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Bill Baker

William Presley Baker

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

Born: February 22, 1911 in Paw Creek, NC
High School: Boyden HS (Salisbury, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1940
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Reds 1940-1949

Final Game: August 1, 1949
Died: April 13, 2006 in Myrtle Beach, SC
Buried: Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodleaf, NC
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1931	20	GBO	C	13	56	56		11	5	0	0					.196	.196	.286	.482		16					GBO · PIED
1932	21	STL-min	D,A	85	302	302		95	14	5	11					.315	.315	.503	.818		152					MRO,NVL · CSTL,SOUA
1933	22	NVL	A	112	350	350		96	27	3	0					.274	.274	.369	.643		129					NVL · SOUA
1934	23	OAK-min	A	131	460	460		154	37	9	4					.335	.335	.480	.815		221					WPT · NYPL
1935	24	NYY-min	AA	117	317	317		96	15	6	7					.303	.303	.454	.757		144					NWK · IL
1936	25	NYY-min	AA	106	335	335		99	13	2	9					.296	.296	.427	.722		143					NWK · IL
1937	26	NYY-min	AA	111	319	319		93	24	2	2					.292	.292	.398	.690		127					OLD · PCL
1938	27	INA	AA	90	280	280		86	18	3	7					.307	.307	.468	.775		131					INA · AA
1939	28	CIN-min	AA	98	302	302		102	31	1	3					.338	.338	.477	.815		144					INA · AA
1940	29	CIN	NL	27	73	69	5	15	1	1	0	7	2	4	8	.217	.260	.261	.521	43	18	4	0	0	2
1941	30	TOT	NL	37	82	68	5	15	3	0	0	6	0	12	1	.221	.338	.265	.602	71	18	2	0	2	2
1941	30	CIN	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	/2
1941	30	PIT	NL	35	80	67	5	15	3	0	0	6	0	11	0	.224	.333	.269	.602	71	18	2	0	2	2
1942	31	PIT	NL	18	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	-17	2	0	0	0	2
1943	32	PIT	NL	63	199	172	12	47	6	3	1	26	3	22	6	.273	.365	.360	.726	107	62	6	3	1	2

1946	35	PIT	NL	53	128	113	7	27	4	0	1	8	0	12	6	.239	.312	.301	.613	72	34	3	0	2	2/3

1947	36	STL-min	AAA	108	384	340	34	94	18	0	4	52	5	39	16	.276	.353	.365	.717		124	8	1	4		CLB · AA
1948	37	STL-min	AAA	64	239	190	25	58	10	1	3	28	2	48	6	.305	.445	.416	.861		79		0	1		CLB · AA
1948	37	STL	NL	45	134	119	13	35	10	1	0	15	1	15	7	.294	.373	.395	.768	103	47	4	0	0	2
1949	38	STL	NL	20	32	30	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	2	.133	.188	.167	.354	-6	5	0	0	0	2
1951	40	SYR	AAA	103	321	270	27	63	19	1	3	34	0	46	18	.233	.347	.344	.691		93		1	4		SYR · IL
1952	41	DET-min	AA	1	1	1		0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000		0					LRK · SOUA
7 Yrs				263	666	588	45	145	25	5	2	68	6	68	30	.247	.328	.316	.644	79	186	19	3	5
162 Game Avg.				162	410	362	28	89	15	3	1	42	4	42	18	.247	.328	.316	.644	79	115	12	2	3

PIT (4 yrs)				169	425	369	25	91	13	3	2	42	3	46	12	.247	.335	.314	.649	84	116	11	3	5
STL (2 yrs)				65	166	149	15	39	11	1	0	19	1	17	9	.262	.337	.349	.686	81	52	4	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				29	75	70	5	15	1	1	0	7	2	5	9	.214	.267	.257	.524	44	18	4	0	0

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
1940	29	CIN	NL	27	73	-5	0	0	0	1	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.482	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	2
1941	30	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1941	30	PIT	NL	35	80	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.2	0.1	2	$	2
1942	31	PIT	NL	18	18	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	2
1943	32	PIT	NL	63	199	2	-0	0	0	2	4	0.4	6	10	1.0	.507	.503	1.0	0.2	10	$	2

