Len Barker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 225lb (196cm, 102kg)

Born: July 7, 1955 in Fort Knox, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Neshaminy HS (Langhorne, PA).

High School: Neshaminy HS (Langhorne, PA)

Debut: September 14, 1976 (Age 21-069d, 13,815th in major league history)
vs. CAL 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1987 (Age 32-081d)
vs. BOS 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Leonard Harold Barker

Nicknames: Large Lenny

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

ERA

4.34

248

194

1323.2

975

WHIP

1.361

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-3 / in Starts: 8-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	238	44	May 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-4		99	3.1	6	5	5	1	1	2	1	13.50	11.87	18	6	3	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.272	.85	-0.16%	-3.76	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	239	48	Jun 3	MIL		KCR	W,4-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	3	5.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.40	6.11	21	6	7	0	1	4	61			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.221	1.08	0.18%	2.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
3	240	54	Jun 10	MIL	@	DET	W,8-5	GS-1		6	0.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	9.72	6.11	5	1	4	2	0	0	24			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.320	1.37	-0.26%	-4.35	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	241	117	Aug 16	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-6		66	5.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	7.24	4.99	21	11	1	0	0	5	50			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.168	.21	0.02%	1.65	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
5	242	122	Aug 21	MIL		KCR	W,3-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.1	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.95	4.32	26	11	6	0	0	4	66			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.14	0.331	.24	0.04%	2.99	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
6	243	129	Aug 29	MIL		MIN	L,3-12	GS-4	L(2-1)	7	3.1	6	3	3	2	1	2	0	5.40	5.40	16	4	3	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.208	.32	-0.06%	-2.21	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	244	134	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-8		5	8.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	1	4.31	5.17	30	14	10	3	0	1	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	0	.95	0.272	.34	0.06%	3.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	245	139	Sep 9	MIL		TOR	W,6-4	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	4	0	4	0	0	4.62	4.60	22	6	6	0	0	6	45			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.192	.13	-0.01%	-0.85	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d2
9	246	144	Sep 14	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-5		4	4.1	7	4	3	3	5	0	0	4.79	4.40	23	2	6	1	0	7	37			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.167	.10	-0.01%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out a1
10	247	151	Sep 22(2)	MIL		NYY	L,8-10	GS-1		7	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.23	4.47	4	0	0	0	0	3	35			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.267	.00	0.00%	-3.35	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d2
11	248	155	Sep 26	MIL		BOS	W,3-2	GS-3		3	2.1	2	2	2	4	0	1	0	5.36	4.95	12	5	1	0	0	2	41			0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
							8-3		W-L:2-1	4.8	43.2	54	27	26	17	22	6	2	5.36	4.95	198	1.40		5%	1%	44	45		---%	3	3	0	178	9	2	1	5	0	3	.97	-0.530	.37	-0.21%	-6.23

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