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Player Notes: � Threw a perfect game on May 15,1981 against the Toronto Blue Jays ... Opening Day Starter for Atlanta Braves 1984

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1973		null	Rk	-	-	Rel	17	7	1	1.37	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	34	13	9	0	27	54	0	0	0	1.03	5.19	--	4.12	8.24	2.00	.875	-
1974		null	A	-	-	Rel	18	11	7	3.34	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	124.0	101	57	46	0	53	140	0	0	0	1.24	7.33	--	3.85	10.16	2.64	.611	-
1975		null	A-	-	-	Rel	19	7	12	2.89	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	159.0	117	72	51	0	109	133	0	0	0	1.42	6.62	--	6.17	7.53	1.22	.368	-
1976		null	AAA	-	-	Rel	20	11	10	5.55	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	141.0	140	103	87	0	96	92	0	0	0	1.67	8.94	--	6.13	5.87	0.96	.524	-
1976	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	39	ST	20	1	0	2.40	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	15.0	7	4	4	0	6	7	1	0	2	0.87	4.20	--	3.60	4.20	1.17	1.000	3.30
1977	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	-	ST	21	9	7	5.70	20	20	0	6	2	0	0	109.0	114	77	69	7	77	93	9	1	0	1.75	9.41	0.58	6.36	7.68	1.21	.563	-
1977	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	39	Rel	21	4	1	2.66	15	3	12	0	0	7	1	47.0	36	15	14	1	24	51	5	0	1	1.27	6.85	0.19	4.56	9.70	2.13	.800	2.44
1978	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	-	S/R	22	4	0	1.04	8	3	5	0	0	0	1	26.0	22	8	3	1	16	16	2	0	0	1.46	7.62	0.35	5.54	5.54	1.00	1.000	-
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	39	Rel	22	1	5	4.82	29	0	29	0	0	15	4	52.0	63	31	28	6	29	33	6	0	2	1.76	10.83	1.03	4.99	5.68	1.14	.167	4.59
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	39	S/R	23	6	6	4.92	29	19	10	2	0	3	0	137.0	146	79	75	6	70	93	10	0	2	1.57	9.57	0.39	4.59	6.09	1.33	.500	3.52
1980	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	39	ST	24	19	12	4.17	36	36	0	8	1	0	0	246.0	237	127	114	17	92	187	14	1	3	1.34	8.66	0.62	3.36	6.83	2.03	.613	3.29
1981	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	39	ST	25	8	7	3.91	22	22	0	9	3	0	0	154.0	150	72	67	7	46	127	5	0	1	1.27	8.75	0.41	2.68	7.41	2.76	.533	2.46
1982	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	39	ST	26	15	11	3.90	33	33	0	10	1	0	0	244.2	211	117	106	17	88	187	10	0	3	1.22	7.76	0.63	3.24	6.88	2.13	.577	3.21
1983	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	39	ST	27	8	13	5.11	24	24	0	4	1	0	0	149.2	150	92	85	16	52	105	6	0	0	1.35	9.02	0.96	3.13	6.31	2.02	.381	3.78
1983	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	39	ST	27	1	3	3.82	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	33.0	31	17	14	0	14	21	2	0	0	1.36	8.45	--	3.82	5.73	1.50	.250	2.76
1984	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	39	ST	28	7	8	3.85	21	20	1	1	0	0	0	126.0	120	59	54	10	38	95	3	1	2	1.25	8.55	0.71	2.71	6.77	2.50	.467	3.24
1985	Greenville Braves	Sou	AA	atl	-	ST	29	1	0	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	0.40	1.80	--	1.80	12.60	7.00	1.000	-
1985	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	39	ST	29	2	9	6.35	20	18	2	0	0	1	0	73.2	84	55	52	10	37	47	3	0	1	1.64	10.26	1.22	4.52	5.74	1.27	.182	4.72
1986	Indianapolis Indians	Amer	AAA	mon	-	S/R	30	3	2	3.32	13	10	3	1	0	2	0	57.0	53	29	21	4	31	39	4	0	0	1.47	8.37	0.63	4.89	6.16	1.26	.600	-
1987	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	mil	-	S/R	31	4	3	4.69	13	8	5	0	0	3	0	48.0	48	27	25	2	29	36	2	0	0	1.60	9.00	0.38	5.44	6.75	1.24	.571	-
1987	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	mil	39	ST	31	2	1	5.36	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	43.2	54	27	26	6	17	22	0	0	2	1.63	11.13	1.24	3.50	4.53	1.29	.667	4.95
MLB Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								74	76	4.34	248	194	54	35	7	26	5	1320.2	1289	695	639	96	513	975	65	2	19	1.36	8.76	0.65	3.49	6.63	1.90	.493	0.68
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)Filter								57	42	3.86	137	42	95	7	2	5	1	728.0	630	387	312	14	439	610	18	1	0	1.47	7.79	0.17	5.43	7.54	1.39	.576	-
AAA Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								31	22	4.84	81	41	40	7	2	5	1	381.0	377	244	205	14	249	276	17	1	0	1.64	8.91	0.33	5.88	6.52	1.11	.585	-
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	0	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	0.40	1.80	--	1.80	12.60	7.00	1.000	-
A Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								11	7	3.34	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	124.0	101	57	46	0	53	140	0	0	0	1.24	7.33	--	3.85	10.16	2.64	.611	-
A- Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								7	12	2.89	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	159.0	117	72	51	0	109	133	0	0	0	1.42	6.62	--	6.17	7.53	1.22	.368	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								7	1	1.37	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	34	13	9	0	27	54	0	0	0	1.03	5.19	--	4.12	8.24	2.00	.875	-
Cleveland Indians Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								56	49	4.31	144	134	10	33	6	3	0	930.0	894	487	447	63	348	699	45	1	9	1.33	8.63	0.61	3.36	6.75	2.01	.533	-
Atlanta Braves Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								10	20	4.64	47	44	3	1	0	1	0	232.1	235	131	120	20	89	163	8	1	3	1.39	9.08	0.77	3.44	6.30	1.83	.333	-
Texas Rangers Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								6	6	3.61	46	5	41	1	1	22	5	114.2	106	50	46	7	59	91	12	0	5	1.44	8.32	0.55	4.63	7.14	1.54	.500	-
Milwaukee Brewers Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	1	5.36	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	43.2	54	27	26	6	17	22	0	0	2	1.63	11.13	1.24	3.50	4.53	1.29	.667	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								12	13	4.34	41	32	9	6	1	4	1	220.0	214	116	106	16	85	162	11	0	3	1.36	8.76	0.65	3.49	6.63	1.90	.480	0.68
