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: 19-14 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	134	2	Apr 11	CLE		TEX	W,13-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	1	1	1.00	4.16	36	11	12	2	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.226	.42	0.15%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
2	135	6	Apr 16	CLE		KCR	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	10	0	0	1.69	2.65	28	5	6	1	0	5	67			2	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.094	1.64	0.08%	1.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	136	11	Apr 22	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	6.0	2	3	2	6	4	0	0	2.05	3.13	25	8	5	0	0	2	56			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.13	-0.065	1.45	-0.05%	-0.01	1b start a 1	7b 123 0 out a3
4	137	16	Apr 28	CLE		SEA	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	3	1	1	4	6	0	0	1.86	3.03	27	8	6	0	0	3	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.135	.38	0.07%	2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
May				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
5	138	21	May 3	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	6	4	2	6	5	0	0	1.95	3.18	37	10	10	1	0	6	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.34	0.075	1.02	0.03%	0.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
6	139	25	May 8	CLE	@	OAK	W,8-5	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	6.0	5	4	3	3	4	0	0	2.30	3.14	26	8	6	0	0	5	49			4	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	.91	0.053	.62	0.02%	-0.16	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a4
7	140	30	May 13	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-9		4	9.0	7	2	2	7	3	0	0	2.25	3.35	38	13	8	0	0	7	61			0	1	0	30	2	1	1	1	0	1	1.48	0.369	1.39	0.21%	2.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
8	141	35	May 19	CLE		TOR	L,5-8	GS-8	L(4-2)	5	7.1	8	6	6	3	2	0	0	2.88	3.36	31	13	5	1	0	8	37			0	2	0	27	1	4	0	0	1	1	1.27	-0.480	.79	-0.18%	-2.19	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d1
9	142	40	May 24	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-2	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.77	3.16	33	13	7	1	0	4	76			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.21	0.099	.07	0.02%	2.64	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
10	143	45	May 30	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	9	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.68	2.92	37	5	11	1	0	9	69			0	1	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.371	.84	0.16%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
11	144	49	Jun 4	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS-8	W(7-2)	4	7.0	4	3	3	4	3	0	1	2.77	3.01	30	8	10	0	0	4	56			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.044	1.29	0.03%	0.43	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a3
12	145	54	Jun 9(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-3)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.73	3.09	29	10	6	0	0	6	65			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.032	1.23	0.02%	2.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
13	146	58	Jun 14(1)	CLE		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	11	0	0	2.49	2.89	33	7	9	0	0	4	88			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.263	.26	0.08%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	147	63	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GS-10		5	10.0	7	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.59	2.91	39	13	12	2	0	7	67			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.195	.86	0.08%	1.00	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
15	148	68	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-3	L(8-4)	4	2.2	7	8	8	3	3	2	0	3.16	3.16	18	3	2	0	0	7	12			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.434	.45	-0.13%	-6.63	1b start a 1	3b --- 2 out d7
Jul				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
16	149	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	7.0	4	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.12	3.04	27	6	7	0	1	3	68			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.242	.81	0.11%	1.50	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a3
17	150	78	Jul 6	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS-6	L(9-5)	4	5.2	9	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.41	3.18	28	9	6	0	0	9	25			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.311	.25	-0.08%	-3.49	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d4
18	151	83	Jul 11	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	5	3	2	0	7	0	0	3.32	3.05	33	14	7	1	0	5	74			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	0.318	.73	0.10%	1.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	152	87	Jul 18	CLE		CAL	W,5-4	GS-7		6	6.0	8	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.37	3.18	28	7	5	2	0	8	48			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.104	.23	-0.02%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
20	153	92	Jul 24	CLE		SEA	L,0-9	GS-6	L(10-6)	5	5.1	12	7	7	1	4	1	0	3.67	3.21	27	3	7	0	0	12	19			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.233	.18	-0.05%	-3.68	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d6
21	154	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-1	GS-10		4	10.0	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.50	3.13	40	11	12	2	0	8	77			1	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.621	.34	0.08%	3.70	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
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
22	155	103	Aug 3(1)	CLE		TEX	W,2-0	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	7.1	3	0	0	5	5	0	0	3.34	3.14	30	7	10	0	0	3	72			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.415	.44	0.08%	3.48	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
23	156	108	Aug 8	CLE		MIL	L,6-7	CG	L(11-7)	4	9.0	10	7	7	2	3	2	0	3.53	3.27	38	11	12	2	0	10	40			1	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.38	-0.768	.69	-0.23%	-2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	157	113	Aug 14	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	L(11-8)	5	8.1	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.52	3.32	32	11	7	2	0	7	58			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	-0.218	.06	-0.01%	0.98	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
25	158	118	Aug 20	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	GS-8	W(12-8)	5	8.0	4	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.61	3.39	32	16	4	0	0	4	54			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.129	.10	-0.01%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
26	159	123	Aug 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	L(12-9)	4	9.0	3	5	3	4	9	0	0	3.58	3.33	36	13	7	0	0	3	70			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	3	.69	-0.177	.05	-0.01%	-0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
27	160	128	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-14	GS-6	L(12-10)	5	5.0	12	7	7	1	5	1	0	3.80	3.34	27	4	6	1	0	11	19			2	0	1	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.513	.00	0.00%	-3.49	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
28	161	134	Sep 5	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	GS-6	L(12-11)	4	5.0	10	5	5	0	4	1	0	3.92	3.35	24	4	6	1	0	10	31			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-2.88	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d3
29	162	139	Sep 10	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	1	3.88	3.31	27	7	8	0	0	5	63			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.54	0.134	.00	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
30	163	145	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-6	W(13-11)	4	6.0	4	4	1	2	3	0	0	3.82	3.29	26	14	6	1	1	1	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.06	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
31	164	149	Sep 21(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS-7		5	7.0	11	8	7	3	7	1	0	3.98	3.31	35	4	10	0	0	11	29			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.14	-0.462	.00	0.00%	-4.57	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d3
32	165	154	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-7	W(14-11)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	9	1	0	3.97	3.29	29	5	7	0	0	7	59			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.170	.00	0.00%	0.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
33	166	158	Oct 1(1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(15-11)	4	9.0	4	2	2	4	13	0	0	3.90	3.21	35	6	8	3	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.370	.00	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
							19-14		W-L:15-11	4.4	244.2	211	117	106	88	187	17	3	3.90	3.21	1021	1.15		4%	0%	206	56		---%	24	8	1	911	38	10	2	16	9	15	1.08	-0.092	.51	0.56%	6.56

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