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Len Barker

Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Apr 15 L, 4-14 at Red Sox Middle 2.0 4 11 4 3 1 1 0 1 13.50 CLE Apr 17 L, 2-6 vs Rangers Finish 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 CLE Apr 21 L, 5-6 vs White Sox Middle 1.2 3 9 3 3 0 1 0 0 13.50 CLE Apr 27 L, 7-15 at Royals Middle 4.1 9 26 6 6 0 5 0 0 13.00 CLE Apr 30 L, 0-8 vs Brewers Finish 2.2 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.03 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE May 08 L, 5-9 at Brewers Middle 2.0 0 9 1 1 0 3 0 1 9.22 CLE May 12 L, 0-4 at Twins Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 8.04 CLE May 20 W, 9-7 vs Tigers Middle 4.2 4 17 3 3 0 1 0 4 7.52 CLE May 28 L, 1-6 at White Sox Middle 2.1 2 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.15 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jun 09 W, 4-3 at Mariners Middle 4.1 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 4 6.00 CLE Jun 14 W, 2-1 vs A's Start 8.0 4 29 1 1 0 2 0 2 4.89 CLE Jun 19 L, 4-6 vs Orioles Start 5.1 8 28 3 3 0 3 0 5 4.91 CLE Jun 26 L, 3-4 at Orioles Start 7.0 5 32 4 4 1 9 0 2 4.94 L (0-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jul 01 L, 2-10 at Tigers Start 3.1 7 20 6 6 0 3 0 4 5.68 L (0-2) CLE Jul 06 W, 6-5 vs Twins Start 4.0 1 18 2 2 0 4 0 1 5.60 CLE Jul 15 L, 4-10 at Brewers Start 1.0 3 9 5 5 0 2 0 2 6.31 L (0-3) CLE Jul 21 L, 0-5 vs Brewers Start 7.0 9 33 5 4 1 3 0 4 6.18 L (0-4) CLE Jul 31 (2) W, 3-0 vs Red Sox Start 7.1 2 27 0 0 0 3 0 4 5.53 W (1-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Aug 05 (1) W, 6-2 vs Rangers Start 7.0 8 29 2 2 0 2 0 7 5.26 W (2-4) CLE Aug 10 W, 6-1 at Rangers Start 1 9.0 11 37 1 1 0 0 1 6 4.81 W (3-4) CLE Aug 15 L, 2-3 at Mariners Start 6.2 5 26 1 1 0 1 0 8 4.56 CLE Aug 20 L, 5-6 at Angels Start 6.0 7 28 3 3 0 6 0 3 4.56 CLE Aug 25 W, 5-3 vs A's Start 8.1 8 33 3 3 0 3 0 7 4.46 W (4-4) CLE Aug 30 W, 7-1 vs Angels Start 2 9.0 6 33 1 1 0 2 0 8 4.19 W (5-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Sep 04 W, 5-3 vs Tigers Start 6.2 6 30 3 3 0 5 0 4 4.18 W (6-4) CLE Sep 09 W, 14-10 vs Blue Jays Start 2.1 6 16 6 5 0 2 0 2 4.46 CLE Sep 15 L, 2-5 at Blue Jays Start 3.2 6 20 3 2 0 5 0 1 4.48 L (6-5) CLE Sep 23 (1) W, 4-3 at Orioles Start 6.1 6 25 3 3 1 0 0 6 4.47 CLE Sep 28 L, 6-14 vs Orioles Start 2.1 5 15 8 8 2 3 0 3 4.92 L (6-6)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       6   6   4.65   19  19   2   0   0   0  110.1  113   488   60   57   5   58   1   79   10-9   4.53 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   7.17    7   0   0   0   0   0   21.1   28    99   18   17   1   11   0   11    2-5 
As closer        0   0   1.59    3   0   0   3   0   0    5.2    5    22    1    1   0    0   0    3    0-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              254   38   68   96   9   2   5   36   7   2   36   1   1   49   5  .268  .378  .357  .735
vs RHB              273   34   78  106  15   5   1   32   7   1   33   0   1   44  17  .286  .388  .364  .752

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   2   4.54   15  11   1   2   0   0   77.1   74   332   41   39   3   34   0   52    9-6   5.27 runs/start
Road             1   4   5.40   14   8   1   1   0   0   60.0   72   277   38   36   3   35   1   41    3-11  3.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              1   4   7.71   13   7   0   2   0   0   44.1   61   210   42   38   3   20   0   34    4-9   4.57 runs/start
Night            5   2   3.58   16  12   2   1   0   0   93.0   85   399   37   37   3   49   1   59    8-8   4.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   0  10.03    5   0   0   2   0   0   11.2   20    61   14   13   1    7   0    2    0-5 
May              0   0   4.09    4   0   0   1   0   0   11.0    7    42    5    5   0    4   0    8    1-3 
June             0   1   2.92    4   3   0   0   0   0   24.2   23   107    8    8   1   14   0   13    2-2   3.00 runs/start
July             1   3   6.75    5   5   0   0   0   0   22.2   22   107   18   17   1   15   0   15    2-3   3.00 runs/start
August           4   0   2.15    6   6   2   0   0   0   46.0   45   186   11   11   0   14   1   39    4-2   5.17 runs/start
September        1   2   8.86    5   5   0   0   0   0   21.1   29   106   23   21   3   15   0   16    3-2   6.20 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   0   2.40    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   13    61    4    4   0    8   0   11    1-1   6.00 runs/start
A's              1   0   2.20    2   2   0   0   0   0   16.1   12    62    4    4   0    5   0    9    2-0   3.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   1  10.50    2   2   0   0   0   0    6.0   12    36    9    7   0    7   0    3    1-1   8.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   2   7.11    4   2   0   1   0   0   12.2   14    61   11   10   1    8   0    8    0-4   2.00 runs/start
Mariners         0   0   0.82    2   1   0   0   0   0   11.0   11    44    1    1   0    1   0   12    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   7.71    4   4   0   0   0   0   21.0   24   100   18   18   4   15   0   16    1-3   4.25 runs/start
Rangers          2   0   2.12    3   2   1   1   0   0   17.0   21    71    4    4   0    2   1   13    2-1   6.00 runs/start
Red Sox          1   0   2.89    2   1   0   0   0   0    9.1    6    38    4    3   1    4   0    5    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Royals           0   0  12.46    1   0   0   0   0   0    4.1    9    26    6    6   0    5   0    0    0-1 
Tigers           1   1   7.36    3   2   0   0   0   0   14.2   17    67   12   12   0    9   0   12    2-1   3.50 runs/start
Twins            0   0   3.00    2   1   0   1   0   0    6.0    2    25    2    2   0    4   0    3    1-1   6.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   0   9.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    5    18    4    4   0    1   0    1    0-2 

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