Len Barker

Full Name: Leonard Harold Barker	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/225	First Game: September 14, 1976
Birthdate: July 27, 1955	Final Game: September 26, 1987
Birthplace: Fort Knox, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 27, 1955 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, Len Barker (Leonard Harold Barker) played for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 11 year career. Barker broke into the bigs on September 14, 1976 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 4.82 ERA in 52.1 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Len Barker's best season was 1982, when he posted a 3.90 ERA, won 15 games, struck out 187 batters and pitched the first perfect game in 13 years.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1976	TEX	A	2	2	1	0	2.40	7	4	4	1	1	0	15	7	0	6	0	1	2
1977	TEX	A	15	3	4	1	2.66	51	15	14	0	0	1	47.1	36	1	24	3	5	1
1978	TEX	A	29	0	1	5	4.82	33	31	28	0	0	4	52.1	63	6	29	2	6	2
1979	CLE	A	29	19	6	6	4.92	93	79	75	2	0	0	137.1	146	6	70	1	10	2
1980	CLE	A	36	36	19	12	4.17	187	127	114	8	1	0	246.1	237	17	92	3	14	3
1981	CLE	A	22	22	8	7	3.91	127	72	67	9	3	0	154.1	150	7	46	0	5	1
1982	CLE	A	33	33	15	11	3.90	187	117	106	10	1	0	244.2	211	17	88	2	10	3
1983	CLE	A	24	24	8	13	5.11	105	92	85	4	1	0	149.2	150	16	52	3	6	2
1983	ATL	N	6	6	1	3	3.82	21	17	14	0	0	0	33	31	0	14	2	2	0
1983	Total		30	30	9	16	4.88	126	109	99	4	1	0	182.2	181	16	66	5	8	2
1984	ATL	N	21	20	7	8	3.85	95	59	54	1	0	0	126.1	120	10	38	2	3	2
1985	ATL	N	20	18	2	9	6.35	47	55	52	0	0	0	73.2	84	10	37	1	3	1
1987	MIL	A	11	11	2	1	5.36	22	27	26	0	0	0	43.2	54	6	17	1	0	2
Total	NL		47	44	10	20	4.64	163	131	120	1	0	0	233	235	20	89	5	8	3
Total	AL		201	150	64	56	4.28	812	564	519	34	7	5	1090.2	1054	76	424	15	57	18
Total			248	194	74	76	4.34	975	695	639	35	7	5	1323.2	1289	96	513	20	65	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	TEX	A	P	2	2	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1977	TEX	A	P	15	3	47.1	4	8	0	1	0	4	3	0	1.000
1978	TEX	A	P	29	0	52.1	2	9	1	1	1	1	2	0	.917
1979	CLE	A	P	29	19	137.1	8	13	2	1	2	14	3	0	.913
1980	CLE	A	P	36	36	246.1	11	24	0	2	0	53	10	0	1.000
1981	CLE	A	P	22	22	154.1	9	21	2	1	1	12	6	1	.938
1982	CLE	A	P	33	33	244.2	23	27	2	1	1	24	8	1	.962
1983	CLE	A	P	24	24	149.2	5	16	1	3	4	9	6	1	.955
1983	ATL	N	P	6	6	33	4	8	2	0	0	5	1	0	.857
1983	Total		P	30	30	182.2	9	24	3	3	4	14	7	1	.917
1984	ATL	N	P	21	20	126.1	5	34	2	2	1	19	7	0	.951
1985	ATL	N	P	20	18	73.2	2	9	1	0	0	17	7	0	.917
1987	MIL	A	P	11	11	43.2	3	6	0	0	3	3	3	0	1.000
Total			P	248	194	1323.2	76	177	13	12	13	161	57	3	.951

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1976	TEX	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TEX	A	15	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1978	TEX	A	29	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1979	CLE	A	29	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1980	CLE	A	36	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CLE	A	22	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CLE	A	33	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	A	24	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1983	ATL	N	6	8	1	1	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	5	2	0
1983	Total		30	8	1	1	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	5	2	0
1984	ATL	N	21	38	2	2	1	.053	.182	.079	1	6	19	4	1
1985	ATL	N	20	17	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	0	0
1987	MIL	A	11	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		47	63	3	3	1	.048	.130	.063	1	6	31	6	1
Total	AL		201	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			248	63	3	3	1	.048	.130	.063	1	6	31	6	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Bobby Bonds to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jim Kern and Larvell Blanks (October 3, 1978).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Atlanta Braves in exchange for $150000 and 3 players to be named later (August 28, 1983); Cleveland Indians received Rick Behenna (September 2, 1983) and Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby (October 21, 1983).
Released by Atlanta Braves (April 1, 1986).
Signed by Montreal Expos (April 28, 1986).
Released by Montreal Expos (March 20, 1987).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 28, 1987).

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All Star in 1981
Perfect Game in 1982

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