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Len Barker

Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Apr 15 L, 0-8 at Rangers Start 6.1 9 29 5 4 1 1 0 2 5.68 L (0-1) CLE Apr 22 W, 4-0 at Royals Start 1 1 9.0 7 37 0 0 0 3 0 9 2.35 W (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE May 02 W, 3-1 vs White Sox Start 2 9.0 7 37 1 1 0 2 0 8 1.85 W (2-1) CLE May 09 W, 2-1 at Twins Start 8.0 6 30 1 1 0 1 0 6 1.67 CLE May 15 W, 3-0 vs Blue Jays Start 3 2 9.0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.31 W (3-1) CLE May 20 L, 1-3 vs Mariners Start 4 9.0 8 35 3 3 1 1 0 10 1.61 L (3-2) CLE May 25 L, 7-8 at Red Sox Start 6.0 6 27 4 4 0 3 0 5 2.08 CLE May 31 W, 7-2 vs Yankees Start 5 9.0 6 38 2 1 0 4 0 5 1.93 W (4-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jun 05 W, 8-1 at Mariners Start 6 9.0 5 35 1 1 0 1 0 8 1.82 W (5-2) CLE Jun 09 L, 2-4 at Angels Start 7 8.0 10 36 4 4 1 1 0 6 2.08 L (5-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Aug 12 W, 9-4 vs Brewers Start 8.0 7 30 3 3 0 0 0 5 2.19 W (6-3) CLE Aug 16 (2) W, 8-6 vs Royals Start 6.2 9 31 6 6 1 3 0 2 2.60 CLE Aug 21 L, 2-12 at Angels Start 6.0 11 33 8 8 0 4 0 7 3.15 L (6-4) CLE Aug 25 W, 2-0 at A's Start 8 3 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 3 0 9 2.89 W (7-4) CLE Aug 30 W, 17-11 vs Mariners Start 2.0 7 14 5 5 0 1 0 2 3.24 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Sep 04 L, 1-3 vs Angels Start 9 6.0 6 29 3 2 0 4 0 6 3.23 L (7-5) CLE Sep 08 L, 5-14 at Orioles Start 5.0 10 26 6 6 1 1 0 3 3.53 L (7-6) CLE Sep 12 L, 9-11 at Tigers Start 6.2 6 30 4 3 0 5 0 5 3.55 CLE Sep 17 L, 2-6 vs Orioles Start 6.1 9 30 6 5 0 1 0 3 3.72 L (7-7) CLE Sep 22 W, 6-4 at Yankees Start 8.0 10 37 4 4 1 2 0 10 3.76 W (8-7) CLE Sep 27 W, 8-7 at Red Sox Start 3.0 3 12 2 2 1 0 0 2 3.81 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Oct 02 W, 11-4 vs Red Sox Start 5.1 5 26 4 4 0 5 0 3 3.91

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       8   7   3.91   22  22   9   0   0   3  154.1  150   660   72   67   7   46   0  127   13-9   5.32 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              311   30   86  113  11   5   2   30   6   3   32   0   0   51   2  .277  .363  .342  .705
vs RHB              292   28   64  101  14   4   5   27   6   3   14   0   1   76   0  .219  .346  .256  .602

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   3   3.84   10  10   5   0   0   1   70.1   64   297   33   30   2   21   0   55    7-3   6.20 runs/start
Road             4   4   3.96   12  12   4   0   0   2   84.0   86   363   39   37   5   25   0   72    6-6   4.58 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   0   3.57    7   7   3   0   0   1   45.1   41   193   20   18   2   18   0   33    6-1   7.71 runs/start
Night            5   7   4.05   15  15   6   0   0   2  109.0  109   467   52   49   5   28   0   94    7-8   4.20 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   1   2.35    2   2   1   0   0   1   15.1   16    66    5    4   1    4   0   11    1-1   2.00 runs/start
May              3   1   1.80    6   6   4   0   0   1   50.0   33   194   11   10   1   11   0   45    4-2   3.83 runs/start
June             1   1   2.65    2   2   2   0   0   0   17.0   15    71    5    5   1    2   0   14    1-1   5.00 runs/start
August           2   1   6.25    5   5   1   0   0   1   31.2   37   139   22   22   1   11   0   25    4-1   7.60 runs/start
September        1   3   5.66    6   6   1   0   0   0   35.0   44   164   25   22   3   13   0   29    2-4   5.17 runs/start
October          0   0   6.75    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    5    26    4    4   0    5   0    3    1-0   11.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   3   6.30    3   3   2   0   0   0   20.0   27    98   15   14   1    9   0   19    0-3   1.67 runs/start
A's              1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    3    31    0    0   0    3   0    9    1-0   2.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    0    27    0    0   0    0   0   11    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   0   3.38    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    7    30    3    3   0    0   0    5    1-0   9.00 runs/start
Mariners         1   1   4.05    3   3   2   0   0   0   20.0   20    84    9    9   1    3   0   20    2-1   8.67 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   8.74    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.1   19    56   12   11   1    2   0    6    0-2   3.50 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   5.68    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.1    9    29    5    4   1    1   0    2    0-1   0.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   0   6.28    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.1   14    65   10   10   1    8   0   10    2-1   8.67 runs/start
Royals           1   0   3.45    2   2   1   0   0   1   15.2   16    68    6    6   1    6   0   11    2-0   6.00 runs/start
Tigers           0   0   4.05    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.2    6    30    4    3   0    5   0    5    0-1   9.00 runs/start
Twins            0   0   1.12    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    6    30    1    1   0    1   0    6    1-0   2.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   1.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    7    37    1    1   0    2   0    8    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Yankees          2   0   2.65    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0   16    75    6    5   1    6   0   15    2-0   6.50 runs/start

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