{{Short description|American baseball player and umpire (1874–1956)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{refimprove|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Barry McCormick |image=Barry McCormick.jpeg |position=Infielder / Umpire |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1874|12|25}} |birth_place=Maysville, Kentucky, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1956|1|28|1874|12|25}} |death_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 25 |debutyear=1895 |debutteam=Louisville Colonels |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 30 |finalyear=1904 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.238 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=15 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=417 |teams= *Louisville Colonels (1895) *Chicago Colts/Orphans (1896–1901) *St. Louis Browns (1902–1903) *Washington Senators (1903–1904) }}
'''William Joseph "Barry" McCormick''' (December 25, 1874{{spaced ndash}}January 28, 1956) was an American professional baseball player and later a Major League umpire.
As a player, he played infielder in Major League Baseball from 1895 to 1904. He would play for the Louisville Colonels, Chicago Colts/Orphans, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Senators. McCormick was the last player to have eight at-bats in a nine-inning game, achieving this feat on the June 29, 1897.<ref>{{cite web|title=Game At-Bats Records- Fast Facts|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_atba1.shtml|work=www.baseball-almanac.com|accessdate=5 August 2016}}</ref>
After retiring as a player, he took up umpiring, making his Major League debut in 1917 and winding up his second career in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/umpires/umpireswhowereplayers.shtml|title=Umpires Who Were Former Major League Baseball Players|work=www.baseball-almanac.com|accessdate=5 August 2016}}</ref> He was behind the plate for the longest extra inning game in Major League history, the 26-inning contest between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves on May 1, 1920.
==See also== *List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=m/mccorba01|brm=mccorm002wil}}
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