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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: 13-9 / in Starts: 13-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	112	4	Apr 15	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	9	5	4	1	2	1	0	5.68	4.49	29	6	11	2	2	9	38			2	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.129	.33	-0.04%	-1.34	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d3
2	113	9	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-1)	6	9.0	7	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.35	2.80	37	8	11	4	0	6	79			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.405	.68	0.17%	4.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
3	114	14	May 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	9	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.85	2.31	37	13	8	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	2	1.35	0.459	1.21	0.25%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	115	19	May 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-9		6	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.67	2.11	30	10	8	0	0	5	71			1	0	0	29	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.164	1.22	-0.09%	1.94	1b start tie	9b --3 0 out tie
5	116	24	May 15	CLE		TOR	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	5	9.0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1.31	1.68	27	9	7	0	0	0	98			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.474	.71	0.28%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	117	30	May 20	CLE		SEA	L,1-3	CG	L(3-2)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	10	1	0	1.61	1.77	35	9	7	0	0	8	68			2	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.062	.85	0.04%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
7	118	35	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-7		4	6.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	0	2.08	1.84	27	8	5	2	0	6	46			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	0.042	1.20	0.03%	-0.09	1b start a 2	7b 12- 0 out a4
8	119	40	May 31	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	6	2	1	4	5	0	0	1.93	1.97	38	12	11	2	1	6	70			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.200	.54	0.11%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	120	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	1.82	1.87	35	12	9	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	2	.32	0.159	.22	0.06%	3.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
10	121	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(5-3)	3	8.0	10	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.08	1.99	36	12	7	0	0	10	51			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.269	.58	-0.09%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
11	122	54	Aug 12	CLE		MIL	W,9-4	GS-9	W(6-3)	63	8.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.19	1.94	30	12	6	1	0	7	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.099	.39	0.05%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a8
12	123	59	Aug 16(2)	CLE		KCR	W,8-6	GS-7		3	6.2	9	6	6	3	2	1	0	2.60	2.17	31	4	13	4	0	9	31			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.511	.32	-0.09%	-3.15	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
13	124	63	Aug 21	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-12	GS-7	L(6-4)	4	6.0	11	8	8	4	7	0	1	3.15	2.20	33	4	6	0	0	11	21			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.354	.46	-0.11%	-4.12	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out d3
14	125	67	Aug 25	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.89	2.15	31	10	6	0	0	3	87			0	2	1	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.636	.30	0.09%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	126	71	Aug 30	CLE		SEA	W,17-11	GS-3		4	2.0	7	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.24	2.15	14	2	2	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.372	.87	-0.14%	-3.92	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out d2
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
16	127	75	Sep 4	CLE		CAL	L,1-3	CG(6)	L(7-5)	4	6.0	6	3	2	4	6	0	0	3.23	2.18	29	11	3	0	1	5	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.103	.83	-0.05%	-0.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
17	128	80	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-14	GS-5	L(7-6)	3	5.0	10	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.53	2.27	26	2	10	1	0	10	25			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	1	0	.56	-0.402	.33	-0.14%	-3.73	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d5
18	129	84	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,9-11	GS-7		3	6.2	6	4	3	5	5	0	0	3.55	2.33	30	5	9	2	0	6	48			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.006	.81	0.00%	-1.15	1b start a 4	7b 12- 2 out a4
19	130	87	Sep 17	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	6.1	9	6	5	1	3	0	0	3.72	2.32	30	7	11	1	0	8	35			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.55	-0.298	.26	-0.03%	-1.36	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
20	131	92	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-8	W(8-7)	4	8.0	10	4	4	2	10	1	0	3.76	2.33	37	9	6	1	1	10	54			0	0	0	34	0	3	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.066	.01	0.00%	-0.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
21	132	97	Sep 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-3		4	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.81	2.39	12	1	9	4	2	0	47			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1b start a 1	3b 3 out a2
22	133	100	Oct 2	CLE		BOS	W,11-4	GS-6		4	5.1	5	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.91	2.46	26	5	8	1	0	5	40			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.247	.00	0.00%	-1.78	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d3
							13-9		W-L:8-7	4.3	154.1	150	72	67	46	127	7	1	3.91	2.46	660	0.99		8%	2%	142	55		---%	12	6	1	603	25	9	0	2	4	10	.99	-0.300	.56	0.29%	2.50

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