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Len Barker

Leonard Harold Barker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 27, 1955 in Fort Knox, KY
High School: Neshaminy HS (Trevose, PA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1976
Teams (by GP): Indians/Braves/Rangers/Brewers 1976-1987
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 26, 1987
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All-Star

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
1973	17	TEX-min	Rk	7	1	.875	1.37	11	11					59.0	34	13	9	0	27								1.034	5.2	0.0	4.1			RGS · GULF
1974	18	TEX-min	A	11	7	.611	3.34	20	19		9	5	0	124.0	101	57	46	2	53	0	140	3	1	10			1.242	7.3	0.1	3.8	10.2	2.64	GST · WCRS
1975	19	TEX-min	AA	7	12	.368	2.89	24	24					159.0	117	72	51	5	109								1.421	6.6	0.3	6.2			PFD · EL
1976	20	TEX-min	AAA	11	10	.524	5.55	27	27		4	0	0	141.0	140	103	87	19	96	0	92	9	0	16			1.674	8.9	1.2	6.1	5.9	0.96	SAC · PCL
1976	20	TEX	AL	1	0	1.000	2.40	2	2	0	1	1	0	15.0	7	4	4	0	6	0	7	2	0	1	56	154	0.867	4.2	0.0	3.6	4.2	1.17
1977	21	TEX-min	AAA	9	7	.563	5.70	20	20		6	2	0	109.0	114	77	69	7	77	0	93	3	1	9			1.752	9.4	0.6	6.4	7.7	1.21	TUC · PCL
1977	21	TEX	AL	4	1	.800	2.66	15	3	7	0	0	1	47.1	36	15	14	1	24	3	51	1	0	5	196	156	1.268	6.8	0.2	4.6	9.7	2.13
1978	22	TEX-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	1.04	8	3		0	0	1	26.0	22	8	3	1	16	0	16	0	0	2			1.462	7.6	0.3	5.5	5.5	1.00	TUC · PCL
1978	22	TEX	AL	1	5	.167	4.82	29	0	15	0	0	4	52.1	63	31	28	6	29	2	33	2	0	6	243	78	1.758	10.8	1.0	5.0	5.7	1.14
1979	23	CLE	AL	6	6	.500	4.92	29	19	3	2	0	0	137.1	146	79	75	6	70	1	93	2	0	10	609	87	1.573	9.6	0.4	4.6	6.1	1.33
1980	24	CLE	AL	19	12	.613	4.17	36	36	0	8	1	0	246.1	237	127	114	17	92	3	187	3	1	14	1052	99	1.336	8.7	0.6	3.4	6.8	2.03
1981	25	CLE	AL	8	7	.533	3.91	22	22	0	9	3	0	154.1	150	72	67	7	46	0	127	1	0	5	660	94	1.270	8.7	0.4	2.7	7.4	2.76	AS
1982	26	CLE	AL	15	11	.577	3.90	33	33	0	10	1	0	244.2	211	117	106	17	88	2	187	3	0	10	1021	106	1.222	7.8	0.6	3.2	6.9	2.13
1983	27	TOT	MLB	9	16	.360	4.88	30	30	0	4	1	0	182.2	181	109	99	16	66	5	126	2	0	8	776	87	1.352	8.9	0.8	3.3	6.2	1.91
1983	27	CLE	AL	8	13	.381	5.11	24	24	0	4	1	0	149.2	150	92	85	16	52	3	105	2	0	6	633	84	1.350	9.0	1.0	3.1	6.3	2.02
1983	27	ATL	NL	1	3	.250	3.82	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	31	17	14	0	14	2	21	0	0	2	143	103	1.364	8.5	0.0	3.8	5.7	1.50
1984	28	ATL	NL	7	8	.467	3.85	21	20	0	1	0	0	126.1	120	59	54	10	38	2	95	2	1	3	528	100	1.251	8.5	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.50
1985	29	ATL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	1			0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	12.6	7.00	GRV · SOUL
1985	29	ATL	NL	2	9	.182	6.35	20	18	1	0	0	0	73.2	84	55	52	10	37	1	47	1	0	3	335	60	1.643	10.3	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.27

