Steve Barber
1960–1974 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, SE1, San Francisco Giants
466G
.115AVG
.174OBP
.158SLG
More career statistics
65H
5HR
27RBI
0SB
121–106W–L
1,999.0IP
1,309K
3.36ERA
272GS
13SV
8Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,592 | 8,593 |
| Pitching · p er | 747 | 746 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,309 | 1,308 |
| Pitching · p w | 950 | 951 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 466 | 649 | 563 | 24 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 38 | 320 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 89 | .115 | .174 | .158 | .332 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,999.0 | 466 | 272 | 59 | 121 | 106 | 13 | 1,818 | 870 | 747 | 125 | 950 | 1,309 | 0 | 0 | 3.36 | 1.385 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1961-08-08 to 1961-08-24
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1960-06-10 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1961-07-09 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1961-09-03 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 234 | 317 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 156 | .120 | .161 | .141 |
| Away | 232 | 332 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 164 | .111 | .157 | .174 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 39 | .116 | .175 | .130 |
| May | 75 | 112 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 57 | .050 | .080 | .050 |
| June | 90 | 116 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 55 | .170 | .216 | .210 |
| July | 90 | 135 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 67 | .129 | .156 | .224 |
| August | 83 | 117 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 54 | .139 | .179 | .218 |
| September | 80 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 47 | .081 | .151 | .081 |
| October | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 48 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 41 | .063 | .091 | .063 |
| boston-red-sox | 47 | 83 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 47 | .132 | .145 | .221 |
| new-york-yankees | 43 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 29 | .136 | .187 | .227 |
| cleveland-guardians | 40 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 34 | .102 | .176 | .102 |
| detroit-tigers | 37 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .062 | .123 | .062 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 36 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 31 | .162 | .153 | .216 |
| minnesota-twins | 31 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | .087 | .143 | .109 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 26 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .057 | .075 | .086 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Baltimore Orioles | 36 | 54 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .056 | 181 | 112 |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles | 37 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 6 | – | .163 | 248 | 150 |
| 1962 | Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 42 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .071 | 140 | 89 |
| 1963 | Baltimore Orioles | 39 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 4 | – | .138 | 258 | 180 |
| 1964 | Baltimore Orioles | 36 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 4 | – | .149 | 157 | 118 |
| 1965 | Baltimore Orioles | 37 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | .077 | 220 | 130 |
| 1966 | Baltimore Orioles | 25 | 44 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .068 | 133 | 91 |
| 1967 | Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees | 32 | 51 | 7 | – | 7 | – | .137 | 172 | 117 |
| 1968 |  New York Yankees | 20 | 39 | 2 | – | – | – | .051 | 128 | 87 |
| 1969 | SE1 | 25 | 25 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 86 | 69 |
| 1970 | Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs | 10 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 20 | 14 |
| 1971 |  Atlanta Braves | 39 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 75 | 40 |
| 1972 | Atlanta Braves, California Angels | 39 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | .167 | 73 | 40 |
| 1973 |  California Angels | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89 | 58 |
| 1974 |  San Francisco Giants | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 13 |