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: 3-17 / in Starts: 3-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 0

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	218	7	Apr 16	ATL		CIN	L,1-2	GS-5		99	5.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	1.80	0.28	18	7	2	0	0	3	63			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.159	1.75	0.17%	1.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
2	219	11	Apr 21	ATL		HOU	L,2-4	GS-3	L(0-1)	4	2.1	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.14	1.46	13	3	4	0	0	5	30			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.268	1.34	-0.24%	-3.08	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
3	220	15	Apr 25	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.77	1.64	25	7	10	1	2	0	71			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.171	1.21	0.13%	2.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
4	221	21	May 3	ATL		MON	L,2-9	GS-5	L(0-2)	7	4.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.74	2.11	21	7	5	0	0	6	35			4	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.192	1.60	-0.17%	-1.94	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
5	222	25	May 8	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-4	GS-4	L(0-3)	4	4.0	3	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.70	2.99	18	5	5	0	0	3	47			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.076	.98	-0.06%	-0.21	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
6	223	29	May 13	ATL		NYM	W,1-0	GS-7	W(1-3)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.60	2.72	24	9	8	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.454	.83	0.24%	3.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
7	224	33	May 17	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	GS-6		3	6.0	4	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.75	2.96	28	10	7	0	0	3	50			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.113	.76	-0.07%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
8	225	37	May 21	ATL	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(1-4)	3	5.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.17	3.29	23	8	5	0	0	6	39			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.233	.69	-0.13%	-1.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
9	226	42	May 28	ATL		STL	L,3-9	GS-2		6	2.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.98	3.24	9	2	0	0	0	4	49			0	2	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.097	.64	0.03%	0.95	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
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	227	82	Jul 10	ATL		MON	L,5-6	GS-4		42	4.0	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.40	3.34	19	7	2	0	0	6	32			0	2	0	15	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.20	-0.267	.14	-0.02%	-2.10	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
11	228	89	Jul 20	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-16	4-4		9	0.2	5	5	5	0	0	2	0	5.29	3.88	7	2	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.041	.03	0.00%	-4.64	4b --- 0 out d5	4b --- 2 out d10
12	229	97	Jul 28	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.07	3.79	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
13	230	104	Aug 5	ATL		LAD	L,1-6	GS-5	L(1-5)	7	5.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	0	5.10	3.74	20	8	2	1	0	5	50			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.123	.06	-0.01%	-0.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
14	231	107	Aug 10	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-1		4	0.2	4	5	5	2	2	1	0	5.86	4.00	8	0	0	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.443	.04	-0.01%	-4.77	1b start a 1	1b 1-- 2 out d4
15	232	120	Aug 24	ATL		STL	L,0-7	GS-3	L(1-6)	13	2.2	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	6.21	3.99	17	0	5	2	0	6	30			3	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-3.16	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d4
16	233	124	Aug 28	ATL		PIT	W,6-1	GS-5	W(2-6)	3	5.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	5.71	3.87	20	4	5	0	0	3	63			1	1	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.233	.00	0.00%	2.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
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
17	234	128	Sep 1	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-15	GS-3	L(2-7)	3	2.2	3	4	1	3	0	1	0	5.62	4.16	15	3	7	2	0	2	39			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-2.28	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
18	235	135	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	L,7-9	GS-5		7	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	1	5.60	4.50	23	6	6	1	0	6	43			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
19	236	140	Sep 13	ATL		SFG	L,3-9	GS-3	L(2-8)	3	3.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	5.86	4.64	17	2	4	2	0	5	33			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.284	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
20	237	145	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,3-7	GS-1	L(2-9)	4	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.35	4.72	4	0	0	0	0	2	28			1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1t start tie	1t -23 0 out d2
							3-17		W-L:2-9	4.8	73.2	84	55	52	37	47	10	1	6.35	4.72	335	1.12		7%	1%	74	44	0	---%	17	7	0	292	17	0	1	4	2	3	.96	-1.848	.59	-0.12%	-20.38

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