Floyd Baker
Floyd Wilson Baker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 10, 1916 in Luray, VA
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1943
Final Game: May 4, 1955
Died: November 17, 2004 in Youngstown, OH
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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
1943 26 SLB AL 22 53 46 5 8 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 4 .174 .269 .217 .487 42 10 1 0 1 6/5
1944 27 SLB AL 44 110 97 10 17 3 0 0 5 2 0 11 5 .175 .259 .206 .465 31 20 1 0 2 46
1945 28 CHW AL 82 234 208 22 52 8 0 0 19 3 2 23 12 .250 .325 .288 .613 81 60 1 0 3 54
1946 29 CHW AL 9 28 24 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .250 .308 .292 .599 71 7 0 0 2 /5
1947 30 CHW AL 105 439 371 61 98 12 3 0 22 9 7 66 28 .264 .375 .313 .688 96 116 5 0 2 5/46
1948 31 CHW AL 104 412 335 47 72 8 3 0 18 4 10 73 26 .215 .359 .257 .615 67 86 5 2 2 54/6
1949 32 CHW AL 125 474 388 38 101 15 4 1 40 3 1 84 32 .260 .392 .327 .719 94 127 3 0 2 *5/64
1950 33 CHW AL 83 223 186 26 59 7 0 0 11 1 1 32 10 .317 .417 .355 .772 102 66 5 0 5 5/4O
1951 34 CHW AL 82 159 133 24 35 6 1 0 14 0 1 25 12 .263 .380 .323 .703 93 43 4 0 1 5/46
1952 35 WSH AL 79 298 263 27 69 8 0 0 33 1 0 30 17 .262 .342 .293 .635 80 77 1 2 3 4/65
1953 36 TOT AL 90 208 179 22 47 4 2 0 24 0 2 25 10 .263 .359 .307 .666 78 55 5 2 2 54
1953 36 WSH AL 9 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 -35 0 0 1 0 /5
1953 36 BOS AL 81 199 172 22 47 4 2 0 24 0 2 24 10 .273 .365 .320 .685 83 55 5 1 2 54
1954 37 TOT MLB 44 48 42 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .214 .298 .262 .560 48 11 0 0 1 0 5/4
1954 37 BOS AL 21 20 20 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .300 .500 30 6 0 0 0 0 /54
1954 37 PHI NL 23 28 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .227 .370 .227 .598 61 5 0 0 1 0 /54
1955 38 PHI NL 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 0 0 0 /5
13 Seasons 874 2694 2280 285 573 76 13 1 196 23 25 382 165 .251 .360 .297 .658 82 678 33 6 26 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 499 423 53 106 14 2 0 36 4 5 71 31 .251 .360 .297 .658 82 126 6 1 5
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
CHW (7 yrs) 590 1969 1645 220 423 57 11 1 127 20 22 305 123 .257 .374 .307 .681 88 505 23 2 17
WSH (2 yrs) 88 307 270 27 69 8 0 0 33 1 0 31 17 .256 .339 .285 .624 77 77 1 3 3
PHI (2 yrs) 28 36 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 .167 .286 .167 .452 23 5 2 0 1 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 102 219 192 23 51 6 2 0 27 0 2 24 11 .266 .350 .318 .668 78 61 5 1 2 0
SLB (2 yrs) 66 163 143 15 25 5 0 0 9 2 1 17 9 .175 .263 .210 .472 34 30 2 0 3
AL (12 yrs) 846 2658 2250 285 568 76 13 1 196 23 25 377 160 .252 .361 .299 .660 82 673 31 6 25 0
NL (2 yrs) 28 36 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 .167 .286 .167 .452 23 5 2 0 1 0 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
1943 26 SLB AL 53 41 3 2.0 89 .190 .174 .258 .269 .333 .217 .356 .487 .690 42 .236 -3.3 -0.4 .375 .152 .043
1944 27 SLB AL 110 83 5 1.6 96 .185 .175 .275 .259 .343 .206 .375 .465 .718 31 .160 -8.9 -0.9 .407 .165 .031 .0
1945 28 CHW AL 234 162 19 3.2 86 .265 .250 .258 .325 .330 .288 .351 .613 .680 81 .407 -4.3 -0.5 .528 .154 .038 .0
1946 29 CHW AL 28 20 2 2.7 92 .286 .250 .259 .308 .332 .292 .372 .599 .705 71 .308 -0.9 -0.1 .500 .125 .042
1947 30 CHW AL 439 287 43 4.0 93 .286 .264 .258 .375 .337 .313 .371 .688 .708 96 .480 1.6 0.2 .646 .232 .049 .0
1948 31 CHW AL 412 280 29 2.8 103 .233 .215 .269 .359 .354 .257 .389 .615 .743 67 .281 -11.9 -1.2 .558 .242 .042 .0
1949 32 CHW AL 474 293 50 4.5 104 .282 .260 .267 .392 .358 .327 .388 .719 .747 94 .496 1.1 0.1 .732 .289 .067 1.5