1986	30	WSN-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.32	13	10	2	1	0	0	57.0	53	29	21	4	31	0	39	0	0	4			1.474	8.4	0.6	4.9	6.2	1.26	INA · AA
1987	31	MIL-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.69	13	8	3	0	0	0	48.0	48	27	25	2	29	2	36	0	0	2			1.604	9.0	0.4	5.4	6.8	1.24	DEN · AA
1987	31	MIL	AL	2	1	.667	5.36	11	11	0	0	0	0	43.2	54	27	26	6	17	1	22	2	0	0	198	86	1.626	11.1	1.2	3.5	4.5	1.29
11 Yrs				74	76	.493	4.34	248	194	26	35	7	5	1323.2	1289	695	639	96	513	20	975	21	2	65	5674	93	1.361	8.8	0.7	3.5	6.6	1.90
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.493	4.34	38	30	4	5	1	1	204	198	107	98	15	79	3	150	3	0	10	873	93	1.361	8.8	0.7	3.5	6.6	1.90

CLE (5 yrs)				56	49	.533	4.31	144	134	3	33	6	0	932.1	894	487	447	63	348	9	699	11	1	45	3975	95	1.332	8.6	0.6	3.4	6.7	2.01
ATL (3 yrs)				10	20	.333	4.64	47	44	1	1	0	0	233.0	235	131	120	20	89	5	163	3	1	8	1006	83	1.391	9.1	0.8	3.4	6.3	1.83
TEX (3 yrs)				6	6	.500	3.61	46	5	22	1	1	5	114.2	106	50	46	7	59	5	91	5	0	12	495	108	1.439	8.3	0.5	4.6	7.1	1.54
MIL (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.36	11	11	0	0	0	0	43.2	54	27	26	6	17	1	22	2	0	0	198	86	1.626	11.1	1.2	3.5	4.5	1.29

AL (9 yrs)				64	56	.533	4.28	201	150	25	34	7	5	1090.2	1054	564	519	76	424	15	812	18	1	57	4668	96	1.355	8.7	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.92
NL (3 yrs)				10	20	.333	4.64	47	44	1	1	0	0	233.0	235	131	120	20	89	5	163	3	1	8	1006	83	1.391	9.1	0.8	3.4	6.3	1.83

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
1976	20	TEX	AL	15.0	2	2	4	2.40	3.58	-0.01	0.11	104.0	3.84	2	0.3		-0.0	0.4	4	.653	.502	$
1977	21	TEX	AL	47.1	15	3	15	2.85	4.42	0.30	-0.19	102.5	4.03	6	0.7	1.4	0.0	1.1	11	.543	.504	$
1978	22	TEX	AL	52.1	29	0	31	5.33	4.36	0.11	-0.36	99.5	3.87	-8	-0.9	1.4	-0.3	-0.7	-3	.470	.495	$
1979	23	CLE	AL	137.1	29	19	79	5.18	4.75	-0.23	0.05	100.8	5.07	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.1	0.9	14	.494	.499	$
1980	24	CLE	AL	246.1	36	36	127	4.64	4.56	-0.27	0.15	100.9	5.03	10	1.0		-0.1	2.9	37	.528	.506	$90,000
1981	25	CLE	AL	154.1	22	22	72	4.20	4.09	-0.51	0.13	100.4	4.76	10	1.1		-0.1	2.3	19	.551	.507	$250,000	AS
1982	26	CLE	AL	244.2	33	33	117	4.30	4.49	-0.12	0.15	100.1	4.77	14	1.5		-0.1	3.4	38	.546	.509	$366,000
1983	27	CLE	AL	149.2	24	24	92	5.53	4.51	-0.29	0.15	105.7	5.23	-5	-0.5		-0.1	0.6	11	.478	.497	$475,000
1983	27	ATL	NL	33.0	6	6	17	4.64	4.20	-0.10	0.15	111.2	4.94	1	0.1		-0.0	0.4	4	.519	.501	$
1984	28	ATL	NL	126.1	21	20	59	4.20	4.04	0.01	0.13	106.0	4.41	1	0.2	.9	-0.1	1.1	15	.508	.501	$900,000
1985	29	ATL	NL	73.2	20	18	55	6.72	4.22	-0.17	0.13	108.0	4.88	-16	-1.6	.1	-0.0	-1.0	-8	.419	.490	$870,000

1987	31	MIL	AL	43.2	11	11	27	5.56	4.83	-0.29	0.17	102.2	5.41	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.3	4	.493	.500	$72,500
11 Seasons				1323.2	248	194	695	4.73	4.42	-0.19	0.10	102.4	4.82	13	1.6	1.2	-0.9	11.7	147	.506	.501	$3,023,500

