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Floyd Baker
Floyd Wilson Baker

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 4, 1943
Final Game May 4, 1955
Born October 10, 1916 in Luray, VA
Died November 17, 2004 in Youngstown, OH

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 26 SLB AL  22   46    5    8   2  0   0    4   0  1   6   4  .174  .269  .217   42   10   1           0   1
 1944 27 SLB AL  44   97   10   17   3  0   0    5   2  0  11   5  .175  .259  .206   31   20   2           0   1
 1945 28 CHW AL  82  208   22   52   8  0   0   19   3  2  23  12  .250  .325  .288   81   60   3           0   1
 1946 29 CHW AL   9   24    2    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   2   3  .250  .308  .292   71    7   2           0   0
 1947 30 CHW AL 105  371   61   98  12  3   0   22   9  7  66  28  .264  .375  .313   96  116   2           0   5
 1948 31 CHW AL 104  335   47   72   8  3   0   18   4 10  73  26  .215  .359  .257   67   86   2           2   5
 1949 32 CHW AL 125  388   38  101  15  4   1   40   3  1  84  32  .260  .392  .327   94  127   2           0   3
 1950 33 CHW AL  83  186   26   59   7  0   0   11   1  1  32  10  .317  .417  .355  102   66   5           0   5
 1951 34 CHW AL  82  133   24   35   6  1   0   14   0  1  25  12  .263  .380  .323   93   43   1           0   4
 1952 35 WSH AL  79  263   27   69   8  0   0   33   1  0  30  17  .262  .342  .293   80   77   3           2   1
 1953 36 TOT AL  90  179   22   47   4  2   0   24   0  2  25  10  .263  .359  .307   78   55   2           2   5
         WSH AL   9    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .222  .000  -35    0   0           1   0
         BOS AL  81  172   22   47   4  2   0   24   0  2  24  10  .273  .365  .320   83   55   2           1   5
 1954 37 TOT     44   42    1    9   2  0   0    3   0  0   5   5  .214  .298  .262   49   11   1   0       0   0
         BOS AL  21   20    1    4   2  0   0    3   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .300   30    6   0   0       0   0
         PHI NL  23   22    0    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   5   4  .227  .370  .227   62    5   1   0       0   0
 1955 38 PHI NL   5    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     874 2280  285  573  76 13   1  196  23 25 382 165  .251  .360  .297   82  678  26   0   0   6  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        423   53  106  14  2   0   36   4  5  71  31  .251  .360  .297   82  126   5   0   0   1   6
 Career High    125  388   61  101  15  4   1   40   9 10  84  32  .264  .392  .327   96  127   5   0   0   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 26 SLB AL   53   41    3   2.0    89| .174  .258| .269  .333| .217  .357| .486  .690|  42  .236  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1944 27 SLB AL  110   83    5   1.6    96| .175  .275| .259  .343| .206  .375| .465  .718|  31  .160  -8.9  -0.9 100%
 1945 28 CHW AL  234  162   19   3.2    86| .250  .258| .325  .330| .288  .351| .613  .680|  81  .407  -4.3  -0.5  60%
 1946 29 CHW AL   28   20    2   2.7    92| .250  .259| .308  .332| .292  .372| .600  .705|  71  .308  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1947 30 CHW AL  439  287   43   4.0    93| .264  .258| .375  .337| .313  .371| .688  .708|  96  .480   1.6   0.2  56%
 1948 31 CHW AL  412  280   29   2.8   103| .215  .269| .359  .354| .257  .389| .616  .743|  67  .281 -11.9  -1.2  28%
 1949 32 CHW AL  474  293   50   4.5   104| .260  .267| .392  .358| .327  .388| .719  .747|  94  .496   1.1   0.1  75%
 1950 33 CHW AL  223  138   27   5.2   111| .317  .275| .417  .361| .355  .412| .772  .773| 102  .521   2.8   0.3  50%
 1951 34 CHW AL  159  104   16   4.1   100| .263  .265| .380  .346| .323  .389| .703  .735|  93  .460   0.1   0.0   0%
 1952 35 WSH AL  298  198   26   3.6    94| .262  .257| .342  .336| .293  .375| .635  .710|  80  .428  -5.8  -0.6 100%
 1953 36 TOT AL  208  141   19   3.6   106| .263  .275| .359  .352| .307  .405| .666  .757|  78  .406  -4.9  -0.5   0%
         WSH AL    9    7    0   0.0   101| .000  .267| .222  .343| .000  .393| .222  .736| -35  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL  199  134   19   3.8   107| .273  .276| .365  .352| .320  .405| .685  .758|  83  .428  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1954 37 TOT      48   34    3   2.4   108| .214  .275| .298  .349| .262  .414| .560  .763|  49  .231  -3.0  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL   20   16    1   1.7   108| .200  .278| .200  .355| .300  .406| .500  .762|  30  .154  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         PHI NL   28   18    2   3.0   108| .227  .273| .370  .344| .227  .422| .597  .766|  62  .295  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1955 38 PHI NL    8   10    0   0.0   104| .000  .263| .000  .334| .000  .417| .000  .750|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     2694 1791  242   3.6    99| .251  .265| .360  .347| .297  .383| .657  .730|  82  .412 -39.8  -4.1  47%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 26 SLB AL SS 10 23 26 2 7 .961 .953 4.90 4.93 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.10 1944 27 SLB AL 2B 17 24 22 1 3 .979 .966 2.71 5.36 SS 16 17 46 4 6 .940 .947 3.94 5.05 1945 28 CHW AL 3B 58 36 99 4 6 .971 .948 2.33 2.97 2B 11 15 28 1 4 .977 .971 3.91 5.35 1946 29 CHW AL 3B 6 10 15 1 1 .962 .947 4.17 2.88 1947 30 CHW AL 3B 101 84 253 7 28 .980 .959 3.34 2.91 2B 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 5.20 SS 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.90 1948 31 CHW AL 3B 71 78 171 10 17 .961 .958 3.51 2.93 2B 18 51 55 3 17 .972 .976 5.89 5.39 SS 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.80 1949 32 CHW AL 3B 122 106 269 9 31 .977 .960 3.07 2.95 SS 3 5 11 0 1 1.000 .964 5.33 4.80 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 1950 33 CHW AL 3B 53 50 102 2 7 .987 .960 2.87 3.04 2B 3 2 3 0 2 1.000 .980 1.67 5.40 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 2 0 0 1951 34 CHW AL 3B 44 27 46 6 4 .924 .951 1.66 2.87 2B 5 11 9 0 3 1.000 .980 4.00 5.36 SS 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 4.73 1952 35 WSH AL 2B 68 151 176 2 36 .994 .978 4.81 5.13 SS 7 15 19 4 6 .895 .963 4.86 4.29 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.00 1953 36 TOT AL 3B 38 22 57 4 6 .952 .958 2.08 2.93 WSH AL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.90 BOS AL 3B 37 22 57 3 6 .963 .958 2.14 2.93 2B 16 45 36 1 12 .988 .979 5.06 5.13 1954 37 TOT 3B 14 10 15 1 1 .962 .954 1.79 2.94 TOT 2B 3 5 3 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 5.13 BOS AL 3B 7 4 4 1 1 .889 .964 1.14 3.07 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.80 PHI NL 3B 7 6 11 0 0 1.000 .950 2.43 2.81 2B 2 3 3 0 1 1.000 .984 3.00 5.30 1955 38 PHI NL 3B 1 5 3 0 0 1.000 .952 8.00 2.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 27 SLB AL 2B 17 24 22 1 3 .979 .966 2.71 5.36 1945 28 CHW AL 2B 11 15 28 1 4 .977 .971 3.91 5.35 1947 30 CHW AL 2B 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 5.20 1948 31 CHW AL 2B 18 51 55 3 17 .972 .976 5.89 5.39 1949 32 CHW AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 1950 33 CHW AL 2B 3 2 3 0 2 1.000 .980 1.67 5.40 1951 34 CHW AL 2B 5 11 9 0 3 1.000 .980 4.00 5.36 1952 35 WSH AL 2B 68 151 176 2 36 .994 .978 4.81 5.13 1953 36 BOS AL 2B 16 45 36 1 12 .988 .979 5.06 5.13 1954 37 TOT 2B 3 5 3 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 5.13 BOS AL 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.80 PHI NL 2B 2 3 3 0 1 1.000 .984 3.00 5.30 1943 26 SLB AL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.10 1945 28 CHW AL 3B 58 36 99 4 6 .971 .948 2.33 2.97 1946 29 CHW AL 3B 6 10 15 1 1 .962 .947 4.17 2.88 1947 30 CHW AL 3B 101 84 253 7 28 .980 .959 3.34 2.91 1948 31 CHW AL 3B 71 78 171 10 17 .961 .958 3.51 2.93 1949 32 CHW AL 3B 122 106 269 9 31 .977 .960 3.07 2.95 1950 33 CHW AL 3B 53 50 102 2 7 .987 .960 2.87 3.04 1951 34 CHW AL 3B 44 27 46 6 4 .924 .951 1.66 2.87 1952 35 WSH AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.00 1953 36 TOT AL 3B 38 22 57 4 6 .952 .958 2.08 2.93 WSH AL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.90 BOS AL 3B 37 22 57 3 6 .963 .958 2.14 2.93 1954 37 TOT 3B 14 10 15 1 1 .962 .954 1.79 2.94 BOS AL 3B 7 4 4 1 1 .889 .964 1.14 3.07 PHI NL 3B 7 6 11 0 0 1.000 .950 2.43 2.81 1955 38 PHI NL 3B 1 5 3 0 0 1.000 .952 8.00 2.80 1950 33 CHW AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 2 0 0 1943 26 SLB AL SS 10 23 26 2 7 .961 .953 4.90 4.93 1944 27 SLB AL SS 16 17 46 4 6 .940 .947 3.94 5.05 1947 30 CHW AL SS 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.90 1948 31 CHW AL SS 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.80 1949 32 CHW AL SS 3 5 11 0 1 1.000 .964 5.33 4.80 1951 34 CHW AL SS 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 4.73 1952 35 WSH AL SS 7 15 19 4 6 .895 .963 4.86 4.29
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 510 429 1032 44 101 .971 .957 2.86 2.94 2B 143 307 334 8 79 .988 .977 4.48 5.22 SS 41 65 109 10 21 .946 .955 4.24 4.84 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 2 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 696 802 1475 62 201 .973 .963 3.27 3.52
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   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.

Caught Stealing
1947 AL-7-8
1948 AL-10-4

Oldest Player
1954 NL-37-6
1955 NL-38-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2473) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

December 30, 1944: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

October 24, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Willy Miranda.

May 12, 1953: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Washington Senators.

July 18, 1954: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Boston Red Sox.

May 13, 1955: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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Uniforms 
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