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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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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
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 56 150 0.867 4.2 0.0 3.6 4.2 1.17
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 5 196 154 1.268 6.8 0.2 4.6 9.7 2.13
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 86 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 2 143 102 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 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
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 Seasons 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

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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
1983 27 TOT MLB 6 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1983 27 ATL NL 6 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 1 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1984 28 ATL NL 21 48 38 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 19 .053 .182 .079 .261 -26 3 1 0 4 0 0 1
1985 29 ATL NL 20 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 47 75 63 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 26 .048 .130 .063 .194 -45 4 1 0 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 259 217 10 10 3 0 0 3 0 3 21 90 .048 .130 .063 .194 -45 14 3 0 21 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 47 75 63 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 31 .048 .130 .063 .194 -45 4 1 0 6 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
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 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--125th

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--.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--1052--9th
1982 AL--1021--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL--born 1955-07-07--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

October 3, 1978: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Bobby Bonds to the Cleveland Indians for Larvell Blanks and Jim Kern.

August 28, 1983: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for players to be named later and $150,000. The Atlanta Braves sent Rick Behenna (September 2, 1983), Brett Butler (October 21, 1983) and Brook Jacoby (October 21, 1983) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

April 1, 1986: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 28, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

March 20, 1987: Released by the Montreal Expos.

April 28, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Atlanta Braves$870,000
1986Atlanta Braves$880,000
1987Atlanta Braves$890,000
Milwaukee Brewers$72,500
1988Atlanta Braves$900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,612,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Leonard Harold (III) Len lenny Barker

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