Floyd Baker

Floyd Wilson Baker

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox/Senators/Browns/Phillies 1943-1955

Final Game: May 4, 1955
Died: November 17, 2004 in Youngstown, OH
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Boardman, OH
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1943	SLB	AL	26	SS	10	9	9		51	23	26	2	7	.961				4.90	.953		5.13
1943	SLB	AL	26	3B	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	1.000				2.00	.950		3.20
1944	SLB	AL	27	2B	17	6	6		47	24	22	1	3	.979				2.71	.967		5.61
1944	SLB	AL	27	SS	16	12	11		67	17	46	4	6	.940				3.94	.947		5.29
1945	CHW	AL	28	3B	58	36	36		139	36	99	4	6	.971				2.33	.948		3.16
1945	CHW	AL	28	2B	11	9	7		44	15	28	1	4	.977				3.91	.970		5.62
1946	CHW	AL	29	3B	6	6	6		26	10	15	1	1	.962				4.17	.948		3.07
1947	CHW	AL	30	3B	101	99	96		344	84	253	7	28	.980				3.34	.959		3.01
1947	CHW	AL	30	2B	1	0	0		5	3	2	0	1	1.000				5.00	.978		5.50
1947	CHW	AL	30	SS	1	1	0		4	1	3	0	0	1.000				4.00	.965		5.10
1948	CHW	AL	31	3B	71	68	64		259	78	171	10	17	.961				3.51	.958		3.04
1948	CHW	AL	31	2B	18	17	17		109	51	55	3	17	.972				5.89	.976		5.62
1948	CHW	AL	31	SS	1	1	1		3	2	1	0	0	1.000				3.00	.963		5.20
1949	CHW	AL	32	3B	122	118	106		384	106	269	9	31	.977				3.07	.960		3.15
1949	CHW	AL	32	SS	3	1	1		16	5	11	0	1	1.000				5.33	.963		5.17
1949	CHW	AL	32	2B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0					0.00			5.50
1950	CHW	AL	33	3B	53	43	43	401.2	154	50	102	2	7	.987			3.41	2.87	.960	3.25	3.20
1950	CHW	AL	33	2B	3	0	0	6.0	5	2	3	0	2	1.000			7.50	1.67	.976	5.85	5.77
1950	CHW	AL	33	LF	2	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			1.80	0.50	.980	2.34	2.35
1950	CHW	AL	33	OF	2	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			1.80	0.50	.980	2.52	2.45
1951	CHW	AL	34	3B	44	19	17	228.2	79	27	46	6	4	.924			2.87	1.66	.950	3.17	3.15
1951	CHW	AL	34	2B	5	2	1	25.0	20	11	9	0	3	1.000			7.20	4.00	.978	5.72	5.68
1951	CHW	AL	34	SS	3	0	0	6.0	5	2	3	0	1	1.000			7.50	1.67	.960	5.25	5.17
1952	WSH	AL	35	2B	68	63	55	570.1	329	151	176	2	36	.994			5.16	4.81	.978	5.57	5.57
1952	WSH	AL	35	SS	7	7	6	62.0	38	15	19	4	6	.895			4.94	4.86	.962	4.94	4.94
1952	WSH	AL	35	3B	1	0	0	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			1.50	1.00	.950	3.30	3.30
1953	TOT	AL	36	3B	38	24	19	238.0	83	22	57	4	6	.952	1	5	2.99	2.08	.957	3.38	3.36
1953	WSH	AL	36	3B	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-400	0.00	0.00	.960	3.30	3.40
1953	BOS	AL	36	3B	37	24	19	235.0	82	22	57	3	6	.963	2	10	3.03	2.14	.957	3.38	3.36
1953	BOS	AL	36	2B	16	14	13	123.1	82	45	36	1	12	.988	-1	-10	5.91	5.06	.979	5.60	5.57
1954	TOT	MLB	37	3B	14	3	2	48.2	26	10	15	1	1	.962	2	37	4.62	1.79	.954	3.29	3.30
1954	TOT	MLB	37	2B	3	0	0	16.0	8	5	3	0	1	1.000	0	15	4.50	2.67	.976	5.51	5.47
