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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1943 SLB AL 26 SS 10 51 23 26 2 7 .961 4.90 .953 4.93
1943 SLB AL 26 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.10
1944 SLB AL 27 2B 17 47 24 22 1 3 .979 2.71 .966 5.36
1944 SLB AL 27 SS 16 67 17 46 4 6 .940 3.94 .948 5.05
1945 CHW AL 28 3B 58 139 36 99 4 6 .971 2.33 .947 2.97
1945 CHW AL 28 2B 11 44 15 28 1 4 .977 3.91 .970 5.35
1946 CHW AL 29 3B 6 26 10 15 1 1 .962 4.17 .946 2.88
1947 CHW AL 30 3B 101 344 84 253 7 28 .980 3.34 .958 2.91
1947 CHW AL 30 2B 1 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 .980 5.20
1947 CHW AL 30 SS 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 4.90
1948 CHW AL 31 3B 71 259 78 171 10 17 .961 3.51 .958 2.93
1948 CHW AL 31 2B 18 109 51 55 3 17 .972 5.89 .976 5.39
1948 CHW AL 31 SS 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 4.80
1949 CHW AL 32 3B 122 384 106 269 9 31 .977 3.07 .959 2.95
1949 CHW AL 32 SS 3 16 5 11 0 1 1.000 5.33 .962 4.80
1949 CHW AL 32 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1950 CHW AL 33 3B 53 154 50 102 2 7 .987 2.87 .959 3.04
1950 CHW AL 33 2B 3 5 2 3 0 2 1.000 1.67 .980 5.40
1950 CHW AL 33 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.35 2-0-0
1951 CHW AL 34 3B 44 79 27 46 6 4 .924 1.66 .952 2.87
1951 CHW AL 34 2B 5 20 11 9 0 3 1.000 4.00 .980 5.36
1951 CHW AL 34 SS 3 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.67 .960 4.73
1952 WSH AL 35 2B 68 329 151 176 2 36 .994 4.81 .978 5.13
1952 WSH AL 35 SS 7 38 15 19 4 6 .895 4.86 .966 4.29
1952 WSH AL 35 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 3.00
1953 TOT AL 36 3B 38 83 22 57 4 6 .952 2.08 .958 2.93
1953 WSH AL 36 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.90
1953 BOS AL 36 3B 37 82 22 57 3 6 .963 2.14 .957 2.93
1953 BOS AL 36 2B 16 82 45 36 1 12 .988 5.06 .979 5.13
1954 TOT MLB 37 3B 14 3 47.2 26 10 15 1 1 .962 1.5 37.8 1.5 1.4 0.2 0 4.72 1.79 .954 3.29 2.94
1954 TOT MLB 37 2B 3 0 16.0 8 5 3 0 1 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 4.50 2.67 .988 5.51 5.13
1954 BOS AL 37 3B 7 0 16.2 9 4 4 1 1 .889 -0.4 -28.8 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 4.32 1.14 .967 3.51 3.07
1954 BOS AL 37 2B 1 0 8.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -14.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.16 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1954 PHI NL 37 3B 7 3 31.0 17 6 11 0 0 1.000 1.9 73.5 1.9 1.8 0.2 0 4.94 2.43 .947 3.16 2.81
1954 PHI NL 37 2B 2 0 7.2 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 0.3 47.0 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 7.04 3.00 .983 5.63 5.30
1955 PHI NL 38 3B 1 1 9.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 8.00 8.00 .950 3.10 2.80
12 Seasons 3B 510 4 56.2 1505 429 1032 44 101 .971 1.8 38.1 1.8 1.4 0.5 0 232.04 2.86 .957 3.26 2.94
10 Seasons 2B 143 0 16.0 649 307 334 8 79 .988 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 360.56 4.48 .976 5.51 5.22
7 Seasons SS 41 184 65 109 10 21 .946 4.24 .955 4.84
1 Season OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.35 2-0-0
13 Seasons TOT 696 4 72.2 2339 802 1475 62 201 .973 2.0 33.0 2.0 1.7 0.4 0 282.01 3.27 .936 3.75 3.52 2-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 SLB AL 26 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0
1944 SLB AL 27 44 44 44 0 0 0 17 0 16 0 0 0 0
1945 CHW AL 28 82 82 82 0 0 0 11 58 0 0 0 0 0
1946 CHW AL 29 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CHW AL 30 105 105 105 0 0 0 1 101 1 0 0 0 0
1948 CHW AL 31 104 104 104 0 0 0 18 71 1 0 0 0 0
1949 CHW AL 32 125 125 125 0 0 0 1 122 3 0 0 0 0
1950 CHW AL 33 83 83 83 0 0 0 3 53 0 2 0 0 2
1951 CHW AL 34 82 82 82 0 0 0 5 44 3 0 0 0 0
1952 WSH AL 35 79 79 79 0 0 0 68 1 7 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 36 81 81 81 0 0 0 16 37 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 36 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 37 23 3 23 23 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
1954 BOS AL 37 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 14 3
1955 PHI NL 38 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
13 Seasons 874 4 874 874 0 0 0 143 510 41 2 0 0 2 31 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 37 83 67% 76% 25% 9 89% 0 4 4 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 37 103 66% 87% 22% 15 87% 0 4 2 2 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1955 PHI NL 38 42 76% 74% 19% 6 100% 1 7 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 228 68% 81% 23% 30 90% 1 15 10 3 2 16 13 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 PHI NL 37 31 74% 94% 29% 3 100% 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 37 33 58% 79% 18% 4 75% 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 64 66% 86% 23% 7 86% 0 6 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

* 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.

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