Len Barker
Texas Rangers 1976–1978; Cleveland Indians 1979–1982; Atlanta Braves 1983; Cleveland Indians 1983; Atlanta Braves 1984–1985; Milwaukee Brewers 1987
Percentile snapshot
1983 season — qualified pitchers
of 88 qualified 1983 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
| 1979 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
| 1980 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.0 |
| 1983 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -53.5 | -32.2 | .116 | 0.3 |
| 1984 | 21 | 48 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .182 | .079 | .261 | -26.3 | -26.2 | .154 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -133.1 | -100.0 | .000 | -1.8 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 15.0 | 2.40 | .867 | 4.20 | 3.28 | 91.9 | 148.9 | 0.4 |
| 1977 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 1 | 47.3 | 2.66 | 1.268 | 9.70 | 2.45 | 60.0 | 153.2 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 6 | 52.3 | 4.82 | 1.758 | 5.68 | 4.56 | 121.4 | 78.0 | -0.1 |
| 1979 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 75 | 70 | 93 | 6 | 137.3 | 4.92 | 1.573 | 6.09 | 3.55 | 83.2 | 86.9 | 0.4 |
| 1980 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 237 | 114 | 92 | 187 | 17 | 246.3 | 4.17 | 1.336 | 6.83 | 3.29 | 80.3 | 98.5 | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 150 | 67 | 46 | 127 | 7 | 154.3 | 3.91 | 1.270 | 7.41 | 2.40 | 65.7 | 93.4 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 211 | 106 | 88 | 187 | 17 | 244.7 | 3.90 | 1.222 | 6.88 | 3.18 | 77.5 | 105.2 | 3.0 |
| 1983 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 181 | 99 | 66 | 126 | 16 | 182.7 | 4.88 | 1.352 | 6.21 | 3.67 | 88.2 | 85.1 | 0.3 |
| 1984 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 54 | 38 | 95 | 10 | 126.3 | 3.85 | 1.251 | 6.77 | 3.27 | 85.7 | 99.1 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 52 | 37 | 47 | 10 | 73.7 | 6.35 | 1.643 | 5.74 | 4.65 | 122.6 | 59.8 | -1.8 |
| 1987 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 43.7 | 5.36 | 1.626 | 4.53 | 4.96 | 109.0 | 84.9 | 0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-04-18 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1983-09-05 | HOU @ ATL Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984-07-20 | PHI @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984-06-20 | SF @ ATL Gameday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983-08-31 | STL @ ATL Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-10-01 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980-08-18 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980-09-01 | CLE @ MIN Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 1981-05-15 | TOR @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982-06-14 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.