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BLOOMINGTON, IN - APRIL 06, 2018 - Infielder Cole Barr #2 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game against the  Purdue Boilermakers  and the Indiana Hoosiers at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Rebecca Mehling/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Rebecca Mehling/Indiana Athletics
BLOOMINGTON, IN - MARCH 22, 2019 - Infielder Cole Barr #2 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics
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BLOOMINGTON, IN - MARCH 16, 2019 - Infielder Cole Barr #2 of the Indiana Hoosiers and Right-handed pitcher Connor Manous #25 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game against the Canisius Golden Griffins and the Indiana Hoosiers at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics
BLOOMINGTON, IN - APRIL 06, 2018 - Infielder Cole Barr #2 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game against the  Purdue Boilermakers  and the Indiana Hoosiers at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Rebecca Mehling/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Rebecca Mehling/Indiana Athletics
BLOOMINGTON, IN - MARCH 22, 2019 - Infielder Cole Barr #2 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics
BLOOMINGTON, IN - FEBRUARY 05, 2021 - infielder Cole Barr #2 of the Indiana Hoosiers during photo day in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics
Jersey Number 2

Cole Barr

  • Position:
    INF
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Junior
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Hometown:
    Yorktown, Ind.
  • High School:
    Yorktown
2021 - JUNIOR
Second-Team ABCA Midwest All-Region ... Third-Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Player of the Week (5/4) ... Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List.

2020 - JUNIOR
Academic All-Big Ten ... Started all 15 games … Batted .246 on the season with three doubles, a triple, two home runs, nine RBI and 12 runs scored … Totaled two multi-hit and two multi-RBI games … Ended the season on a 15-game reached-base streak … Had three RBI and a homer at No. 11 LSU (2/15) … Also hit a long-ball in team’s win over UT-Martin (2/21) … Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI in team’s win over Purdue (3/4) ... Preseason Big Ten Honors List ... Preseason All-Big Ten by Perfect Game.

2019 – SOPHOMORE
Selected by the Seattle Mariners (37th Round, Pick 11166) in the 2019 MLB Draft … Second-Team All-Big Ten … ABCA Second-Team All-Mideast Region … Academic All-Big Ten … Only Hoosier to earn a start in all 60 games … Batted .255 on the season with a team-high 17 home runs … His 17 homers rank in a tie for ninth on IU's single-season list ... Totaled 14 doubles, one triple, 51 RBI and 46 runs scored on the year … Also went 7-for-7 on stolen bases … Recorded 11 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games for Indiana … Had an eight-game streak of at least one RBI from 5/10-18, driving in 14 over that stretch … In a four-game set with Evansville (4/12-14), had four hits, including two doubles, with four RBI, two runs scored and four walks … In series win at No. 19 Michigan (5/10-12), had five hits, including two doubles and a homer, with six RBI … Reached base 10 times in series sweep of Rutgers (5/16-18), totaling five hits, five runs scored, six RBI, two doubles, a home run and five walks.

2018 - FRESHMAN
Appeared in 22 games his freshman season, making nine starts at second (4) and third base (5) …  Ended the season with a .318 batting average … Went 2-for-4 with a double, run scored, and a stolen base against Illinois (5/25) … Recorded a pinch-hit single,  a stolen base and scored the game-winning run in a win against Michigan State (5/24) in the Big Ten Tournament …  Appeared in the road win against Louisville (5/15), tallying a pinch-hit RBI single and a run scored … Pinch-hit against Northwestern (4/13), singling in his first at-bat in the win … Started at third base against Purdue (4/7), recording a sacrifice fly, a run scored, one walk, and two HBP … Missed approximately a month of the season due to injury … Appeared in the victory over Boston College (2/24), going 1-for-1 … Went 1-for-2 in his collegiate debut against Rutgers (2/23), recording an RBI single in the victory.

PREP/PERSONAL
Played for Mike Larrabee and PJ Fauquer at Yorktown High School…Was an all-state honorable mention in 2017 and 2015 and an all-conference honoree from 2015-17…Rated the No. 2 shortstop out of Indiana and the No. 14 overall player in the state by Perfect Game…Earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in 2017 by Perfect Game…Was a career .333 hitter with nine home runs, 45 RBI and 51 stolen bases…Parents are Joe and Cherie Barr…Has three brothers, Alex, Reid and Drew…Plans on majoring in Finance at IU.