How Len Barker's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Len Barker totaled 5,674 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1980, posting 1,052, well above the starting pitcher average of 553.6 that year. The lowest point came in 1976 at 56, well below the starting pitcher average of 592.3 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 528 in 1984 to 335 in 1985 and 198 in 1987, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 56 to 1,052 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Len Barker Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Len Barker
| Len Barker
Batters Faced | Len Barker
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 5674 | 38.58 |
| Season Avg. | 515.82 | 38.58 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3706.4 | 38.58 |
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Len Barker Batters Faced Per Season
Len Barker's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Len Barker Batters Faced by Team
Len Barker's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Len Barker Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Len Barker's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Len Barker Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Len Barker's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Len Barker Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Len Barker's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
