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: 12-17 / in Starts: 10-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 6

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	47	7	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	5-7		99	2.0	4	4	3	1	1	1	0	13.50	9.73	11	4	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	1	0	1	.19	-0.057	.20	-0.04%	-1.63	5b --3 1 out d6	7b -2- 1 out d6
2	48	9	Apr 17	CLE		TEX	L,2-6	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	12.00	7.40	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.05	-0.007	.05	0.00%	-0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
3	49	12	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	7-8		3	1.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	13.50	6.37	9	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	2	0	.31	-0.110	.25	-0.05%	-2.28	7t --- 0 out d2	8t -2- 2 out d5
4	50	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,7-15	2-6		5	4.1	9	6	6	5	0	0	0	13.00	6.29	26	7	6	0	1	8		3	3	1	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	1	0	.20	-0.125	.11	-0.04%	-5.49	2b 123 1 out d3	6b 1-- 2 out d8
5	51	20	Apr 30	CLE		MIL	L,0-8	7-GF		2	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.03	5.30	10	3	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	1.59	7t 1-- 1 out d8	9t end d 8
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	52	26	May 8	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-9	6-7		7	2.0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	9.22	5.44	9	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.05	6b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d9
7	53	30	May 12	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.04	4.84	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.011	.03	0.00%	1.09	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
8	54	38	May 20	CLE		DET	W,9-7	1-6		7	4.2	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	7.52	4.11	17	5	3	0	0	4		2	0	1	1	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.147	.19	-0.03%	0.54	1t 12- 1 out d4	6t -23 0 out a1
9	55	45	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	5-7		7	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.15	3.88	9	3	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.000	.14	0.00%	0.56	5b 1-3 2 out d3	7b 3 out d4
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
10	56	55	Jun 9	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	2-6		11	4.1	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	6.00	3.40	18	5	3	0	0	6		3	2	0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.134	.64	0.04%	1.30	2b 123 1 out a1	6b 12- 2 out tie
11	57	60	Jun 14	CLE		OAK	W,2-1	GS-9		4	8.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.89	3.30	29	12	10	0	0	3	70			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.260	.43	0.06%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
12	58	65	Jun 19	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.1	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.91	3.20	28	9	3	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.143	.40	-0.05%	-1.45	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d3
13	59	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	6	7.0	5	4	4	9	2	1	0	4.94	3.89	32	9	8	0	0	4	44			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	-0.158	.09	-0.01%	-0.82	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out d1
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
14	60	76	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-10	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.1	7	6	6	3	4	0	0	5.68	3.84	20	2	4	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	-0.271	.03	0.00%	-3.06	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 1 out d3
15	61	81	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.0	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	5.60	3.94	18	5	7	0	0	1	49			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.128	.01	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a5
16	62	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-10	GS-2	L(0-3)	8	1.0	3	5	5	2	2	0	1	6.31	4.01	9	0	1	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.299	.01	0.00%	-4.10	1b start tie	2b -2- 0 out d4
17	63	93	Jul 21	CLE		MIL	L,0-5	GS-8	L(0-4)	5	7.0	9	5	4	3	4	1	0	6.18	4.09	33	10	7	1	0	9	42			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	.46	-0.247	.00	0.00%	-1.72	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d5
18	64	105	Jul 31(2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	GS-8	W(1-4)	9	7.1	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	5.53	3.96	27	10	8	3	0	2	75			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.233	.00	0.00%	2.60	1t start tie	8t 123 1 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
19	65	109	Aug 5(1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	5.26	3.74	29	4	8	1	0	8	58			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.132	.00	0.00%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
20	66	115	Aug 10	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	11	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.81	3.53	37	14	5	0	0	11	66			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	2	0	0	.93	0.236	.00	0.00%	3.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
21	67	120	Aug 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	4.56	3.34	26	5	7	1	0	5	67			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.18	0.265	.00	0.00%	2.29	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
22	68	124	Aug 20	CLE	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.0	7	3	3	6	3	0	0	4.56	3.42	28	7	5	0	0	7	43			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.31	0.035	.00	0.00%	1.03	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a2
23	69	129	Aug 25	CLE		OAK	W,5-3	GS-9	W(4-4)	4	8.1	8	3	3	3	7	0	0	4.46	3.32	33	10	5	0	0	8	59			0	1	0	30	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	0.238	.00	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
24	70	134	Aug 30	CLE		CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.19	3.19	33	7	10	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.65	0.245	.00	0.00%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
25	71	139	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,5-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	6.2	6	3	3	5	4	0	0	4.18	3.22	30	5	10	0	1	6	49			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.22	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
26	72	143	Sep 9	CLE		TOR	W,14-10	GS-3		4	2.1	6	6	5	2	2	0	1	4.46	3.25	16	3	2	0	0	6	23			1	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-4.36	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d4
27	73	147	Sep 15	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-4	L(6-5)	5	3.2	6	3	2	5	1	0	0	4.48	3.34	20	3	5	0	0	6	35			2	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d2
28	74	154	Sep 23(1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-7		7	6.1	6	3	3	0	6	1	0	4.47	3.32	25	5	8	0	0	6	55			3	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.060	.00	0.00%	0.29	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out tie
29	75	159	Sep 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-14	GS-3	L(6-6)	4	2.1	5	8	8	3	3	2	0	4.92	3.52	15	4	0	0	0	5	15			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.412	.00	0.00%	-5.97	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
							12-17		W-L:6-6	4.7	137.1	146	79	75	70	93	6	2	4.92	3.52	609	1.12		2%	1%	143	48	12	42%	14	3	0	527	24	7	1	22	6	5	.82	-0.602	.08	-0.12%	-7.13

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