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Doug Baird

Howard Douglas Baird

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 148 lb.

Born: September 27, 1891 in St. Charles, MO
School: Westminster College (Fulton, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1915
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies/Robins/Giants 1915-1920

Final Game: October 2, 1920
Died: June 13, 1967 in Thomasville, GA
Buried: Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1915 23 PIT NL 145 574 512 49 112 26 12 1 53 29 12 37 88 .219 .277 .322 .599 82 165 4 21 *5O/4
1916 24 PIT NL 128 461 430 41 93 10 7 1 28 20 16 24 49 .216 .263 .279 .542 66 120 3 4 54O
1917 25 TOT NL 147 568 499 55 127 25 13 0 42 26 43 71 .255 .316 .357 .673 107 178 2 24 *5/4O
1917 25 PIT NL 43 161 135 17 35 6 1 0 18 8 20 19 .259 .355 .319 .673 104 43 0 6 5/4
1917 25 STL NL 104 407 364 38 92 19 12 0 24 18 23 52 .253 .301 .371 .672 108 135 2 18 *5/O
1918 26 STL NL 82 355 316 41 78 12 8 2 25 25 25 42 .247 .304 .354 .659 103 112 1 12 5/O96
1919 27 TOT NL 102 377 335 43 79 13 5 2 42 18 25 41 .236 .291 .322 .613 81 108 1 16 5/4O9
1919 27 PHI NL 66 272 242 33 61 13 3 2 30 13 22 28 .252 .317 .355 .672 96 86 1 7 5
1919 27 STL NL 16 37 33 4 7 0 1 0 4 2 2 3 .212 .257 .273 .530 63 9 0 2 /54O9
1919 27 BRO NL 20 68 60 6 11 0 1 0 8 3 1 10 .183 .197 .217 .413 23 13 0 7 5
1920 28 TOT NL 13 19 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .214 .389 .214 .603 75 3 1 1 /5
1920 28 BRO NL 6 10 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .556 .333 .889 156 2 1 1 /5
1920 28 NYG NL 7 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 /5
6 Yrs 617 2354 2106 230 492 86 45 6 191 118 28 157 295 .234 .291 .326 .616 87 686 12 78
162 Game Avg. 162 618 553 60 129 23 12 2 50 31 41 77 .234 .291 .326 .616 87 180 3 20
PIT (3 yrs) 316 1196 1077 107 240 42 20 2 99 57 28 81 156 .223 .282 .305 .586 79 328 7 31
STL (3 yrs) 202 799 713 83 177 31 21 2 53 45 50 97 .248 .300 .359 .659 104 256 3 32
BRO (2 yrs) 26 78 66 7 13 0 1 0 9 3 0 3 11 .197 .243 .227 .470 40 15 1 8
NYG (1 yr) 7 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 66 272 242 33 61 13 3 2 30 13 22 28 .252 .317 .355 .672 96 86 1 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1915 23 PIT NL 145 574 -12 3 0 1 4 -5 -0.7 16 12 0.9 .496 .497 1.0 0.5 11 $ *5O/4
1916 24 PIT NL 128 461 -16 -0 0 -8 2 -22 -2.8 13 -9 -1.5 .478 .483 -0.5 -0.8 -1 $ 54O
1917 25 PIT NL 43 161 1 0 0 -3 1 -1 -0.1 4 4 0.4 .498 .500 0.8 -0.2 7 $ 5/4
1917 25 STL NL 104 407 2 1 0 8 3 15 1.8 11 26 2.9 .517 .511 2.0 1.4 18 $ *5/O
1918 26 STL NL 82 355 0 3 0 6 3 12 1.4 10 22 2.4 .518 .509 1.7 1.0 16 $ 5/O96
1919 27 PHI NL 66 272 -1 0 0 -3 2 -2 -0.3 8 6 0.5 .497 .499 0.9 -0.2 9 $ 5
1919 27 STL NL 16 37 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /54O9
1919 27 BRO NL 20 68 -6 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .475 .497 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 5
