Mike Barlow

Michael Roswell Barlow

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 30, 1948 in Stamford, NY
School: Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1975
Teams (by GP): Angels/BlueJays/Astros/Cardinals 1975-1981

Final Game: June 8, 1981
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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	OAK-min	A-	4	3	.571	4.38	16	10					74.0	72	47	36	7	33								1.419	8.8	0.9	4.0			CNB · NORW
1971	23	OAK-min	A	5	3	.625	3.38	26	6				5	80.0	74	39	30	10	33		62						1.338	8.3	1.1	3.7	7.0	1.88	BUR · MIDW
1972	24	OAK-min	A,AA	12	12	.500	3.15	37	20		11	4	4	177.0	163	80	62	5	70	6	149	12	4	18			1.316	8.3	0.3	3.6	7.6	2.13	KEY,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1973	25	OAK-min	AA	5	4	.556	3.96	28	9					109.0	101	66	48	7	53								1.413	8.3	0.6	4.4			BIR · SOUL
1974	26	OAK-min	AAA	4	7	.364	2.63	55	0		0	0	9	82.0	81	30	24	4	44	9	68	7	0	7			1.524	8.9	0.4	4.8	7.5	1.55	TUC · PCL
1975	27	STL-OAK-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.43	36	9		3	1	4	118.0	91	48	45	9	73	6	99	6	0	9			1.390	6.9	0.7	5.6	7.6	1.36	TUL,TUC · AA,PCL
1975	27	STL	NL	0	0		4.70	9	0	5	0	0	0	7.2	11	6	4	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	37	85	1.826	12.9	0.0	3.5	2.3	0.67
1976	28	ANA-HOU-min	AAA	7	1	.875	3.84	34	0		0	0	6	61.0	62	29	26	7	25	4	48	3	0	2			1.426	9.1	1.0	3.7	7.1	1.92	SLC,MEM · PCL,IL
1976	28	HOU	NL	2	2	.500	4.50	16	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	27	13	11	0	17	1	11	0	0	1	107	72	2.000	11.0	0.0	7.0	4.5	0.65
1977	29	ANA-min	AAA	3	5	.375	6.71	26	1		0	0	4	51.0	56	43	38	4	37	5	38	6	0	7			1.824	9.9	0.7	6.5	6.7	1.03	SLC · PCL
1977	29	CAL	AL	4	2	.667	4.58	20	1	6	0	0	1	59.0	53	33	30	3	27	6	25	4	1	1	250	86	1.356	8.1	0.5	4.1	3.8	0.93
1978	30	ANA-min	AAA	6	5	.545	3.16	44	0		0	0	17	77.0	81	42	27	3	38	11	38	4	0	10			1.545	9.5	0.4	4.4	4.4	1.00	SLC · PCL
1978	30	CAL	AL	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	98	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
1979	31	CAL	AL	1	1	.500	5.13	35	0	15	0	0	0	86.0	106	54	49	8	30	2	33	4	0	6	378	80	1.581	11.1	0.8	3.1	3.5	1.10
1980	32	TOR-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.59	20	0		0	0	1	51.0	55	29	26	3	20	3	26	2	0	3			1.471	9.7	0.5	3.5	4.6	1.30	SYR · IL
1980	32	TOR	AL	3	1	.750	4.09	40	1	19	0	0	5	55.0	57	29	25	4	21	4	19	2	0	5	237	106	1.418	9.3	0.7	3.4	3.1	0.90
1981	33	TOR-min	AAA	0	2	.000	0.78	10	0	9	0	0	1	23.0	22	4	2	1	10	2	12	0	0	2			1.391	8.6	0.4	3.9	4.7	1.20	SYR · IL
1981	33	TOR	AL	0	0		4.20	12	0	7	0	0	0	15.0	22	11	7	1	6	1	5	4	0	0	78	96	1.867	13.2	0.6	3.6	3.0	0.83
1982	34	TOR-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.48	53	3	36	0	0	8	108.2	117	52	42	8	40	8	59	5	0	3			1.445	9.7	0.7	3.3	4.9	1.48	SYR · IL
7 Yrs				10	6	.625	4.63	133	2	60	0	0	6	246.2	279	147	127	16	104	15	96	15	1	13	1095	87	1.553	10.2	0.6	3.8	3.5	0.92
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.625	4.63	67	1	30	0	0	3	124	141	74	64	8	52	8	48	8	1	7	552	87	1.553	10.2	0.6	3.8	3.5	0.92

