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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

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

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 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 Standards Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

December 30, 1944: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

October 24, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Willy Miranda.

May 12, 1953: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Washington Senators.

July 18, 1954: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Boston Red Sox.

May 9, 1955: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Uniforms

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