Steve Barr

Steven Charles Barr

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 8, 1951 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Carson HS (Torrance, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1974
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox 1974-1976

Final Game: September 29, 1976
Relatives: Uncle of Ryan Madson
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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
1969	17	BOS-min	A-	0	4	.000	8.36	9	7					28.0	34	35	26	5	30								2.286	10.9	1.6	9.6			JAM · NYPL
1970	18	BOS-min	A	3	4	.429	4.38	15	15					74.0	72	52	36	6	55								1.716	8.8	0.7	6.7			GRV · WCRS
1971	19	BOS-min	A	1	1	.500	6.00	10	5				0	36.0	38	29	24	2	32		22						1.944	9.5	0.5	8.0	5.5	0.69	WHV · FLOR
1972	20	BOS-min	A	8	9	.471	4.19	19	19					118.0	102	64	55	11	45								1.246	7.8	0.8	3.4			WSM · CARL
1973	21	BOS-min	AA,AAA	8	10	.444	3.45	23	23		1	0	0	146.0	135	72	56	3	79	0	9	0	0	0			1.466	8.3	0.2	4.9	0.6	0.11	BRI,PAW · EL,IL
1974	22	BOS-min	AA	16	8	.667	2.45	25	24		15	4	0	191.0	143	62	52	7	80	1	155	5	1	19			1.168	6.7	0.3	3.8	7.3	1.94	BRI · EL
1974	22	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	4	4	0	6	0	3	0	0	2	39	101	1.444	7.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
1975	23	BOS-min	AAA	6	12	.333	2.92	23	22		7	1	0	148.0	128	65	48	6	80	7	110	4	1	16			1.405	7.8	0.4	4.9	6.7	1.38	PAW · IL
1975	23	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	2.57	3	2	1	0	0	0	7.0	11	9	2	1	7	0	2	0	0	1	38	169	2.571	14.1	1.3	9.0	2.6	0.29
1976	24	TEX	AL	2	6	.250	5.59	20	10	4	3	0	0	67.2	70	51	42	10	44	1	27	0	1	4	309	65	1.685	9.3	1.3	5.9	3.6	0.61
1977	25	KCR-CLE-min	AAA	7	9	.438	5.54	25	20		4	0	0	125.0	145	90	77	8	71	0	64	5	0	10			1.728	10.4	0.6	5.1	4.6	0.90	OMA,TOL · AA,IL
1978	26	CLE-min	AAA	11	7	.611	5.77	28	19		2	0	0	131.0	161	101	84	9	70	1	51	6	1	15			1.763	11.1	0.6	4.8	3.5	0.73	POR · PCL
3 Yrs				3	7	.300	5.16	24	13	5	4	0	0	83.2	88	64	48	11	57	1	32	0	1	7	386	72	1.733	9.5	1.2	6.1	3.4	0.56
162 Game Avg.				6	13	.300	5.16	44	24	9	7	0	0	154	162	118	88	20	105	2	59	0	2	13	709	72	1.733	9.5	1.2	6.1	3.4	0.56

BOS (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	3.38	4	3	1	1	0	0	16.0	18	13	6	1	13	0	5	0	0	3	77	124	1.938	10.1	0.6	7.3	2.8	0.38
TEX (1 yr)				2	6	.250	5.59	20	10	4	3	0	0	67.2	70	51	42	10	44	1	27	0	1	4	309	65	1.685	9.3	1.3	5.9	3.6	0.61

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
1974	22	BOS	AL	9.0	1	1	4	4.00	4.16	0.29	0.12	114.0	4.55	1	0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.564	.500	$
1975	23	BOS	AL	7.0	3	2	9	11.57	4.42	0.50	0.06	112.2	4.46	-6	-0.5	.1	0.0	-0.4	-5	.333	.497	$
1976	24	TEX	AL	67.2	20	10	51	6.78	4.06	-0.01	-0.03	101.3	4.09	-20	-2.1	.4	0.2	-1.3	-14	.397	.487	$
3 Seasons				83.2	24	13	64	6.88	4.10	0.06	-0.01	103.6	4.17	-25	-2.5	.4	0.2	-1.6	-17	.396	.495	$

BOS (2 yrs)				16.0	4	3	13	7.31	4.27	0.38	0.09	113.2	4.51	-5	-0.4	.1	0.0	-0.3	-3	.390	.499	$
TEX (1 yr)				67.2	20	10	51	6.78	4.06	-0.01	-0.03	101.3	4.09	-20	-2.1	.4	0.2	-1.3	-14	.397	.487	$

