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Barry Lersch

Barry Lee Lersch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 7, 1944 in Denver, CO
High School: East Denver HS (Denver, CO)
Schools: Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), Mesa State College (Grand Junction, CO)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1969
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1969-1974

Final Game: September 21, 1974
Died: October 4, 2009 in Aurora, CO
Buried: Body donated to medical science,
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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
1965	20	PHI-min	A	9	9	.500	2.85	24	24					161.0	135	68	51	9	50								1.149	7.5	0.5	2.8			SPB · WCRS
1966	21	PHI-min	A	5	10	.333	4.99	28	15					110.0	123	66	61	9	51								1.582	10.1	0.7	4.2			TID,SPB · CARL,WCRS
1967	22	PHI-min	A	6	1	.857	1.69	9	7					48.0	33	10	9	4	6		53						0.812	6.2	0.8	1.1	9.9	8.83	TID · CARL
1968	23	PHI-min	AAA	11	8	.579	2.84	26	25		14	3		174.0	157	65	55	10	38	2	114	1	0	4			1.121	8.1	0.5	2.0	5.9	3.00	SDG · PCL
1969	24	PHI-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.39	15	14		7	3	0	101.0	101	38	38	9	12	2	53	1	0	4			1.119	9.0	0.8	1.1	4.7	4.42	EUG · PCL
1969	24	PHI	NL	0	3	.000	7.13	10	0	4	0	0	2	17.2	20	14	14	6	10	2	13	1	0	1	83	51	1.698	10.2	3.1	5.1	6.6	1.30
1970	25	PHI	NL	6	3	.667	3.26	42	11	14	3	0	3	138.0	119	52	50	17	47	5	92	1	0	4	573	123	1.203	7.8	1.1	3.1	6.0	1.96
1971	26	PHI	NL	5	14	.263	3.78	38	30	4	3	0	0	214.1	203	97	90	28	50	2	113	3	0	8	875	94	1.180	8.5	1.2	2.1	4.7	2.26
1972	27	PHI	NL	4	6	.400	3.04	36	8	4	3	1	0	100.2	86	37	34	8	33	7	48	3	1	3	416	119	1.182	7.7	0.7	3.0	4.3	1.45
1973	28	PHI	NL	3	6	.333	4.39	42	4	21	0	0	1	98.1	105	49	48	10	27	4	51	2	0	4	418	86	1.342	9.6	0.9	2.5	4.7	1.89
1974	29	ATL-min	AAA	14	8	.636	3.10	36	20		8	2	1	174.0	164	65	60	15	40	4	104	0	0	3			1.172	8.5	0.8	2.1	5.4	2.60	RMD · IL
1974	29	STL	NL	0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	6	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	6.000	20.3	6.8	33.8	0.0	0.00
1975	30	CLE-min	AAA	6	2	.750	4.67	32	5		0	0	0	108.0	116	62	56	12	32	2	54	2	0	8			1.370	9.7	1.0	2.7	4.5	1.69	OKC · AA
6 Yrs				18	32	.360	3.82	169	53	47	9	1	6	570.1	536	255	242	70	172	20	317	10	1	20	2377	97	1.241	8.5	1.1	2.7	5.0	1.84
162 Game Avg.				6	10	.360	3.82	52	16	14	3	0	2	175	164	78	74	21	53	6	97	3	0	6	728	97	1.241	8.5	1.1	2.7	5.0	1.84

PHI (5 yrs)				18	32	.360	3.73	168	53	47	9	1	6	569.0	533	249	236	69	167	20	317	10	1	20	2365	100	1.230	8.4	1.1	2.6	5.0	1.90
STL (1 yr)				0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	6	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	6.000	20.3	6.8	33.8	0.0	0.00

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
1969	24	PHI	NL	17.2	10	0	14	7.13	4.18	-0.41	-0.18	106.3	4.69	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.447	.497	$
1970	25	PHI	NL	138.0	42	11	52	3.39	4.54	-0.42	-0.04	100.1	4.93	22	2.3	.8	-0.2	3.2	37	.555	.514	$
1971	26	PHI	NL	214.1	38	30	97	4.07	3.82	0.05	0.04	102.0	3.90	-6	-0.7	.9	-0.1	0.8	14	.481	.496	$
1972	27	PHI	NL	100.2	36	8	37	3.31	3.92	-0.02	-0.05	103.0	4.01	7	0.8	.9	-0.2	1.4	16	.521	.505	$
1973	28	PHI	NL	98.1	42	4	49	4.48	4.21	-0.08	-0.23	102.3	4.14	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.1	0.3	5	.490	.497	$
1974	29	STL	NL	1.1	1	0	6	40.50	3.95	0.26	-0.32	98.0	3.30	-6	-0.4	.0	0.2	-0.2	-5	.143	.498	$
6 Seasons				570.1	169	53	255	4.02	4.09	-0.11	-0.05	101.9	4.23	8	1.1	.9	-0.6	5.0	65	.506	.501	$

