Len Barker
Leonard Harold (III) Barker
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 7, 1955 in Fort Knox, KY
High School: Neshaminy (Langhorne, PA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1976
Final Game: September 26, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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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
1976 TEX AL 20 P 2 2 15.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20 1.00 .950 1.86 0.85
1977 TEX AL 21 P 15 3 47.1 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.28 0.80 .942 1.94 0.84
1978 TEX AL 22 P 29 0 52.1 12 2 9 1 1 .917 1.89 0.38 .958 1.89 0.85
1979 CLE AL 23 P 29 19 137.1 23 8 13 2 1 .913 1.38 0.72 .952 1.92 0.81
1980 CLE AL 24 P 36 36 246.1 35 11 24 0 2 1.000 1.28 0.97 .954 1.85 0.77
1981 CLE AL 25 P 22 22 154.1 32 9 21 2 1 .938 1.75 1.36 .962 1.98 0.81 AS
1982 CLE AL 26 P 33 33 244.2 52 23 27 2 1 .962 1.84 1.52 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 TOT MLB 27 P 30 30 182.2 36 9 24 3 3 .917 1.63 1.10 .958 1.82 0.72
1983 CLE AL 27 P 24 24 149.2 22 5 16 1 3 .955 1.26 0.88 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 ATL NL 27 P 6 6 33.0 14 4 8 2 0 .857 3.27 2.00 .957 1.91 0.68
1984 ATL NL 28 P 21 20 126.1 41 5 34 2 2 .951 2.78 1.86 .954 1.88 0.67
1985 ATL NL 29 P 20 18 73.2 12 2 9 1 0 .917 1.34 0.55 .958 1.92 0.68
1987 MIL AL 31 P 11 11 43.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.85 0.82 .956 1.83 0.67
11 Seasons P 248 194 1323.2 266 76 177 13 12 .951 1.72 1.02 .956 1.87 0.76
11 Seasons TOT 248 194 1323.2 266 76 177 13 12 .951 1.72 1.02 .907 1.87 0.76

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 TEX AL 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 21 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 22 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 23 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CLE AL 24 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 25 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 26 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 27 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 ATL NL 27 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 ATL NL 28 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 ATL NL 29 20 18 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIL AL 31 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 248 44 47 248 248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1976 TEX AL 20 59 75% 36% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 21 209 64% 21% 10 90% 0 4 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1978 TEX AL 22 253 75% 28% 12 75% 0 2 0 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1979 CLE AL 23 637 74% 24% 18 83% 0 8 1 4 13 11 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
1980 CLE AL 24 1129 75% 22% 25 100% 1 12 2 10 24 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1981 CLE AL 25 685 75% 24% 22 91% 0 9 0 9 21 17 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1982 CLE AL 26 1065 74% 26% 39 85% 0 24 4 19 29 24 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1983 CLE AL 27 659 76% 23% 18 89% 0 5 1 4 17 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 4 75%
1983 ATL NL 27 153 77% 27% 8 100% 0 4 0 4 8 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1984 ATL NL 28 562 76% 25% 36 97% 0 4 0 1 34 28 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1985 ATL NL 29 360 76% 24% 10 90% 0 2 0 2 9 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 MIL AL 31 206 80% 32% 6 100% 0 3 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 5977 75% 24% 206 91% 1 77 9 59 179 142 14 13 1 7 5 8 13 9 11 2 29 86%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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