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Home Run Baker

John Franklin Baker (Home Run)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: March 13, 1886 in Trappe, MD
High School: Trappe HS (Trappe, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1908
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees 1908-1922

Final Game: September 29, 1922
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1955.
   View Home Run Baker Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: June 28, 1963 in Trappe, MD
Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery of Talbot County, Easton, MD
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Hall of Fame

Standard Batting

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
1908 22 PHA AL 9 33 31 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 .290 .290 .387 .677 114 12 0 2 /5
1909 23 PHA AL 148 606 541 73 165 27 19 4 85 20 26 48 .305 .343 .447 .790 147 242 5 34 *5
1910 24 PHA AL 146 620 561 83 159 25 15 2 74 21 34 36 .283 .329 .392 .721 126 220 4 21 *5
1911 25 PHA AL 148 659 592 96 198 42 14 11 115 38 40 39 .334 .379 .508 .887 149 301 2 25 *5 MVP-11
1912 26 PHA AL 149 644 577 116 200 40 21 10 130 40 26 50 39 .347 .404 .541 .945 174 312 6 11 *5 MVP-7
1913 27 PHA AL 149 644 564 116 190 34 9 12 117 34 63 31 .337 .413 .493 .906 167 278 10 7 *5 MVP-5
1914 28 PHA AL 150 634 570 84 182 23 10 9 89 19 20 53 37 .319 .380 .442 .822 151 252 3 8 *5 MVP-3
1916 30 NYY AL 100 402 360 46 97 23 2 10 52 15 0 36 30 .269 .344 .428 .772 130 154 5 1 5
1917 31 NYY AL 146 613 553 57 156 24 2 6 71 18 48 27 .282 .345 .365 .710 117 202 5 7 *5
1918 32 NYY AL 126 558 504 65 154 24 5 6 62 8 38 13 .306 .357 .409 .765 129 206 2 12 *5
1919 33 NYY AL 141 623 567 70 166 22 1 10 83 13 44 18 .293 .346 .388 .734 106 220 2 9 *5
1921 35 NYY AL 94 369 330 46 97 16 2 9 71 8 5 26 12 .294 .353 .436 .789 99 144 4 9 5
1922 36 NYY AL 69 258 234 30 65 12 3 7 36 1 3 15 14 .278 .327 .444 .771 98 104 2 7 5
13 Yrs 1575 6663 5984 887 1838 315 103 96 987 235 54 473 346 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 2647 50 153
162 Game Avg. 162 685 615 91 189 32 11 10 102 24 49 36 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 272 5 16
PHA (7 yrs) 899 3840 3436 573 1103 194 88 48 612 172 46 266 232 .321 .375 .471 .845 153 1617 30 108
NYY (6 yrs) 676 2823 2548 314 735 121 15 48 375 63 8 207 114 .288 .347 .404 .751 114 1030 20 45

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1908 22 PHA AL 9 33 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .524 .501 0.2 0.2 2 $ /5
1909 23 PHA AL 148 606 26 -1 0 -1 5 29 3.4 20 50 5.4 .524 .522 5.7 0.4 51 $ *5
1910 24 PHA AL 146 620 16 -1 0 4 5 24 2.7 21 45 4.8 .519 .517 4.4 1.0 41 $ *5
1911 25 PHA AL 148 659 37 1 0 -3 5 40 4.1 22 62 6.3 .527 .524 6.5 0.3 65 $ *5 MVP-11
1912 26 PHA AL 149 644 53 0 0 9 5 67 6.8 22 89 9.0 .545 .542 8.0 1.5 80 $ *5 MVP-7
1913 27 PHA AL 149 644 46 -1 0 -1 5 50 5.4 23 72 7.7 .537 .534 7.9 0.4 74 $8,000 *5 MVP-5
1914 28 PHA AL 150 634 33 -1 0 4 5 41 4.7 22 63 6.8 .532 .530 6.5 1.0 59 $ *5 MVP-3
1916 30 NYY AL 100 402 12 0 0 2 3 18 2.0 14 31 3.4 .521 .513 3.2 0.6 29 $ 5
1917 31 NYY AL 146 613 11 -1 0 3 5 18 2.2 21 39 4.3 .515 .514 3.9 1.0 36 $ *5
1918 32 NYY AL 126 558 17 -0 0 3 4 23 2.8 19 42 4.6 .522 .517 4.3 0.9 39 $ *5
1919 33 NYY AL 141 623 6 -1 0 5 5 15 1.7 21 36 3.8 .512 .510 3.2 1.2 31 $ *5
1921 35 NYY AL 94 369 -0 0 0 8 3 10 1.0 11 22 2.2 .511 .506 1.4 1.1 14 $ 5
1922 36 NYY AL 69 258 -1 -1 0 1 2 1 0.0 8 9 0.9 .501 .501 0.8 0.2 8 $ 5
13 Seasons 1575 6663 256 -5 0 35 52 337 37.0 226 563 59.5 .524 .518 56.0 9.6 529 $8,000
PHA (7 yrs) 899 3840 212 -3 0 13 30 252 27.2 132 384 40.3 .531 .524 39.2 4.7 371 $8,000
NYY (6 yrs) 676 2823 44 -3 0 22 22 85 9.8 94 179 19.2 .515 .510 16.8 4.9 157 $

