Glen Barker

Glen F. Barker

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 10, 1971 in Albany, NY
High School: Albany HS (Albany, NY)
School: College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1999
Team: Astros 1999-2001

Final Game: October 7, 2001
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Standard Batting

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
1993	22	DET-min	A-	72	286	253	49	55	11	4	5	23	37	12	24	71	.217	.292	.352	.644		89	1	4	2	3	0		NFL · NYPL
1994	23	DET-min	A,A+	102	422	371	48	80	18	6	3	36	46	16	37	113	.216	.305	.321	.626		119	7	11	2	1	0		FAY,LAK · SALL,FLOR
1995	24	DET-min	AA	133	562	507	74	121	26	4	10	49	39	16	33	143	.239	.296	.365	.661		185	1	9	12	1	0		JCK · SOUL
1996	25	DET-min	A,AA,AAA	104	375	332	45	77	5	2	1	19	32	16	33	95	.232	.307	.268	.575		89	5	3	7	0	1		FAY,JCK,TOL · SALL,SOUL,IL
1997	26	DET-min	AA,A+,AAA	103	421	361	65	99	13	4	8	43	30	11	38	104	.274	.350	.399	.749		144	4	6	13	3	0		JCK,LAK,TOL · SOUL,FLOR,IL
1998	27	DET-min	AA	110	526	453	95	127	29	6	6	54	31	7	57	120	.280	.362	.411	.773		186	1	4	7	5	1		JCK · SOUL
1999	28	HOU	NL	81	90	73	23	21	2	0	1	11	17	6	11	19	.288	.384	.356	.740	90	26	0	1	4	1	0	8/97D
2000	29	HOU-min	AAA	26	117	107	15	29	5	0	2	10	11	3	10	12	.271	.333	.374	.707		40	3	0	0	0	1		NOR · PCL
2000	29	HOU	NL	84	77	67	18	15	2	1	2	6	9	6	7	23	.224	.307	.373	.680	66	25	0	1	2	0	0	8/97
2001	30	HOU-min	AAA	46	187	168	28	47	2	4	2	20	7	3	12	45	.280	.333	.375	.708		63	4	2	4	1	0		NOR · PCL
2001	30	HOU	NL	70	30	24	12	2	0	0	0	1	4	6	3	6	.083	.233	.083	.317	-14	2	0	2	0	1	0	8
2002	31	BOS-min	AAA	38	145	128	23	35	4	4	1	10	4	4	14	26	.273	.354	.391	.745		50	1	2	1	0	0		REY,PAW · MEX,IL
2003	32	BAL-min	AA	20	66	59	5	14	1	1	0	7	2	2	5	10	.237	.297	.288	.585		17	3	0	2	0	0		BOW · EL
3 Yrs				235	197	164	53	38	4	1	3	18	30	18	21	48	.232	.330	.323	.653	65	53	0	4	6	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	136	113	37	26	3	1	2	12	21	12	14	33	.232	.330	.323	.653	65	37	0	3	4	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1999	28	HOU	NL	81	90	-1	-0	0	5	-0	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.505	.502	0.1	0.5	2	$200,000	8/97D
2000	29	HOU	NL	84	77	-2	-2	1	1	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.498	.499	0.0	0.1	-1	$255,000	8/97
2001	30	HOU	NL	70	30	-4	-2	0	2	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.493	.497	-0.5	0.2	-6	$270,000	8
3 Seasons				235	197	-8	-4	2	7	0	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.499	.499	-0.4	0.7	-5	$725,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1999	28	HOU	NL	90	63	12	5.1	115	.370	.288	.274	.384	.350	.356	.442	.740	.792	90	.482	-0.5	-0.1	.845	.370	.068	1.9
2000	29	HOU	NL	77	60	7	3.1	122	.310	.224	.281	.307	.360	.373	.460	.680	.820	66	.273	-4.0	-0.4	.621	.299	.149	3.3
2001	30	HOU	NL	30	29	0	0.0	117	.105	.083	.275	.233	.348	.083	.451	.317	.799	-14	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.179	.042	.000	.0
3 Yrs				197	152	19	3.3	118	.304	.232	.277	.330	.353	.323	.451	.653	.804	65	.303	-8.8	-0.8	.625	.293	.091	5.5
162 Game Avg.				136	105	13	3.3	118	.304	.232	.277	.330	.353	.323	.451	.653	.804	65	.303	-8.8	-0.8	.625	.293	.091	4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	28	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLDS							2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1999	28	HOU	NL	90	1.1%	21.1%	12.2%	3.3%	14%	1.73	3.8	73.0	6.6	1.00	1.50	60%	20%	4.0%	4%
2000	29	HOU	NL	77	2.6%	29.9%	9.1%	6.5%	33%	3.29	2.9	33.5	11.2	1.16	1.50	55%	20%	11.8%	11%
2001	30	HOU	NL	30	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.0		24.0	1.25	1.25	63%	16%	0.0%	13%
3 Yrs				197	1.5%	24.4%	10.7%	4.1%	21%	2.29	3.4	54.7	9.1	1.09	1.44	58%	19%	6.1%	8%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.7%	9.2%	8.1%	34%	1.83	5.3	30.0	7.2	0.76	1.06	69%	23%	8.6%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	28	HOU	NL	-0.6	-0.1	119	0.1	1.9	-1.7	1.23	0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.09	-0.7	0.86	12
2000	29	HOU	NL	-4.0	-0.4	96	0.2	1.8	-1.6	1.16	-0.1	0.3	-4.6	-0.4	1.00	-3.5	0.16	5
2001	30	HOU	NL	-4.3	-0.4	44	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.01	-0.3	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.99	-5.1	0.70	5
3 Yrs				-9.0	-0.8	259	-0.1	4.1	-4.2	1.16	-0.3	0.3	-11.3	-1.0	1.04	-9.3	0.67	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1999	28	HOU	NL	0	69%	59	17	6	74%	13	4	4	2	3	0	2	7	58%	9	5	3	2	1	1	8	7
2000	29	HOU	NL	2	76%	52	9	6	60%	9	6	0	0	3	0	2	1	53%	6	5	1	2	2	0	7	7
2001	30	HOU	NL	0	171%	32	4	6	40%	3	6	1	0	5	3	3	4	75%	4	2	2	2	0	2	2	2
3 Yrs				2	83%	143	30	18	63%	25	16	5	2	11	3	7	12	60%	19	12	6	6	3	3	17	16

