Frank Baker
John Franklin Baker (Home Run)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: March 13, 1886 in Trappe, MD
High School: Trappe (Trappe, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1908
Final Game: September 29, 1922
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1955.
Died: June 28, 1963 in Trappe, MD
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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
1908 22 PHA AL 9 33 31 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 .290 .290 .387 .677 113 12 0 2 /5
1909 23 PHA AL 148 606 541 73 165 27 19 4 85 20 26 .305 .343 .447 .790 147 242 5 34 *5
1910 24 PHA AL 146 620 561 83 159 25 15 2 74 21 34 .283 .329 .392 .721 126 220 4 21 *5
1911 25 PHA AL 148 659 592 96 198 42 14 11 115 38 40 .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 50 .347 .404 .541 .945 173 312 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 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 .710 116 202 5 7 *5
1918 32 NYY AL 126 556 504 65 154 24 5 6 62 8 38 13 .306 .357 .409 .765 129 206 2 12 *5
1919 33 NYY AL 141 622 567 70 166 22 1 10 83 13 44 18 .293 .346 .388 .734 105 220 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 97 104 2 7 5
13 Seasons 1575 6660 5984 887 1838 315 103 96 987 235 28 473 182 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 2647 50 153
162 Game Avg. 162 685 615 91 189 32 11 10 102 24 49 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 272 5 16
PHA (7 yrs) 899 3840 3436 573 1103 194 88 48 612 172 20 266 68 .321 .375 .471 .845 153 1617 30 108
NYY (6 yrs) 676 2820 2548 314 735 121 15 48 375 63 8 207 114 .288 .347 .404 .751 113 1030 20 45

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
1908 22 PHA AL 33 24 3 3.4 73 .290 .290 .253 .290 .311 .387 .322 .677 .634 113 .561 0.4 0.0 .545 .097 .097
1909 23 PHA AL 606 410 82 5.3 75 .300 .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 .281 .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 94 .322 .334 .279 .379 .345 .508 .366 .887 .711 149 .734 35.6 3.6 .967 .306 .174 17.1
1912 26 PHA AL 644 388 124 8.5 89 .335 .347 .269 .404 .337 .541 .354 .945 .691 173 .804 51.9 5.4 1.082 .350 .194 16.0
1913 27 PHA AL 644 381 112 7.8 86 .342 .337 .262 .413 .333 .493 .344 .906 .678 167 .804 48.6 5.3 1.029 .328 .156 17.7
1914 28 PHA AL 634 416 91 5.8 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 52 5.3 84 .272 .269 .259 .344 .333 .428 .338 .772 .671 130 .690 12.6 1.4 .798 .300 .158 12.0
1917 31 NYY AL 613 404 69 4.6 80 .288 .282 .256 .345 .327 .365 .331 .710 .658 116 .638 10.5 1.2 .688 .203 .083 9.0
1918 32 NYY AL 556 362 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 622 410 76 5.0 96 .289 .293 .277 .346 .344 .388 .373 .734 .716 105 .592 3.0 0.3 .696 .196 .095 11.3
1921 35 NYY AL 369 247 49 5.3 116 .285 .294 .302 .353 .368 .436 .424 .789 .792 99 .520 -1.5 -0.1 .744 .230 .142 8.5
1922 36 NYY AL 258 179 32 4.8 112 .272 .278 .297 .327 .362 .444 .417 .771 .779 97 .504 -2.3 -0.2 .692 .222 .167 1.8
13 Seasons 6660 4327 947 5.9 87 .305 .307 .266 .363 .334 .442 .349 .805 .684 135 .699 248.7 27.4 .809 .249 .135 136.3
162 Game Avg. 685 445 97 5.9 87 .305 .307 .266 .363 .334 .442 .349 .805 .684 135 .699 26 3 .809 .249 .135 14
PHA (7 yrs) 3840 2461 596 6.5 83 .318 .321 .261 .375 .329 .471 .340 .845 .669 153 .751 210.3 23.0 .878 .271 .150 75.1
NYY (6 yrs) 2820 1866 351 5.1 92 .288 .288 .272 .347 .342 .404 .362 .751 .704 113 .617 38.4 4.4 .720 .219 .116 54.5

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
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 Seasons (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