PHI (5 yrs)				569.0	168	53	249	3.94	4.09	-0.11	-0.05	101.9	4.23	13	1.5	.9	-0.7	5.2	70	.509	.502	$
STL (1 yr)				1.1	1	0	6	40.50	3.95	0.26	-0.32	98.0	3.30	-6	-0.4	.0	0.2	-0.2	-5	.143	.498	$

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
1969	24	PHI	NL	10	83	70	14	20	2	0	6	3	0	10	13	.286	.383	.571	.954	.275	40	1	1	2	0	2	1
1970	25	PHI	NL	42	572	513	52	119	16	5	17	14	2	47	92	.232	.295	.382	.677	.249	196	10	1	6	5	5	7
1971	26	PHI	NL	38	875	807	97	203	29	3	28	14	7	50	113	.252	.297	.399	.696	.262	322	16	3	12	3	2	7
1972	27	PHI	NL	36	416	372	37	86	17	6	8	2	0	33	48	.231	.297	.374	.670	.245	139	5	3	5	3	7	4
1973	28	PHI	NL	42	418	377	49	105	18	5	10	5	2	27	51	.279	.324	.432	.757	.294	163	5	2	5	7	4	2
1974	29	STL	NL	1	12	7	6	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	.429	.667	1.000	1.667	.333	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				169	2376	2146	255	536	83	19	70	38	11	172	317	.250	.306	.404	.710	.262	867	37	10	30	18	20	21
162 Game Avg.				52	728	657	78	164	25	6	21	12	3	53	97	.250	.306	.404	.710	.262	266	11	3	9	6	6	6
MLB Averages																.252	.321	.370	.691	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	24	PHI	NL	-6.1	-0.6	86	-1.4	1.4	-2.8	1.09	-0.7	-0.5	-3.3	-0.3	1.09	-7.0	4	0	5
1970	25	PHI	NL	13.6	1.4	596	1.3	8.5	-7.2	.81	1.3	0.3	18.5	1.9	0.81	13.4	7	8	14
1971	26	PHI	NL	-3.5	-0.4	904	-1.2	15.3	-16.5	1.03	0.7	-1.8	-3.0	-0.3	1.03	2.0	2	2	4
1972	27	PHI	NL	6.7	0.7	422	0.5	6.6	-6.0	.91	0.9	-0.3	4.4	0.5	0.91	6.7	4	9	15
1973	28	PHI	NL	-4.1	-0.4	429	-0.6	5.8	-6.4	.85	-0.4	-0.3	-5.1	-0.5	0.85	-2.9	10	6	16
1974	29	STL	NL	-4.9	-0.4	12	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.04	-0.3	-0.0	-6.4	-0.5	0.04	-3.2	0	0	1
6 Yrs				1.8	0.3	2449	-1.3	37.4	-38.8	.92	1.4	-2.9	5.2	0.7	0.92	8.9	27	25	55

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
1970	25	PHI	NL	42	11	4	3	4	0	0	7	4	.636	2	1	3	0	8	73%	58.7	76	30	15	4	2	4	3.9	3.9	7.1
1971	26	PHI	NL	38	30	5	14	11	1	7	10	20	.333	4	6	3	0	18	60%	51.9	78	23	17	8	13	8	3.3	3.0	6.7
1972	27	PHI	NL	36	8	4	4	0	0	1	4	4	.500	0	0	3	1	5	63%	58.5	89	26	20	5	4	3	3.1	3.5	6.5
1973	28	PHI	NL	42	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	1	25%	45.0	68	27	3	1	1	2	2.9	3.5	6.0
4 Yrs				158	53	13	23	17	1	8	22	31	.415	6	8	9	1	32	60%	54	89	23	55	18	20	17	3.3	3.3	6.7
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.5

