What years did Jim Barr play?

Jim Barr played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1983.

Was Jim Barr a pitcher?

Yes. Jim Barr pitched in the major leagues, recording 101 wins and 741 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jim Barr hit?

Jim Barr hit 1 career home runs with 83 hits.

What was Jim Barr's career batting average?

Jim Barr batted .162 over his career, with 83 hits in 513 at bats.

How many RBI did Jim Barr have?

Jim Barr drove in 31 runs in his career.

What was Jim Barr's career ERA?

Jim Barr finished with a 3.56 career ERA, going 101-112 with 741 strikeouts.

Jim Barr

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1971-1983)

Jim Barr was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1983 for the San Francisco Giants and the California Angels, a span of 13 seasons. Across 454 career appearances, he went 101-112 with a 3.56 ERA and 741 strikeouts. He also batted .162 with 1 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4236.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 101–112

ERA 3.56

WHIP 1.28

SO 741

Pitcher PIV 4236.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 205 lb
Born: 2/10/1948 in Lynwood, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1971-07-31
Last Game: 1983-10-02

Full name: James Leland Barr

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jim Barr — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
101	112	454	252	64	20	12	2065.1	2,170	816	161	469	741	3.56	4236.0

Career ERA 3.56 vs. league average 3.72 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jim Barr Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1971	SFN	NL	1	1	17	0	0	0	0	35.1	33	14	5	16	3.57	3.47 (-3%)	275.9
1972	SFN	NL	8	10	44	18	8	2	2	179.0	166	57	41	86	2.87	3.26 (+12%)	-329.2
1973	SFN	NL	11	17	41	33	8	3	2	231.1	240	98	49	88	3.81	3.75 (-2%)	-623.6
1974	SFN	NL	13	9	44	27	11	5	2	239.2	223	73	47	84	2.74	3.63 (+24%)	1349.3
1975	SFN	NL	13	14	35	33	12	2	0	244.0	244	83	58	77	3.06	3.71 (+17%)	634.3
1976	SFN	NL	15	12	37	37	8	3	0	252.1	260	81	60	75	2.89	3.51 (+18%)	1826.5
1977	SFN	NL	12	16	38	38	6	2	0	234.1	286	124	56	97	4.76	4.00 (-19%)	2053.7
1978	SFN	NL	8	11	32	25	5	2	1	163.0	180	64	35	44	3.53	3.69 (+4%)	1851.2
1979	CAL	AL	10	12	36	25	5	0	0	197.0	217	92	55	69	4.20	4.00 (-5%)	-1796.0
1980	CAL	AL	1	4	24	7	0	0	1	68.0	90	42	23	22	5.56	3.84 (-45%)	-2897.9
1982	SFN	NL	4	3	53	9	1	1	2	128.2	125	47	20	36	3.29	3.86 (+15%)	782.6
1983	SFN	NL	5	3	53	0	0	0	2	92.2	106	41	20	47	3.98	3.87 (-3%)	1109.2
Career · 12 seasons			101	112	454	252	64	20	12	2,065.1	2,170	816	469	741	3.56	—	4,236

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jim Barr — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
481	513	28	83	15	2	1	31	2	15	129	.162	.191	.205	.396	-2,905

Career AVG .162 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 37.3% below league average.

Career OBP .191 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 40.9% below league average.

Career SLG .205 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 46.0% below league average.

Career OPS .396 vs. league average .703 across their career seasons — 43.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jim Barr Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1971	SFN	NL	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	SFN	NL	44	49	4	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	10	.184	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	SFN	NL	41	66	5	10	2	0	0	1	0	1	16	.152	.256 (-41%)	.325 (-42%)	.378 (-52%)	.703 (-47%)	-487.3
1974	SFN	NL	56	71	7	18	3	0	1	3	0	5	17	.254	.256 (-1%)	.324 (-7%)	.369 (-8%)	.693 (-8%)	-84.6
1975	SFN	NL	38	76	5	9	1	0	0	2	0	3	24	.118	.257 (-54%)	.327 (-54%)	.374 (-65%)	.701 (-60%)	-704.6
1976	SFN	NL	41	74	3	12	2	2	0	9	2	4	21	.162	.255 (-37%)	.320 (-34%)	.360 (-33%)	.681 (-33%)	-396.7
1977	SFN	NL	44	76	2	10	2	0	0	9	0	2	22	.132	.264 (-50%)	.329 (-50%)	.401 (-61%)	.730 (-56%)	-680.5
1978	SFN	NL	34	50	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	.100	.257 (-61%)	.323 (-69%)	.378 (-74%)	.702 (-72%)	-551.6
1979	CAL	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	CAL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	SFN	NL	53	32	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	SFN	NL	53	15	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			481	513	28	83	15	2	1	31	2	15	129	.162	—	—	—	—	-2,905

