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: 22-14 / in Starts: 22-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	76	2	Apr 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.2	7	1	1	3	7	1	0	1.04	3.68	35	6	12	4	0	7	70			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.508	1.47	0.37%	3.16	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
2	77	6	Apr 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,7-8	GS-6		3	5.0	7	5	4	2	2	0	0	3.29	3.48	23	5	7	0	0	7	35			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.042	.74	-0.03%	-1.93	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out a4
3	78	10	Apr 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	5.1	8	6	5	3	2	1	0	4.74	4.23	27	5	9	2	0	8	29			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.190	1.62	-0.13%	-1.64	1b start a 3	6b 123 1 out a1
4	79	14	Apr 27	CLE		TEX	W,7-4	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.1	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.26	3.90	28	8	8	1	0	10	45			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.97	0.135	.99	0.08%	1.36	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a5
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
5	80	17	May 2	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	7.0	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.34	3.65	26	5	14	1	5	2	72			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	.69	0.227	.90	0.18%	2.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
6	81	22	May 6	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	6	0	0	3.27	3.45	36	8	11	0	0	7	63			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.428	.85	0.18%	1.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	82	26	May 11	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-9	GS-4	L(4-2)	4	3.1	7	8	7	4	5	0	0	4.43	3.45	20	2	3	0	0	6	17			3	1	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.375	.82	-0.26%	-6.16	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d6
8	83	30	May 17	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.2	11	3	3	2	8	0	0	4.38	3.16	31	7	5	0	0	9	46			2	0	0	29	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.098	.89	-0.05%	0.19	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d1
9	84	35	May 21	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	3	7.1	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.14	3.38	31	8	10	0	3	7	56			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.192	.69	0.09%	1.38	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a2
10	85	39	May 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS-5	L(5-3)	4	4.2	4	5	5	3	2	1	0	4.55	3.62	21	5	7	0	3	4	35			3	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.187	1.03	-0.11%	-1.29	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
11	86	43	May 30	CLE		SEA	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.2	6	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.44	3.40	29	9	7	0	0	6	60			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.203	1.63	0.13%	2.46	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out tie
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
12	87	47	Jun 3	CLE		OAK	W,6-4	GS-8		3	8.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	4.10	3.23	30	6	10	4	0	5	73			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	.72	0.267	.65	0.15%	3.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
13	88	51	Jun 10	CLE		KCR	L,4-8	GS-4	L(5-4)	6	3.0	6	5	5	4	2	2	0	4.50	3.63	18	2	4	0	0	6	25			5	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.366	.92	-0.23%	-4.10	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d4
14	89	55	Jun 14	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	4	2	1	2	9	0	1	4.15	3.44	35	10	9	2	0	4	80			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.470	1.25	0.26%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	90	60	Jun 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS-6	W(7-4)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.18	3.50	27	8	8	0	0	7	48			2	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.052	.85	0.02%	0.01	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
16	91	65	Jun 24	CLE		DET	L,4-9	GS-7	L(7-5)	4	6.2	7	7	6	5	4	0	0	4.43	3.52	33	9	8	0	0	7	33			2	0	0	27	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.38	-0.554	1.04	-0.25%	-3.81	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d3
17	92	69	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-7	L(7-6)	4	6.1	8	6	6	3	2	3	0	4.66	3.88	28	3	12	1	0	8	32			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.363	.64	-0.16%	-2.81	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d4
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
18	93	74	Jul 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	GS-4	L(7-7)	4	3.1	5	6	6	4	0	0	0	5.00	3.95	18	4	5	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.214	.53	-0.06%	-2.55	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d3
19	94	79	Jul 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-8	GS-7	W(8-7)	7	6.2	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	4.88	3.94	28	10	9	2	0	5	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	.67	0.112	.12	0.01%	0.62	1b start a 2	7b 123 2 out a7
20	95	84	Jul 17	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	0	4.74	3.82	35	8	11	0	0	6	67			1	2	0	30	2	0	0	0	2	1	1.27	0.287	.13	0.02%	1.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
21	96	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	1	4.43	3.66	32	13	6	0	0	4	87			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.316	.04	0.01%	4.57	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
22	97	94	Jul 28	CLE		SEA	W,7-3	GS-8	W(11-7)	5	7.2	4	3	3	6	5	0	0	4.39	3.67	32	7	10	1	0	4	58			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.70	0.344	.12	0.03%	0.46	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a4
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
23	98	99	Aug 3(2)	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	CG	W(12-7)	5	9.0	5	2	1	3	7	0	0	4.19	3.58	36	8	13	2	0	5	75			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.13	0.325	.11	0.02%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	99	104	Aug 8	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(12-8)	4	8.0	6	4	4	3	7	1	0	4.20	3.59	32	7	9	1	0	6	58			4	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.117	.18	-0.02%	-0.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
25	100	110	Aug 14	CLE		TEX	W,7-2	GS-9	W(13-8)	5	8.1	10	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.11	3.52	37	11	9	1	0	10	58			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.217	.28	0.04%	1.38	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a5
26	101	115	Aug 18(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	3	2	2	4	12	0	0	4.00	3.42	34	7	8	2	0	3	81			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.422	.08	0.02%	2.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	102	120	Aug 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS-7	W(15-8)	3	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.90	3.42	29	9	5	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.286	.20	0.02%	2.52	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
28	103	125	Aug 27	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	GS-8	W(16-8)	4	7.0	9	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.80	3.34	31	4	8	1	0	9	61			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.193	.07	0.01%	1.71	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a4
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
29	104	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	W(17-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	11	1	0	3.72	3.29	35	8	8	1	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.415	.04	0.01%	2.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	105	134	Sep 6	CLE		KCR	W,8-3	GS-8	W(18-8)	4	7.1	6	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.68	3.23	31	4	9	0	0	6	64			3	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	1	0	.77	0.123	.00	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a5
31	106	139	Sep 12	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GS-8	L(18-9)	5	7.1	10	6	5	1	4	1	0	3.76	3.25	32	11	6	2	0	10	39			4	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.378	.00	0.00%	-2.47	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
32	107	144	Sep 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.77	3.19	27	7	3	0	0	7	54			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a2
33	108	149	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	L(18-10)	4	7.1	4	4	3	6	6	0	0	3.77	3.20	30	9	5	0	0	4	56			2	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.63	-0.311	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d2
34	109	154	Sep 27	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	GS-9	W(19-10)	4	8.0	12	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.83	3.17	36	12	9	0	0	10	41			5	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.222	.00	0.00%	-1.32	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
35	110	157	Oct 1	CLE		NYY	L,7-18	GS-2	L(19-11)	3	1.2	6	6	6	1	0	2	0	4.03	3.28	12	2	3	0	0	6	18			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-5.09	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d6
36	111	160	Oct 5	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(19-12)	3	5.0	9	7	6	1	6	1	0	4.17	3.29	27	8	5	1	0	7	28			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.01	-0.223	.00	0.00%	-3.36	1b start a 1	6b 123 0 out d3
							22-14		W-L:19-12	4.0	246.1	237	127	114	92	187	17	3	4.17	3.29	1052	0.89		5%	2%	230	52		---%	53	10	0	941	26	6	3	16	9	13	1.05	1.552	.51	0.37%	2.74

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