CAL (3 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.90	56	1	22	0	0	1	147.0	162	88	80	11	57	8	59	8	1	7	636	82	1.490	9.9	0.7	3.5	3.6	1.04
TOR (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.11	52	1	26	0	0	5	70.0	79	40	32	5	27	5	24	6	0	5	315	104	1.514	10.2	0.6	3.5	3.1	0.89
STL (1 yr)				0	0		4.70	9	0	5	0	0	0	7.2	11	6	4	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	37	85	1.826	12.9	0.0	3.5	2.3	0.67
HOU (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.50	16	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	27	13	11	0	17	1	11	0	0	1	107	72	2.000	11.0	0.0	7.0	4.5	0.65

AL (5 yrs)				8	4	.667	4.65	108	2	48	0	0	6	217.0	241	128	112	16	84	13	83	14	1	12	951	88	1.498	10.0	0.7	3.5	3.4	0.99
NL (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.55	25	0	12	0	0	0	29.2	38	19	15	0	20	2	13	1	0	1	144	76	1.955	11.5	0.0	6.1	3.9	0.65

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
1975	27	STL	NL	7.2	9	0	6	7.04	4.24	-0.27	-0.34	102.6	4.28	-2	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.471	.498	$
1976	28	HOU	NL	22.0	16	0	13	5.32	4.24	-0.04	-0.34	90.6	3.57	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.469	.497	$
1977	29	CAL	AL	59.0	20	1	33	5.03	4.87	-0.20	-0.33	95.7	4.54	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.1	0.1	3	.483	.498	$
1978	30	CAL	AL	2.0	1	0	1	4.50	4.30	-0.19	-0.35	92.0	3.80	-0	-0.0	.0	0.0	0.0	0	.484	.500	$
1979	31	CAL	AL	86.0	35	0	54	5.65	4.64	-0.35	-0.37	96.1	4.43	-12	-1.1	.8	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.467	.493	$
1980	32	TOR	AL	55.0	40	1	29	4.75	4.61	0.09	-0.36	108.3	4.50	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.2	0.1	4	.495	.499	$
1981	33	TOR	AL	15.0	12	0	11	6.60	4.40	0.06	-0.35	104.0	4.16	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.463	.497	$
7 Seasons				246.2	133	2	147	5.36	4.62	-0.16	-0.35	98.9	4.37	-28	-2.9	1.1	-0.3	-1.0	-1	.478	.497	$