Advanced Batting

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
1908 22 PHA AL 33 24 3 3.4 73 .310 .290 .252 .290 .310 .387 .321 .677 .631 114 .561 0.4 0.0 .545 .097 .097
1909 23 PHA AL 606 410 82 5.3 75 .329 .305 .255 .343 .316 .447 .323 .790 .639 147 .735 25.5 3.0 .779 .227 .142 6.7
1910 24 PHA AL 620 423 71 4.5 74 .300 .283 .249 .329 .315 .392 .321 .721 .636 126 .653 14.6 1.7 .694 .207 .109 3.7
1911 25 PHA AL 659 419 113 7.2 95 .345 .334 .279 .379 .345 .508 .366 .887 .711 149 .735 35.5 3.6 .967 .306 .174 17.1
1912 26 PHA AL 644 414 119 7.6 88 .360 .347 .268 .404 .336 .541 .352 .945 .688 174 .780 52.5 5.5 .948 .305 .194 16.0
1913 27 PHA AL 644 381 112 7.8 86 .342 .337 .262 .413 .334 .493 .344 .906 .678 167 .804 48.6 5.3 1.029 .328 .156 17.7
1914 28 PHA AL 634 416 91 5.9 79 .330 .319 .252 .380 .324 .442 .330 .822 .654 151 .744 33.7 3.9 .752 .214 .123 12.2
1916 30 NYY AL 402 264 54 5.5 84 .272 .269 .259 .344 .333 .428 .338 .772 .671 130 .694 12.6 1.4 .798 .300 .158 12.0
1917 31 NYY AL 613 404 69 4.6 80 .288 .282 .255 .345 .326 .365 .330 .710 .656 117 .639 11.0 1.3 .688 .203 .083 9.0
1918 32 NYY AL 558 362 73 5.5 84 .305 .306 .263 .357 .334 .409 .335 .765 .669 129 .695 16.1 1.8 .726 .194 .103 6.9
1919 33 NYY AL 623 410 76 5.0 95 .289 .293 .276 .346 .342 .388 .371 .734 .714 106 .592 3.6 0.4 .696 .196 .095 11.3
1921 35 NYY AL 369 247 49 5.3 116 .285 .294 .302 .353 .368 .436 .424 .789 .793 99 .520 -1.5 -0.1 .744 .230 .142 8.5
1922 36 NYY AL 258 179 32 4.8 111 .272 .278 .296 .327 .361 .444 .415 .771 .776 98 .504 -2.0 -0.2 .692 .222 .167 1.8
13 Yrs 6663 4353 944 5.8 87 .314 .307 .265 .363 .334 .442 .349 .805 .683 135 .697 250.6 27.6 .798 .244 .135 136.3
162 Game Avg. 685 448 97 5.8 87 .314 .307 .265 .363 .334 .442 .349 .805 .683 135 .697 26 3 .798 .244 .135 14
PHA (7 yrs) 3840 2487 591 6.4 83 .334 .321 .261 .375 .328 .471 .340 .845 .668 153 .746 210.8 23.1 .857 .264 .150 75.1
NYY (6 yrs) 2823 1866 353 5.1 92 .288 .288 .272 .347 .341 .404 .361 .751 .702 114 .618 39.8 4.5 .720 .219 .116 54.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1910 24 PHA AL WS CHC W 5 24 22 6 9 3 1 0 4 0 3 2 1 .409 .458 .636 1.095 14 0 0 0 0 0
1911 25 PHA AL WS NYG W 6 25 24 7 9 2 0 2 5 0 1 1 5 .375 .400 .708 1.108 17 0 0 0 0 1
1913 27 PHA AL WS NYG W 5 21 20 2 9 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 2 .450 .429 .600 1.029 12 0 0 0 1 0
1914 28 PHA AL WS BSN L 4 17 16 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .375 .669 6 1 0 0 0 1
1921 35 NYY AL WS NYG L 4 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0
1922 36 NYY AL WS NYG L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 Series) 25 97 91 15 33 7 1 3 18 1 4 5 11 .363 .392 .560 .952 51 1 0 0 1 2
6 WS 25 97 91 15 33 7 1 3 18 1 4 5 11 .363 .392 .560 .952 51 1 0 0 1 2