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jim Barr — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jim Barr — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1971	NLCS	SFN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jim Barr — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	1.0	3	1	0	2	9.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jim Barr — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1971	NLCS	SFN	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	3	1	0	2	9.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jim Barr — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	247	246	15	45	0	16	.183
Away	234	267	13	38	1	15	.142

Pitching — Home / Away

Jim Barr — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	229	1061.0	1090	392	242	414	3.33
Away	225	1004.1	1080	424	227	327	3.80

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jim Barr — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
1983-10-02	SFG	LAD	W	1	1	0
1983-09-26	SFG	ATL	L	0	0	0
1983-09-24	SFG	HOU	L	0	0	0
1983-09-10	SFG	HOU	L	0	0	0
1983-09-08	SFG	ATL	L	0	0	0
1983-09-03	SFG	PHI	W	0	0	0
1983-09-01	SFG	PHI	L	0	0	0
1983-08-28	SFG	NYN	W	2	0	1
1983-08-21	SFG	NYN	L	0	0	0
1983-08-19	SFG	NYN	L	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jim Barr — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1983-10-02	SFG	LAD	W	4.0	1	0	0	0	2
1983-09-26	SFG	ATL	—	2.0	2	0	0	1	0
1983-09-24	SFG	HOU	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
1983-09-10	SFG	HOU	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1
1983-09-08	SFG	ATL	—	0.2	3	0	0	0	0
1983-09-03	SFG	PHI	—	2.2	1	0	0	0	2
1983-09-01	SFG	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
1983-08-28	SFG	NYN	W	4.2	2	1	1	1	2
1983-08-21	SFG	NYN	—	2.0	5	2	0	1	1
1983-08-19	SFG	NYN	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jim Barr — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	454	252	148	388	26	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jim Barr — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1971	SFN	P	17	0	3	9	1	0
1972	SFN	P	44	18	8	32	2	2
1973	SFN	P	41	33	19	31	0	4
1974	SFN	P	44	27	16	41	3	4
1975	SFN	P	35	33	28	48	3	2
1976	SFN	P	37	37	22	56	4	0
1977	SFN	P	38	38	13	53	5	2
1978	SFN	P	32	25	7	35	4	1
1979	CAL	P	36	25	6	41	0	5
1980	CAL	P	24	7	1	10	2	0
1982	SFN	P	53	9	15	19	1	2
1983	SFN	P	53	0	10	13	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Jim Barr Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	454

College History

Jim Barr — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	1968, 1969, 1970

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Jim Barr: the record in brief

The profile opens with Jim Barr's first major league game on July 31, 1971; the last one listed came on October 2, 1983. Club by club, the record runs the San Francisco Giants (1971 to 1983) and the California Angels (1979 through 1980). Barr, born on February 10, 1948, in Lynwood, CA, USA, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Barr's listed size is 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds. The bio lists the given name James Leland.

Barr's career pitching line is 101 wins, 112 losses and a 3.56 ERA over 454 appearances. The same table counts 741 strikeouts, 64 complete games, 20 shutouts, and 12 saves. Barr's 3.56 ERA was close to the 3.72 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 15 wins of 1976. The strikeout high was 97 in 1977. 1974 was Barr's sharpest full season, a 2.74 ERA against the league's 3.63. Barr's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 4,236.0.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jim Barr

What years did Jim Barr play?: Jim Barr played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1983.
Was Jim Barr a pitcher?: Yes. Jim Barr pitched in the major leagues, recording 101 wins and 741 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jim Barr hit?: Jim Barr hit 1 career home runs with 83 hits.
What was Jim Barr's career batting average?: Jim Barr batted .162 over his career, with 83 hits in 513 at bats.
How many RBI did Jim Barr have?: Jim Barr drove in 31 runs in his career.
What was Jim Barr's career ERA?: Jim Barr finished with a 3.56 career ERA, going 101-112 with 741 strikeouts.