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
1974	22	BOS	AL	1	39	33	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	6	3	.212	.333	.212	.545	.233	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
1975	23	BOS	AL	3	38	30	9	11	3	0	1	1	1	7	2	.367	.474	.567	1.040	.357	17	2	0	0	1	0	2
1976	24	TEX	AL	20	309	260	51	70	10	3	10	2	1	44	27	.269	.373	.446	.819	.267	116	6	0	3	2	1	5
3 Yrs				24	386	323	64	88	13	3	11	4	2	57	32	.272	.379	.433	.812	.272	140	9	0	3	3	1	7
162 Game Avg.				44	709	594	118	162	24	6	20	7	4	105	59	.272	.379	.433	.812	.272	257	17	0	6	6	2	13
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.368	.692	.281

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1974	22	BOS	AL	0.3	0.0	42	0.1	0.9	-0.8	1.38	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.38	1.4	0	0
1975	23	BOS	AL	-1.4	-0.1	42	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.93	-0.5	0.1	-6.4	-0.6	0.93	-5.8	0	1
1976	24	TEX	AL	-16.0	-1.6	322	-1.5	4.3	-5.8	.90	-0.9	-0.8	-23.0	-2.3	0.90	-14.5	2	7
3 Yrs				-17.2	-1.7	406	-1.9	5.6	-7.5	.95	-1.3	-0.7	-28.9	-2.8	0.95	-19.0	2	8

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
1974	22	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	0	0%	54.0	54	54	0	0	0	1	7.9	7.9	9.0
1975	23	BOS	AL	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	41	33	2	0	1	0	5.1	10.5	3.0
1976	24	TEX	AL	20	10	2	5	3	0	1	3	7	.300	1	2	3	0	3	30%	46.1	79	28	19	5	3	5	4.7	4.0	4.4
3 Yrs				24	13	3	6	4	1	1	5	8	.385	1	2	4	0	3	23%	45	79	28	21	5	4	6	5.0	5.2	4.6
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	106	-5					4.1	4.1	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1975	23	BOS	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		9	.925	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0
1976	24	TEX	AL	20	10	4	1	1	1	8	5	63%	6	.899	2	7	1	9	5	5	8	1	8	7.0
2 Yrs				23	11	5	1	1	1	8	5	63%		.902	2	8	1	10	5	6	8	1	8	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	22	BOS	AL	39	10%	0.0%	7.7%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.40	77%	10	1	10%
1975	23	BOS	AL	38	8%	2.6%	5.3%	18.4%	10.5%	36%	2.00	74%	8	2	25%
1976	24	TEX	AL	309	27%	3.2%	8.7%	14.2%	7.4%	33%	1.70	73%	60	6	10%
3 Yrs				386	23%	2.9%	8.3%	14.8%	7.0%	31%	1.68	73%	78	9	12%
MLB Averages					45%	1.7%	12.9%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.08	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
1974	22	BOS	AL	39	7			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	80%	0	2	0	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1975	23	BOS	AL	38	11			1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	100%	2	1	0	17	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1976	24	TEX	AL	309	70			10	0	12	8	2	7	3	29	16	3	55%	5	4	0	98	2	1	67%	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	7	0
3 Yrs				386	88			11	1	17	9	2	7	4	36	22	3	61%	7	7	0	130	4	2	67%	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		51%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1974	22	1	0	1.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	9.0	7	4	4	0	6	0	3	0	2	39	101	1.444	7.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	101
1975	23	1	1	.500	3.38	4	3	1	1	16.0	18	13	6	1	13	0	5	0	3	77	124	1.938	10.1	0.6	7.3	2.8	0.38	124
1976	24	3	7	.300	5.16	24	13	5	4	83.2	88	64	48	11	57	1	32	1	7	386	72	1.733	9.5	1.2	6.1	3.4	0.56	72

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1974	22	0	0		4.00	9.0	7	4	4	0	6	3	1.444	7.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	0.0	1
1975	23	0	0		2.57	7.0	11	2	2	1	7	2	2.571	14.1	9.0	2.6	0.29	1.3	3
1976	24	1	5	.167	7.11	62.0	76	54	49	11	48	25	2.000	11.0	7.0	3.6	0.52	1.6	20
3 Yrs		1	5	.167	6.35	78.0	94	60	55	12	61	30	1.987	10.8		3.5	0.49	1.4	24

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