1946	35	PIT	NL	53	128	-4	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	4	1	0.0	.492	.497	0.1	0.0	2	$	2/3

1948	37	STL	NL	45	134	1	0	-1	0	1	2	0.2	5	6	0.7	.504	.501	0.7	0.1	6	$	2
1949	38	STL	NL	20	32	-4	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	2
7 Seasons				263	666	-14	1	-1	-1	6	-10	-1.1	22	13	1.2	.496	.499	1.3	0.5	14	$

PIT (4 yrs)				169	425	-6	0	0	-1	4	-3	-0.4	14	11	1.0	.498	.499	1.1	0.3	12	$
STL (2 yrs)				65	166	-4	1	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.497	.499	0.4	0.1	4	$
CIN (2 yrs)				29	75	-5	0	0	0	1	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

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
1940	29	CIN	NL	73	58	5	2.3	99	.246	.217	.273	.260	.338	.261	.393	.521	.730	43	.240	-5.6	-0.6	.414	.130	.043	.0
1941	30	TOT	NL	82	57	6	2.8	94	.224	.221	.266	.338	.336	.265	.375	.602	.711	71	.330	-2.0	-0.2	.545	.221	.044
1941	30	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0.0	94		.000	.266	.500	.336	.000	.375	.500	.712	49	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1941	30	PIT	NL	80	56	6	2.9	94	.224	.224	.266	.333	.336	.269	.375	.602	.711	71	.337	-2.1	-0.2	.537	.209	.045
1942	31	PIT	NL	18	15	0	0.0	89	.118	.118	.259	.167	.332	.118	.360	.284	.692	-17	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.200	.059	.000
1943	32	PIT	NL	199	132	22	4.5	92	.279	.273	.269	.365	.339	.360	.366	.726	.704	107	.559	2.1	0.2	.687	.233	.087	1.5

1946	35	PIT	NL	128	91	11	3.2	95	.245	.239	.266	.312	.342	.301	.372	.613	.714	72	.400	-4.1	-0.4	.517	.168	.062	.0

1948	37	STL	NL	134	88	18	5.4	107	.313	.294	.276	.373	.351	.395	.408	.768	.760	103	.590	1.2	0.1	.716	.235	.101	.0
1949	38	STL	NL	32	26	1	1.0	107	.143	.133	.275	.188	.349	.167	.412	.354	.761	-6	.061	-4.6	-0.5	.269	.100	.033
7 Yrs				666	467	63	3.6	98	.257	.247	.270	.328	.342	.316	.382	.644	.724	79	.436	-15.7	-1.6	.569	.196	.070	3.0
162 Game Avg.				410	288	39	3.6	98	.257	.247	.270	.328	.342	.316	.382	.644	.724	79	.436	-15.7	-1.6	.569	.196	.070	2

PIT (4 yrs)				425	294	39	3.6	93	.251	.247	.267	.335	.339	.314	.369	.649	.708	84	.447	-6.7	-0.7	.581	.201	.068	2.4
STL (2 yrs)				166	114	19	4.4	107	.279	.262	.276	.337	.351	.349	.409	.686	.760	81	.496	-3.5	-0.3	.614	.208	.087	.0
CIN (2 yrs)				75	59	5	2.3	99	.246	.214	.273	.267	.338	.257	.392	.524	.730	44	.234	-5.5	-0.6	.424	.143	.043	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1940	29	CIN	NL	WS	DET	W	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1940	29	CIN	NL	73	0.0%	11.0%	5.5%	2.7%	13%	2.00	8.6		9.9		84%
1941	30	TOT	NL	82	0.0%	1.2%	14.6%	3.7%	20%	0.08	68.0		11.3		82%
1941	30	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0				0%
1941	30	PIT	NL	80	0.0%	0.0%	13.8%	3.8%	20%	0.00			11.2		84%
1942	31	PIT	NL	18	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	0.00			8.5		94%
1943	32	PIT	NL	199	0.5%	3.0%	11.1%	5.0%	21%	0.27	28.7	172.0	6.6		83%

