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Steve Barber
Stephen David Barber
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 22, 1938 in Takoma Park, MD
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1960
Final Game: July 31, 1974
Died: February 4, 2007 in Henderson, NV
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1960 22 BAL AL 10 7 .588 3.22 36 27 6 6 1 2 181.2 148 78 65 10 113 1 112 3 0 10 784 118 1.437 7.3 0.5 5.6 5.5 0.99 MVP-20
1961 23 BAL AL 18 12 .600 3.33 37 34 1 14 8 1 248.1 194 102 92 13 130 4 150 2 1 9 1040 116 1.305 7.0 0.5 4.7 5.4 1.15 MVP-14
1962 24 BAL AL 9 6 .600 3.46 28 19 2 5 2 0 140.1 145 66 54 9 61 2 89 1 0 3 625 107 1.468 9.3 0.6 3.9 5.7 1.46
1963 25 BAL AL 20 13 .606 2.75 39 36 1 11 2 0 258.2 253 99 79 12 92 10 180 4 1 3 1096 125 1.334 8.8 0.4 3.2 6.3 1.96 AS
1964 26 BAL AL 9 13 .409 3.84 36 26 2 4 0 1 157.0 144 72 67 15 81 5 118 7 0 7 679 93 1.433 8.3 0.9 4.6 6.8 1.46
1965 27 BAL AL 15 10 .600 2.69 37 32 1 7 2 0 220.2 177 79 66 16 81 5 130 2 0 8 897 130 1.169 7.2 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.60
1966 28 BAL AL 10 5 .667 2.30 25 22 1 5 3 0 133.1 104 38 34 6 49 1 91 3 1 7 537 147 1.148 7.0 0.4 3.3 6.1 1.86 AS
1967 29 TOT AL 10 18 .357 4.07 32 32 0 4 2 0 172.1 150 86 78 9 115 5 118 8 1 14 772 77 1.538 7.8 0.5 6.0 6.2 1.03
1967 29 BAL AL 4 9 .308 4.10 15 15 0 1 1 0 74.2 47 39 34 5 61 2 48 5 1 5 331 77 1.446 5.7 0.6 7.4 5.8 0.79
1967 29 NYY AL 6 9 .400 4.05 17 17 0 3 1 0 97.2 103 47 44 4 54 3 70 3 0 9 441 76 1.608 9.5 0.4 5.0 6.5 1.30
1968 30 NYY AL 6 5 .545 3.23 20 19 0 3 1 0 128.1 127 63 46 7 64 4 87 3 1 5 575 89 1.488 8.9 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.36
1969 31 SEP AL 4 7 .364 4.80 25 16 5 0 0 0 86.1 99 51 46 9 48 2 69 1 0 6 393 76 1.703 10.3 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.44
1970 32 TOT NL 0 2 .000 6.20 10 2 6 0 0 0 20.1 27 16 14 3 11 3 14 1 0 3 97 70 1.869 12.0 1.3 4.9 6.2 1.27
1970 32 CHC NL 0 1 .000 9.53 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 31 47 2.824 15.9 0.0 9.5 4.8 0.50
1970 32 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.91 5 2 2 0 0 0 14.2 17 10 8 3 5 0 11 1 0 2 66 88 1.500 10.4 1.8 3.1 6.8 2.20
1971 33 ATL NL 3 1 .750 4.80 39 3 19 0 0 2 75.0 92 42 40 6 25 2 40 2 0 7 337 77 1.560 11.0 0.7 3.0 4.8 1.60
1972 34 TOT 4 4 .500 2.81 39 3 21 0 0 2 73.2 55 26 23 5 36 11 40 2 1 3 307 110 1.235 6.7 0.6 4.4 4.9 1.11
1972 34 ATL NL 0 0 5.74 5 0 4 0 0 0 15.2 18 10 10 1 6 0 6 1 1 2 71 66 1.532 10.3 0.6 3.4 3.4 1.00
1972 34 CAL AL 4 4 .500 2.02 34 3 17 0 0 2 58.0 37 16 13 4 30 11 34 1 0 1 236 145 1.155 5.7 0.6 4.7 5.3 1.13
1973 35 CAL AL 3 2 .600 3.53 50 1 19 0 0 4 89.1 90 40 35 5 32 3 58 3 0 4 386 100 1.366 9.1 0.5 3.2 5.8 1.81
1974 36 SFG NL 0 1 .000 5.27 13 0 6 0 0 1 13.2 13 12 8 0 12 1 13 0 0 2 66 72 1.829 8.6 0.0 7.9 8.6 1.08
15 Seasons 121 106 .533 3.36 466 272 90 59 21 13 1999.0 1818 870 747 125 950 59 1309 42 6 91 8591 104 1.385 8.2 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .533 3.36 43 25 8 5 2 1 184 168 80 69 12 88 5 121 4 1 8 792 104 1.385 8.2 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BAL (8 yrs) 95 75 .559 3.12 253 211 14 53 19 4 1414.2 1212 573 491 86 668 30 918 27 4 52 5989 115 1.329 7.7 0.5 4.2 5.8 1.37
ATL (3 yrs) 3 2 .600 4.96 49 5 25 0 0 2 105.1 127 62 58 10 36 2 57 4 1 11 474 77 1.547 10.9 0.9 3.1 4.9 1.58
CAL (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 2.93 84 4 36 0 0 6 147.1 127 56 48 9 62 14 92 4 0 5 622 112 1.283 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.6 1.48
NYY (2 yrs) 12 14 .462 3.58 37 36 0 6 2 0 226.0 230 110 90 11 118 7 157 6 1 14 1016 83 1.540 9.2 0.4 4.7 6.3 1.33
SFG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.27 13 0 6 0 0 1 13.2 13 12 8 0 12 1 13 0 0 2 66 72 1.829 8.6 0.0 7.9 8.6 1.08
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.53 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 31 47 2.824 15.9 0.0 9.5 4.8 0.50
SEP (1 yr) 4 7 .364 4.80 25 16 5 0 0 0 86.1 99 51 46 9 48 2 69 1 0 6 393 76 1.703 10.3 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.44
AL (12 yrs) 118 102 .536 3.24 399 267 55 59 21 10 1874.1 1668 790 675 115 896 53 1236 38 5 77 8020 108 1.368 8.0 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
NL (4 yrs) 3 4 .429 5.20 67 5 35 0 0 3 124.2 150 80 72 10 54 6 73 4 1 14 571 74 1.636 10.8 0.7 3.9 5.3 1.35