Ratio Batting*

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
1918 32 NYY AL 558 1.1% 2.3% 6.8% 6.3% 23% 0.34 38.8 84.0 8.1 87%
1919 33 NYY AL 623 1.6% 2.9% 7.1% 5.3% 20% 0.41 31.5 56.7 6.8 87%
1921 35 NYY AL 369 2.4% 3.3% 7.1% 7.3% 28% 0.46 27.5 36.7 4.6 84%
1922 36 NYY AL 258 2.7% 5.4% 5.8% 8.5% 34% 0.93 16.7 33.4 6.5 83%
13 Yrs 1808 5.3% 19.1% 26.2% 28.4% 28% 0.73 17.3 62.3 6.1 307%
MLB Averages 1.7% 30.9% 25.0% 17.0% 23% 1.24 9.4 168.4 9.8 257%

Cumulative Batting

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
1908 22 9 33 31 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 .290 .290 .387 .677 114 12 0 2
1909 23 157 639 572 78 174 30 19 4 87 20 26 50 .304 .340 .444 .784 145 254 5 36
1910 24 303 1259 1133 161 333 55 34 6 161 41 60 86 .294 .334 .418 .753 136 474 9 57
1911 25 451 1918 1725 257 531 97 48 17 276 79 100 125 .308 .350 .449 .799 141 775 11 82
1912 26 600 2562 2302 373 731 137 69 27 406 119 26 150 164 .318 .364 .472 .836 149 1087 17 93
1913 27 749 3206 2866 489 921 171 78 39 523 153 26 213 195 .321 .374 .476 .850 153 1365 27 100
1914 28 899 3840 3436 573 1103 194 88 48 612 172 46 266 232 .321 .375 .471 .845 153 1617 30 108
1915 29 899 3840 3436 573 1103 194 88 48 612 172 46 266 232 .321 .375 .471 .845 153 1617 30 108
1916 30 999 4242 3796 619 1200 217 90 58 664 187 46 302 262 .316 .372 .467 .838 150 1771 35 109
1917 31 1145 4855 4349 676 1356 241 92 64 735 205 46 350 289 .312 .368 .454 .822 146 1973 40 116
1918 32 1271 5413 4853 741 1510 265 97 70 797 213 46 388 302 .311 .367 .449 .816 144 2179 42 128
1919 33 1412 6036 5420 811 1676 287 98 80 880 226 46 432 320 .309 .365 .443 .808 140 2399 44 137
1920 34 1412 6036 5420 811 1676 287 98 80 880 226 46 432 320 .309 .365 .443 .808 140 2399 44 137
1921 35 1506 6405 5750 857 1773 303 100 89 951 234 51 458 332 .308 .364 .442 .807 137 2543 48 146
1922 36 1575 6663 5984 887 1838 315 103 96 987 235 54 473 346 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 2647 50 153

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1908 22 9 35 33 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 .303 .303 .394 .697 4 9
1909 23 155 665 592 96 199 33 23 5 112 24 31 50 .336 .375 .495 .870 108 148
1910 24 151 667 600 104 185 29 17 2 93 24 40 37 .308 .357 .423 .780 90 146
1911 25 156 690 620 99 206 44 15 11 118 40 42 41 .332 .377 .505 .881 117 148
1912 26 156 679 608 126 214 43 22 11 141 43 54 41 .352 .410 .549 .960 135 149
1913 27 157 701 611 140 218 39 10 14 142 39 72 33 .357 .434 .522 .956 136 149
1914 28 154 689 614 109 216 27 12 11 115 23 63 38 .352 .416 .489 .904 123 150
1916 30 104 432 384 56 111 26 2 11 64 17 41 31 .289 .367 .453 .820 63 100
1917 31 152 663 594 72 182 28 2 7 89 21 56 28 .306 .372 .396 .768 86 146
1918 32 161 737 665 99 219 34 7 9 94 11 54 17 .329 .382 .442 .824 111 126
1919 33 163 732 666 88 202 27 1 12 104 16 54 21 .303 .357 .401 .758 95 141
1921 35 99 375 337 41 92 15 2 9 63 8 25 13 .273 .331 .409 .740 44 94
1922 36 72 266 242 29 65 12 3 7 35 1 15 15 .269 .317 .430 .746 32 69
13 Yrs 1689 7331 6566 1065 2119 360 116 109 1172 267 547 367 .323 .380 .463 .842 1144 1575
162 Game Avg. 162 703 630 102 203 35 11 10 112 26 52 35 .323 .380 .463 .842 110 1575

