Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1976
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1976
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 248
- W
- 74
- L
- 76
- ERA
- 4.34
- IP
- 1323.2
- K
- 975
- BB
- 513
- WHIP
- 1.36
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | TEX | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 | 15.0 | 7 | 6 | 0.87 |
| 1977 | TEX | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2.66 | 47.1 | 51 | 24 | 1.27 |
| 1978 | TEX | 29 | 1 | 5 | 4.82 | 52.1 | 33 | 29 | 1.76 |
| 1979 | CLE | 29 | 6 | 6 | 4.92 | 137.1 | 93 | 70 | 1.57 |
| 1980 | CLE | 36 | 19 | 12 | 4.17 | 246.1 | 187 | 92 | 1.34 |
| 1981 | CLE | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3.91 | 154.1 | 127 | 46 | 1.27 |
| 1982 | CLE | 33 | 15 | 11 | 3.90 | 244.2 | 187 | 88 | 1.22 |
| 1983 |  CLE/ATL | 30 | 9 | 16 | 4.88 | 182.2 | 126 | 66 | 1.35 |
| 1984 | ATL | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3.85 | 126.1 | 95 | 38 | 1.25 |
| 1985 | ATL | 20 | 2 | 9 | 6.35 | 73.2 | 47 | 37 | 1.64 |
| 1987 | MIL | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5.36 | 43.2 | 22 | 17 | 1.63 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 35
- SHO
- 7
- K/9
- 6.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | TEX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CLE | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CLE | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CLE | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CLE | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CLE/ATL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Len Barker's career stats?
Len Barker played 11 seasons for the Rangers, the Guardians, the Braves and the Brewers. He had 74 wins and 975 strikeouts with a 4.34 ERA over 1,323.2 innings. His best season was 1980: 19 wins, a 4.17 ERA and 187 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1976 to 1987
Len Barker finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1980 (8th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1980 (3rd), 1982 (6th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Len Barker
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