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1960 22 BAL AL 36 63 54 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 32 .056 .136 .056 .191 -46 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 MVP-20
1961 23 BAL AL 37 95 80 6 13 1 0 2 6 0 0 5 42 .163 .221 .250 .471 28 20 0 1 9 0 0 1 MVP-14
1962 24 BAL AL 28 50 42 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 .071 .133 .071 .205 -41 3 0 1 5 0 0 1
1963 25 BAL AL 39 96 87 3 12 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 38 .138 .176 .195 .371 6 17 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1964 26 BAL AL 36 52 47 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 4 24 .149 .216 .213 .428 20 10 1 0 1 0 0 1
1965 27 BAL AL 37 76 65 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 43 .077 .129 .138 .267 -24 9 0 0 6 1 0 1
1966 28 BAL AL 25 51 44 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 .068 .068 .068 .136 -60 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 AS
1967 29 TOT AL 32 57 51 2 7 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 31 .137 .185 .196 .381 14 10 1 0 3 0 0 1
1967 29 BAL AL 15 25 22 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .091 .167 .091 .258 -22 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1967 29 NYY AL 17 32 29 2 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 17 .172 .200 .276 .476 43 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 30 NYY AL 20 47 39 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 23 .051 .178 .051 .229 -26 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1969 31 SEP AL 25 27 25 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 .200 .231 .280 .511 45 7 0 0 1 0 0 1
1970 32 TOT NL 10 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 32 CHC NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 32 ATL NL 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 33 ATL NL 39 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .154 .214 .154 .368 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 34 TOT 39 17 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .167 .333 .167 .500 51 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1972 34 ATL NL 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 34 CAL AL 34 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .143 .400 .143 .543 71 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1974 36 SFG NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 416 649 563 24 65 5 2 5 27 0 1 38 320 .115 .174 .158 .332 -5 89 2 2 45 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 253 219 9 25 2 1 2 11 0 0 15 125 .115 .174 .158 .332 -5 35 1 1 18 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BAL (8 yrs) 253 508 441 17 48 4 0 5 22 0 1 26 247 .109 .162 .152 .314 -11 67 2 2 38 1 0
ATL (3 yrs) 49 23 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .182 .217 .182 .399 10 4 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 37 79 68 3 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 40 .103 .187 .147 .334 3 10 0 0 4 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 34 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .143 .400 .143 .543 71 1 0 0 2 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEP (1 yr) 25 27 25 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 .200 .231 .280 .511 45 7 0 0 1 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 349 626 541 24 61 5 2 5 27 0 1 37 306 .113 .172 .157 .329 -6 85 2 2 45 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 67 23 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .182 .217 .182 .399 10 4 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 BAL AL 22 P 36 27 181.2 36 4 30 2 5 .944 1.68 0.94 .967 1.96 0.78 MVP-20
1961 BAL AL 23 P 37 34 248.1 77 13 60 4 8 .948 2.65 1.97 .955 2.05 0.83 MVP-14
1962 BAL AL 24 P 28 19 140.1 44 16 26 2 1 .955 2.69 1.50 .959 2.08 0.79
1963 BAL AL 25 P 39 36 258.2 66 19 43 4 8 .939 2.16 1.59 .956 1.99 0.79 AS
1964 BAL AL 26 P 36 26 157.0 50 11 37 2 3 .960 2.75 1.33 .956 1.90 0.72
1965 BAL AL 27 P 37 32 220.2 65 12 47 6 1 .908 2.41 1.59 .954 2.04 0.75
1966 BAL AL 28 P 25 22 133.1 37 5 30 2 1 .946 2.36 1.40 .951 1.99 0.75 AS
1967 TOT AL 29 P 32 32 172.4 42 11 25 6 1 .857 1.88 1.13 .960 1.96 0.74
1967 BAL AL 29 P 15 15 74.2 23 6 13 4 1 .826 2.29 1.27 .961 1.96 0.74
1967 NYY AL 29 P 17 17 97.2 19 5 12 2 0 .895 1.57 1.00 .958 1.96 0.74
1968 NYY AL 30 P 20 19 128.1 30 2 24 4 1 .867 1.82 1.30 .960 1.89 0.73
1969 SEP AL 31 P 25 16 86.1 18 3 13 2 2 .889 1.67 0.64 .956 1.88 0.69
1970 TOT NL 32 P 10 2 20.4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 0.20 .950 1.86 0.72
1970 CHC NL 32 P 5 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.91 0.72
1970 ATL NL 32 P 5 2 14.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.40 .950 1.84 0.72
1971 ATL NL 33 P 39 3 75.0 18 4 13 1 0 .944 2.04 0.44 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 TOT 34 P 39 3 73.2 17 3 12 2 0 .882 1.83 0.38 .953 1.84 0.75
1972 ATL NL 34 P 5 0 15.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 4.02 1.40 .943 1.78 0.72
1972 CAL AL 34 P 34 3 58.0 10 1 7 2 0 .800 1.24 0.24 .960 1.86 0.75
1973 CAL AL 35 P 50 1 89.1 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.26 .946 1.86 0.86
1974 SFG NL 36 P 13 0 13.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.91 0.71
15 Seasons P 466 272 1999.0 516 106 372 38 31 .926 2.15 1.03 .956 1.97 0.77
15 Seasons TOT 466 272 1999.0 516 106 372 38 31 .926 2.15 1.03 .883 1.97 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1963
1966

