League Leaders Who Led?
Len Barker

Len Barker

1976–1987  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'5", 225 lb  ·  b. 1955 Fort Knox, KY

Career 74–76 · 4.34 ERA · 975 SO · 1323.2 IP · 248 G · 3 H · 1 RBI · .048 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
1 best in baseball 4 league only
11 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1980 Best season

Spanning 1980–1981, peaking at 3 titles in 1980.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,150th League titles 5
  • 1,845th Best in baseball 1
  • 2,443rd Top-5 finishes 11

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Strikeouts / 9 2 1st 2 yrs (1980–1981) 1980 AL 6.83 1981 AL 7.41
Strikeouts 2 1st 2 yrs (1980–1981) 1980 AL 187 1981 AL 127 1982 #2
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1980 1.000

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1981 2 SO 127 K/9 7.41
1980 3 SO 187 K/9 6.83 P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

  led the league   11 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1976 TEX AL 1 0 2.40 2 2 0 15.0 7 4 0 6 7 0.87
1977 TEX AL 4 1 2.66 15 3 1 47.1 36 14 1 24 51 1.27
1978 TEX AL 1 5 4.82 29 0 4 52.1 63 28 6 29 33 1.76
1979 CLE AL 6 6 4.92 29 19 0 137.1 146 75 6 70 93 1.57
1980 CLE AL 19 12 4.17 36 36 0 246.1 237 114 17 92 187 1.34
1981 CLE AL 8 7 3.91 22 22 0 154.1 150 67 7 46 127 1.27
1982 CLE AL 15 11 3.90 33 33 0 244.2 211 106 17 88 187 1.22
1983 CLE +1 AL 9 16 4.88 30 30 0 182.2 181 99 16 66 126 1.35
1984 ATL NL 7 8 3.85 21 20 0 126.1 120 54 10 38 95 1.25
1985 ATL NL 2 9 6.35 20 18 0 73.2 84 52 10 37 47 1.64
1987 ML4 AL 2 1 5.36 11 11 0 43.2 54 26 6 17 22 1.63
Career — — 74 76 4.34 248 194 5 1323.2 1,289 639 96 513 975 1.36

Batting

11 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1977 TEX AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1978 TEX AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1979 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1980 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1981 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1982 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1983 CLE +1 AL 30 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1984 ATL NL 21 38 2 2 1 0 0 1 6 19 0 .053 .182 .079 .261
1985 ATL NL 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 ML4 AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
Career — — 248 63 3 3 1 0 0 1 6 31 0 .048 .130 .064 .194

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1976 TEX AL P 2 2 15.0 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 1.00
1977 TEX AL P 15 3 47.1 4 8 0 1 12 1.000 0.80
1978 TEX AL P 29 0 52.1 2 9 1 1 12 .917 0.38
1979 CLE AL P 29 19 137.1 8 13 2 1 23 .913 0.72
1980 CLE AL P 36 36 246.1 11 24 0 2 35 1.000 0.97
1981 CLE AL P 22 22 154.1 9 21 2 1 32 .938 1.36
1982 CLE AL P 33 33 244.2 23 27 2 1 52 .962 1.52
1983 CLE AL P 30 30 182.2 9 24 3 3 36 .917 1.10
1984 ATL NL P 21 20 126.1 5 34 2 2 41 .951 1.86
1985 ATL NL P 20 18 73.2 2 9 1 0 12 .917 0.55
1987 ML4 AL P 11 11 43.2 3 6 0 0 9 1.000 0.82
Career — — P 248 194 1323.2 76 177 13 12 266 .951 1.02