Doug Baker
Douglas Lee Baker
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 3, 1961 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Granada Hills (Granada Hills, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1984
Final Game: April 12, 1990
Relatives: Brother of Dave Baker
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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
1984 23 DET AL 43 118 108 15 20 4 1 0 12 3 0 7 22 .185 .241 .241 .482 34 26 1 1 2 0 0 6/4D
1985 24 DET AL 15 27 27 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .185 .185 .222 .407 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 6/4
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 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 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 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 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
7 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 97 .233 .185 .264 .241 .326 .241 .398 .482 .724 34 .192 -9.8 -1.0 .416 .148 .056 .0
1985 24 DET AL 27 22 1 1.2 99 .278 .185 .261 .185 .327 .222 .406 .407 .733 11 .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 97 .000 .000 .263 .000 .328 .000 .396 .000 .724 -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 .267 .000 .336 .000 .399 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
7 Seasons 276 205 22 2.9 98 .276 .207 .265 .269 .330 .268 .399 .537 .728 49 .307 -17.5 -1.8 .459 .146 .061 .0
162 Game Avg. 329 244 26 2.9 98 .276 .207 .265 .269 .330 .268 .399 .537 .728 49 .307 -17.5 -1.8 .459 .146 .061
DET (4 yrs) 176 139 9 1.7 98 .231 .175 .263 .224 .327 .225 .401 .449 .728 25 .146 -16.8 -1.7 .368 .125 .050 .0
MIN (3 yrs) 100 66 13 5.3 99 .359 .267 .268 .347 .334 .349 .395 .696 .730 92 .588 -0.6 -0.1 .651 .186 .081

Postseason Batting

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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 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 23 DET AL 1 0 54% 36 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 43% 5 2 3 6 5 1 3 1 2
1985 24 DET AL 1 0 80% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1986 25 DET AL 1 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 MIN AL 1 0 50% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4 0 53% 96 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 47% 13 7 6 10 8 2 9 2 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1984 23 DET AL 118 100% 20 1 1 0 1 0.03 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 20 1 5% 10 3 30% 86 13 15% 9 4 44% 8 4 50% 0
1985 24 DET AL 27 100% 5 3 0 0 0 0.93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1986 25 DET AL 30 100% 3 0 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% 2 0 0% 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 0.69 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 15 0 0% 6 5 83% 64 12 19% 4 4 100% 2 2 100% 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 Seasons 276 100% 51 0 0 9 2 0 2 0.62 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 45 1 2% 25 12 48% 198 27 14% 18 8 44% 18 7 39% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Batting

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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
1984 23 43 118 108 15 20 4 1 0 12 3 0 7 22 .185 .241 .241 .482 34 26 1 1 2 0 0
1985 24 58 145 135 19 25 5 1 0 13 3 0 7 31 .185 .231 .237 .468 30 32 1 1 2 0 0
1986 25 71 175 159 20 28 6 1 0 13 3 0 9 38 .176 .225 .226 .451 25 36 1 1 6 0 0
1987 26 79 176 160 20 28 6 1 0 13 3 0 9 39 .175 .224 .225 .449 25 36 1 1 6 0 0
1988 27 90 183 167 21 28 6 1 0 13 3 0 9 44 .168 .215 .216 .430 19 36 1 1 6 0 0
1989 28 133 275 245 38 51 11 2 0 22 3 0 18 62 .208 .270 .269 .539 49 66 1 3 8 1 0
1990 29 136 276 246 38 51 11 2 0 22 3 0 18 62 .207 .269 .268 .537 49 66 1 3 8 1 0

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
1984 23 43 119 110 15 22 4 1 0 12 3 8 22 .200 .261 .255 .515 7 43
1985 24 15 27 27 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 15
1986 25 13 26 24 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 .125 .192 .167 .359 1 13
1987 26 8 1 1 0 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 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1989 28 43 93 80 17 25 5 1 0 9 0 10 18 .313 .398 .400 .798 13 43
1990 29 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
7 Seasons 136 274 250 38 50 10 2 0 22 3 20 62 .200 .266 .256 .522 22 136
162 Game Avg. 162 326 298 45 60 12 2 0 26 4 24 74 .200 .266 .256 .522 26 136

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