CLE (5 yrs)				932.1	144	134	487	4.70	4.49	-0.27	0.13	101.4	4.96	26	2.9	.7	-0.5	10.1	119	.520	.504	$1,181,000
ATL (3 yrs)				233.0	47	44	131	5.06	4.12	-0.06	0.13	107.4	4.63	-13	-1.3	.4	-0.1	0.5	11	.471	.497	$1,770,000
TEX (3 yrs)				114.2	46	5	50	3.92	4.28	0.17	-0.23	101.3	3.93	0	0.1	1.4	-0.3	0.8	12	.502	.500	$
MIL (1 yr)				43.2	11	11	27	5.56	4.83	-0.29	0.17	102.2	5.41	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.3	4	.493	.500	$72,500

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1981	CLE	AL	25	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5

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
1976	20	TEX	AL	2	56	47	4	7	0	1	0	0	1	6	7	.149	.273	.191	.464	.175	9	3	2	1	0	0	1
1977	21	TEX	AL	15	196	166	15	36	5	0	1	4	3	24	51	.217	.318	.265	.583	.304	44	4	1	4	1	3	2
1978	22	TEX	AL	29	243	207	31	63	8	0	6	1	2	29	33	.304	.395	.430	.825	.339	89	8	2	5	0	2	4
1979	23	CLE	AL	29	609	527	79	146	24	7	6	14	3	70	93	.277	.360	.383	.744	.323	202	22	2	4	6	1	5
1980	24	CLE	AL	36	1052	941	127	237	26	6	17	53	10	92	187	.252	.318	.346	.664	.295	326	16	3	7	9	3	13
1981	25	CLE	AL	22	660	603	72	150	25	9	7	12	6	46	127	.249	.301	.355	.656	.302	214	2	1	6	4	0	10
1982	26	CLE	AL	33	1021	911	117	211	38	10	17	24	8	88	187	.232	.299	.351	.650	.271	320	16	3	10	9	2	15
1983	27	CLE	AL	24	633	564	92	150	23	2	16	9	6	52	105	.266	.327	.399	.726	.299	225	16	2	10	5	3	6
1983	27	ATL	NL	6	143	125	17	31	4	1	0	5	1	14	21	.248	.321	.296	.617	.295	37	2	0	3	1	2	3
1983	27	TOT	MLB	30	776	689	109	181	27	3	16	14	7	66	126	.263	.326	.380	.707	.298	262	18	2	13	6	5	9
1984	28	ATL	NL	21	528	473	59	120	15	5	10	19	7	38	95	.254	.309	.370	.679	.295	175	11	2	10	5	2	9
1985	29	ATL	NL	20	335	292	55	84	17	0	10	17	7	37	47	.288	.367	.449	.816	.312	131	4	1	3	2	1	3

1987	31	MIL	AL	11	198	178	27	54	9	2	6	3	3	17	22	.303	.371	.478	.848	.320	85	5	2	1	0	1	3
11 Yrs				248	5674	5034	695	1289	194	43	96	161	57	513	975	.256	.325	.369	.694	.298	1857	109	21	64	42	20	74
162 Game Avg.				38	873	774	107	198	30	7	15	25	9	79	150	.256	.325	.369	.694	.298	286	17	3	10	6	3	11
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.389	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1976	20	TEX	AL	2.4	0.3	59	0.3	1.3	-0.9	1.11	0.4	-0.1	2.9	0.3	1.11	4.1	0	0	0
1977	21	TEX	AL	8.0	0.8	209	1.5	5.6	-4.1	1.52	1.1	-0.1	6.1	0.6	1.52	10.7	4	4	4
1978	22	TEX	AL	-5.7	-0.6	253	-0.0	5.1	-5.1	1.24	-0.6	0.5	-11.1	-1.1	1.24	-8.9	10	8	11
1979	23	CLE	AL	-7.4	-0.7	637	-0.6	8.8	-9.4	.82	-0.5	-0.2	-6.7	-0.6	0.82	-4.8	1	3	6
1980	24	CLE	AL	-0.8	-0.1	1129	1.6	19.7	-18.1	1.05	1.1	0.4	2.9	0.3	1.05	8.0	0	0	0
1981	25	CLE	AL	-2.8	-0.3	685	-0.2	11.1	-11.4	.99	0.2	-0.5	3.1	0.3	0.99	4.2	0	0	0
1982	26	CLE	AL	6.1	0.6	1065	-0.0	19.7	-19.7	1.08	1.4	-1.4	7.3	0.7	1.08	17.0	0	0	0
1983	27	TOT	MLB	-12.1	-1.2	812	-0.9	12.4	-13.3	.93	0.4	-1.4	-4.5	-0.4	0.93	3.7	0	0	0
1983	27	CLE	AL	-12.1	-1.2	659	-1.1	9.5	-10.7	.88	0.1	-1.4	-7.0	-0.7	0.88	-0.5	0	0	0
1983	27	ATL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	153	0.3	2.9	-2.6	1.13	0.4	-0.1	2.4	0.3	1.13	4.2	0	0	0
1984	28	ATL	NL	1.1	0.1	562	0.4	9.9	-9.5	1.09	0.3	0.1	2.7	0.3	1.09	3.9	0	1	0
1985	29	ATL	NL	-17.9	-1.8	360	-1.8	5.1	-7.0	.96	-1.8	-0.1	-20.4	-2.0	0.96	-20.4	0	0	2

