Len Barker
Born: July 7, 1955, Fort Knox, KYHeight: 6'5" Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1976 Texas AL 20 1 0 2.40 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.0 7 56 4 4 0 6 0 2 7 1977 Texas AL 21 4 1 2.66 15 3 0 5 7 1 0 47.1 36 196 15 14 1 21 3 1 51 1978 Texas AL 22 1 5 4.82 29 0 0 14 15 4 0 52.1 63 243 31 28 6 27 2 2 33 1979 Cleveland AL 23 6 6 4.92 29 19 2 7 3 0 0 137.1 146 609 79 75 6 69 1 2 93 1980 Cleveland AL 24 19 12 4.17 36 36 8 0 0 0 1 246.1 237 1052 127 114 17 89 3 3 187 1981 Cleveland AL 25 8 7 3.91 22 22 9 0 0 0 3 154.1 150 660 72 67 7 46 0 1 127 1982 Cleveland AL 26 15 11 3.90 33 33 10 0 0 0 1 244.2 211 1021 117 106 17 86 2 3 187 1983 2 Teams 27 9 16 4.88 30 30 4 0 0 0 1 182.2 181 776 109 99 16 61 5 2 126 1984 Atlanta NL 28 7 8 3.85 21 20 1 1 0 0 0 126.1 120 528 59 54 10 36 2 2 95 1985 Atlanta NL 29 2 9 6.35 20 18 0 1 1 0 0 73.2 84 335 55 52 10 36 1 1 47 1987 Milwaukee AL 31 2 1 5.36 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 43.2 54 198 27 26 6 16 1 2 22 TOTALS 74 76 4.34 248 194 35 28 26 5 7 1323.2 1289 5674 695 639 96 493 20 21 975
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1976 Texas AL 2 47 4 7 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 2 7 3 .149 .191 .273 1977 Texas AL 15 166 15 36 44 5 0 1 4 1 4 3 21 3 1 51 4 .217 .265 .318 1978 Texas AL 29 207 31 63 89 8 0 6 5 0 1 2 27 2 2 33 8 .304 .430 .395 1979 Cleveland AL 29 527 79 146 202 24 7 6 4 6 14 3 69 1 2 93 22 .277 .383 .360 1980 Cleveland AL 36 941 127 237 326 26 6 17 7 9 53 10 89 3 3 187 16 .252 .346 .318 1981 Cleveland AL 22 603 72 150 214 25 9 7 6 4 12 6 46 0 1 127 2 .249 .355 .301 1982 Cleveland AL 33 911 117 211 320 38 10 17 10 9 24 8 86 2 3 187 16 .232 .351 .299 1983 2 Teams 30 689 109 181 262 27 3 16 13 6 61 5 2 126 18 .263 .380 .326 1984 Atlanta NL 21 473 59 120 175 15 5 10 10 5 19 7 36 2 2 95 11 .254 .370 .309 1985 Atlanta NL 20 291 55 84 131 17 0 10 4 2 17 7 36 1 1 47 4 .289 .450 .369 1987 Milwaukee AL 11 178 27 54 85 9 2 6 1 0 3 3 16 1 2 22 5 .303 .478 .371
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1976 Texas AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Texas AL 21 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Texas AL 22 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Cleveland AL 23 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Cleveland AL 24 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Cleveland AL 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Cleveland AL 26 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 2 Teams 27 30 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .125 .125 .125 1984 Atlanta NL 28 21 38 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 19 1 .053 .079 .182 1985 Atlanta NL 29 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 Milwaukee AL 31 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 248 63 3 3 4 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 31 1 .048 .063 .130
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1976 Texas AL P 15.0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 1 0 1977 Texas AL P 47.1 3 15 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.28 4 3 0 1978 Texas AL P 52.1 0 29 2 9 1 1 .917 1.89 1 2 0 1979 Cleveland AL P 137.1 19 29 8 13 2 1 .913 1.38 14 3 0 1980 Cleveland AL P 246.1 36 36 11 24 0 2 1.000 1.28 53 10 0 1981 Cleveland AL P 154.1 22 22 9 21 2 1 .938 1.75 12 6 1 1982 Cleveland AL P 244.2 33 33 23 27 2 1 .962 1.84 24 8 1 1983 Cleveland AL P 149.2 24 24 5 16 1 3 .955 1.26 9 6 1 1983 Atlanta NL P 33.0 6 6 4 8 2 0 .857 3.27 5 1 0 1984 Atlanta NL P 126.1 20 21 5 34 2 2 .951 2.78 19 7 0 1985 Atlanta NL P 73.2 18 20 2 9 1 0 .917 1.34 17 7 0 1987 Milwaukee AL P 43.2 11 11 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.85 3 3 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Bobby Bonds to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jim Kern and Larvell Blanks (October 3, 1978).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Atlanta Braves in exchange for $150,000 and 3 players to be named later (August 28, 1983); Cleveland Indians received Rick Behenna (September 2, 1983) and Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby (October 21, 1983).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (April 1, 1986).
- Signed by Montreal Expos (April 28, 1986).
- Released by Montreal Expos (March 20, 1987).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 28, 1987).
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