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Gene Baker
Eugene Walter Baker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.
School St. Ambrose University

Debut September 20, 1953
Final Game June 10, 1961
Born June 15, 1925 in Davenport, IA
Died December 1, 1999 in Davenport, IA

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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        My first hero when he was MVP for the minor league Los Angeles Angels in 1953

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 28 CHC NL   7   22    1    5   1  0   0    0   1  0   1   4  .227  .261  .273   38    6   1           0   1
 1954 29 CHC NL 135  541   68  149  32  5  13   61   4  5  47  55  .275  .333  .425   96  230   9   4       2  12
 1955 30 CHC NL 154  609   82  163  29  7  11   52   9  7  49  57  .268  .323  .392   89  239  18   3   1   2  14 MVP-21,AS
 1956 31 CHC NL 140  546   65  141  23  3  12   57   4  3  39  54  .258  .309  .377   85  206  13   5   2   3  15
 1957 32 TOT NL 123  409   40  108  22  5   3   46   3  2  35  32  .264  .322  .364   87  149   8   4   5   2  10
         CHC NL  12   44    4   11   3  1   1   10   0  0   6   3  .250  .353  .432  111   19   0   0   0   1   2
         PIT NL 111  365   36   97  19  4   2   36   3  2  29  29  .266  .318  .356   84  130   8   4   5   1   8
 1958 33 PIT NL  29   56    3   14   2  1   0    7   0  0   8   6  .250  .338  .321   79   18   1   1   0   0   2
 1960 35 PIT NL  33   37    5    9   0  0   0    4   0  0   2   9  .243  .275  .243   43    9   0   1   0   0   1
 1961 36 PIT NL   9   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .100  .308  .100   15    1   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      630 2230  265  590 109 21  39  227  21 17 184 219  .265  .321  .385   88  858  50  18   9   9  55
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   68  152  28  5  10   58   5  4  47  56  .265  .321  .385   88  221  13   5   2   2  14
 Career High    154  609   82  163  32  7  13   61   9  7  49  57  .275  .333  .425   96  239  18   5   5   3  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 28 CHC NL   24   19    2   2.8   112| .227  .276| .261  .348| .273  .431| .534  .779|  38  .267  -2.0  -0.2 100%
 1954 29 CHC NL  603  422   75   4.8   110| .275  .275| .333  .347| .425  .425| .758  .772|  96  .497  -3.9  -0.4  44%
 1955 30 CHC NL  681  488   76   4.2   105| .268  .265| .323  .336| .392  .420| .715  .757|  89  .446 -10.0  -1.0  56%
 1956 31 CHC NL  606  441   62   3.8   102| .258  .263| .309  .330| .377  .415| .686  .745|  85  .422 -12.0  -1.2  57%
 1957 32 TOT NL  458  325   48   4.0   101| .264  .265| .322  .328| .364  .411| .686  .739|  87  .434  -6.6  -0.6  60%
         CHC NL   51   35    7   5.4   102| .250  .267| .353  .331| .432  .414| .785  .745| 111  .572   0.8   0.1   0%
         PIT NL  407  290   41   3.8   100| .266  .265| .318  .328| .356  .410| .674  .738|  84  .414  -7.5  -0.7  60%
 1958 33 PIT NL   66   46    6   3.5   103| .250  .266| .338  .334| .321  .416| .659  .749|  79  .372  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1960 35 PIT NL   40   30    3   2.7   100| .243  .264| .275  .330| .243  .406| .518  .736|  43  .292  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1961 36 PIT NL   13    9    0   0.0   106| .100  .271| .308  .338| .100  .422| .408  .760|  15  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2491 1780  272   4.1   105| .265  .267| .321  .336| .385  .418| .706  .754|  88  .443 -39.9  -3.9  55%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 28 CHC NL 2B 6 11 11 2 3 .917 .973 3.67 4.83 1954 29 CHC NL 2B 134 355 385 25 102 .967 .976 5.52 5.31 1955 30 CHC NL 2B 154 432 444 30 114 .967 .974 5.69 5.00 AS 1956 31 CHC NL 2B 140 362 426 25 99 .969 .980 5.63 4.66 5.76 5.33 139 1232.0 1957 32 TOT NL 3B 72 72 123 12 13 .942 .952 2.71 2.71 2.83 2.96 69 619.3 CHC NL 3B 12 11 15 4 1 .867 .952 2.17 2.71 2.20 2.96 12 106.3 PIT NL 3B 60 61 108 8 12 .955 .952 2.82 2.71 2.96 2.96 57 513.0 SS 28 38 85 10 17 .925 .958 4.39 4.34 4.88 4.82 24 227.0 2B 13 30 26 2 6 .966 .977 4.31 4.97 5.38 5.37 10 93.7 1958 33 PIT NL 3B 11 11 17 0 0 1.000 .952 2.55 2.86 3.10 3.18 9 81.3 2B 3 8 11 0 2 1.000 .974 6.33 4.77 7.43 5.32 2 23.0 1960 35 PIT NL 3B 7 6 9 0 2 1.000 .949 2.14 2.61 2.76 2.98 3 49.0 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1961 36 PIT NL 3B 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.60 2.84 2.94 2 19.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 28 CHC NL 2B 6 11 11 2 3 .917 .973 3.67 4.83 1954 29 CHC NL 2B 134 355 385 25 102 .967 .976 5.52 5.31 1955 30 CHC NL 2B 154 432 444 30 114 .967 .974 5.69 5.00 1956 31 CHC NL 2B 140 362 426 25 99 .969 .980 5.63 4.66 5.76 5.33 139 1232.0 1957 32 PIT NL 2B 13 30 26 2 6 .966 .977 4.31 4.97 5.38 5.37 10 93.7 1958 33 PIT NL 2B 3 8 11 0 2 1.000 .974 6.33 4.77 7.43 5.32 2 23.0 1960 35 PIT NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1957 32 TOT NL 3B 72 72 123 12 13 .942 .952 2.71 2.71 2.83 2.96 69 619.3 CHC NL 3B 12 11 15 4 1 .867 .952 2.17 2.71 2.20 2.96 12 106.3 PIT NL 3B 60 61 108 8 12 .955 .952 2.82 2.71 2.96 2.96 57 513.0 1958 33 PIT NL 3B 11 11 17 0 0 1.000 .952 2.55 2.86 3.10 3.18 9 81.3 1960 35 PIT NL 3B 7 6 9 0 2 1.000 .949 2.14 2.61 2.76 2.98 3 49.0 1961 36 PIT NL 3B 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.60 2.84 2.94 2 19.0 1957 32 PIT NL SS 28 38 85 10 17 .925 .958 4.39 4.34 4.88 4.82 24 227.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 451 1199 1303 84 326 .968 .977 5.55 4.98 151 1349.7 3B* 93 89 155 12 15 .953 .952 2.62 2.72 83 768.7 SS* 28 38 85 10 17 .925 .958 4.39 4.34 24 227.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 572 1326 1543 106 358 .964 .974 5.02 4.58
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1955   CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1955 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1955-NL-21-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Games
1955 NL-154-1

At Bats
1955 NL-609-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1955 NL-681-4

Doubles
1955 NL-29-9

Stolen Bases
1955 NL-9-10

Singles
1955 NL-116-10

Sac. Hits
1955 NL-18-1
1956 NL-13-7
1957 NL-8-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1955 NL-14-9

Caught Stealing
1955 NL-7-8

Power/Speed Number
1955 NL-9.9-10

Outs
1955 NL-488-1
1956 NL-441-10

Oldest Player
1961 NL-36-9

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

April 1, 1950: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

May 1, 1957: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dee Fondy to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dale Long and Lee Walls.

May 29, 1959: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Before 1960 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 20, 1961: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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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