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Doug Baker

Douglas Lee Baker

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 3, 1961 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Granada Hills HS (Granada Hills, CA)
Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1984 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Twins 1984-1990

Final Game: April 12, 1990 (Age 29)
Relatives: Brother of Dave Baker
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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
1982	21	DET-min	AA	70	260	213	28	48	3	4	1	21	5	2	38	42	.225	.344	.291	.635		62		1	7	1	0		BIR · SOUL
1983	22	DET-min	AA	146	550	452	72	109	18	3	5	51	14	5	65	51	.241	.352	.327	.679		148		13	18	2	1		BIR · SOUL
1984	23	DET-min	AAA	77	296	243	34	63	21	1	8	30	6	4	45	58	.259	.377	.453	.829		110		2	4	2	0		EVN · AA
1984	23	DET	AL	43	118	108	15	20	4	1	0	12	3	0	7	22	.185	.241	.241	.482	35	26	1	1	2	0	0	6/4D
1985	24	DET-min	AAA	107	383	325	42	71	9	4	2	30	6	2	41	50	.218	.308	.289	.598		94		3	10	4	0		NVL · AA
1985	24	DET	AL	15	27	27	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.185	.185	.222	.407	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	6/4
1986	25	DET-min	AAA	112	415	369	46	101	14	6	2	40	14	8	32	62	.274	.332	.360	.692		133		2	8	4	0		NVL · AA
1986	25	DET	AL	13	30	24	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.125	.192	.167	.359	-1	4	0	0	4	0	0	6/4D
1987	26	DET-min	AAA	117	422	376	40	93	14	2	2	27	9	11	38	70	.247	.315	.311	.626		117		1	3	4	0		TOL · IL
1987	26	DET	AL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/645
1988	27	MIN-min	AAA	121	472	417	52	102	17	4	2	45	17	4	48	59	.245	.323	.319	.642		133		1	4	2	2		POR · PCL
1988	27	MIN	AL	11	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/645
1989	28	MIN-min	AAA	84	357	312	38	74	10	4	2	27	8	9	36	52	.237	.317	.314	.632		98		3	1	5	2		POR · PCL
1989	28	MIN	AL	43	92	78	17	23	5	1	0	9	0	0	9	18	.295	.378	.385	.762	110	30	0	2	2	1	0	46/D
1990	29	MIN-min	AAA	91	349	301	46	65	15	2	3	18	6	8	41	61	.216	.313	.309	.622		93		2	4	1	1		POR · PCL
1990	29	MIN	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1991	30	HOU-min	AAA	73	183	164	17	30	1	2	1	15	0	0	14	23	.183	.250	.232	.482		38	8	1	3	1	0		TUC · PCL
7 Yrs				136	276	246	38	51	11	2	0	22	3	0	18	62	.207	.269	.268	.537	49	66	1	3	8	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	329	293	45	61	13	2	0	26	4	0	21	74	.207	.269	.268	.537	49	79	1	4	10	1	0

DET (4 yrs)				79	176	160	20	28	6	1	0	13	3	0	9	39	.175	.224	.225	.449	25	36	1	1	6	0	0
MIN (3 yrs)				57	100	86	18	23	5	1	0	9	0	0	9	23	.267	.347	.349	.696	92	30	0	2	2	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1984	23	DET	AL	43	118	-10	1	0	-4	2	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.7	.475	.493	-0.2	-0.2	-2		6/4D
1985	24	DET	AL	15	27	-3	0	0	-2	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.476	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1		6/4
1986	25	DET	AL	13	30	-3	-0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.470	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2		6/4D
1987	26	DET	AL	8	1	-0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.501	-0.0	0.2	-0		/645
1988	27	MIN	AL	11	7	-2	-0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1		/645
1989	28	MIN	AL	43	92	1	1	1	-0	2	4	0.5	3	8	0.8	.511	.503	0.8	0.2	8		46/D
1990	29	MIN	AL	3	1	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	-0.0	0.1	-0	$115,000	/4
7 Seasons				136	276	-16	2	1	-5	6	-14	-1.3	10	-4	-0.4	.490	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$115,000

DET (4 yrs)				79	176	-16	1	0	-5	3	-16	-1.7	6	-10	-1.1	.479	.497	-0.5	-0.2	-5
MIN (3 yrs)				57	100	-1	1	1	0	2	3	0.3	4	6	0.7	.505	.501	0.6	0.3	6	$115,000

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
1984	23	DET	AL	118	91	7	2.1	96	.233	.185	.262	.241	.325	.241	.396	.482	.721	35	.192	-9.7	-1.0	.416	.148	.056	.0
1985	24	DET	AL	27	22	1	1.2	98	.278	.185	.260	.185	.326	.222	.404	.407	.730	12	.081	-3.3	-0.3	.273	.037	.037
1986	25	DET	AL	30	25	1	1.1	100	.176	.125	.262	.192	.330	.167	.408	.359	.737	-1	.063	-3.4	-0.3	.286	.125	.042
1987	26	DET	AL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.418	.000	.746	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1988	27	MIN	AL	7	7	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.000	.327	.000	.394	.000	.721	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1989	28	MIN	AL	92	58	13	6.0	99	.377	.295	.269	.378	.335	.385	.395	.762	.730	110	.644	1.6	0.2	.745	.205	.090
1990	29	MIN	AL	1	1	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.266	.000	.335	.000	.398	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				276	205	22	2.9	98	.276	.207	.264	.269	.329	.268	.398	.537	.727	49	.307	-17.3	-1.7	.459	.146	.061	.0
162 Game Avg.				329	244	26	2.9	98	.276	.207	.264	.269	.329	.268	.398	.537	.727	49	.307	-17.3	-1.7	.459	.146	.061