1920 28 BRO NL 6 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .517 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /5
1920 28 NYG NL 7 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
6 Seasons 617 2354 -33 8 0 1 16 -8 -1.4 66 58 5.2 .498 .499 5.5 1.9 57 $
PIT (3 yrs) 316 1196 -27 3 0 -10 7 -27 -3.6 34 6 -0.2 .489 .493 1.3 -0.5 16 $
STL (3 yrs) 202 799 1 4 0 13 6 24 3.0 22 47 5.2 .515 .506 3.7 2.3 34 $
BRO (2 yrs) 26 78 -5 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .485 .499 -0.3 0.2 -2 $
NYG (1 yr) 7 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
PHI (1 yr) 66 272 -1 0 0 -3 2 -2 -0.3 8 6 0.5 .497 .499 0.9 -0.2 9 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1915 23 PIT NL 574 433 45 2.8 80 .262 .219 .255 .277 .317 .322 .341 .599 .658 82 .426 -12.2 -1.4 .541 .209 .104 1.9
1916 24 PIT NL 461 357 29 2.2 78 .242 .216 .254 .263 .313 .279 .339 .542 .652 66 .311 -18.1 -2.1 .428 .128 .063 1.9
1917 25 TOT NL 568 396 55 3.8 78 .297 .255 .255 .316 .313 .357 .337 .673 .650 107 .553 4.2 0.5 .669 .240 .102 .0
1917 25 PIT NL 161 106 15 3.8 81 .302 .259 .261 .355 .319 .319 .345 .673 .664 104 .561 1.8 0.2 .710 .267 .059 .0
1917 25 STL NL 407 290 40 3.7 76 .295 .253 .253 .301 .310 .371 .334 .672 .644 108 .549 2.4 0.3 .654 .231 .118 .0
1918 26 STL NL 355 250 34 3.7 77 .279 .247 .258 .304 .315 .354 .333 .659 .648 103 .531 0.5 0.1 .685 .266 .108 3.7
1919 27 TOT NL 377 272 32 3.2 86 .264 .236 .270 .291 .325 .322 .354 .613 .679 81 .448 -8.3 -1.0 .594 .215 .087 3.6
1919 27 PHI NL 272 188 27 3.9 87 .278 .252 .272 .317 .327 .355 .358 .672 .685 96 .540 -0.8 -0.1 .674 .248 .103 3.5
1919 27 STL NL 37 28 2 1.9 78 .233 .212 .258 .257 .312 .273 .340 .530 .651 63 .246 -1.6 -0.2 .500 .182 .061 .0
1919 27 BRO NL 68 56 3 1.4 83 .220 .183 .267 .197 .321 .217 .350 .413 .671 23 .162 -5.9 -0.7 .347 .100 .033 .0
1920 28 TOT NL 19 12 1 2.3 92 .300 .214 .278 .389 .332 .214 .370 .603 .702 75 .274 -0.1 -0.0 .636 .214 .000
1920 28 BRO NL 10 5 1 5.5 93 .400 .333 .280 .556 .334 .333 .372 .889 .706 156 .652 0.9 0.1 1.250 .333 .000
1920 28 NYG NL 9 7 0 0.0 90 .200 .125 .277 .222 .330 .125 .368 .347 .698 1 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
6 Yrs 2354 1720 196 3.1 80 .269 .234 .258 .291 .316 .326 .341 .616 .657 87 .456 -34.0 -4.0 .576 .209 .092 11.4
162 Game Avg. 618 452 51 3.1 80 .269 .234 .258 .291 .316 .326 .341 .616 .657 87 .456 -34.0 -4.0 .576 .209 .092 3
PIT (3 yrs) 1196 896 89 2.7 79 .259 .223 .255 .282 .316 .305 .341 .586 .656 79 .401 -28.6 -3.3 .514 .184 .082 3.9
STL (3 yrs) 799 568 76 3.6 77 .285 .248 .255 .300 .312 .359 .334 .659 .646 104 .529 1.4 0.2 .660 .244 .111 3.8
BRO (2 yrs) 78 61 4 1.8 84 .236 .197 .268 .243 .323 .227 .352 .470 .675 40 .215 -5.0 -0.6 .415 .121 .030 .0
NYG (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 90 .200 .125 .277 .222 .330 .125 .368 .347 .698 1 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
PHI (1 yr) 272 188 27 3.9 87 .278 .252 .272 .317 .327 .355 .358 .672 .685 96 .540 -0.8 -0.1 .674 .248 .103 3.5