CAL (3 yrs)				147.0	56	1	88	5.39	4.73	-0.29	-0.35	95.9	4.47	-15	-1.5	.8	-0.1	-0.3	2	.473	.497	$
TOR (2 yrs)				70.0	52	1	40	5.14	4.56	0.09	-0.35	107.4	4.43	-6	-0.6	1.5	-0.2	-0.2	1	.488	.498	$
STL (1 yr)				7.2	9	0	6	7.04	4.24	-0.27	-0.34	102.6	4.28	-2	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.471	.498	$
HOU (1 yr)				22.0	16	0	13	5.32	4.24	-0.04	-0.34	90.6	3.57	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.469	.497	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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
1979	31	CAL	AL	ALCS	L	BAL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 ALCS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
1975	27	STL	NL	9	37	31	6	11	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	.355	.405	.387	.793	.355	12	0	1	0	2	1	1
1976	28	HOU	NL	16	107	85	13	27	4	0	0	2	1	17	11	.318	.431	.365	.796	.365	31	1	0	5	0	1	1
1977	29	CAL	AL	20	250	212	33	53	4	1	3	0	3	27	25	.250	.344	.321	.665	.270	68	6	4	6	1	6	4
1978	30	CAL	AL	1	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	.429	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1979	31	CAL	AL	35	378	338	54	106	13	4	8	13	2	30	33	.314	.373	.447	.820	.327	151	21	4	3	3	2	6
1980	32	TOR	AL	40	237	209	29	57	10	2	4	8	2	21	19	.273	.343	.397	.740	.283	83	6	2	4	1	4	4
1981	33	TOR	AL	12	78	65	11	22	6	0	1	0	0	6	5	.338	.416	.477	.893	.344	31	1	4	1	2	1	3
7 Yrs				133	1095	948	147	279	38	7	16	24	8	104	96	.294	.370	.400	.770	.311	379	36	15	19	9	15	19
162 Game Avg.				67	552	478	74	141	19	4	8	12	4	52	48	.294	.370	.400	.770	.311	191	18	8	10	5	8	10
MLB Averages																.260	.326	.382	.708	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1975	27	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	39	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.43	-0.2	-0.7	-3.2	-0.3	0.43	-2.5	1	1	7
1976	28	HOU	NL	-3.6	-0.4	114	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.76	-0.3	-0.9	-6.4	-0.7	0.76	-5.2	6	0	10
1977	29	CAL	AL	-4.1	-0.4	257	-0.2	2.5	-2.7	.65	0.3	-0.6	0.9	0.1	0.65	4.2	1	8	10
1978	30	CAL	AL	0.0	0.0	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.02	0.2	0	0	1
1979	31	CAL	AL	-10.1	-1.0	399	-0.9	3.3	-4.1	.51	-1.4	-0.3	-10.7	-1.0	0.51	-14.4	5	9	21
1980	32	TOR	AL	1.0	0.1	252	-0.8	3.6	-4.4	.98	-0.2	-0.6	-5.7	-0.5	0.98	-0.4	16	7	14
1981	33	TOR	AL	-1.5	-0.2	79	-0.8	0.1	-0.8	.37	-0.3	-1.8	-10.6	-1.0	0.37	-7.4	1	2	7
7 Yrs				-19.4	-1.9	1148	-3.9	10.5	-14.5	.65	-2.2	-3.8	-35.9	-3.6	0.65	-25.4	30	27	70

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
1977	29	CAL	AL	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	72.0	72	72	17	9	0	1	4.0	5.1	7.0

1980	32	TOR	AL	40	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	29	6	0	0	4.0	9.0	1.3
2 Yrs				60	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	1	50%	52	72	32	46	15	0	1	4.0	5.6	4.2
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	105	-13					4.2	4.2	6.4

