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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1955-07-07 · Played 1976–1987 · Career WAR 12.5 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=barkele01, LAHMAN=barkele01, MLBAM=110566, RETROSHEET=barkl001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1976	TEX	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	TEX	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	CLE	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	CLE	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CLE	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CLE	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1
1983	ATL	NL	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250
1984	ATL	NL	21	38	2	2	1	1	0	6	19	.053	.182	.079	.261	-0.2
1985	ATL	NL	20	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3
1987	ML4	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			248	63	3	3	1	1	1	6	31	.048	.130	.063	.194	-0.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1976	TEX	AL	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	15.0	7	4	0	6	7	2.40	.867	0.4
1977	TEX	AL	4	1	15	3	0	0	1	47.1	36	14	1	24	51	2.66	1.268	1.1
1978	TEX	AL	1	5	29	0	0	0	4	52.1	63	28	6	29	33	4.82	1.758	-0.6
1979	CLE	AL	6	6	29	19	2	0	0	137.1	146	75	6	70	93	4.92	1.573	1.2
1980	CLE	AL	19	12	36	36	8	1	0	246.1	237	114	17	92	187	4.17	1.336	3.1
1981	CLE	AL	8	7	22	22	9	3	0	154.1	150	67	7	46	127	3.91	1.270	2.4
1982	CLE	AL	15	11	33	33	10	1	0	244.2	211	106	17	88	187	3.90	1.222	3.6
1983	CLE	AL	8	13	24	24	4	1	0	149.2	150	85	16	52	105	5.11	1.350	1.2
1983	ATL	NL	1	3	6	6	0	0	0	33.0	31	14	0	14	21	3.82	1.364
1984	ATL	NL	7	8	21	20	1	0	0	126.1	120	54	10	38	95	3.85	1.251	1.3
1985	ATL	NL	2	9	20	18	0	0	0	73.2	84	52	10	37	47	6.35	1.643	-0.9
1987	ML4	AL	2	1	11	11	0	0	0	43.2	54	26	6	17	22	5.36	1.626	0.3
Total			74	76	248	194	35	7	5	1323.2	1289	639	96	513	975	4.34	1.361	13.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1976	TEX	AL	P	2	2	15.0	0	2	0	0
1977	TEX	AL	P	15	3	47.1	4	8	0	1
1978	TEX	AL	P	29	0	52.1	2	9	1	1
1979	CLE	AL	P	29	19	137.1	8	13	2	1
1980	CLE	AL	P	36	36	246.1	11	24	0	2
1981	CLE	AL	P	22	22	154.1	9	21	2	1
1982	CLE	AL	P	33	33	244.2	23	27	2	1
1983	CLE	AL	P	24	24	149.2	5	16	1	3
1983	ATL	NL	P	6	6	33.0	4	8	2	0
1984	ATL	NL	P	21	20	126.1	5	34	2	2
1985	ATL	NL	P	20	18	73.2	2	9	1	0
1987	ML4	AL	P	11	11	43.2	3	6	0	0
Total				248	194	1323.2	76	177	13	12

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1979	Player of the Week	AL
1981	Player of the Week	AL

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