1950 33 CHW AL 223 138 27 5.2 111 .335 .317 .275 .417 .361 .355 .412 .772 .773 102 .521 2.8 0.3 .737 .210 .038 .0
1951 34 CHW AL 159 104 16 4.1 100 .289 .263 .265 .380 .346 .323 .389 .703 .735 93 .460 0.1 0.0 .650 .241 .060
1952 35 WSH AL 298 198 26 3.6 94 .280 .262 .257 .342 .336 .293 .375 .635 .710 80 .428 -5.8 -0.6 .564 .148 .030 .0
1953 36 TOT AL 208 141 19 3.6 106 .278 .263 .275 .359 .352 .307 .405 .666 .757 78 .406 -4.9 -0.5 .576 .173 .045
1953 36 WSH AL 9 7 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .267 .222 .343 .000 .393 .222 .736 -35 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .286 .143 .000
1953 36 BOS AL 199 134 19 3.8 107 .290 .273 .276 .365 .352 .320 .405 .685 .758 83 .428 -3.6 -0.4 .591 .174 .047
1954 37 TOT MLB 48 34 3 2.4 109 .243 .214 .276 .298 .350 .262 .416 .560 .766 48 .231 -3.1 -0.3 .485 .167 .048
1954 37 BOS AL 20 16 1 1.7 108 .211 .200 .279 .200 .356 .300 .408 .500 .764 30 .154 -2.0 -0.2 .375 .100 .100
1954 37 PHI NL 28 18 2 3.0 109 .278 .227 .274 .370 .345 .227 .424 .598 .769 61 .295 -1.0 -0.1 .588 .227 .000
1955 38 PHI NL 8 10 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .263 .000 .334 .000 .417 .000 .750 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
13 Seasons 2694 1791 242 3.6 99 .271 .251 .265 .360 .347 .297 .383 .658 .730 82 .412 -39.8 -4.1 .603 .213 .046 1.9
162 Game Avg. 499 332 45 3.6 99 .271 .251 .265 .360 .347 .297 .383 .658 .730 82 .412 -39.8 -4.1 .603 .213 .046
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHW (7 yrs) 1969 1284 186 3.9 99 .277 .257 .265 .374 .348 .307 .382 .681 .730 88 .436 -11.6 -1.2 .639 .234 .050 1.9
WSH (2 yrs) 307 205 26 3.4 94 .273 .256 .257 .339 .336 .285 .375 .624 .711 77 .412 -7.1 -0.7 .554 .148 .030 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 36 28 2 1.9 108 .200 .167 .271 .286 .343 .167 .422 .452 .764 23 .158 -3.3 -0.3 .370 .167 .000
BOS (2 yrs) 219 150 20 3.6 107 .282 .266 .276 .350 .353 .318 .406 .668 .758 78 .402 -5.6 -0.6 .568 .167 .052
SLB (2 yrs) 163 124 8 1.8 94 .187 .175 .270 .263 .340 .210 .369 .472 .709 34 .183 -12.1 -1.3 .397 .161 .035 .0
AL (12 yrs) 2658 1763 240 3.6 99 .271 .252 .265 .361 .347 .299 .382 .660 .729 82 .416 -36.5 -3.8 .606 .213 .047 1.9
NL (2 yrs) 36 28 2 1.9 108 .200 .167 .271 .286 .343 .167 .422 .452 .764 23 .158 -3.3 -0.3 .370 .167 .000

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
1944 27 SLB AL WS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1943 26 SLB AL 53 0.0% 7.6% 11.3% 3.8% 25% 0.67 11.5 11.5 79%
1944 27 SLB AL 110 0.0% 4.6% 10.0% 2.7% 18% 0.45 19.4 19.4 84%
1945 28 CHW AL 234 0.0% 5.1% 9.8% 3.4% 15% 0.52 17.3 10.9 84%
1946 29 CHW AL 28 0.0% 10.7% 7.1% 3.6% 17% 1.50 8.0 8.0 75%
1947 30 CHW AL 439 0.0% 6.4% 15.0% 3.4% 15% 0.42 13.3 16.9 78%
1948 31 CHW AL 412 0.0% 6.3% 17.7% 2.7% 15% 0.36 12.9 18.6 75%
1949 32 CHW AL 474 0.2% 6.8% 17.7% 4.2% 20% 0.38 12.1 388.0 9.7 75%
1950 33 CHW AL 223 0.0% 4.5% 14.4% 3.1% 12% 0.31 18.6 16.9 79%
1951 34 CHW AL 159 0.0% 7.6% 15.7% 4.4% 20% 0.48 11.1 9.5 76%
1952 35 WSH AL 298 0.0% 5.7% 10.1% 2.7% 12% 0.57 15.5 8.0 83%
1953 36 TOT AL 208 0.0% 4.8% 12.0% 2.9% 13% 0.40 17.9 7.5 81%
1953 36 WSH AL 9 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.00 78%
1953 36 BOS AL 199 0.0% 5.0% 12.1% 3.0% 13% 0.42 17.2 7.2 81%
1954 37 TOT MLB 48 0.0% 10.4% 10.4% 4.2% 22% 1.00 8.4 14.0 0.47 77%
1954 37 BOS AL 20 0.0% 5.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 20.0 6.7 0.25 95%
1954 37 PHI NL 28 0.0% 14.3% 17.9% 0.0% 0% 0.80 5.5 0.86 64%
1955 38 PHI NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 8.0 8.00 88%
13 Seasons 2694 0.0% 6.1% 14.2% 3.3% 16% 0.43 13.8 2280.0 11.6 0.85 78%