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1937 BBWAA ( 6.5%)
1938 BBWAA (12.2%)
1939 BBWAA (10.9%)
1942 BBWAA (16.7%)
1945 BBWAA (10.5%)
1946 Final Ballot (13.7%)
1946 Nominating Vote (19.3%)
1947 BBWAA (30.4%)
1948 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1950 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1951 BBWAA ( 3.5%)
1955 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1955
by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (11, 12%)
1912 AL (7, 27%)
1913 AL (5, 33%)
1914 AL (3, 27%)
0.99 Career Shares (244th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1909 AL  5.4 (9th)
1911 AL  6.3 (7th)
1912 AL  9.0 (6th)
1913 AL  7.7 (5th)
1914 AL  6.8 (5th)
1918 AL  4.6 (10th)
Career  59.5 (145th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1909 AL  5.4 (6th)
1910 AL  4.8 (6th)
1911 AL  6.3 (4th)
1912 AL  9.0 (3rd)
1913 AL  7.7 (3rd)
1914 AL  6.8 (3rd)
1917 AL  4.3 (8th)
1918 AL  4.6 (7th)
1919 AL  3.8 (10th)
Career  59.5 (100th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1909 AL  5.7 (3rd)
1910 AL  4.4 (5th)
1911 AL  6.5 (3rd)
1912 AL  8.0 (4th)
1913 AL  7.9 (1st)
1914 AL  6.5 (3rd)
1917 AL  3.9 (10th)
1918 AL  4.3 (7th)
Career  56.0 (95th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1912 AL  1.5 (5th)
1917 AL  1.0 (8th)
1918 AL  0.9 (6th)
1919 AL  1.2 (5th)
1921 AL  1.1 (3rd)
Career  9.6 (227th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1909 AL  .305 (7th)
1911 AL  .334 (7th)
1912 AL  .347 (6th)
1913 AL  .337 (5th)
1914 AL  .319 (5th)
1918 AL  .306 (5th)
Career  .307 (132nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1912 AL  .404 (6th)
1913 AL  .413 (5th)
1914 AL  .380 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1909 AL  .447 (4th)
1911 AL  .508 (5th)
1912 AL  .541 (4th)
1913 AL  .493 (4th)
1914 AL  .442 (7th)
1916 AL  .428 (5th)
1918 AL  .409 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1909 AL  .790 (7th)
1911 AL  .887 (7th)
1912 AL  .945 (4th)
1913 AL  .906 (4th)
1914 AL  .822 (6th)
1916 AL  .772 (8th)
1918 AL  .765 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1909 AL  148 (10th)
1911 AL  148 (4th)
1913 AL  149 (9th)
1918 AL  126 (10th)
1919 AL  141 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1909 AL  541 (9th)
1910 AL  561 (7th)
1911 AL  592 (2nd)
1912 AL  577 (10th)
1913 AL  564 (7th)
1918 AL  504 (4th)
1919 AL  567 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1909 AL  606 (8th)
1910 AL  620 (8th)
1911 AL  659 (3rd)
1913 AL  644 (9th)
1918 AL  558 (7th)
1919 AL  623 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1909 AL  73 (6th)
1910 AL  83 (7th)
1911 AL  96 (9th)
1912 AL  116 (5th)
1913 AL  116 (2nd)
1914 AL  84 (7th)
1918 AL  65 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1909 AL  165 (6th)
1910 AL  159 (8th)
1911 AL  198 (4th)
1912 AL  200 (4th)
1913 AL  190 (3rd)
1914 AL  182 (3rd)
1918 AL  154 (3rd)
1919 AL  166 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1909 AL  242 (4th)
1910 AL  220 (9th)
1911 AL  301 (4th)
1912 AL  312 (4th)
1913 AL  278 (3rd)
1914 AL  252 (3rd)
1918 AL  206 (3rd)
1919 AL  220 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1909 AL  27 (6th)
1910 AL  25 (8th)
1911 AL  42 (3rd)
1912 AL  40 (3rd)
1913 AL  34 (3rd)
1914 AL  23 (8th)
1918 AL  24 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1909 AL  19 (1st)
1910 AL  15 (6th)
1911 AL  14 (6th)
1912 AL  21 (3rd)
Career  103 (146th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1909 AL  4 (6th)
1911 AL  11 (1st)
1912 AL  10 (1st)
1913 AL  12 (1st)
1914 AL  9 (1st)
1916 AL  10 (2nd)
1917 AL  6 (4th)
1918 AL  6 (3rd)
1919 AL  10 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1909 AL  85 (3rd)
1910 AL  74 (6th)