1954	BOS	AL	37	3B	7	0	0	16.2	9	4	4	1	1	.889	-0	-29	4.32	1.14	.959	3.51	3.46
1954	BOS	AL	37	2B	1	0	0	8.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-14	2.16	2.00	.975	5.40	5.30
1954	PHI	NL	37	3B	7	3	2	32.0	17	6	11	0	0	1.000	2	71	4.78	2.43	.952	3.18	3.14
1954	PHI	NL	37	2B	2	0	0	7.2	6	3	3	0	1	1.000	0	47	7.04	3.00	.977	5.63	5.55
1955	PHI	NL	38	3B	1	1	1	9.0	8	5	3	0	0	1.000	0	40	8.00	8.00	.951	3.10	3.10
	12 Seasons			3B	510	417	390	932.0	1505	429	1032	44	101	.971	3	4	3.26	2.86	.957	3.27	3.13
	10 Seasons			2B	143	111	99	740.2	649	307	334	8	79	.988	-1	-1	5.36	4.48	.976	5.58	5.59
	7 Seasons			SS	41	31	28	68.0	184	65	109	10	21	.946			5.16	4.24	.954	4.96	5.17
	1 Season			OF	2	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			1.80	0.50	.980	2.52	2.45
	1 Season			LF	2	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			1.80	0.50	.980	2.34	2.35
	13 Seasons			TOT	696	559	517	1745.2	2339	802	1475	62	201	.973	2	1	4.22	3.27	.962	4.31	3.76
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1943	SLB	AL	26	SS
1943	SLB	AL	26	3B
1944	SLB	AL	27	2B
1944	SLB	AL	27	SS
1945	CHW	AL	28	3B
1945	CHW	AL	28	2B
1946	CHW	AL	29	3B
1947	CHW	AL	30	3B
1947	CHW	AL	30	2B
1947	CHW	AL	30	SS
1948	CHW	AL	31	3B
1948	CHW	AL	31	2B
1948	CHW	AL	31	SS
1949	CHW	AL	32	3B
1949	CHW	AL	32	SS
1949	CHW	AL	32	2B
1950	CHW	AL	33	3B
1950	CHW	AL	33	2B
1950	CHW	AL	33	LF
1951	CHW	AL	34	3B
1951	CHW	AL	34	2B
1951	CHW	AL	34	SS
1952	WSH	AL	35	2B
1952	WSH	AL	35	SS
1952	WSH	AL	35	3B
1953	WSH	AL	36	3B	-1	-400	-1	0	-1	0
1953	BOS	AL	36	3B	2	10	2	2	-1	0
1953	BOS	AL	36	2B	-1	-10	-1	0	-1	0
1954	BOS	AL	37	3B	-0	-29	-0	0	-0	0
1954	BOS	AL	37	2B	-0	-14	-0	0	-0	0
1954	PHI	NL	37	3B	2	71	2	0	2	0
1954	PHI	NL	37	2B	0	47	0	-0	0	0
1955	PHI	NL	38	3B	0	40	0	0	0	0
	12 Seasons			3B	3	4	3	3	-1	0
	10 Seasons			2B	-1	-1	-1	-0	-1	0
	7 Seasons			SS
	1 Season			LF
	13 Seasons			TOT	2	1	2	2	-1	0
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	OF	PH	PR
1943	SLB	AL	26	22	9	22	11	0	1	10	0	0	11	0
1944	SLB	AL	27	44	18	44	33	17	0	16	0	0	12	0
1945	CHW	AL	28	82	45	82	67	11	58	0	0	0	17	0
1946	CHW	AL	29	9	6	9	6	0	6	0	0	0	3	0
1947	CHW	AL	30	105	100	105	101	1	101	1	0	0	0	5
1948	CHW	AL	31	104	86	104	90	18	71	1	0	0	13	1
1949	CHW	AL	32	125	119	125	125	1	122	3	0	0	0	1
1950	CHW	AL	33	83	43	83	58	3	53	0	2	2	25	1
1951	CHW	AL	34	82	21	82	51	5	44	3	0	0	37	0
1952	WSH	AL	35	79	70	79	75	68	1	7	0	0	6	1
1953	BOS	AL	36	81	38	81	53	16	37	0	0	0	30	8
1953	WSH	AL	36	9	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
1954	PHI	NL	37	23	3	23	9	2	7	0	0	0	13	3
1954	BOS	AL	37	21	0	21	8	1	7	0	0	0	14	3
1955	PHI	NL	38	5	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	13 Seasons			874	559	874	689	143	510	41	2	2	193	23

