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Bill Baker
William Presley Baker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut May 4, 1940
Final Game August 1, 1949
Born February 22, 1911 in Paw Creek, NC
Died April 13, 2006 in Myrtle Beach, SC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 29 CIN NL  27   69    5   15   1  1   0    7   2      4   8  .217  .260  .261   44   18   0           0   4
 1941 30 TOT NL  37   68    5   15   3  0   0    6   0     12   1  .221  .338  .265   71   18   2           0   2
         CIN NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .000  .500  .000   48    0   0           0   0
         PIT NL  35   67    5   15   3  0   0    6   0     11   0  .224  .333  .269   71   18   2           0   2
 1942 31 PIT NL  18   17    1    2   0  0   0    2   0      1   0  .118  .167  .118  -17    2   0           0   0
 1943 32 PIT NL  63  172   12   47   6  3   1   26   3     22   6  .273  .365  .360  107   62   1           3   6
 1946 35 PIT NL  53  113    7   27   4  0   1    8   0     12   6  .239  .312  .301   73   34   2           0   3
 1948 37 STL NL  45  119   13   35  10  1   0   15   1     15   7  .294  .373  .395  103   47   0           0   4
 1949 38 STL NL  20   30    2    4   1  0   0    4   0      2   2  .133  .188  .167   -6    5   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      263  588   45  145  25  5   2   68   6  0  68  30  .247  .328  .316   79  186   5   0   0   3  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        362   28   89  15  3   1   42   4  0  42  18  .247  .328  .316   79  115   3   0   0   2  12
 Career High     63  172   13   47  10  3   1   26   3  0  22   8                          62   2   0   0   3   6
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 29 CIN NL   73   58    5   2.3    99| .217  .273| .260  .338| .261  .393| .521  .730|  44  .239  -5.6  -0.6     
 1941 30 TOT NL   82   57    6   2.8    94| .221  .266| .338  .336| .265  .375| .603  .711|  71  .330  -2.0  -0.2     
         CIN NL    2    1    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .500  .338| .000  .376| .500  .714|  48  .000   0.1   0.0     
         PIT NL   80   56    6   2.9    94| .224  .266| .333  .336| .269  .375| .602  .711|  71  .337  -2.1  -0.2     
 1942 31 PIT NL   18   15    0   0.0    89| .118  .259| .167  .332| .118  .360| .285  .692| -17  .000  -2.6  -0.3     
 1943 32 PIT NL  198  132   22   4.5    92| .273  .268| .365  .337| .360  .364| .725  .701| 107  .559   2.3   0.2     
 1946 35 PIT NL  127   91   11   3.2    94| .239  .265| .312  .340| .301  .371| .613  .711|  73  .400  -4.0  -0.4     
 1948 37 STL NL  134   88   18   5.4   107| .294  .276| .373  .351| .395  .408| .768  .760| 103  .590   1.2   0.1     
 1949 38 STL NL   32   26    1   1.0   108| .133  .276| .188  .351| .167  .413| .355  .764|  -6  .061  -4.7  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       664  467   63   3.6    97| .247  .270| .328  .341| .316  .381| .644  .722|  79  .436 -15.4  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 29 CIN NL C 24 87 9 0 1 1.000 .978 4.00 4.05 2 1941 30 TOT NL C 34 75 14 3 1 .967 .983 2.62 4.06 0 CIN NL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.10 0 PIT NL C 33 73 14 3 1 .967 .983 2.64 4.06 0 1942 31 PIT NL C 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.82 4.28 0 1943 32 PIT NL C 56 157 29 4 3 .979 .981 3.32 4.13 2 1946 35 PIT NL C 41 95 14 4 2 .965 .980 2.66 4.24 4 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.30 1948 37 STL NL C 36 152 15 1 2 .994 .980 4.64 4.41 3 1949 38 STL NL C 10 16 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.70 4.39 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 35 PIT NL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.30 1940 29 CIN NL C 24 87 9 0 1 1.000 .978 4.00 4.05 2 1941 30 TOT NL C 34 75 14 3 1 .967 .983 2.62 4.06 0 CIN NL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.10 0 PIT NL C 33 73 14 3 1 .967 .983 2.64 4.06 0 1942 31 PIT NL C 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.82 4.28 0 1943 32 PIT NL C 56 157 29 4 3 .979 .981 3.32 4.13 2 1946 35 PIT NL C 41 95 14 4 2 .965 .980 2.66 4.24 4 1948 37 STL NL C 36 152 15 1 2 .994 .980 4.64 4.41 3 1949 38 STL NL C 10 16 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.70 4.39 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 212 601 83 12 10 .983 .981 3.23 4.20 11 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 213 603 83 12 11 .983 .981 3.22 4.22
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   3   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1943 NL-3-7

Oldest Player
1949 NL-38-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 12, 1941: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cincinnati Reds.

August 19, 1949: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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