MLB Averages
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

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
1954 37 TOT MLB 0 0 7% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 37 BOS AL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 37 PHI NL 0 0 0% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 38 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 0 0 30% 28 23 25 48% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
1954 37 TOT MLB 46 93% 9 25 7 0 2 1.51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 3 1 33% 25 3 12% 0 0 2 0 0% 2
1954 37 BOS AL 20 90% 4 14 3 0 2 1.64 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 16 3 19% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1954 37 PHI NL 26 96% 5 11 4 0 0 1.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 2
1955 38 PHI NL 8 100% 0 4 0 0 0 1.88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 54 94% 573 29 7 0 2 1.56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 2600% 11 33 300% 5 1 20% 28 3 11% 0 0 2 0 0% 2
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
1943 26 22 53 46 5 8 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 4 .174 .269 .217 .487 42 10 1 0 1
1944 27 66 163 143 15 25 5 0 0 9 2 1 17 9 .175 .263 .210 .472 34 30 2 0 3
1945 28 148 397 351 37 77 13 0 0 28 5 3 40 21 .219 .299 .256 .556 61 90 3 0 6
1946 29 157 425 375 39 83 14 0 0 31 5 3 42 24 .221 .300 .259 .558 62 97 3 0 8
1947 30 262 864 746 100 181 26 3 0 53 14 10 108 52 .243 .338 .286 .624 79 213 8 0 10
1948 31 366 1276 1081 147 253 34 6 0 71 18 20 181 78 .234 .345 .277 .622 75 299 13 2 12
1949 32 491 1750 1469 185 354 49 10 1 111 21 21 265 110 .241 .358 .290 .648 80 426 16 2 14
1950 33 574 1973 1655 211 413 56 10 1 122 22 22 297 120 .250 .364 .297 .662 83 492 21 2 19
1951 34 656 2132 1788 235 448 62 11 1 136 22 23 322 132 .251 .366 .299 .665 84 535 25 2 20
1952 35 735 2430 2051 262 517 70 11 1 169 23 23 352 149 .252 .363 .298 .661 83 612 26 4 23
1953 36 825 2638 2230 284 564 74 13 1 193 23 25 377 159 .253 .362 .299 .662 83 667 31 6 25
1954 37 869 2686 2272 285 573 76 13 1 196 23 25 382 164 .252 .361 .298 .660 82 678 31 6 26 0
1955 38 874 2694 2280 285 573 76 13 1 196 23 25 382 165 .251 .360 .297 .658 82 678 33 6 26 0 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
1943 26 23 56 49 6 9 2 0 0 5 0 7 4 .184 .286 .224 .510 3 22
1944 27 46 115 103 11 19 3 0 0 6 2 12 5 .184 .270 .214 .483 6 44
1945 28 87 253 226 27 61 9 0 0 24 4 27 13 .270 .348 .310 .658 24 82
1946 29 9 27 25 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 .240 .296 .280 .576 2 9
1947 30 109 465 392 70 108 13 3 0 25 10 73 29 .276 .389 .324 .713 50 105
1948 31 109 420 346 47 71 8 3 0 18 4 72 27 .205 .345 .246 .591 29 104
1949 32 131 492 405 39 105 16 4 1 41 3 87 33 .259 .390 .326 .716 51 125
1950 33 87 222 191 25 58 7 0 0 10 1 31 10 .304 .401 .340 .741 26 83
1951 34 86 165 139 25 36 6 1 0 15 0 26 13 .259 .376 .317 .692 17 82
1952 35 83 315 280 31 77 9 0 0 38 1 33 18 .275 .356 .307 .663 30 79
1953 36 94 212 185 21 47 4 2 0 23 0 25 10 .254 .349 .297 .646 19 90
1954 37 46 49 44 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 5 5 .205 .286 .250 .536 3 44
1955 38 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
13 Seasons 915 2799 2393 305 606 80 13 1 211 25 400 171 .253 .362 .299 .660 260 874
162 Game Avg. 162 496 424 54 107 14 2 0 37 4 71 30 .253 .362 .299 .660 46 874

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1947 AL--7--8th
1948 AL--10--4th

Oldest s c a p y
1954 NL--born 1916-10-10--6th
1955 NL--born 1916-10-10--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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