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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%
1948	CHW	AL	31	1103	57%	85%	28%	100	93%	0	38	29	3	6	64	54	7	2	3	4	0	3	1	2	5	3	0	4	1	0	1	8	63%
1949	CHW	AL	32	2481	60%	82%	27%	204	91%	2	59	41	10	8	144	115	23	1	4	6	0	6	0	6	15	13	0	14	1	1	0	11	45%
1950	CHW	AL	33	1162	67%	79%	24%	96	93%	2	32	25	5	2	61	42	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	100%
1951	CHW	AL	34	800	65%	81%	25%	74	84%	0	25	24	0	1	38	30	7	0	0	6	0	6	0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	50%
1952	WSH	AL	35	22	64%	86%	32%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	BOS	AL	36	963	67%	81%	27%	78	94%	1	22	16	1	5	56	48	7	0	2	3	0	3	0	2	6	5	0	5	0	0	0	6	100%
1953	WSH	AL	36	15	80%	87%	40%	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	BOS	AL	37	81	69%	78%	26%	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	105	68%	89%	23%	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
	8 Seasons			6774	63%	82%	26%	585	91%	6	191	145	22	24	380	303	62	6	11	23	0	22	1	20	34	29	0	31	2	1	1	29	62%
	MLB Averages				63%	82%	26%		89%																								67%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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
1948	CHW	AL	31	383	60%	81%	26%	31	90%	1	28	6	16	6	32	24	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	2	2	0	8	2	6	1	1	0
1950	CHW	AL	33	7	57%	57%	14%	0		0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1951	CHW	AL	34	76	53%	84%	29%	5	100%	0	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
1952	WSH	AL	35	2400	54%	82%	24%	213	95%	1	147	47	76	24	177	144	27	1	3	2	0	2	0	2	36	11	10	10	2	35	12	23	1	1	0
1953	BOS	AL	36	576	69%	80%	26%	44	93%	1	45	14	26	5	36	29	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	5	1	2	1	10	3	7	1	1	0
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
	6 Seasons			3506	57%	82%	25%	300	94%	3	233	72	123	38	253	204	36	2	5	3	1	2	0	2	62	21	13	15	4	57	19	38	3	3	0
	MLB Averages				63%	82%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1949	CHW	AL	32	4	75%	100%	50%	0		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	CHW	AL	34	3	67%	100%	33%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	WSH	AL	35	262	65%	83%	22%	26	81%	0	17	6	7	4	19	15	3	0	0	4	1	2	1	3	6	2	0	4	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			269	65%	84%	23%	26	81%	0	18	6	8	4	19	15	3	0	0	4	1	2	1	3	6	2	0	4	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	82%	26%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1950	CHW	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	60.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	37	65%	73%	11%	6	17%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	60.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	37	65%	73%	11%	6	17%
	MLB Averages																														57.7%			2.6%			63%	82%	31%		51%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1949 AL 122 (4th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1947 AL 253 (5th) 1949 AL 269 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1947 AL 3.34 (1st) 1949 AL 3.07 (4th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1947 AL .980 (2nd) 1949 AL .977 (1st) Career .971 (4th)
Oldest s c a p y 1954 NL born 1916-10-10 (6th) 1955 NL born 1916-10-10 (3rd)

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