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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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
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	97	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 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	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)			AL	8	4	.667	4.65	108	2	48	0	0	6	217.0	241	128	112	16	84	13	83	14	1	12	951	89	1.498	10.0	0.7	3.5	3.4	0.99
NL (2 yrs)			NL	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1975	27	STL	NL	7.2	0	6	5	0	.5	-1	-0.2	$
1976	28	HOU	NL	22.0	0	13	11	0	.8	-2	-0.3	$
1977	29	CAL	AL	59.0	1	33	38	-1	.7	5	0.1	$
1978	30	CAL	AL	2.0	0	1	1	0	.0	0	0.0	$
1979	31	CAL	AL	86.0	0	54	54	-3	.5	0	-0.5	$
1980	32	TOR	AL	55.0	1	29	35	0	1.0	6	0.2	$
1981	33	TOR	AL	15.0	0	11	9	0	.4	-2	-0.2	$
7 Seasons				246.2	2	147	153	-4	.7	6	-0.9	$

CAL (3 yrs)				147.0	1	88	93	-4	.6	5	-0.4	$
TOR (2 yrs)				70.0	1	40	44	0	.9	4	0.0	$
STL (1 yr)				7.2	0	6	5	0	.5	-1	-0.2	$
HOU (1 yr)				22.0	0	13	11	0	.8	-2	-0.3	$

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1970	22	OAK-min	A-	16	24	24		2	0	1	1						.083	.083	.292	.375		7						CNB · NORW
1971	23	OAK-min	A	26	22	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.045	.045	.045	.091		1						BUR · MIDW
1972	24	OAK-min	A,AA	39	63	57	4	8	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	28	.140	.197	.193	.390		11		1	2	0		KEY,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1973	25	OAK-min	AA	28																								BIR · SOUL
1974	26	OAK-min	AAA	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1975	27	OAK-STL-min	AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		TUC,TUL · PCL,AA
1975	27	STL	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1976	28	ANA-HOU-min	AAA	34	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000		2		0	0	0		SLC,MEM · PCL,IL
1976	28	HOU	NL	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1977	29	ANA-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		SLC · PCL
1977	29	CAL	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	30	ANA-min	AAA	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		SLC · PCL
1978	30	CAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1979	31	CAL	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	32	TOR-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		SYR · IL
1980	32	TOR	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	33	TOR-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1981	33	TOR	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	34	TOR-min	AAA	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
7 Seasons				133	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

CAL (3 yrs)				56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (2 yrs)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1976	28	HOU	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1 Season				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1975	STL	NL	27	P	9	0	7.2	2	0	1	1	0	.500	1.17	0.11	.945	1.88	1.86	1	0	0%	0
1976	HOU	NL	28	P	16	0	22.0	7	0	7	0	0	1.000	2.86	0.44	.950	1.88	1.87	2	1	33%	1
1977	CAL	AL	29	P	20	1	59.0	17	5	10	2	0	.882	2.29	0.75	.948	1.95	1.93	0	3	100%	0
1978	CAL	AL	30	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90	0	0		0
1979	CAL	AL	31	P	35	0	86.0	15	4	11	0	2	1.000	1.57	0.43	.949	1.92	1.89	13	2	13%	0
1980	TOR	AL	32	P	40	1	55.0	12	2	9	1	0	.917	1.80	0.28	.957	1.85	1.85	8	2	20%	0
1981	TOR	AL	33	P	12	0	15.0	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	3.00	0.42	.964	1.98	1.98	0	0		0
	7 Seasons			P	133	2	246.2	58	11	43	4	2	.931	1.97	0.41	.952	1.91	1.89	24	8	25%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	133	2	246.2	58	11	43	4	2	.931	1.97	0.41	.952	1.91	1.89	24	8	25%	1

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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 26th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 17, 1970: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.
June 17, 1970: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.
May 23, 1975: the Oakland Athletics sent Mike Barlow to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on May 18, 1975. May 18, 1975: The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later and Steve Staniland (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Martinez.
September 30, 1975: the St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Barlow to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on June 25, 1975. June 25, 1975: The St. Louis Cardinals sent a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Mike Easler.
June 6, 1976: Traded by the Houston Astros with Terry Humphrey to the California Angels for Ed Herrmann.
March 17, 1980: Traded by the California Angels to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mark Wiley.

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