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: 8-21

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 19

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	18	5	Apr 12	TEX		DET	L,2-3	8-GF		99	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.19	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.085	.75	0.06%	0.97	8t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
2	19	6	Apr 14	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-5	7-GF(10)	BL(0-1)	1	3.2	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.06	5.40	18	5	5	0	1	6		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.26	-0.248	3.40	-0.16%	-0.12	7b 12- 0 out a1	10b end d 1
3	20	8	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-8	6-7		1	1.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	5.14	6.01	9	4	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.171	.71	-0.09%	-1.73	6b 12- 0 out tie	7b 123 2 out d3
4	21	12	Apr 23(2)	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	10-GF(11)	W(1-1)	6	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.00	5.47	8	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	0.330	1.74	0.11%	0.97	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
5	22	16	Apr 27	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	5.07	3	0	1	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.081	1.17	0.03%	0.50	9t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
May				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
6	23	23	May 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	11-GF(12)	L(1-2)	9	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.09	5.77	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.243	1.82	-0.15%	-0.33	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
7	24	29	May 15	TEX		MIL	W,8-6	9-9		7	0.2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	3.86	5.93	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.020	.84	-0.01%	-1.75	9t --- 0 out a4	9t 1-- 2 out a2
8	25	33	May 19(1)	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-6	9-GF		3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	5.93	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.78	-0.170	8.27	-0.15%	-1.00	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 1
Jun				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
9	26	72	Jun 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	12-GF(15)	L(1-3)	39	3.2	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.52	5.26	15	6	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.77	0.003	8.11	0.01%	0.37	12b --- 0 out tie	15b end d 1
Jul				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
10	27	77	Jul 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-7	2-9		4	6.2	7	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.86	5.04	27	7	9	0	0	6		2	0	1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.52	0.477	3.81	0.72%	3.23	2b -23 1 out tie	9b --- 0 out a1
11	28	80	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-7	8-8		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	4.93	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.002	.09	0.00%	0.47	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
12	29	81	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,7-12	5-6		0	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.42	4.87	6	1	1	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.010	.30	-0.01%	-2.15	5t 123 2 out d6	6t -23 1 out d8
13	30	86	Jul 15(1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	4-GF(8)	L(1-4)	7	5.0	2	1	0	3	4	0	1	2.83	4.61	21	6	5	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.047	2.77	-0.06%	1.22	4b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 1
14	31	93	Jul 21	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	6-8		5	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	4.39	7	4	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.117	.95	0.10%	1.16	6t 1-- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d1
15	32	95	Jul 23	TEX		MIL	L,8-17	5-9		1	3.2	9	7	7	3	2	2	0	4.15	5.09	23	5	4	0	0	9		2	2	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.104	.15	-0.07%	-6.22	5t -23 1 out d3	9t --- 0 out d9
16	33	97	Jul 25	TEX		BAL	L,6-7	5-7		1	2.2	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.86	4.89	12	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.088	.37	0.03%	1.19	5t --- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d1
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
17	34	107	Aug 5	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	10-11		10	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.76	4.85	6	2	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	-0.010	.73	0.00%	0.03	10t -2- 2 out d1	11t 123 2 out tie
18	35	112	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-1	8-GF		6	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.79	4.69	7	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.010	.07	0.00%	-0.07	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 5
19	36	114	Aug 13(2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	4.59	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.07	0.322	3.42	0.13%	0.84	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
20	37	117	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	8-GF		2	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.98	4.59	9	4	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.201	.84	-0.15%	-2.03	8t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 4
21	38	122	Aug 21	TEX	@	TOR	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	4.57	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.006	.13	0.00%	0.22	8b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
22	39	127	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	W,8-4	8-GF	S(3)	4	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.83	4.53	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.032	.66	0.03%	0.89	8t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
23	40	129	Aug 28	TEX		TOR	W,11-3	7-GF	S(4)	1	3.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.59	4.47	14	5	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.078	.40	0.05%	1.41	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 8
Sept				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
24	41	132	Sep 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-10	7-7	BL(1-5)	4	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.97	4.47	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	-0.327	5.12	-0.27%	-1.72	7b 1-3 1 out a2	7b 12- 1 out tie
25	42	134	Sep 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	5-7		1	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.96	4.65	9	4	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.31	5b 12- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
26	43	138	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-11	6-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	4.63	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.09	6b --- 2 out d7	6b 3 out d7
27	44	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	L,1-16	9-9		5	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.83	4.63	5	0	0	0	0	5		3	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-5.83	9t 123 1 out d7	9t -23 1 out d13
28	45	149	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	4-6		5	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.88	4.66	8	3	0	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.097	.01	0.00%	-1.60	4b 123 2 out d3	6b 123 0 out d2
29	46	157	Sep 26	TEX		MIN	L,2-6	9-GF		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.82	4.59	3	0	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.46	9t 123 1 out d2	9t end d 4
							8-21		W-L:1-5,Sv:4,BSv:2	3.5	52.1	63	31	28	29	33	6	2	4.82	4.59	243	1.85		1%	3%	62		36	39%	1	2	0	207	8	0	2	8	0	4	1.24	-0.042	1.83	0.16%	-11.14

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