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1960-AL-20-2%
1961-AL-14-2%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1960 AL--3.220--6th
1963 AL--2.749--8th
1965 AL--2.692--10th

Wins s c a p y
1961 AL--18--3rd
1963 AL--20--4th
1965 AL--15--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--7.332--3rd
1961 AL--7.031--3rd
1965 AL--7.219--7th
Career--8.185--175th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--5.549--6th
1963 AL--6.263--10th
Career--5.893--247th

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL--50--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 AL--248.3--6th
1963 AL--258.7--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 AL--150--10th
1963 AL--180--6th
Career--1309--240th

Games Started s c a p y
1961 AL--34--7th
1963 AL--36--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 AL--14--3rd
1963 AL--11--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1961 AL--8--1st
1966 AL--3--7th
Career--21--230th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL--113--1st
1961 AL--130--2nd
1963 AL--92--3rd
1964 AL--81--8th
1967 AL--115--2nd
Career--950--129th

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--253--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--.495--1st
1961 AL--.471--2nd
1963 AL--.418--4th
1965 AL--.653--10th
1967 AL--.470--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1964 AL--13--9th
1967 AL--18--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1960 AL--10--1st
1961 AL--9--4th
1967 AL--14--2nd
Career--91--113th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL--7--9th
1967 AL--8--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 AL--1040--6th
1963 AL--1096--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1960 AL--118--5th
1963 AL--125--9th
1965 AL--130--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (832), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (456), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (578), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

July 4, 1967: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Yankees for Ray Barker and cash. The New York Yankees sent Chet Trail (minors) (December 15, 1967) and Joe Brady (minors) (December 15, 1967) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the New York Yankees as the 37th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

April 1, 1970: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 23, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

June 30, 1970: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

July 5, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

May 11, 1972: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

May 16, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 22, 1973: Traded by the California Angels with Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, Clyde Wright and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, Ellie Rodriguez and Gary Ryerson.

March 27, 1974: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

May 25, 1974: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

August 11, 1974: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

August 11, 1974: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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