Turner Barber

{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Turner Barber

|position=Outfielder

|image=Turner Barber 1918.jpeg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|7|9}}

|birth_place=Lavinia, Tennessee, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1968|10|20|1893|7|9}}

|death_place=Milan, Tennessee, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= August 19

|debutyear= 1915

|debutteam= Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 30

|finalyear=1923

|finalteam=Brooklyn Robins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.289

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=185

|teams=

• Washington Senators ({{mlby|1915}}–{{mlby|1916}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1917}}–{{mlby|1922}})
• Brooklyn Robins ({{mlby|1923}})

}}

Tyrus Turner Barber (July 9, 1893 – October 20, 1968), was an American professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from {{Baseball year|1915}}-{{Baseball year|1923}} for the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs, and Brooklyn Robins.

In 491 games over nine seasons, Barber posted a .289 batting average (442-for-1531) with 189 runs, 2 home runs and 185 RBIs. He finished his career with a .978 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions and first base.