Len Barker | Major Leaguer 1976-1987

Full Name: Leonard Harold Barker
Born: July 7,1955 in Fort Knox, Kentucky
Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Neshaminy (Langhorne,PA)
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Drafted: Selected by Texas Rangers in 3rd Round (49th overall) of 1973 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Oct 3,1978] - Traded by Rangers with Bobby Bonds to Indians for Larvell Blanks and Jim Kern. [Aug 28,1983] - Traded by Indians to Braves for Brook Jacoby, Brett Butler, Rick Behenna and Cash. [Apr 1,1986] - Released by Braves. [Apr 28,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Expos. [Mar 20,1987] - Released by Expos. [Apr 28,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1973	GCL Rangrs	GCL	17	Tex	Rk	7	1	1.37	11						59.0	34	13	9		27	54			5.19	---	4.12	8.24	1.03	--
1974	Gastonia	Wcar	18	Tex	A	11	7	3.34	20						124.0	101	57	46		53	140			7.33	---	3.85	10.16	1.24	--
1975	Pittsfield	NYPL	19	Tex	A-	7	12	2.89	24						159.0	117	72	51		109	133			6.62	---	6.17	7.53	1.42	--
1976	Sacramento	PCL	20	Tex	AAA	11	10	5.55	27						141.0	140	103	87		96	92			8.94	---	6.13	5.87	1.67	--
	Texas	AL	20	Tex	MLB	1	0	2.40	2	2	1	1	0	0	15.0	7	4	4	0	6	7	1	0	4.20	0.00	3.60	4.20	0.87	63%
1977	Tucson	PCL	21	Tex	AAA	9	7	5.70	20						109.0	114	77	69		77	93			9.41	---	6.36	7.68	1.75	--
	Texas	AL	21	Tex	MLB	4	1	2.66	15	3	0	0	7	1	47.1	36	15	14	1	24	51	5	0	6.85	0.19	4.56	9.70	1.27	47%
1978	Tucson	PCL	22	Tex	AAA	4	0	1.04	8	3	0	0		1	26.0	22	8	3	1	16	16	2		7.62	0.35	5.54	5.54	1.46	--
	Texas	AL	22	Tex	MLB	1	5	4.82	29	0	0	0	15	4	52.1	63	31	28	6	29	33	6	0	10.84	1.03	4.99	5.68	1.76	75%
1979	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	6	6	4.92	29	19	2	0	3	0	137.1	146	79	75	6	70	93	10	0	9.57	0.39	4.59	6.09	1.57	57%
1980	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	19	12	4.17	36	36	8	1	0	0	246.1	237	127	114	17	92	187	14	1	8.66	0.62	3.36	6.83	1.34	54%
1981	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	8	7	3.91	22	22	9	3	0	0	154.1	150	72	67	7	46	127	5	0	8.75	0.41	2.68	7.41	1.27	53%
1982	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	15	11	3.90	33	33	10	1	0	0	244.2	211	117	106	17	88	187	10	0	7.76	0.63	3.24	6.88	1.22	50%
1983	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	8	13	5.11	24	24	4	1	0	0	149.2	150	92	85	16	52	105	6	0	9.02	0.96	3.13	6.31	1.35	51%
	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	1	3	3.82	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	31	17	14	0	14	21	2	0	8.45	0.00	3.82	5.73	1.36	58%
1984	Atlanta	NL	28	Atl	MLB	7	8	3.85	21	20	1	0	0	0	126.1	120	59	54	10	38	95	3	1	8.55	0.71	2.71	6.77	1.25	56%
1985	Greenville	Sou	29	Atl	AA	1	0	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	1	7	1		1.80	0.00	1.80	12.60	0.40	--
	Atlanta	NL	29	Atl	MLB	2	9	6.35	20	18	0	0	1	0	73.2	84	55	52	10	37	47	3	0	10.26	1.22	4.52	5.74	1.64	54%
1986	Indy	Amer	30	Mtl	AAA	3	2	3.32	13	10	1	0	2	0	57.0	53	29	21	4	31	39	4		8.37	0.63	4.89	6.16	1.47	--
1987	Denver	Amer	31	Mil	AAA	4	3	4.69	13	8	0	0	3	0	48.0	48	27	25	2	29	36	2		9.00	0.38	5.44	6.75	1.60	--
	Milwaukee	AL	31	Mil	MLB	2	1	5.36	11	11	0	0	0	0	43.2	54	27	26	6	17	22	0	0	11.13	1.24	3.50	4.54	1.63	55%

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)						74	76	4.34	248	194	35	7	26	5	1,323.2	1289	695	639	96	513	975	65	2	8.76	0.65	3.49	6.63	1.36	54%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)						57	42	3.86	137						728.0	630	387	312		439	610			7.79	---	5.43	7.54	1.47	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1976	Texas	AL	20	Tex	MLB	p	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Texas	AL	21	Tex	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Texas	AL	22	Tex	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	p	9	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	100%
	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Atlanta	NL	28	Atl	MLB	p	9	21	38	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	19	0	0	4	0	1	.053	.182	.079	261	70%
1985	Atlanta	NL	29	Atl	MLB	p	9	20	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	67%
1986	Indy	Amer	30	Mtl	AAA	p		13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
1987	Denver	Amer	31	Mil	AAA	p		13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Milwaukee	AL	31	Mil	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)								248	63	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	31	0	0	6	0	1	.048	.130	.063	193	72%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								26	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1976	Texas	AL	20	Tex	MLB	P	2		15	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.20

1977	Texas	AL	21	Tex	MLB	P	15		47.1	4	8	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.28

1978	Tucson	PCL	22	Tex	AAA	P	8			2	6	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1978	Texas	AL	22	Tex	MLB	P	29		52.1	2	9	1	12	1	-	-	-	.917	1.89

1979	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	29		137.1	8	13	2	23	1	-	-	-	.913	1.38

1980	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	P	36		246.1	11	24	0	35	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.28

1981	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	P	22		154.1	9	21	2	32	1	-	-	-	.938	1.75

1982	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	33		244.2	23	27	2	52	1	-	-	-	.962	1.84

1983	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	P	6		33	4	8	2	14	0	-	-	-	.857	3.27
1983	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	24		149.2	5	16	1	22	3	-	-	-	.955	1.26

1984	Atlanta	NL	28	Atl	MLB	P	21		126.1	5	34	2	41	2	-	-	-	.951	2.78

1985	Greenville	Sou	29	Atl	AA	P	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1985	Atlanta	NL	29	Atl	MLB	P	20		73.2	2	9	1	12	0	-	-	-	.917	1.34

1986	Indy	Amer	30	Mtl	AAA	P	13			1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1987	Denver	Amer	31	Mil	AAA	P	13			6	8	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Milwaukee	AL	31	Mil	MLB	P	11		43.2	3	6	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.85

Awards

[1981] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	870,000	66	299,108	8
1986	880,000	91	325,466	11
1987	72,500		292,853	56
1987	890,000	84	292,853	56
1988	900,000	93	325,305	11

Career:	$3,612,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1981)

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