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
1969	24	PHI	NL	10	10	4	0	3	3	2	1	67%	3	0	6	2	33%	7	1.089	4	0	5	3	2	5	3	7	7	1	7	1	5.3
1970	25	PHI	NL	42	31	14	2	0	3	3	0	100%	5	1	32	10	31%	5	.810	7	8	14	6	2	23	17	14	20	4	21	7	5.8
1971	26	PHI	NL	38	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	9	1.029	2	2	4	0	3	5	1	7	4	1	4	2	5.0
1972	27	PHI	NL	36	28	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	12	4	33%	6	.913	4	9	15	0	7	21	10	18	19	5	20	5	5.3
1973	28	PHI	NL	42	38	21	3	4	1	1	0	100%	1	0	20	8	40%	7	.852	10	6	16	1	7	30	9	29	19	5	20	5	5.9
1974	29	STL	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.035	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4.0
6 Yrs				169	116	47	5	9	7	6	1	86%	9	1	72	26	36%		.922	27	25	55	10	21	85	40	76	70	16	73	20	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	24	PHI	NL	83	57%	7.2%	15.7%	12.1%	9.6%	40%	1.17	61%	21	1	5%
1970	25	PHI	NL	572	60%	3.0%	16.1%	8.2%	6.6%	32%	1.06	72%	85	10	12%
1971	26	PHI	NL	875	58%	3.2%	12.9%	5.7%	6.9%	30%	1.14	76%	139	16	12%
1972	27	PHI	NL	416	61%	1.9%	11.5%	7.9%	7.5%	36%	1.07	77%	75	5	7%
1973	28	PHI	NL	418	56%	2.4%	12.2%	6.5%	7.9%	31%	1.25	77%	80	5	6%
1974	29	STL	NL	12	75%	8.3%	0.0%	41.7%	16.7%	67%	0.33	50%	4	0	0%
6 Yrs				2376	59%	3.0%	13.3%	7.2%	7.2%	32%	1.12	75%	404	37	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.4%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.10	73%			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
1969	24	PHI	NL	83	20			6	0	3	4	2	4	2	6	0	2	0%	1	1	0	38	3	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1970	25	PHI	NL	572	119			17	0	11	9	8	9	8	32	15	4	47%	7	4	3	184	14	2	88%	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1971	26	PHI	NL	875	203			28	0	7	15	13	14	14	20	10	2	50%	7	8	0	286	14	7	67%	11	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	16	0
1972	27	PHI	NL	416	86			8	0	4	7	1	1	7	17	9	2	53%	4	3	0	151	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1973	28	PHI	NL	418	105			10	0	15	7	3	5	5	37	25	3	68%	2	4	0	144	5	2	71%	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0
1974	29	STL	NL	12	3			1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2376	536			70	1	42	43	27	34	36	112	59	13	53%	21	20	3	808	38	11	78%	33	9	5	1	0	1	1	0	50	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1969	24	0	3	.000	7.13	10	0	4	0	0	2	17.2	20	14	14	6	10	2	13	1	0	1	83	51	1.698	10.2	3.1	5.1	6.6	1.30	51
1970	25	6	6	.500	3.70	52	11	18	3	0	5	155.2	139	66	64	23	57	7	105	2	0	5	656	108	1.259	8.0	1.3	3.3	6.1	1.84	108
1971	26	11	20	.355	3.75	90	41	22	6	0	5	370.0	342	163	154	51	107	9	218	5	0	13	1531	100	1.214	8.3	1.2	2.6	5.3	2.04	100
1972	27	15	26	.366	3.59	126	49	26	9	1	5	470.2	428	200	188	59	140	16	266	8	1	16	1947	103	1.207	8.2	1.1	2.7	5.1	1.90	103
1973	28	18	32	.360	3.73	168	53	47	9	1	6	569.0	533	249	236	69	167	20	317	10	1	20	2365	100	1.230	8.4	1.1	2.6	5.0	1.90	100
1974	29	18	32	.360	3.82	169	53	47	9	1	6	570.1	536	255	242	70	172	20	317	10	1	20	2377	97	1.241	8.5	1.1	2.7	5.0	1.84	97

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1969	24	0	1	.000	7.94	17.0	21	17	15	6	10	13	1	1.824	11.1	5.3	6.9	1.30	3.2	10
1970	25	9	6	.600	3.24	136.0	118	54	49	17	47	90	1	1.213	7.8	3.1	6.0	1.91	1.1	42
1971	26	10	12	.455	4.41	202.0	213	110	99	29	52	107	3	1.312	9.5	2.3	4.8	2.06	1.3	38
1972	27	6	5	.545	3.39	101.0	93	42	38	9	36	48	3	1.277	8.3	3.2	4.3	1.33	0.8	36
1973	28	4	6	.400	4.79	94.0	107	56	50	10	28	49	2	1.436	10.2	2.7	4.7	1.75	1.0	42
1974	29	0	0		63.00	1.0	3	8	7	1	5	0	0	8.000	27.0	45.0	0.0	0.00	9.0	1
6 Yrs		29	30	.492	4.21	551.0	555	287	258	72	178	307	10	1.330	9.1		5.0	1.72	1.2	169

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1971 NL 2.100 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1971 NL 28 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1971 NL 14 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL 2.100 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1971 NL 28 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1971 NL 14 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Jim Hannan (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Whitehurst (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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