Barry Lersch
[edit] Biography
Born on September 7, 1944 in Denver, Colorado, Barry Lersch (Barry Lee Lersch) played for the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 6 year career. Lersch broke into the bigs on April 8, 1969 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.26 ERA in 138 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Barry Lersch's best season was 1970, when he posted a 3.26 ERA and struck out 92 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1969
| PHI
| N
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7.13
| 13
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 17.2
| 20
| 6
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1970
| PHI
| N
| 42
| 11
| 6
| 3
| 3.26
| 92
| 52
| 50
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 138
| 119
| 17
| 47
| 5
| 4
| 1
|
| 1971
| PHI
| N
| 38
| 30
| 5
| 14
| 3.78
| 113
| 97
| 90
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 214.1
| 203
| 28
| 50
| 2
| 8
| 3
|
| 1972
| PHI
| N
| 36
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 3.04
| 48
| 37
| 34
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 100.2
| 86
| 8
| 33
| 7
| 3
| 3
|
| 1973
| PHI
| N
| 42
| 4
| 3
| 6
| 4.39
| 51
| 49
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 98.1
| 105
| 10
| 27
| 4
| 4
| 2
|
| 1974
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.1
| 3
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 169
| 53
| 18
| 32
| 3.82
| 317
| 255
| 242
| 9
| 1
| 6
| 570.1
| 536
| 70
| 172
| 20
| 20
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1969
| PHI
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 17.2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| PHI
| N
| P
| 42
| 11
| 138
| 6
| 18
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 2
| 0
| .923
|
| 1971
| PHI
| N
| P
| 38
| 30
| 214.1
| 14
| 30
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 7
| 1
| .957
|
| 1972
| PHI
| N
| P
| 36
| 8
| 100.2
| 7
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1973
| PHI
| N
| P
| 42
| 4
| 98.1
| 5
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| .947
|
| 1974
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 169
| 53
| 570.1
| 34
| 82
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 38
| 11
| 1
| .943
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1969
| PHI
| N
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| PHI
| N
| 42
| 31
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .065
| .118
| .065
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| PHI
| N
| 44
| 59
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .169
| .269
| .186
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 23
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1972
| PHI
| N
| 37
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .042
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| PHI
| N
| 43
| 17
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .176
| .222
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 177
| 133
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 3
| .113
| .185
| .120
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 56
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (December 27, 1964).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Craig Robinson to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Ron Schueler (December 3, 1973).
- Sold by Atlanta Braves to St. Louis Cardinals (September 14, 1974).
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