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1999	28	HOU	NL	90	100%	21	6	1	12	1	0	0	0.86	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	18	0	0%	12	7	58%	72	10	14%	4	2	50%	8	6	75%	0
2000	29	HOU	NL	77	91%	15	3	1	5	0	0	0	0.16	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	2	50%	20	0	0%	8	2	25%	46	4	9%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2001	30	HOU	NL	30	100%	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	17	1	6%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				197	96%	38	10	2	22	1	0	0	0.67	3	0	11	2	1	2	1	0	8	6	75%	40	0	0%	22	10	45%	135	15	11%	9	4	44%	10	6	60%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	28	HOU	NL	90	358	3.98	222	62%	23%	22%	29%	27%	77%	0%	48%	72%	39%	6%	5	0	16%	14	6	6%	5	1	32%	0	0	0
2000	29	HOU	NL	77	287	3.73	181	63%	23%	22%	30%	25%	77%	0%	49%	71%	44%	3%	2	0	18%	14	7	8%	6	2	13%	0	0	0
2001	30	HOU	NL	31	116	3.74	76	66%	16%	29%	30%	25%	84%	0%	55%	66%	58%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	17%	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				198	761	3.84	479	63%	22%	23%	29%	26%	78%	0%	49%	70%	44%	4%	7	0	15%	29	13	6%	12	3	21%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	SF
1999	28	81	90	73	23	21	2	0	1	11	17	6	11	19	.288	.384	.356	.740	90	26	1	4	1
2000	29	165	167	140	41	36	4	1	3	17	26	12	18	42	.257	.348	.364	.712	79	51	2	6	1
2001	30	235	197	164	53	38	4	1	3	18	30	18	21	48	.232	.330	.323	.653	65	53	4	6	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1999	28	81	88	72	21	20	2	0	1	10	16	10	19	.278	.369	.347	.716	9	81
2000	29	84	74	65	15	13	2	1	2	5	8	6	23	.200	.278	.354	.632	6	84
2001	30	70	30	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	70
3 Yrs		235	192	161	36	33	4	1	3	15	28	19	48	.205	.301	.298	.599	15	235
162 Game Avg.		162	132	111	25	23	3	1	2	10	19	13	33	.205	.301	.298	.599	10	235

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