Editing Len Barker (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Len Barker
|image=Len Barker Cleveland Indians.jpg
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1955|7|7}}
|birth_place=[[Fort Knox, Kentucky]], U.S.
|death_date =
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 14
|debutyear=1976
|debutteam=Texas Rangers
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 26
|finalyear=1987
|finalteam=Milwaukee Brewers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=74–76
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=4.34
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=975
|teams=
* [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1978}})
* [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1983}})
* [[Atlanta Braves]] ({{mlby|1983}}–{{mlby|1985}})
* [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{mlby|1987}})
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1981]])
* 2× [[List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders|AL strikeout leader]] (1980, 1981)
* Pitched a [[Len Barker's perfect game|perfect game]] on May 15, 1981
}}
'''Leonard Harold Barker III''' (born July 7, 1955)<ref name="perfect games">{{cite book|last=Coffey|first=Michael|title=27 Men Out: Baseball's Perfect Games|publisher=Atria Books|location=New York|year=2004|pages=[https://archive.org/details/27menoutbaseball00coff/page/141 141–156]|isbn=0-7434-4606-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/27menoutbaseball00coff/page/141}}</ref> is an American former [[Major League Baseball]] right-handed [[starting pitcher]]. He pitched the tenth [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in baseball history. Barker pitched with the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] (1976–78), [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]] (1979–83), [[Atlanta Braves]] (1983–85) and [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1987). During an 11-year baseball career, Barker compiled 74 [[win (baseball)|wins]], 975 [[strikeout]]s, and a 4.34 [[earned run average]].