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Kirtley Baker
Kirtley Baker (Whitey)

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

Debut May 7, 1890
Final Game June 14, 1899
Born June 24, 1869 in Aurora, IN
Died April 15, 1927 in Covington, KY

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1890 21 PIT NL   3  19  25  21  19   2   4  0  178.3  209  176  111  11   86   76  17  22   874       0  5.60  3.28   58 1.654
 1893 24 BLN NL   3   8  15  12   8   0   3  0   91.7  138  111   86   5   58   26   0   6     0       0  8.44  4.75   56 2.138
 1894 25 BLN NL   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    1    5    0   0    2    0   0   0     0       0 undef  0.00 undef   inf
 1898 29 WHS NL   2   3   6   5   4   0   1  0   47.0   56   31   16   1   18    7   0   1     0       0  3.06  3.64  119 1.574
 1899 30 WHS NL   1   7  11   6   3   0   5  0   54.0   79   65   41   3   22    6   6   1     0       0  6.83  3.89   57 1.870
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .191   9  38  58  44  34   2  13  0  371.0  483  388  254  20  186  115  23  30   874       0  6.16  3.78   61 1.803
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  25  38  29  22   1   8  0  247.3  322  258  169  13  124   76  15  20   582   0   0  6.16  3.78   61 1.803
 Career High      3  19  25  21  19   2   5  0  178.3  209  176  111  11   86   76  17  22   874   0   0  3.06  4.75  119 1.574

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 21 PIT NL  26   68    6   10   0  0   0    0   1     10   6  .147  .275  .147   31   10               2    
 1893 24 BLN NL  19   57    9   17   1  1   0    6   1      8   6  .298  .385  .351   94   20               0    
 1894 25 BLN NL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1898 29 WHS NL   6   18    3    5   0  1   0    3   0      3      .278  .381  .389  120    7   0           0    
 1899 30 WHS NL  12   19    1    3   0  0   0    1   0      1      .158  .200  .158   -1    3   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       65  166   19   35   1  2   0   10   2  0  22  13  .211  .311  .241   57   40   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        414   47   87   2  5   0   25   5  0  55  32  .211  .311  .241   57  100   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High     26   68    9   17   1  1   0    6   1  0  10   6                          20   0   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 21 PIT NL   80   58    3   1.4    78| .147  .245| .275  .319| .147  .331| .422  .651|  31  .126  -5.1  -0.5     
 1893 24 BLN NL   65   40    8   5.3   108| .298  .288| .385  .367| .351  .393| .736  .759|  94  .535  -0.3   0.0     
 1894 25 BLN NL    4    4    0   0.0   130| .000  .321| .000  .393| .000  .452| .000  .845|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
 1898 29 WHS NL   21   13    3   6.0    91| .278  .278| .381  .342| .389  .356| .770  .699| 120  .683   0.5   0.1     
 1899 30 WHS NL   20   16    1   1.6    99| .158  .289| .200  .351| .158  .376| .358  .727|  -1  .142  -2.7  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       190  131   15   3.0    93| .211  .270| .311  .343| .241  .363| .552  .706|  57  .337  -8.9  -0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 21 PIT NL P 25 11 32 6 2 .878 .898 1.72 2.01 2.17 2.24 21 178.3 1893 24 BLN NL P 15 8 32 3 1 .930 .913 2.67 2.07 3.93 2.50 12 91.7 OF 3 8 3 1 0 .917 .917 3.67 2.13 3 0 0 1894 25 BLN NL OF 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .909 4.00 2.20 0 0 1 P 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 1898 29 WHS NL P 6 3 8 0 0 1.000 .917 1.83 2.25 2.11 2.64 5 47.0 1899 30 WHS NL P 11 1 24 4 0 .862 .909 2.27 2.24 4.17 2.68 6 54.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1893 24 BLN NL OF 3 8 3 1 0 .917 .917 3.67 2.13 3 0 0 1894 25 BLN NL OF 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .909 4.00 2.20 0 0 1 1890 21 PIT NL P 25 11 32 6 2 .878 .898 1.72 2.01 2.17 2.24 21 178.3 1893 24 BLN NL P 15 8 32 3 1 .930 .913 2.67 2.07 3.93 2.50 12 91.7 1894 25 BLN NL P 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 1898 29 WHS NL P 6 3 8 0 0 1.000 .917 1.83 2.25 2.11 2.64 5 47.0 1899 30 WHS NL P 11 1 24 4 0 .862 .909 2.27 2.24 4.17 2.68 6 54.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 58 23 96 14 3 .895 .907 2.05 2.09 44 371.0 OF 4 11 4 1 0 .938 .915 3.75 2.15 3 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 62 34 100 15 3 .899 .908 2.16 2.09
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts/9IP
1890 NL-3.84-9

Shutouts
1890 NL-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1890 NL-11-5

Losses
1890 NL-19-5

Wild Pitches
1890 NL-22-6

Hit Batsmen
1890 NL-17-1

Batters Faced
1890 NL-874-2

Games Finished
1890 NL-4-6

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2544) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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