Rex Edward Barney (December 19, 1924 – August 12, 1997) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 and from 1946 through 1950.

Enlisting in the Army in 1943, Barney eventually served in Europe, receiving 2 Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star Medal.

In 1948, however, he gained control of his fastball and had his greatest season; he won 15 games and finished second in the National League with 138 strikeouts.

That same year he also teamed with Al Helfer to call several Philadelphia Phillies games on New York station WOR-TV, helping to fill that city's void of National League baseball following the departure of the Dodgers and Giants to the West Coast.

[3] Barney also teamed with Ted Patterson in 1982 and 1983 to cablecast 16 Baltimore Orioles games per year on the SuperTV channel.

Barney was in the hospital at the time, and the message was recorded from there and played over the PA system to end the Orioles' tenancy.