1911 AL  115 (2nd)
1912 AL  130 (1st)
1913 AL  117 (1st)
1914 AL  89 (4th)
1917 AL  71 (8th)
1918 AL  62 (6th)
1919 AL  83 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1911 AL  38 (9th)
1912 AL  40 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1909 AL  115 (9th)
1911 AL  131 (10th)
1913 AL  135 (5th)
1914 AL  140 (4th)
1918 AL  119 (6th)
1919 AL  133 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1909 AL  147 (7th)
1911 AL  149 (7th)
1912 AL  173 (4th)
1913 AL  167 (4th)
1914 AL  151 (6th)
1916 AL  130 (9th)
Career  135 (111th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1909 AL  82 (5th)
1910 AL  71 (9th)
1911 AL  113 (4th)
1912 AL  119 (4th)
1913 AL  112 (3rd)
1914 AL  91 (4th)
1918 AL  73 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1909 AL  26 (7th)
1911 AL  36 (7th)
1912 AL  52 (4th)
1913 AL  49 (4th)
1914 AL  34 (5th)
1918 AL  16 (8th)
Career  251 (182nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1909 AL  3.0 (7th)
1911 AL  3.6 (7th)
1912 AL  5.5 (4th)
1913 AL  5.3 (4th)
1914 AL  3.9 (5th)
1918 AL  1.8 (8th)
Career  27.6 (145th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1909 AL  50 (3rd)
1910 AL  42 (8th)
1911 AL  67 (3rd)
1912 AL  71 (3rd)
1913 AL  55 (4th)
1914 AL  42 (8th)
1918 AL  35 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1909 AL  196 (9th)
1911 AL  240 (8th)
1912 AL  256 (7th)
1913 AL  263 (3rd)
1914 AL  238 (6th)
1918 AL  194 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1909 AL  .735 (7th)
1911 AL  .735 (7th)
1912 AL  .781 (4th)
1913 AL  .804 (4th)
1914 AL  .744 (6th)
1916 AL  .694 (5th)
1918 AL  .695 (9th)
Career  .697 (78th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 AL  10 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 AL  34 (3rd)
1911 AL  25 (10th)
Career  153 (165th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1912 AL  26 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1909 AL  6.7 (7th)
1911 AL  17.1 (1st)
1912 AL  16.0 (2nd)
1913 AL  17.7 (1st)
1914 AL  12.2 (1st)
1916 AL  12.0 (2nd)
1917 AL  9.0 (6th)
1918 AL  6.9 (4th)
1919 AL  11.3 (2nd)
Career  136.3 (228th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1910 AL  15.6 (7th)
1911 AL  15.2 (9th)
1913 AL  18.2 (8th)
1918 AL  38.8 (4th)
1919 AL  31.5 (5th)
Career  17.3 (182nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1909 AL  135.3 (9th)
1911 AL  53.8 (1st)
1912 AL  57.7 (1st)
1913 AL  47.0 (1st)
1914 AL  63.3 (2nd)
1916 AL  36.0 (1st)
1917 AL  92.2 (5th)
1918 AL  84.0 (4th)
1919 AL  56.7 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1909 AL  410 (10th)
1910 AL  423 (7th)
1911 AL  419 (7th)
1919 AL  410 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1921 AL  born 1886-03-13 (5th)
1922 AL  born 1886-03-13 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 26 (70), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 196 (44), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 81 (230), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (240), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Pinky Whitney (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pie Traynor (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. George Grantham (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lyons (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pinky Higgins (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Vosmik (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jimmy Collins (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jimmy Collins (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Home John Franklin homerun Run Baker

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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