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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: 11-19 / in Starts: 11-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	167	3	Apr 7	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.29	2.33	27	7	10	0	1	6	63			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.103	.53	0.08%	2.27	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a8
2	168	7	Apr 13	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	8.0	8	3	3	0	4	0	0	2.40	2.02	30	14	4	0	0	8	58			0	2	1	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	0.156	1.48	0.12%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
3	169	11	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	6.1	8	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.38	2.43	25	7	3	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	.95	-0.094	1.57	-0.09%	-0.46	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
4	170	15	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	7.1	4	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.45	2.16	28	6	9	0	0	3	64			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.263	.86	0.18%	1.97	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a5
5	171	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.01	2.37	21	8	4	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.166	.95	-0.10%	-0.84	1b start a 4	6b 1-3 0 out a2
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	172	23	May 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-7	GS-7		4	6.2	7	5	5	4	4	0	0	4.46	2.53	28	8	5	2	0	7	40			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	0	0	.79	0.120	.93	0.09%	-0.61	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a3
7	173	28	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,4-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	8.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.91	2.47	27	9	9	3	1	4	73			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.366	1.22	0.29%	3.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
8	174	33	May 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-2)	5	8.0	10	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.83	2.56	32	9	8	0	1	10	55			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.062	1.14	-0.05%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
9	175	38	May 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-9	GS-4	L(4-3)	5	3.2	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.35	2.76	20	4	2	0	0	8	27			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.233	.97	-0.14%	-3.33	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
10	176	43	May 28	CLE		CAL	L,4-7	GS-1	L(4-4)	5	0.0	2	5	4	2	0	1	0	4.95	3.07	5	1	0	0	0	2	26			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	-0.376	1.19	-0.17%	-5.00	1t start tie	1t --- 0 out d5
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
11	177	51	Jun 5(2)	CLE		OAK	L,2-9	GS-6	L(4-5)	7	5.2	8	6	6	3	2	1	0	5.35	3.32	26	5	8	0	0	8	28			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.187	.56	-0.07%	-2.10	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d5
12	178	57	Jun 12(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-6)	6	8.0	3	3	2	3	9	2	1	5.01	3.53	32	9	7	0	0	3	72			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.026	.46	-0.01%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
13	179	62	Jun 17	CLE		DET	L,4-11	GS-5	L(4-7)	4	4.0	8	7	6	5	0	0	0	5.45	3.68	25	5	7	0	0	8	15			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.35	-0.437	.52	-0.10%	-3.76	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out tie
14	180	67	Jun 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS-7	W(5-7)	4	7.0	4	3	1	4	6	1	1	5.10	3.79	30	9	6	2	0	4	63			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.068	.27	0.02%	0.77	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a6
15	181	73	Jun 29(1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	GS-8	W(6-7)	6	8.0	11	3	3	1	7	1	0	4.95	3.73	32	9	4	0	0	11	54			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.051	.28	0.01%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 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
16	182	78	Jul 4	CLE		MIL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(6-8)	4	4.1	3	8	7	4	0	1	0	5.38	3.94	21	8	6	0	0	3	23			0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.332	.17	-0.04%	-3.99	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d3
17	183	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS-4	L(6-9)	6	3.2	9	6	6	2	3	2	0	5.72	4.16	22	3	5	0	0	9	20			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.322	.08	-0.02%	-4.02	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d5
18	184	87	Jul 16	CLE		KCR	W,17-3	GS-5	W(7-9)	4	5.0	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	5.45	4.04	21	5	7	0	0	4	60			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	.52	0.152	.00	0.00%	1.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out a7
19	185	93	Jul 23	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-10)	6	6.2	6	5	5	2	4	0	0	5.53	3.95	28	7	9	1	0	6	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.219	.01	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
20	186	98	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(7-11)	3	8.0	7	5	5	0	7	2	0	5.53	3.97	31	8	9	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.55	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.98	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
21	187	102	Aug 1	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-11)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	5.15	3.81	33	5	13	0	0	3	87			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.38	0.257	.00	0.00%	4.79	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
22	188	108	Aug 6	CLE		TEX	L,1-6	GS-6	L(8-12)	4	5.1	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	5.21	3.92	22	7	7	1	1	4	42			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-1.14	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d3
23	189	118	Aug 16(1)	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	GS-7		9	6.1	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	5.11	3.83	29	6	7	0	0	8	53			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
24	190	125	Aug 23	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	GS-9	L(8-13)	6	8.2	9	5	5	4	8	1	0	5.11	3.82	38	9	8	0	0	9	50			1	0	0	33	2	0	2	1	0	0	.95	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.37	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out d3
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Atlanta Braves
25	191	133	Aug 31	ATL		STL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(8-14)	7	4.2	10	5	5	1	4	0	0	5.25	3.76	24	7	3	0	0	9	27			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.126	3.65	-0.29%	-1.02	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d3
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
26	192	138	Sep 5	ATL		HOU	W,7-5	GS-7	W(9-14)	4	7.0	2	1	0	2	5	0	0	5.02	3.69	26	9	8	0	2	2	74			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.300	4.52	0.66%	2.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
27	193	143	Sep 11	ATL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS-6		5	5.1	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	5.02	3.70	25	8	7	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.042	8.17	-0.22%	-0.14	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a4
28	194	147	Sep 17	ATL		SDP	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-15)	5	7.1	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.91	3.67	30	11	7	0	0	5	61			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.369	4.56	0.70%	3.05	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
29	195	152	Sep 23	ATL		LAD	L,2-11	GS-3	L(9-16)	5	2.2	4	4	4	3	4	0	0	5.04	3.66	15	2	2	0	0	4	35			1	0	0	11	0	1	1	0	1	0	1.29	-0.255	3.70	-0.44%	-2.88	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out d4
30	196	156	Sep 27	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	GS-6		3	6.0	4	2	0	2	3	0	0	4.88	3.63	23	7	7	0	0	4	61			0	1	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	1	.82	0.033	.92	0.02%	0.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							11-19		W-L:9-16	5.0	182.2	181	109	99	66	126	16	2	4.88	3.63	776	1.11		3%	1%	179	49		---%	14	7	1	689	27	3	5	18	6	9	.93	-0.866	1.23	0.42%	-4.55

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