1987	31	MIL	AL	-2.6	-0.2	206	-0.5	3.4	-3.9	.97	-0.6	0.0	-6.2	-0.6	0.97	-6.5	0	0	0
11 Yrs				-31.7	-3.0	5977	-0.3	102.1	-102.4	1.03	1.5	-1.7	-24.0	-2.1	1.03	10.8	15	16	23

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
1976	20	TEX	AL	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	1	0	1	1	1	50%	65.0	85	45	1	1	0	2	3.7	4.5	7.5
1977	21	TEX	AL	15	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0%	44.0	56	27	12	2	0	2	8.3	6.0	5.2

1979	23	CLE	AL	29	19	6	6	7	0	0	10	9	.526	2	3	2	0	10	53%	48.4	77	15	33	12	0	6	4.7	4.3	5.8
1980	24	CLE	AL	36	36	19	12	5	1	1	22	14	.611	4	1	8	1	23	64%	52.1	87	17	42	21	10	9	4.7	5.0	6.8
1981	25	CLE	AL	22	22	8	7	7	1	2	13	9	.591	2	3	9	3	11	50%	54.5	98	21	20	14	5	7	5.5	4.6	7.0
1982	26	CLE	AL	33	33	15	11	7	1	4	19	14	.576	0	2	10	1	23	70%	55.7	88	12	15	8	0	13	4.5	4.8	7.4
1983	27	TOT	MLB	30	30	9	16	5	1	3	11	19	.367	4	2	4	1	13	43%	0.0	87	15	26	20	2	18	4.3	4.5	6.1
1983	27	CLE	AL	24	24	8	13	3	1	2	10	14	.417	2	1	4	1	10	42%	48.2	87	15	19	15	1	14	4.5	4.8	6.2
1983	27	ATL	NL	6	6	1	3	2	0	1	1	5	.167	2	1	0	0	3	50%	50.0	74	27	7	5	1	4	3.6	3.0	5.5
1984	28	ATL	NL	21	20	7	8	5	2	2	11	9	.550	2	1	1	0	10	50%	53.4	79	28	20	8	1	6	4.6	3.9	6.2
1985	29	ATL	NL	20	18	2	9	7	1	0	3	15	.167	0	5	0	0	3	17%	44.3	72	24	10	3	6	7	2.9	2.2	3.9

1987	31	MIL	AL	11	11	2	1	8	1	0	8	3	.727	1	6	0	0	2	18%	44.5	68	24	14	1	2	6	4.9	3.7	4.0
10 Yrs				219	194	70	71	53	9	12	100	94	.515	16	23	35	7	96	49%	51	98	12	193	90	26	76	4.6	4.5	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	104	-13					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	21	TEX	AL	15	12	7	3	0	2	1	1	50%	2	0	10	7	70%	6	1.516	4	4	4	3	3	6	8	4	6	5	6	3	7.9
1978	22	TEX	AL	29	29	15	1	5	6	4	2	67%	6	0	36	14	39%	8	1.238	10	8	11	8	6	15	19	10	17	9	19	2	5.4
1979	23	CLE	AL	29	10	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	12	5	42%	7	.823	1	3	6	1	0	9	6	4	9	0	9	0	8.1

