Len Barker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 225lb (196cm, 102kg)

Born: July 7, 1955 in Fort Knox, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Neshaminy HS (Langhorne, PA).

High School: Neshaminy HS (Langhorne, PA)

Debut: September 14, 1976 (Age 21-069d, 13,815th in major league history)
vs. CAL 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1987 (Age 32-081d)
vs. BOS 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Leonard Harold Barker

Nicknames: Large Lenny

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

ERA

4.34

248

194

1323.2

975

WHIP

1.361

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-7 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 8

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	3	74	Jul 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,7-10	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	6	6	5	1	1	0	10.80	7.94	25	6	7	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.454	1.25	-0.27%	-3.47	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
2	4	80	Jul 7	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	GS-6		4	5.2	5	3	3	3	5	0	0	7.59	5.08	24	3	8	0	1	5	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.36	-0.080	.63	-0.02%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out tie
3	5	88	Jul 15(2)	TEX		CLE	W,8-1	GS-6	W(1-1)	7	5.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	5.74	3.82	22	3	4	1	0	6	56			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.069	.72	0.03%	0.56	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	6	123	Aug 23	TEX		MIL	L,2-4	5-7		38	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.82	3.44	9	4	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.108	1.26	0.17%	2.16	5t -2- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
5	7	125	Aug 24(2)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	6-GF	W(2-1)	0	3.1	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	4.09	2.83	11	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.319	3.22	0.50%	2.07	6b -2- 2 out tie	9b end a 3
6	8	127	Aug 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	2.83	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.026	2.28	0.04%	0.36	8b --3 2 out d1	8b end d 1
7	9	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	6-GF(8)		4	2.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.96	2.90	11	3	2	0	1	2		2	2	0	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.141	3.52	-0.33%	-0.76	6b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	10	133	Sep 3	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	9-9		2	0.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.86	2.93	5	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.012	1.82	-0.02%	-0.27	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 2 out d1
9	11	134	Sep 4	TEX		BOS	L,4-8	7-7		0	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.81	2.97	3	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.022	.71	-0.02%	-0.49	7t --3 1 out d3	7t 12- 2 out d4
10	12	140	Sep 10(2)	TEX	@	SEA	W,7-1	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.54	2.67	7	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.010	.01	0.00%	1.00	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
11	13	142	Sep 12	TEX		CAL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.41	2.60	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	0.177	.20	0.00%	0.00	9t -23 0 out a3	9t end a 1
12	14	146	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,7-9	7-7		3	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.99	2.64	3	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.75	7t -2- 1 out d1	7t 12- 2 out d2
13	15	147	Sep 17	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	8-GF(17)	W(3-1)	0	9.2	4	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.00	2.48	34	10	9	3	1	4		1	1	1	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.34	1.086	.01	0.00%	4.56	8t --3 1 out tie	17t end tie
14	16	156	Sep 25(1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	7-GF(14)	W(4-1)	7	8.0	3	1	0	5	10	0	0	2.49	2.42	32	12	2	0	0	3		0	0	2	1	0	27	0	0	2	1	0	2	1.83	0.813	.00	0.00%	2.93	7b --- 0 out d1	14b end a 1
15	17	161	Oct 1	TEX		OAK	W,6-5	6-6	BS(1)	5	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.66	2.44	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.260	.00	0.00%	-1.69	6t --- 0 out a1	6t 1-3 1 out tie
							8-7		W-L:4-1,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.0	47.1	36	15	14	24	51	1	1	2.66	2.44	196	1.33		5%	4%	36	44	10	70%	4	3	0	166	5	0	3	4	1	2	1.52	1.543	.82	0.08%	6.06

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