Len Barker Perfect Game Box Score

The Big Donkey, as he was called by his manager, threw a brutal slider and a blazing fastball on a night when only a handful of fans turned out to see a gem at Cleveland Stadium. The game temperature was a frigid forty-nine degrees, but the often wild righthander was on fire.

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"Len Barker has serious control tonight, not just over the plate but the corners of the plate as well." - Herb Score

Len Barker Perfect Game

Len Barker

May 15, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium | Perfect Games | Standard Box Score

Toronto Blue Jays
NAME POS AB R H RBI
Alfredo Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Lloyd Moseby rf 3 0 0 0
George Bell lf 3 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Willie Upshaw dh 3 0 0 0
Damaso Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0
Rick Bosetti cf 3 0 0 0
Danny Ainge 3b 2 0 0 0
Al Woods ph 1 0 0 0
Buck Martinez c 2 0 0 0
Ernie Whitt ph 1 0 0 0
Luis Leal p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 0 0 0
Cleveland Indians
NAME POS AB R H RBI
Rick Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Jorge Orta rf 4 1 3 1
Mike Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 0
Andre Thornton dh 3 0 0 1
Ron Hassey c 4 0 1 1
Toby Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Joe Charboneau lf 3 0 0 0
Duane Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0
Tom Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Len Barker p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 7 3

Errors: Griffin, Mayberry, Garcia.
Home Runs
: Orta.
Sacrifice Fly
: Thornton.
Left on Base: Toronto 0, Cleveland 6.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cleveland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 3 7 0
Toronto Blue Jays
NAME IP H R ER BB SO
Luis Leal 8.0 7 3 1 0 5
Cleveland Indians
NAME IP H R ER BB SO
Len Barker 9.0 0 0 0 0 11

Losing Pitcher: Leal (2-4).
Winning Pitcher
: Barker (3-1).

Attendance: 7,290.
Length of Game: 2:09.
Umpires: HP: Rich Garcia, 1B: Greg Kosc, 2B: Don Denkinger, 3B: Jim McKean.
Len Barker Perfect Game Box Score
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Did you know that Len Barker threw one-hundred three pitches which included eighty-four strikes and nineteen balls during this perfect game?

How wild was "Large" Lenny Barker? He once threw a fastball that landed in the pressbox nearly fifty feet above home plate.

Len Barker never had a three ball count and of the eleven he struck out, all were after the third inning and all of them were swinging.