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 26 STL NL 355 0.6% 11.8% 7.0% 6.2% 28% 1.68 7.5 158.0 12.6 77%
1919 27 TOT NL 377 0.5% 10.9% 6.6% 5.3% 25% 1.64 8.2 167.5 8.0 77%
1919 27 PHI NL 272 0.7% 10.3% 8.1% 6.6% 30% 1.27 8.6 121.0 8.1 78%
1919 27 STL NL 37 0.0% 8.1% 5.4% 2.7% 14% 1.50 11.0 8.3 81%
1919 27 BRO NL 68 0.0% 14.7% 1.5% 1.5% 9% 10.00 6.0 7.5 74%
1920 28 TOT NL 19 0.0% 21.1% 15.8% 0.0% 0% 1.33 3.5 14.0 53%
1920 28 BRO NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 6.0 6.0 50%
1920 28 NYG NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.7 56%
6 Yrs 751 0.8% 39.3% 20.9% 18.2% 28% 1.88 7.1 351.0 11.0 240%
MLB Averages 1.1% 20.5% 17.1% 11.5% 22% 1.20 9.8 192.1 10.2 179%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 23 145 574 512 49 112 26 12 1 53 29 12 37 88 .219 .277 .322 .599 82 165 4 21
1916 24 273 1035 942 90 205 36 19 2 81 49 28 61 137 .218 .270 .303 .573 75 285 7 25
1917 25 420 1603 1441 145 332 61 32 2 123 75 28 104 208 .230 .286 .321 .608 86 463 9 49
1918 26 502 1958 1757 186 410 73 40 4 148 100 28 129 250 .233 .290 .327 .617 89 575 10 61
1919 27 604 2335 2092 229 489 86 45 6 190 118 28 154 291 .234 .290 .326 .616 88 683 11 77
1920 28 617 2354 2106 230 492 86 45 6 191 118 28 157 295 .234 .291 .326 .616 87 686 12 78

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1915 23 151 616 546 62 131 30 14 1 68 34 43 91 .240 .301 .352 .653 57 145
1916 24 133 499 462 55 112 12 8 1 38 24 29 51 .242 .293 .310 .602 42 128
1917 25 153 615 537 72 151 30 15 0 55 31 51 74 .281 .346 .393 .739 73 147
1918 26 105 472 419 66 115 18 12 3 41 37 37 54 .274 .335 .396 .731 55 82
1919 27 118 449 397 58 101 17 6 3 56 23 32 47 .254 .312 .350 .662 43 102
1920 28 14 20 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .200 .368 .200 .568 1 13
6 Yrs 674 2671 2376 314 613 107 55 8 259 149 195 321 .258 .318 .359 .677 271 617
162 Game Avg. 162 642 571 75 147 26 13 2 62 36 47 77 .258 .318 .359 .677 65 617

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1917 NL  1.2 (7th)
1918 NL  1.0 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1917 NL  25 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1915 NL  12 (6th)
1917 NL  13 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 NL  88 (1st)
1917 NL  71 (3rd)
1918 NL  42 (7th)
1919 NL  41 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1915 NL  29 (3rd)
1917 NL  26 (5th)
1918 NL  25 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1917 NL  38 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1917 NL  24 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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