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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:14AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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
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 48 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 63 198 172 12 47 6 3 1 26 3 22 6 .273 .365 .360 .726 107 62 6 3 1 2
1946 35 PIT NL 53 127 113 7 27 4 0 1 8 0 12 6 .239 .312 .301 .613 72 34 3 0 2 2/3
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
7 Seasons 263 664 588 45 145 25 5 2 68 6 68 30 .247 .328 .316 .644 79 186 19 3 5
162 Game Avg. 162 409 362 28 89 15 3 1 42 4 42 18 .247 .328 .316 .644 79 115 12 2 3
PIT (4 yrs) 169 423 369 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1940 29 CIN NL 73 -5 0 0 0 0 1 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 2
1941 30 CIN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1941 30 PIT NL 80 -2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 2
1942 31 PIT NL 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 2
1943 32 PIT NL 198 3 -1 0 0 0 2 6 10 1.1 10 1.1 0.0 $ 2
1946 35 PIT NL 127 -4 -1 0 0 -1 1 5 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 2/3
1948 37 STL NL 134 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 2
1949 38 STL NL 32 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 2
7 Seasons 664 -13 -2 0 0 -1 6 24 14 1.2 15 1.6 -0.4 $
PIT (4 yrs) 423 -5 -2 0 0 -1 4 15 11 1.0 12 1.3 -0.3 $
STL (2 yrs) 166 -3 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $
CIN (2 yrs) 75 -5 0 0 0 0 1 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1940 CIN NL 29 C 24 16 12 96 87 9 0 1 1.000 4.00 .978 5.00 2 15 3 17%
1941 TOT NL 30 C 34 22 15 92 75 14 3 1 .967 2.62 .983 5.04 0 15 6 29%
1941 CIN NL 30 C 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .985 5.00 0 0 0
1941 PIT NL 30 C 33 22 15 90 73 14 3 1 .967 2.64 .983 5.04 0 15 6 29%
1942 PIT NL 31 C 11 1 1 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.82 .979 4.95 0 0 0
1943 PIT NL 32 C 56 50 40 190 157 29 4 3 .979 3.32 .981 4.70 2 20 11 35%
1946 PIT NL 35 C 41 26 22 113 95 14 4 2 .965 2.66 .980 5.01 4 12 8 40%
1946 PIT NL 35 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 .990 10.00
1948 STL NL 37 C 36 33 27 168 152 15 1 2 .994 4.64 .980 5.15 3 4 6 60%
1949 STL NL 38 C 10 3 3 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.70 .982 4.98 0 1 0 0%
7 Seasons C 212 151 120 696 601 83 12 10 .983 3.23 .980 4.95 11 67 34 34%
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 .990 10.00
7 Seasons TOT 213 151 120 698 603 83 12 11 .983 3.22 .980 4.97 11 67 34 34%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

                           

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