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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 (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.
Died: June 28, 1963 in Trappe, MD
Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery of Talbot County, Easton, MD
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Hall of Famer

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 26 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 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 .710 116 202 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 54 473 182 .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 46 266 68 .321 .375 .471 .845 152 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

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1908 22 PHA AL 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 /5
1909 23 PHA AL 606 25 1 0 0 -1 5 19 49 5.6 *5
1910 24 PHA AL 620 14 2 0 0 4 5 21 46 4.9 *5
1911 25 PHA AL 659 40 2 0 0 -3 5 21 65 6.6 *5 MVP-11
1912 26 PHA AL 644 58 4 0 0 9 5 21 97 10.0 *5 MVP-7
1913 27 PHA AL 644 57 3 0 0 -1 5 21 85 9.4 $8,000 *5 MVP-5
1914 28 PHA AL 634 44 0 0 0 4 5 21 74 8.3 *5 MVP-3
1916 30 NYY AL 402 10 1 0 0 2 3 14 30 3.2 5
1917 31 NYY AL 613 9 -2 0 0 3 5 21 36 3.7 *5
1918 32 NYY AL 556 20 -1 0 0 3 4 18 44 4.8 *5
1919 33 NYY AL 622 8 -1 0 0 5 5 20 37 3.8 *5
1921 35 NYY AL 369 2 -1 0 0 8 3 12 24 2.4 5
1922 36 NYY AL 258 -2 -1 0 0 1 2 8 8 0.8 5
13 Seasons 6660 285 7 0 0 35 52 218 597 63.7 $8,000
PHA (7 yrs) 3840 238 12 0 0 13 30 125 418 45.0 $8,000
NYY (6 yrs) 2820 47 -5 0 0 22 22 93 179 18.7

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1908 PHA AL 22 3B 9 34 12 22 0 0 1.000 3.78 .926 3.28
1909 PHA AL 23 3B 146 528 209 277 42 16 .920 3.33 .932 3.41
1910 PHA AL 24 3B 146 565 207 313 45 35 .920 3.56 .932 3.48
1911 PHA AL 25 3B 148 521 217 274 30 26 .942 3.32 .928 3.32 MVP-11
1912 PHA AL 26 3B 149 572 217 321 34 25 .941 3.61 .918 3.37 MVP-7
1913 PHA AL 27 3B 149 557 233 280 44 19 .921 3.44 .935 3.15 MVP-5
1914 PHA AL 28 3B 149 537 221 292 24 20 .955 3.44 .935 3.26 MVP-3
1916 NYY AL 30 3B 96 365 133 210 22 16 .940 3.57 .939 3.40
1917 NYY AL 31 3B 146 547 202 317 28 21 .949 3.55 .941 3.36
1918 NYY AL 32 3B 126 470 175 282 13 30 .972 3.63 .947 3.37
1919 NYY AL 33 3B 141 484 176 286 22 28 .955 3.28 .950 3.34
1921 NYY AL 35 3B 83 268 84 173 11 16 .959 3.10 .951 3.41
1922 NYY AL 36 3B 60 183 68 108 7 7 .962 2.93 .949 3.45
13 Seasons 3B 1548 5631 2154 3155 322 259 .943 3.43 .936 3.35
13 Seasons TOT 1548 5631 2154 3155 322 259 .943 3.43 .936 3.35

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 (240th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1909 AL  5.6 (7th)
1911 AL  6.6 (7th)
1912 AL  10.0 (6th)
1913 AL  9.4 (3rd)
1914 AL  8.3 (4th)
1918 AL  4.8 (10th)
Career  63.7 (122nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1909 AL  5.6 (6th)
1910 AL  4.9 (6th)
1911 AL  6.6 (4th)
1912 AL  10.0 (3rd)
1913 AL  9.4 (2nd)
1914 AL  8.3 (3rd)
1918 AL  4.8 (7th)
Career  63.7 (85th)

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 (133rd)

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 (250th)

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 (113th)

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  248 (183rd)

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  27.4 (143rd)

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 (77th)

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 (220th)

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1913 AL  44 (4th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1909 AL  146 (1st)
1910 AL  146 (1st)
1911 AL  148 (1st)
1912 AL  149 (2nd)
1913 AL  149 (2nd)
1914 AL  149 (3rd)
1916 AL  96 (5th)
1917 AL  146 (1st)
1918 AL  126 (3rd)
1919 AL  141 (1st)
Career  1548 (36th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1909 AL  209 (1st)
1910 AL  207 (1st)
1911 AL  217 (2nd)
1912 AL  217 (2nd)
1913 AL  233 (1st)
1914 AL  221 (1st)
1916 AL  133 (4th)
1917 AL  202 (1st)
1918 AL  175 (1st)
1919 AL  176 (1st)
Career  2154 (7th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1909 AL  277 (1st)
1910 AL  313 (2nd)
1911 AL  274 (2nd)
1912 AL  321 (2nd)
1913 AL  280 (2nd)
1914 AL  292 (3rd)
1916 AL  210 (5th)
1917 AL  317 (1st)
1918 AL  282 (2nd)
1919 AL  286 (3rd)
Career  3155 (34th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1909 AL  42 (1st)
1910 AL  45 (2nd)
1911 AL  30 (3rd)
1912 AL  34 (5th)
1913 AL  44 (1st)
1914 AL  24 (5th)
1916 AL  22 (3rd)
1917 AL  28 (3rd)
1919 AL  22 (4th)
Career  322 (28th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1909 AL  3.33 (5th)
1910 AL  3.56 (3rd)
1911 AL  3.32 (4th)
1912 AL  3.61 (1st)
1913 AL  3.44 (2nd)
1914 AL  3.44 (3rd)
1916 AL  3.57 (3rd)
1917 AL  3.55 (1st)
1918 AL  3.63 (2nd)
1919 AL  3.28 (5th)
Career  3.43 (19th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1911 AL  .942 (2nd)
1912 AL  .941 (2nd)
1913 AL  .921 (5th)
1914 AL  .955 (3rd)
1916 AL  .940 (5th)
1917 AL  .949 (2nd)
1918 AL  .972 (1st)
1919 AL  .955 (3rd)
1921 AL  .959 (2nd)

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 (224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Freddie Lindstrom (914) *
  2. Pinky Whitney (902)
  3. Jimmy Collins (892) *
  4. Hardy Richardson (886)
  5. Bing Miller (885)
  6. Baby Doll Jacobson (883)
  7. Joe Vosmik (883)
  8. George Grantham (882)
  9. Bill Madlock (882)
  10. George Kell (882) *
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  1. Pinky Whitney (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tex McDonald (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pie Traynor (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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 (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lyons (940)  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 (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jimmy Collins (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jimmy Collins (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

September, 1908: Sent from Reading (Tri-State) to the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.

February 15, 1916: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics for $37,500.

January 9, 1924: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
191327Philadelphia Athletics$8,0001913 Munsey's Magazine clip
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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