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
1975	27	STL	NL	9	9	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	50%	8	.431	1	1	7	1	0	8	1	8	1	4	1	3	2.6
1976	28	HOU	NL	16	16	7	2	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	10	2	20%	7	.759	6	0	10	2	3	11	4	12	10	3	10	2	4.1
1977	29	CAL	AL	20	19	6	3	2	1	1	0	100%	1	0	16	4	25%	6	.649	1	8	10	2	0	17	10	9	14	3	15	3	8.2
1978	30	CAL	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.021	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1979	31	CAL	AL	35	35	15	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	50	21	42%	5	.515	5	9	21	4	3	28	26	9	27	3	27	7	7.4
1980	32	TOR	AL	40	39	19	3	1	7	5	2	71%	12	5	47	15	32%	9	.975	16	7	14	12	4	23	25	14	14	13	16	11	4.1
1981	33	TOR	AL	12	12	7	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	11	6	55%	8	.369	1	2	7	1	1	10	5	7	4	4	5	2	3.8
7 Yrs				133	131	60	9	6	10	6	4	60%	17	6	136	49	36%		.652	30	27	70	22	11	98	71	60	71	30	75	28	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	27	STL	NL	37	68%	0.0%	5.4%	8.1%	2.7%	9%	0.54	84%	14	0	0%
1976	28	HOU	NL	107	56%	0.0%	10.3%	15.9%	3.7%	15%	1.17	69%	25	1	4%
1977	29	CAL	AL	250	42%	1.2%	10.0%	10.8%	3.2%	15%	1.90	74%	69	6	9%
1978	30	CAL	AL	8	50%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	4.00	88%	3	1	33%
1979	31	CAL	AL	378	61%	2.1%	8.7%	7.9%	6.6%	24%	1.91	79%	89	21	24%
1980	32	TOR	AL	237	52%	1.7%	8.0%	8.9%	6.8%	28%	1.82	79%	43	6	14%
1981	33	TOR	AL	78	65%	1.3%	6.4%	7.7%	9.0%	32%	0.70	78%	23	1	4%
7 Yrs				1095	55%	1.5%	8.8%	9.5%	5.6%	22%	1.63	77%	266	36	14%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.10	75%			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
1975	27	STL	NL	37	11			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	1	0	0	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1976	28	HOU	NL	107	27			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	83%	1	1	2	54	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
1977	29	CAL	AL	250	53			3	0	8	0	3	0	3	21	13	0	62%	4	1	1	104	0	3	0%	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0
1978	30	CAL	AL	8	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	31	CAL	AL	378	106			8	0	11	4	4	5	3	29	24	1	83%	6	6	2	166	13	2	87%	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1980	32	TOR	AL	237	57			4	0	10	2	2	4	0	12	9	0	75%	4	5	0	94	8	2	80%	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0
1981	33	TOR	AL	78	22			1	0	4	0	1	1	0	6	6	0	100%	3	0	0	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7 Yrs				1095	279			16	0	39	6	10	10	6	77	60	1	78%	19	13	5	479	24	8	75%	23	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	37	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1975	27	0	0		4.70	9	0	5	0	7.2	11	6	4	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	37	85	1.826	12.9	0.0	3.5	2.3	0.67	85
1976	28	2	2	.500	4.55	25	0	12	0	29.2	38	19	15	0	20	2	13	1	0	1	144	76	1.955	11.5	0.0	6.1	3.9	0.65	76
1977	29	6	4	.600	4.57	45	1	18	1	88.2	91	52	45	3	47	8	38	5	1	2	394	83	1.556	9.2	0.3	4.8	3.9	0.81	83
1978	30	6	4	.600	4.57	46	1	19	1	90.2	94	53	46	3	47	8	39	5	1	2	402	83	1.555	9.3	0.3	4.7	3.9	0.83	83
1979	31	7	5	.583	4.84	81	1	34	1	176.2	200	107	95	11	77	10	72	9	1	8	780	81	1.568	10.2	0.6	3.9	3.7	0.94	81
1980	32	10	6	.625	4.66	121	2	53	6	231.2	257	136	120	15	98	14	91	11	1	13	1017	86	1.532	10.0	0.6	3.8	3.5	0.93	86
1981	33	10	6	.625	4.63	133	2	60	6	246.2	279	147	127	16	104	15	96	15	1	13	1095	87	1.553	10.2	0.6	3.8	3.5	0.92	87

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1975	27	0	0		5.14	7.0	11	4	4	0	3	2	1	2.000	14.1	3.9	2.6	0.67	0.0	9
1976	28	1	1	.500	6.16	19.0	30	14	13	0	19	10	0	2.579	14.2	9.0	4.7	0.53	0.0	16
1977	29	2	4	.333	5.33	54.0	55	36	32	3	28	23	4	1.537	9.2	4.7	3.8	0.82	0.5	20
1978	30	0	0		3.00	3.0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.0		0.0	1
1979	31	2	6	.250	5.92	79.0	109	58	52	8	31	30	4	1.772	12.4	3.5	3.4	0.97	0.9	35
1980	32	2	3	.400	4.08	53.0	56	27	24	4	21	18	2	1.453	9.5	3.6	3.1	0.86	0.7	40
1981	33	1	1	.500	4.30	23.0	34	12	11	2	9	8	6	1.870	13.3	3.5	3.1	0.89	0.8	12
7 Yrs		8	15	.348	5.18	238.0	295	152	137	17	111	92	17	1.706	11.2		3.5	0.83	0.6	133

* 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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