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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
School: Mesa State College
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:40AM
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… 

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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 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 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
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 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: 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 Awards
1969 24 PHI NL 17.2 0 14 11 -1 1.0 -3 -0.5 $
1970 25 PHI NL 138.0 11 52 90 -7 .8 38 3.2 $
1971 26 PHI NL 214.1 30 97 109 2 1.0 12 1.3 $
1972 27 PHI NL 100.2 8 37 54 0 .9 17 1.6 $
1973 28 PHI NL 98.1 4 49 57 -1 .9 8 0.3 $
1974 29 STL NL 1.1 0 6 1 0 .0 -5 -0.3 $
6 Seasons 570.1 53 255 322 -7 .9 67 5.6 $
PHI (5 yrs) 569.0 53 249 321 -7 .9 72 5.9 $
STL (1 yr) 1.1 0 6 1 0 .0 -5 -0.3 $

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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 Awards
1969 24 PHI NL 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 25 PHI NL 42 39 31 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .065 .118 .065 .182 -49 2 0 0 5 1 0 1
1971 26 PHI NL 44 73 59 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 23 .169 .269 .186 .455 31 11 1 1 6 0 0 1
1972 27 PHI NL 37 24 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .042 .000 .042 -87 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 28 PHI NL 43 18 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .176 .222 .176 .399 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 177 157 133 9 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 11 56 .113 .185 .120 .305 -13 16 1 1 11 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 144 122 8 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 51 .113 .185 .120 .305 -13 15 1 1 10 1 0
PHI (5 yrs) 176 157 133 9 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 11 56 .113 .185 .120 .305 -13 16 1 1 11 1 0
STL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1969 24 PHI NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1970 25 PHI NL 39 -6 0 -1 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1971 26 PHI NL 73 -5 -1 1 0 0 5 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1972 27 PHI NL 24 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1973 28 PHI NL 18 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
5 Seasons 157 -19 -1 0 0 0 12 5 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1969 PHI NL 24 P 10 0 0 17.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.08 0.80 .958 1.94 1.94 3 0 0% 0
1970 PHI NL 25 P 42 11 3 138.0 26 6 18 2 3 .923 1.57 0.57 .951 1.85 1.84 14 2 13% 0
1971 PHI NL 26 P 38 30 3 214.1 46 14 30 2 2 .957 1.85 1.16 .954 1.90 1.90 14 7 33% 1
1972 PHI NL 27 P 36 8 3 100.2 24 7 15 2 0 .917 1.97 0.61 .950 1.78 1.78 2 0 0% 0
1973 PHI NL 28 P 42 4 0 98.1 19 5 13 1 2 .947 1.65 0.43 .950 1.88 1.88 5 2 29% 0
1974 STL NL 29 P 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.90 0 0 0
6 Seasons P 169 53 9 570.1 123 34 82 7 7 .943 1.83 0.69 .952 1.86 1.86 38 11 22% 1
6 Seasons TOT 169 53 9 570.1 123 34 82 7 7 .943 1.83 0.69 .952 1.86 1.86 38 11 22% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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