Mike Barlow
Michael Roswell Barlow
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 30, 1948 in Stamford, NY
School: Syracuse University
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1975
Final Game: June 8, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 81 1.826 12.9 0.0 3.5 2.3 0.67
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 71 2.000 11.0 0.0 7.0 4.5 0.65
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 85 1.356 8.1 0.5 4.1 3.8 0.93
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 81 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 79 1.581 11.1 0.8 3.1 3.5 1.10
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 AL 0 0 4.20 12 0 7 0 0 0 15.0 22 11 7 1 6 1 5 4 0 0 78 94 1.867 13.2 0.6 3.6 3.0 0.83
7 Seasons 10 6 .625 4.63 133 2 60 0 0 6 246.2 279 147 127 16 104 15 96 15 1 13 1095 86 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 86 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 5 315 103 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 81 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 71 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 74 1.955 11.5 0.0 6.1 3.9 0.65

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 133 1095 948 147 279 38 7 16 24 8 104 96 .294 .370 .400 .770 .311 379 36 15 19 9 15
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 29 CAL AL 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 72 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 32 32 29 6 0 0 4.0 9.0 1.3
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 27 STL NL 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 8 0.476 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 0.822 6 1 9 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 0.683 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 0.029 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 0.530 4 11 20 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 0.997 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 0.372 1 2 9 1 1 10 5 7 4 4 5 2 3.8
7 Seasons 133 131 60 9 6 10 6 4 60% 17 6 136 49 36% 0.678 29 30 70 22 11 98 71 60 71 30 75 28 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 27 STL NL 37 32% 0.0% 5.4% 8.1% 2.7% 9% 0.54 84% 14 0 0%
1976 28 HOU NL 107 44% 0.0% 10.3% 15.9% 3.7% 15% 1.17 69% 25 1 4%
1977 29 CAL AL 250 58% 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 39% 2.1% 8.7% 7.9% 6.6% 24% 1.91 79% 89 21 24%
1980 32 TOR AL 237 48% 1.7% 8.0% 8.9% 6.8% 28% 1.82 79% 43 6 14%
1981 33 TOR AL 78 35% 1.3% 6.4% 7.7% 9.0% 32% 0.70 78% 23 1 4%
7 Seasons 1095 45% 1.5% 8.8% 9.5% 5.6% 22% 1.63 77% 266 36 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 1 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 Seasons 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 3 0 37 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1975 27 0 0 4.70 9 0 5 0 0 0 7.2 11 6 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 37 81 1.826 12.9 0.0 3.5 2.3 0.67 81
1976 28 2 2 .500 4.55 25 0 12 0 0 0 29.2 38 19 15 0 20 2 13 1 0 1 144 74 1.955 11.5 0.0 6.1 3.9 0.65 74
1977 29 6 4 .600 4.57 45 1 18 0 0 1 88.2 91 52 45 3 47 8 38 5 1 2 394 81 1.556 9.2 0.3 4.8 3.9 0.81 81
1978 30 6 4 .600 4.57 46 1 19 0 0 1 90.2 94 53 46 3 47 8 39 5 1 2 402 81 1.555 9.3 0.3 4.7 3.9 0.83 81
1979 31 7 5 .583 4.84 81 1 34 0 0 1 176.2 200 107 95 11 77 10 72 9 1 8 780 80 1.568 10.2 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.94 80
1980 32 10 6 .625 4.66 121 2 53 0 0 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 0 0 6 246.2 279 147 127 16 104 15 96 15 1 13 1095 86 1.553 10.2 0.6 3.8 3.5 0.92 86

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 6.63 19.0 30 16 14 0 19 10 0 2.579 14.2 9.0 4.7 0.53 0.0 16
1977 29 2 4 .333 5.50 54.0 55 37 33 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 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 1
1979 31 2 6 .250 5.92 79.0 108 58 52 8 31 30 4 1.759 12.3 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 4.50 22.0 35 12 11 2 10 7 6 2.045 14.3 4.1 2.9 0.70 0.8 12
7 Seasons 8 15 .348 5.28 237.0 295 155 139 17 112 92 17 1.717 11.2 3.5 0.82 0.6 133

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