1984	28	ATL	NL	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	3	1.086	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	7.0
1985	29	ATL	NL	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		4	.959	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	4.0
5 Yrs				114	54	26	4	5	8	5	3	63%	8	0	60	26	43%		1.043	15	16	23	12	9	33	34	20	34	15	36	5	6.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1976	20	TEX	AL	56	41%	0.0%	12.5%	10.7%	1.8%	14%	2.00	71%	11	3	27%
1977	21	TEX	AL	196	61%	0.5%	26.0%	12.2%	3.1%	17%	1.35	59%	29	4	14%
1978	22	TEX	AL	243	59%	2.5%	13.6%	11.9%	5.8%	22%	1.88	69%	60	8	13%
1979	23	CLE	AL	609	51%	1.0%	15.3%	11.5%	6.1%	25%	1.22	71%	130	22	17%
1980	24	CLE	AL	1052	45%	1.6%	17.8%	8.8%	4.7%	21%	0.88	71%	162	16	10%
1981	25	CLE	AL	660	47%	1.1%	19.2%	7.0%	6.2%	27%	0.93	72%	117	2	2%
1982	26	CLE	AL	1021	51%	1.7%	18.3%	8.6%	6.4%	31%	1.12	70%	164	16	10%
1983	27	TOT	MLB	776	48%	2.1%	16.2%	8.5%	5.9%	25%	1.12	71%	141	18	13%
1983	27	CLE	AL	633	49%	2.5%	16.6%	8.2%	6.5%	27%	1.10	71%	117	16	14%
1983	27	ATL	NL	143	46%	0.0%	14.7%	9.8%	3.5%	16%	1.24	73%	24	2	8%
1984	28	ATL	NL	528	47%	1.9%	18.0%	7.2%	5.7%	25%	1.30	71%	100	11	11%
1985	29	ATL	NL	335	44%	3.0%	14.0%	11.0%	8.1%	32%	1.14	71%	63	4	6%

1987	31	MIL	AL	198	51%	3.0%	11.1%	8.6%	8.6%	32%	1.63	76%	32	5	16%
11 Yrs				5674	49%	1.7%	17.2%	9.0%	5.9%	26%	1.13	71%	1009	109	11%
MLB Averages					43%	2.1%	13.5%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.09	74%			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
1976	20	TEX	AL	56	7			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	1	0	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1977	21	TEX	AL	196	36			1	0	6	1	0	0	1	12	4	6	33%	2	5	0	69	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1978	22	TEX	AL	243	63			6	0	18	5	1	2	4	19	11	2	58%	4	6	1	106	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1979	23	CLE	AL	609	146			6	1	15	1	5	3	3	41	24	5	59%	5	10	2	243	14	3	82%	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	0
1980	24	CLE	AL	1052	237			17	0	11	5	12	6	11	55	32	10	58%	13	14	0	374	53	10	84%	48	7	5	2	0	1	1	1	29	0
1981	25	CLE	AL	660	150			7	0	7	5	2	2	5	30	18	8	60%	10	5	1	250	12	6	67%	11	5	1	1	0	0	2	2	11	0
1982	26	CLE	AL	1021	211			17	1	18	8	9	9	8	48	27	8	56%	15	10	1	338	24	8	75%	19	7	4	1	1	0	2	0	24	0
1983	27	TOT	MLB	776	181			16	2	14	9	7	6	10	51	26	9	51%	9	8	4	271	14	7	67%	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	21	0
1983	27	CLE	AL	633	150			16	2	12	9	7	6	10	42	22	6	52%	6	6	4	218	9	6	60%	9	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
1983	27	ATL	NL	143	31			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	4	3	44%	3	2	0	53	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1984	28	ATL	NL	528	120			10	0	8	7	3	5	5	33	17	5	52%	9	3	1	183	19	7	73%	17	6	2	0	0	1	2	1	12	0
1985	29	ATL	NL	335	84			10	0	7	3	7	4	6	17	9	3	53%	3	3	0	134	17	7	71%	13	2	4	2	0	3	1	1	6	0

1987	31	MIL	AL	198	54			6	0	1	4	2	3	3	8	6	1	75%	3	0	3	68	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
11 Yrs				5674	1289			96	4	105	48	48	40	56	315	174	58	55%	74	65	13	2053	161	57	74%	144	45	16	7	1	5	9	6	151	0
MLB Averages																		53%							67%