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								17	13	3.86	41	13	28	2	1	2	0	220.0	190	117	94	4	133	184	5	0	0	1.47	7.79	0.17	5.43	7.54	1.39	.567	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1983	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	39	p	27	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	10	.333	.000	.000	.113	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1984	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	39	p	28	21	38	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	19	0	4	0	0	1	.053	.182	.079	.261	3	1	48	.105	.026	.184	.146	12.50	39.58	3.17	0.00	0.00	50.00
1985	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	39	p	29	20	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	17	.000	.000	-.059	.000	0.00	41.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1986	Indianapolis Indians	Amer	AAA	mon	-	p	30	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1987	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	mil	-	p	31	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								47	63	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	31	0	6	0	0	1	.048	.130	.063	.193	4	1	75	.094	.015	.095	.000	8.00	41.33	5.17	0.00	0.00	33.33
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								46	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								46	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Atlanta Braves Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								47	63	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	31	0	6	0	0	1	.048	.130	.063	.193	4	1	75	.094	.015	.095	.000	8.00	41.33	5.17	0.00	0.00	33.33
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	217	10	10	3	0	0	3	0	3	21	107	0	21	0	0	3	.048	.130	.063	.193	14	3	259	.094	.015	.095	.000	8.00	41.33	5.17	0.00	0.00	33.33
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	14	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1976	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	20	P	2	-	15	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	1.00	0.13	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	1.2
1977	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	21	P	15	-	47	4	8	-	1	12	12	1.000	0.80	0.26	-	-	--	-	15	100.0	9.3
1978	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	22	P	8	-	-	2	6	-	-	8	8	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	8	100.0	5.7
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	22	P	29	-	52	2	9	1	1	12	11	.917	0.38	0.21	-	-	--	-	29	100.0	17.9
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	23	P	29	-	137	8	13	2	1	23	21	.913	0.72	0.15	-	-	--	-	29	100.0	18.0
1980	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	24	P	36	-	246	11	24	-	2	35	35	1.000	0.97	0.14	-	-	--	-	36	100.0	22.5
1981	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	25	P	22	-	154	9	21	2	1	32	30	.938	1.36	0.19	-	-	--	-	22	100.0	21.4
1982	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	26	P	33	-	244	23	27	2	1	52	50	.962	1.52	0.20	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.4
1983	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	27	P	24	-	149	5	16	1	3	22	21	.955	0.88	0.14	-	-	--	-	24	100.0	14.8
1983	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	27	P	6	-	33	4	8	2	-	14	12	.857	2.00	0.36	-	-	--	-	6	100.0	3.7
1984	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	28	P	21	-	126	5	34	2	2	41	39	.951	1.86	0.31	-	-	--	-	21	100.0	13.0
1985	Greenville Braves	Sou	AA	atl	29	P	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	0.7
1985	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	29	P	20	-	73	2	9	1	-	12	11	.917	0.55	0.15	-	-	--	-	20	100.0	12.3
1986	Indianapolis Indians	Amer	AAA	mon	30	P	13	-	-	1	5	-	1	6	6	1.000	0.46	-	-	-	--	-	13	100.0	9.2
1987	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	mil	31	P	13	-	-	6	8	-	1	14	14	1.000	1.08	-	-	-	--	-	13	100.0	9.3
1987	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	mil	31	P	11	-	43	3	6	-	-	9	9	1.000	0.82	0.21	-	-	--	-	11	100.0	6.8
MLB Totals for P - 11 season(s)				-	�	P	248	-	1319	76	177	13	12	266	253	.951	1.02	0.19	-	-	--	-	248	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 3 season(s)				-	�	P	34	-	-	9	19	-	2	28	28	1.000	0.82	-	-	-	--	-	34	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1976	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	21	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	22	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	22	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	23	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	24	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	25	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	26	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	27	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	27	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	28	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Greenville Braves	Sou	AA	atl	29	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	29	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Indianapolis Indians	Amer	AAA	mon	30	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	mil	31	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	mil	31	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
1979	American League Player of the Week (July 30-August 5)	1
1981	American League Player of the Week (May 11-May 17)	1

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1987-04-28						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Brewers.		�
1987-03-20							Released by Expos.		�
1986-04-28						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Expos.		�
1986-04-01							Released by Braves.		�
1983-08-28						Trade	Traded by Indians to Braves for Brook Jacoby, Brett Butler, Rick Behenna and Cash.		�
1978-10-03						Trade	Traded by Rangers with Bobby Bonds to Indians for Larvell Blanks and Jim Kern.		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
1985	Atlanta Braves	Team Payroll	29	870,000	-	65	4	90	++	370,780	60,000	870,000
1987	Milwaukee Brewers	Team Payroll	31	890,000	-	79	3	89	++	344,906	60,000	1,760,000

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

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Len BarkerTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1973-1987 MLB Years: 1976-1987
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