers ({{by|1935}})
• New York Black Yankees ({{by|1936}}–{{by|1941}})
• Newark Eagles ({{by|1941}})
• Philadelphia Stars ({{by|1942}})
• New York Black Yankees ({{by|1943}}–{{by|1948}})

As manager

• New York Black Yankees ({{by|1945}}–{{by|1948}})

}}

Marvin Vincent Barker (February 13, 1912 – July 1964), nicknamed Hack, was an American Negro league outfielder and manager.

A native of Joplin, Missouri, Barker made his Negro leagues debut in 1935 with the Newark Dodgers.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=barke01mar |title=Marvin Barker |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=barker000mar |title=Marvin Barker |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} He spent 12 seasons with the New York Black Yankees, and was selected to play in the annual East–West All-Star Game in 1940, 1945, and 1948.{{cn|date=January 2023}} From 1945 to 1948, Barker served as New York's player-manager.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/manager.php?playerID=barke01mar |title=Marvin Barker (manager page) |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}