Brian Barden
Brian David Barden is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, St. Louis Cardinals, and Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball, and for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Early life
Barden attended St. Augustine High School in San Diego's North Park neighborhood and Oregon State University. In 2001, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.Professional career
Arizona Diamondbacks
Barden was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. He made his major league debut with the Diamondbacks on April 3, 2007, against the Colorado Rockies, grounding out as a pinch hitter. His first hit was a single to center field off Shawn Hill of the Washington Nationals on April 8. That was his only hit in 6 at-bats for the Diamondbacks in the 8 games he played for them in 2007, with the rest of his time being spent with the AAA Tucson Sidewinders.St. Louis Cardinals
He was selected off waivers by St. Louis Cardinals on August 13, 2007.Barden was batting.295 with nine home runs and 35 RBI for the Cardinals' Triple-A Pacific Coast League affiliate, the Memphis Redbirds, when his season was ended as the result of being named to the USA Olympic Baseball Team.
On May 5, 2009, he was named NL Rookie of the Month for April.