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Steve Barber

Steven Lee Barber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 13, 1948 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Blair HS (Blair, MD)
Schools: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1970
Team: Twins 1970-1971

Final Game: May 6, 1971
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Standard Pitching

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
1970 22 MIN AL 0 0 4.61 18 0 10 0 0 2 27.1 26 14 14 1 18 2 14 2 0 4 125 83 1.610 8.6 0.3 5.9 4.6 0.78
1971 23 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 6.17 4 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 8 9 8 2 13 1 4 0 0 1 56 59 1.800 6.2 1.5 10.0 3.1 0.31
2 Yrs 1 0 1.000 5.08 22 2 10 0 0 2 39.0 34 23 22 3 31 3 18 2 0 5 181 75 1.667 7.8 0.7 7.2 4.2 0.58
162 Game Avg. 3 0 1.000 5.08 62 6 28 0 0 6 111 96 65 62 9 88 9 51 6 0 14 513 75 1.667 7.8 0.7 7.2 4.2 0.58

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1970 22 MIN AL 27.1 18 0 14 4.61 4.03 0.35 -0.16 102.1 3.58 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .482 .498 $
1971 23 MIN AL 11.2 4 2 9 6.94 3.98 -0.21 -0.04 101.5 4.21 -4 -0.4 1.6 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .406 .498 $
2 Seasons 39.0 22 2 23 5.31 4.01 0.19 -0.13 101.9 3.77 -6 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .469 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1970 22 MIN AL 18 124 98 14 26 2 1 1 2 2 18 14 .265 .380 .337 .717 .291 33 1 2 3 3 2 0
1971 23 MIN AL 4 56 42 9 8 0 0 2 2 0 13 4 .190 .382 .333 .715 .167 14 0 0 1 0 1 0
2 Yrs 22 180 140 23 34 2 1 3 4 2 31 18 .243 .381 .336 .716 .254 47 1 2 4 3 3 0
162 Game Avg. 62 510 397 65 96 6 3 9 11 6 88 51 .243 .381 .336 .716 .254 133 3 6 11 9 9 0
MLB Averages .252 .321 .375 .697 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 22 MIN AL -1.5 -0.2 132 -0.2 1.5 -1.7 .77 -0.2 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.77 -2.0 3 3 10
1971 23 MIN AL -3.2 -0.3 59 -0.0 1.4 -1.4 1.63 -0.0 -0.0 -3.9 -0.4 1.63 -1.6 1 1 0
2 Yrs -4.7 -0.5 191 -0.2 2.8 -3.0 1.03 -0.2 0.0 -5.3 -0.5 1.03 -3.6 4 4 10

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 23 MIN AL 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47.0 53 41 7 4 0 2 5.5 3.4 3.3
1 Yr 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47 53 41 7 4 0 2 5.5 3.4 3.3
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 109 1 4.1 4.0 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 22 MIN AL 18 18 10 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 10 4 40% 7 .768 3 3 10 2 1 15 6 12 12 2 12 0 4.6
1971 23 MIN AL 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1.628 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.5
2 Yrs 22 20 10 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 12 6 50% 1.036 4 4 10 3 2 15 7 13 14 2 14 0 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 22 MIN AL 124 61% 0.8% 11.3% 14.5% 3.2% 15% 0.38 69% 28 1 4%
1971 23 MIN AL 56 68% 3.6% 7.1% 23.2% 3.6% 25% 0.72 64% 13 0 0%
2 Yrs 180 63% 1.7% 10.0% 17.2% 3.3% 18% 0.48 68% 41 1 2%
MLB Averages 46% 2.1% 14.7% 8.9% 6.2% 28% 1.11 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1970 22 MIN AL 124 26 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 13 5 3 38% 0 4 0 58 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1971 23 MIN AL 56 8 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 18 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Yrs 180 34 3 1 7 2 1 2 1 16 6 4 38% 0 5 0 76 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1970 22 0 0 4.61 18 0 10 0 0 2 27.1 26 14 14 1 18 2 14 2 0 4 125 83 1.610 8.6 0.3 5.9 4.6 0.78 83
1971 23 1 0 1.000 5.08 22 2 10 0 0 2 39.0 34 23 22 3 31 3 18 2 0 5 181 75 1.667 7.8 0.7 7.2 4.2 0.58 75

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1970 22 1 1 .500 5.19 26.0 27 17 15 1 19 13 2 1.769 9.3 6.6 4.5 0.68 0.3 18
1971 23 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 9 11 10 2 15 4 0 2.182 7.4 12.3 3.3 0.27 1.6 4
2 Yrs 1 2 .333 6.08 37.0 36 28 25 3 34 17 2 1.892 8.8 4.1 0.50 0.7 22

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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