DET (4 yrs)				176	139	9	1.7	97	.231	.175	.262	.224	.326	.225	.399	.449	.725	25	.146	-16.7	-1.7	.368	.125	.050	.0
MIN (3 yrs)				100	66	13	5.3	99	.359	.267	.268	.347	.334	.349	.395	.696	.729	92	.588	-0.6	-0.1	.651	.186	.081

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
1984	23	DET	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1984	23	DET	AL	118	0.0%	18.6%	5.9%	4.2%	25%	3.14	4.9		9.0		1.03	73%
1985	24	DET	AL	27	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	3.7%	20%		3.0		27.0		2.00	67%
1986	25	DET	AL	30	0.0%	23.3%	6.7%	3.3%	33%	3.50	3.4				1.57	57%
1987	26	DET	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1988	27	MIN	AL	7	0.0%	71.4%	0.0%	0.0%			1.4			0.00	0.00	29%	50%	0.0%	0%
1989	28	MIN	AL	92	0.0%	19.6%	9.8%	6.5%	26%	2.00	4.3		8.7	0.28	0.50	66%	37%	0.0%	11%
1990	29	MIN	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
7 Yrs				276	0.0%	22.5%	6.5%	4.7%	26%	3.44	4.0		11.2	0.26	0.91	67%	36%	0.0%	10%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.7%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.72	6.1	40.6	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	23	DET	AL	-9.7	-1.0	122	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.74	-1.0	0.1	-8.9	-0.9	1.00	-9.6	0.02	1
1985	24	DET	AL	-3.3	-0.3	28	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.64	-0.1	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	0.94	-2.7	0.88	3
1986	25	DET	AL	-3.4	-0.3	30	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	.94	-0.4	-0.1	-5.1	-0.5	0.96	-5.2		1
1987	26	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.2	-0.0	0.62	-0.3	0.00	1
1988	27	MIN	AL	-1.9	-0.2	7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.16	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	-2.0		0
1989	28	MIN	AL	1.6	0.2	94	0.1	1.2	-1.1	.75	0.3	-0.2	5.1	0.5	1.00	4.8	0.63	4
1990	29	MIN	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.67	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.49	-0.3		0
7 Yrs				-17.3	-1.7	283	-1.6	2.5	-4.1	.77	-1.4	-0.6	-14.6	-1.5	0.99	-15.3	0.52	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	OOB2	OOB3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	23	DET	AL	1	54%	36	3	100%	3	0	0	0	4	43%	5	2	3	6	5	1	3	1	2
1985	24	DET	AL	1	80%	11	0		0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1986	25	DET	AL	1	20%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1987	26	DET	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	27	MIN	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	28	MIN	AL	1	50%	44	0		0	3	1	1	6	50%	6	4	2	3	2	1	5	1	4
1990	29	MIN	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				4	53%	96	3	100%	3	3	1	1	11	47%	13	7	6	10	8	2	9	2	7

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1984	23	DET	AL	118	100%	20			1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	20	1	5%	10	3	30%	86	13	15%	9	4	44%	4	2	50%	0
1985	24	DET	AL	27	100%	5			3	0	0	0	0.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	17	1	6%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1986	25	DET	AL	30	100%	3			1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	5	0	0%	5	3	60%	24	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1987	26	DET	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1988	27	MIN	AL	7	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1989	28	MIN	AL	92	100%	23	0	0	4	1	0	1	0.63	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	15	0	0%	6	5	83%	64	12	19%	4	4	100%	3	3	100%	0
1990	29	MIN	AL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				276	100%	51	0	0	10	2	0	2	0.52	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	45	1	2%	25	12	48%	198	27	14%	18	8	44%	12	6	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			75%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	27	MIN	AL	7	32	4.57	22	69%	9%	36%	45%	9%	91%	0%	63%	60%	71%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1989	28	MIN	AL	92	342	3.72	208	61%	24%	16%	30%	30%	76%	0%	46%	79%	39%	8%	7	0	16%	15	3	13%	12	8	17%	0	0	0
1990	29	MIN	AL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				100	378	3.78	233	62%	22%	18%	32%	28%	78%	0%	48%	77%	41%	7%	7	0	15%	15	3	12%	12	8	13%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1984	23	43	118	108	15	20	4	1	12	3	7	22	.185	.241	.241	.482	35	26	1	1	2	0
1985	24	58	145	135	19	25	5	1	13	3	7	31	.185	.231	.237	.468	31	32	1	1	2	0
1986	25	71	175	159	20	28	6	1	13	3	9	38	.176	.225	.226	.451	26	36	1	1	6	0
1987	26	79	176	160	20	28	6	1	13	3	9	39	.175	.224	.225	.449	25	36	1	1	6	0
1988	27	90	183	167	21	28	6	1	13	3	9	44	.168	.215	.216	.430	20	36	1	1	6	0
1989	28	133	275	245	38	51	11	2	22	3	18	62	.208	.270	.269	.539	50	66	1	3	8	1
1990	29	136	276	246	38	51	11	2	22	3	18	62	.207	.269	.268	.537	49	66	1	3	8	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	23	43	121	110	17	22	4	1	14	3	8	22	.200	.261	.255	.515	7	43
1985	24	15	27	27	4	5	1	0	1	0	0	9	.185	.185	.222	.407	1	15
1986	25	13	30	24	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	7	.125	.192	.167	.359	1	13
1987	26	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1988	27	11	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
1989	28	43	92	78	17	23	5	1	9	0	9	18	.295	.378	.385	.762	11	43
1990	29	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
7 Yrs		136	279	248	40	53	11	2	24	3	19	62	.214	.277	.274	.551	20	136
162 Game Avg.		162	332	295	48	63	13	2	29	4	23	74	.214	.277	.274	.551	24	136

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