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
1908 22 9 33 31 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 .290 .290 .387 .677 113 12 0 2
1909 23 157 639 572 78 174 30 19 4 87 20 26 .304 .340 .444 .784 145 254 5 36
1910 24 303 1259 1133 161 333 55 34 6 161 41 60 .294 .334 .418 .753 136 474 9 57
1911 25 451 1918 1725 257 531 97 48 17 276 79 100 .308 .350 .449 .799 141 775 11 82
1912 26 600 2562 2302 373 731 137 69 27 406 119 150 .318 .364 .472 .836 149 1087 17 93
1913 27 749 3206 2866 489 921 171 78 39 523 153 213 31 .321 .374 .476 .850 153 1365 27 100
1914 28 899 3840 3436 573 1103 194 88 48 612 172 20 266 68 .321 .375 .471 .845 153 1617 30 108
1915 29 899 3840 3436 573 1103 194 88 48 612 172 20 266 68 .321 .375 .471 .845 153 1617 30 108
1916 30 999 4242 3796 619 1200 217 90 58 664 187 20 302 98 .316 .372 .467 .838 150 1771 35 109
1917 31 1145 4855 4349 676 1356 241 92 64 735 205 20 350 125 .312 .368 .454 .822 146 1973 40 116
1918 32 1271 5411 4853 741 1510 265 97 70 797 213 20 388 138 .311 .367 .449 .816 144 2179 42 128
1919 33 1412 6033 5420 811 1676 287 98 80 880 226 20 432 156 .309 .365 .443 .808 140 2399 44 137
1920 34 1412 6033 5420 811 1676 287 98 80 880 226 20 432 156 .309 .365 .443 .808 140 2399 44 137
1921 35 1506 6402 5750 857 1773 303 100 89 951 234 25 458 168 .308 .364 .442 .807 137 2543 48 146
1922 36 1575 6660 5984 887 1838 315 103 96 987 235 28 473 182 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 2647 50 153

Neutralized Batting

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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 32 32 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 9
1909 23 155 629 592 96 199 33 23 5 112 24 31 0 .336 .375 .495 .870 108 148
1910 24 151 646 601 106 186 29 18 2 94 25 40 0 .309 .358 .428 .785 91 146
1911 25 156 664 620 99 206 44 15 11 118 40 42 0 .332 .377 .505 .881 117 148
1912 26 156 666 607 125 213 43 22 11 140 43 53 0 .351 .408 .549 .957 134 149
1913 27 157 694 611 140 218 39 10 14 142 39 72 33 .357 .434 .522 .956 136 149
1914 28 154 671 607 108 209 26 11 10 115 22 61 38 .344 .407 .473 .880 117 150
1916 30 104 431 384 56 111 26 2 11 64 17 41 31 .289 .367 .453 .820 63 100
1917 31 152 655 593 71 181 28 2 7 88 21 56 28 .305 .371 .395 .766 85 146
1918 32 161 722 665 99 219 34 7 9 94 11 54 17 .329 .382 .442 .824 111 126
1919 33 163 719 664 87 200 27 1 12 103 16 53 21 .301 .355 .399 .754 94 141
1921 35 99 366 337 41 92 15 2 9 64 8 25 13 .273 .331 .409 .740 44 94
1922 36 72 255 239 28 62 11 3 7 34 1 14 15 .259 .306 .418 .724 30 69
13 Seasons 1689 7150 6552 1062 2096 355 116 108 1170 267 542 196 .320 .377 .459 .836 1134 1575
162 Game Avg. 162 686 628 102 201 34 11 10 112 26 52 .320 .377 .459 .836 109 1575

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (237th)

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--130th

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--556--7th
1919 AL--622--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--144th

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
Career--235--249th

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--110th

Runs Created s c a p y
1909 AL--82--5th
1910 AL--71--9th
1911 AL--113--4th
1912 AL--124--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--249--181st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1909 AL--3.0--7th
1911 AL--3.6--7th
1912 AL--5.4--4th
1913 AL--5.3--4th
1914 AL--3.9--5th
1918 AL--1.8--8th
Career--27.4--142nd

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--.734--7th
1912 AL--.805--4th
1913 AL--.804--4th
1914 AL--.744--6th
1916 AL--.690--8th
1918 AL--.695--9th
Career--.699--75th

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--160th

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--215th

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL--18.2--8th
1918 AL--38.8--4th
1919 AL--31.5--5th
Career--20.2--102nd

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 (43), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 81 (221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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