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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 (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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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 98 104 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

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
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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 3.20
1909 PHA AL 23 3B 146 528 209 277 42 16 .920 3.33 .932 3.33
1910 PHA AL 24 3B 146 565 207 313 45 35 .920 3.56 .932 3.38
1911 PHA AL 25 3B 148 521 217 274 30 26 .942 3.32 .928 3.26 MVP-11
1912 PHA AL 26 3B 149 572 217 321 34 25 .941 3.61 .918 3.27 MVP-7
1913 PHA AL 27 3B 149 557 233 280 44 19 .921 3.44 .935 3.08 MVP-5
1914 PHA AL 28 3B 149 537 221 292 24 20 .955 3.44 .935 3.14 MVP-3
1916 NYY AL 30 3B 96 365 133 210 22 16 .940 3.57 .939 3.23
1917 NYY AL 31 3B 146 547 202 317 28 21 .949 3.55 .941 3.23
1918 NYY AL 32 3B 126 470 175 282 13 30 .972 3.63 .947 3.25
1919 NYY AL 33 3B 141 484 176 286 22 28 .955 3.28 .950 3.24
1921 NYY AL 35 3B 83 268 84 173 11 16 .959 3.10 .951 3.26
1922 NYY AL 36 3B 60 183 68 108 7 7 .962 2.93 .949 3.24
13 Seasons 3B 1548 5631 2154 3155 322 259 .943 3.43 .936 3.24
13 Seasons TOT 1548 5631 2154 3155 322 259 .943 3.43 .879 3.24

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--129th

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--248th

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--107th

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--180th

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--27.3--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--.804--4th
1913 AL--.804--4th
1914 AL--.744--6th
1916 AL--.690--8th
1918 AL--.695--9th
Career--.699--74th

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--210th

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL--18.194--8th
1918 AL--38.769--4th
1919 AL--31.500--5th
Career--20.230--102nd

AB per HR s c a p y
1909 AL--135.250--9th
1911 AL--53.818--1st
1912 AL--57.700--1st
1913 AL--47.000--1st
1914 AL--63.333--2nd
1916 AL--36.000--1st
1917 AL--92.167--5th
1918 AL--84.000--4th
1919 AL--56.700--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 (69), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 196 (43), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 81 (217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bing Miller (885)
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  7. Joe Vosmik (883)
  8. George Grantham (882)
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  10. George Kell (882) *
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  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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