Virgil Barnes

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Virgil Barnes

|image=Virgil Barnes.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1897|3|5}}

|birth_place=Ontario, Kansas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1958|7|24|1897|3|5}}

|death_place=Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 25

|debutyear=1919

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 15

|finalyear=1928

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=61–59

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.66

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=275

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1919}}–{{baseball year|1928}})
• Boston Braves ({{baseball year|1928}})

}}

Virgil Jennings Barnes (March 5, 1897 – July 24, 1958) was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1919 to 1928. He played for the New York Giants from 1919 to 1928, and also played for the Boston Braves in 1928 after being traded to the Braves in mid-season. His brother Jesse also pitched in the major leagues and was Virgil's teammate on the Giants from 1919 through 1923. On September 24, 1922, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rogers Hornsby hit two home runs, one off each brother, when both were pitching for the Giants.