1946	35	PIT	NL	128	0.8%	4.7%	9.4%	3.9%	19%	0.50	18.8	113.0	14.1		83%

1948	37	STL	NL	134	0.0%	5.2%	11.2%	8.2%	31%	0.47	17.0		7.9	0.93	84%
1949	38	STL	NL	32	0.0%	6.3%	6.3%	3.1%	25%	1.00	15.0		7.5	0.42	88%
7 Yrs				666	0.3%	4.5%	10.2%	4.8%	22%	0.44	19.6	294.0	8.6	0.70	83%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.2%	9.2%	6.0%	26%	1.00	9.7	65.4	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1940	29	CIN	NL	-5.6	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	30	TOT	NL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	30	CIN	NL	0.1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	30	PIT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	31	PIT	NL	-2.6	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	32	PIT	NL	2.1	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	35	PIT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	37	STL	NL	1.2	0.1	54	1.1	1.6	-0.5	1.00	0.4	0.7	6.1	0.6	0.97	4.7	0.82	3
1949	38	STL	NL	-4.6	-0.5	23	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.38	-0.3	-0.0	-3.5	-0.3	1.07	-3.7	2.03	9
7 Yrs				-15.8	-1.6	77	0.6	1.8	-1.2	1.11	0.0	0.5	2.5	0.2	1.00	1.0	1.73	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1948	37	STL	NL	2	26%	34	1	1	2	1	63%	3	2	1	2	1	1	3	3
1949	38	STL	NL	1	33%	5	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
7 Yrs				3	20%	39	6	1	2	2	67%	3	2	1	2	1	1	4	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	37	STL	NL	134	23%	35			3	1	0	1	0.82	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	4	31%	3	1	33%	30	6	20%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1949	38	STL	NL	32	82%	4			9	0	0	0	2.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	19	2	11%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				166	41%	145			12	1	0	1	1.73	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5		17	19	112%	6	1	17%	49	8	16%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			649%			70%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1940	29	27	73	69	5	15	1	1	0	7	2	4	8	.217	.260	.261	.521	43	18	4	0	0
1941	30	64	155	137	10	30	4	1	0	13	2	16	9	.219	.301	.263	.563	58	36	6	0	2
1942	31	82	173	154	11	32	4	1	0	15	2	17	9	.208	.287	.247	.533	50	38	6	0	2
1943	32	145	372	326	23	79	10	4	1	41	5	39	15	.242	.329	.307	.636	80	100	12	3	3
1944	33	145	372	326	23	79	10	4	1	41	5	39	15	.242	.329	.307	.636	80	100	12	3	3
1945	34	145	372	326	23	79	10	4	1	41	5	39	15	.242	.329	.307	.636	80	100	12	3	3
1946	35	198	500	439	30	106	14	4	2	49	5	51	21	.241	.325	.305	.630	78	134	15	3	5
1947	36	198	500	439	30	106	14	4	2	49	5	51	21	.241	.325	.305	.630	78	134	15	3	5
1948	37	243	634	558	43	141	24	5	2	64	6	66	28	.253	.335	.324	.659	83	181	19	3	5
1949	38	263	666	588	45	145	25	5	2	68	6	68	30	.247	.328	.316	.644	79	186	19	3	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1940	29	28	77	73	6	16	1	1	0	8	2	4	8	.219	.260	.260	.520	5	27
1941	30	38	84	70	5	15	3	0	0	6	0	12	1	.214	.329	.257	.586	6	37
1942	31	19	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.053	.000	.053	0	18
1943	32	66	211	183	14	52	7	3	1	30	3	24	6	.284	.376	.372	.748	25	63

1946	35	55	135	120	8	30	4	0	1	9	0	13	6	.250	.323	.308	.632	13	53

1948	37	47	138	123	12	35	10	1	0	14	1	15	7	.285	.362	.382	.744	17	45
1949	38	21	33	31	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	2	.129	.182	.161	.343	1	20
7 Yrs		274	697	618	47	152	26	5	2	71	6	71	30	.246	.327	.314	.641	67	263
162 Game Avg.		162	412	365	28	90	15	3	1	42	4	42	18	.246	.327	.314	.641	40	263

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1943 NL 3 (7th)	Oldest s c a p y 1949 NL born 1911-02-22 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 NL 3 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 NL born 1911-02-22 (6th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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