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+
1976	20	1	0	1.000	2.40	2	2	0	1	1	0	15.0	7	4	4	0	6	0	7	2	0	1	56	154	0.867	4.2	0.0	3.6	4.2	1.17	154
1977	21	5	1	.833	2.60	17	5	7	1	1	1	62.1	43	19	18	1	30	3	58	3	0	6	252	155	1.171	6.2	0.1	4.3	8.4	1.93	155
1978	22	6	6	.500	3.61	46	5	22	1	1	5	114.2	106	50	46	7	59	5	91	5	0	12	495	108	1.439	8.3	0.5	4.6	7.1	1.54	108
1979	23	12	12	.500	4.32	75	24	25	3	1	5	252.0	252	129	121	13	129	6	184	7	0	22	1104	95	1.512	9.0	0.5	4.6	6.6	1.43	95
1980	24	31	24	.564	4.24	111	60	25	11	2	5	498.1	489	256	235	30	221	9	371	10	1	36	2156	97	1.425	8.8	0.5	4.0	6.7	1.68	97
1981	25	39	31	.557	4.16	133	82	25	20	5	5	652.2	639	328	302	37	267	9	498	11	1	41	2816	96	1.388	8.8	0.5	3.7	6.9	1.87	96
1982	26	54	42	.563	4.09	166	115	25	30	6	5	897.1	850	445	408	54	355	11	685	14	1	51	3837	99	1.343	8.5	0.5	3.6	6.9	1.93	99
1983	27	63	58	.521	4.23	196	145	25	34	7	5	1080.0	1031	554	507	70	421	16	811	16	1	59	4613	97	1.344	8.6	0.6	3.5	6.8	1.93	97
1984	28	70	66	.515	4.19	217	165	25	35	7	5	1206.1	1151	613	561	80	459	18	906	18	2	62	5141	97	1.335	8.6	0.6	3.4	6.8	1.97	97
1985	29	72	75	.490	4.31	237	183	26	35	7	5	1280.0	1235	668	613	90	496	19	953	19	2	65	5476	94	1.352	8.7	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.92	94
1986	30	72	75	.490	4.31	237	183	26	35	7	5	1280.0	1235	668	613	90	496	19	953	19	2	65	5476	94	1.352	8.7	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.92	94
1987	31	74	76	.493	4.34	248	194	26	35	7	5	1323.2	1289	695	639	96	513	20	975	21	2	65	5674	93	1.361	8.8	0.7	3.5	6.6	1.90	93

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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
1976	20	1	0	1.000	3.46	13.0	8	6	5	0	7	6	2	1.154	5.5	4.8	4.2	0.86	0.0	2
1977	21	3	2	.600	2.80	45.0	36	16	14	1	24	48	1	1.333	7.2	4.8	9.6	2.00	0.2	15
1978	22	1	4	.200	6.00	48.0	67	36	32	6	31	30	2	2.042	12.6	5.8	5.6	0.97	1.1	29
1979	23	5	9	.357	5.15	131.0	147	83	75	6	70	89	2	1.656	10.1	4.8	6.1	1.27	0.4	29
1980	24	12	14	.462	4.41	239.0	240	130	117	17	93	181	3	1.393	9.0	3.5	6.8	1.95	0.6	36
1981	25	10	15	.400	4.70	226.0	245	131	118	11	75	186	2	1.416	9.8	3.0	7.4	2.48	0.4	22
1982	26	12	14	.462	4.22	237.0	216	123	111	17	90	181	3	1.291	8.2	3.4	6.9	2.01	0.6	33
1983	27	7	12	.368	5.06	176.0	181	110	99	16	66	121	2	1.403	9.3	3.4	6.2	1.83	0.8	30
1984	28	6	7	.462	4.06	122.0	121	61	55	10	38	92	2	1.303	8.9	2.8	6.8	2.42	0.7	21
1985	29	2	5	.286	6.85	71.0	85	60	54	10	37	45	1	1.718	10.8	4.7	5.7	1.22	1.3	20

1987	31	2	2	.500	5.02	43.0	52	27	24	6	16	21	2	1.581	10.9	3.3	4.4	1.31	1.3	11
11 Yrs		61	84	.421	4.69	1351.0	1398	783	704	100	547	1000	22	1.440	9.3		6.7	1.83	0.7	248

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1981 *	Wins s c a p y 1980 AL 19 (6th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1982 AL 1.222 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1982 AL 7.762 (5th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1980 AL 6.832 (1st) 1981 AL 7.406 (2nd) 1982 AL 6.879 (4th) Career 6.629 (144th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1982 AL 244.7 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1980 AL 187 (1st) 1981 AL 127 (1st) 1982 AL 187 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1980 AL 36 (4th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1981 AL 9 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1981 AL 3 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1980 AL 92 (6th) 1982 AL 88 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1981 AL 2.761 (2nd) 1982 AL 2.125 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1981 AL 0.408 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1980 AL 114 (5th) 1981 AL 67 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1979 AL 10 (7th) 1980 AL 14 (1st) 1982 AL 10 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1980 AL 1,052 (9th) 1982 AL 1,021 (10th)
Youngest s c a p y 1976 AL born 1955-07-27 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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