John Barnes
Manager, Deceased Person
1855 –
Who is John Barnes?
John Sloane Barnes was a Minor League Baseball manager. Born in Ireland, J.S. Barnes was a prominent athlete, promoter, and proponent of physical fitness. Barnes organized the Pacific Northwest League in 1890, the first professional baseball league in the region. In that same year, he led the Spokane team to the Pacific Northwest League pennant. After managing the Portland Webfeet in 1892, he played a key role in the reorganization of the Western League, which later became the American League, before devoting a decade to the promotion of physical fitness in China. In 1909, Barnes returned to manage the Butte Miners in Montana, and in 1915 operated the Aberdeen Black Cats franchise. John Sloane Barnes is interred at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle, Washington.
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