Barry Lersch
Barry Lee Lersch
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 7, 1944 in Denver, CO
School: Mesa State College
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1969
Final Game: September 21, 1974
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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
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 50 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 3 416 118 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 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 9 6.000 20.3 6.8 33.8 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 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 99 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 9 6.000 20.3 6.8 33.8 0.0 0.00

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 169 2376 2146 255 536 83 19 70 38 11 172 317 .250 .306 .404 .710 .262 867 37 10 30 18 20
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
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
1970 25 PHI NL 42 11 4 3 4 0 0 7 4 .636 1 1 3 0 8 73% 59 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 3 6 3 0 18 60% 52 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% 59 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 68 27 3 1 1 2 2.9 3.5 6.0
4 Seasons 158 53 13 23 17 1 8 22 31 .415 4 8 9 1 32 60% 54 89 23 55 18 20 17 3.3 3.3 6.7
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
1969 24 PHI NL 10 10 4 0 3 3 2 1 67% 3 0 6 2 33% 7 1.149 4 1 4 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 0.826 8 7 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 1.045 2 3 3 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 0.949 4 10 14 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 0.878 10 6 19 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 0.063 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
6 Seasons 169 116 47 5 9 7 6 1 86% 9 1 72 26 36% 0.945 28 27 55 10 21 85 40 76 70 16 73 20 5.6

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%
1969 24 PHI NL 83 43% 7.2% 15.7% 12.1% 9.6% 40% 1.17 61% 21 1 5%
1970 25 PHI NL 572 40% 3.0% 16.1% 8.2% 6.6% 32% 1.06 72% 85 10 12%
1971 26 PHI NL 875 42% 3.2% 12.9% 5.7% 6.9% 30% 1.14 76% 139 16 12%
1972 27 PHI NL 416 39% 1.9% 11.5% 7.9% 7.5% 36% 1.07 77% 75 5 7%
1973 28 PHI NL 418 44% 2.4% 12.2% 6.5% 7.9% 31% 1.25 77% 80 5 6%
1974 29 STL NL 12 25% 8.3% 0.0% 41.7% 16.7% 67% 0.33 50% 4 0 0%
6 Seasons 2376 41% 3.0% 13.3% 7.2% 7.2% 32% 1.12 75% 404 37 9%
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
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 2 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 3 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 Seasons 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 5 0 50 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+
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 50 1.698 10.2 3.1 5.1 6.6 1.30 50
1970 25 6 6 .500 3.70 52 11 18 3 0 5 155.2 139 66 64 23 57 7 105 2 0 5 656 107 1.259 8.0 1.3 3.3 6.1 1.84 107
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 99 1.214 8.3 1.2 2.6 5.3 2.04 99
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 99 1.230 8.4 1.1 2.6 5.0 1.90 99
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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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
1969 24 0 1 .000 8.44 16.0 22 17 15 7 11 12 1 2.063 12.4 6.2 6.8 1.09 3.9 10
1970 25 9 6 .600 3.33 135.0 120 56 50 17 47 90 1 1.237 8.0 3.1 6.0 1.91 1.1 42
1971 26 10 12 .455 4.48 201.0 215 111 100 30 53 106 3 1.333 9.6 2.4 4.7 2.00 1.3 38
1972 27 6 5 .545 3.39 101.0 94 42 38 9 36 48 3 1.287 8.4 3.2 4.3 1.33 0.8 36
1973 28 4 6 .400 4.69 94.0 107 54 49 10 28 49 2 1.436 10.2 2.7 4.7 1.75 1.0 42
1974 29 0 0 54.00 1.0 3 7 6 1 5 0 0 8.000 27.0 45.0 0.0 0.00 9.0 1
6 Seasons 29 30 .492 4.24 548.0 561 287 258 74 180 305 10 1.352 9.2 5.0 1.69 1.2 169

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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