Frank Baker
Frank Baker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 11, 1944 in Bartow, FL
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1969
Final Game: September 29, 1971
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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
1969 25 CLE AL 52 189 172 21 44 5 3 3 15 2 1 14 34 .256 .312 .372 .684 89 64 4 1 0 2 0 7/8
1971 27 CLE AL 73 195 181 18 38 12 1 1 23 1 3 12 34 .210 .262 .304 .565 55 55 4 1 0 1 3 97/8
2 Seasons 125 384 353 39 82 17 4 4 38 3 4 26 68 .232 .286 .337 .624 71 119 8 2 0 3 3
162 Game Avg. 162 498 457 51 106 22 5 5 49 4 5 34 88 .232 .286 .337 .624 71 154 10 3 0 4 4

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
1969 25 CLE AL 189 135 20 4.0 97 .299 .256 .258 .312 .335 .372 .389 .684 .724 89 .476 -3.1 -0.3 .602 .203 .116 2.4
1971 27 CLE AL 195 151 13 2.3 99 .252 .210 .265 .262 .339 .304 .393 .565 .732 55 .266 -11.4 -1.2 .440 .149 .094 1.0
2 Seasons 384 286 33 3.1 98 .275 .232 .261 .286 .337 .337 .391 .624 .728 71 .373 -14.5 -1.5 .516 .176 .105 3.4
162 Game Avg. 498 371 43 3.1 98 .275 .232 .261 .286 .337 .337 .391 .624 .728 71 .373 -14.5 -1.5 .516 .176 .105 4

Ratio Batting*

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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
1969 25 CLE AL 189 1.6% 18.0% 7.4% 5.8% 25% 2.43 5.1 57.3 11.5 1.20 72%
1971 27 CLE AL 195 0.5% 17.4% 6.2% 7.2% 37% 2.83 5.3 181.0 7.9 0.84 75%
2 Seasons 384 1.0% 17.7% 6.8% 6.5% 31% 2.62 5.2 88.3 9.3 0.99 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 25 CLE AL 1 0 32% 75 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 44% 10 7 3 3 1 1 5 1 4
1971 27 CLE AL 3 0 34% 70 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 47% 9 6 2 1 0 1 9 2 6
2 Seasons 4 0 33% 145 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 46% 19 13 5 4 1 2 14 3 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 25 CLE AL 189 75% 44 7 1 0 1 2.14 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 32 4 13% 19 5 26% 101 13 13% 10 5 50% 18 3 17% 0
1971 27 CLE AL 196 87% 38 23 3 0 2 1.73 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 46 4 9% 19 2 11% 137 23 17% 14 7 50% 13 3 23% 0
2 Seasons 385 81% 82 30 4 0 3 1.83 4 0 11 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 78 8 10% 38 7 18% 238 36 15% 24 12 50% 31 6 19% 0
MLB Averages

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
1969 25 52 189 172 21 44 5 3 3 15 2 1 14 34 .256 .312 .372 .684 89 64 4 1 0 2 0
1970 26 52 189 172 21 44 5 3 3 15 2 1 14 34 .256 .312 .372 .684 89 64 4 1 0 2 0
1971 27 125 384 353 39 82 17 4 4 38 3 4 26 68 .232 .286 .337 .624 71 119 8 2 0 3 3

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
1969 25 52 190 173 22 45 5 3 3 16 2 14 34 .260 .316 .376 .692 21 52
1971 27 73 196 182 19 38 12 1 1 24 1 12 34 .209 .260 .302 .562 14 73
2 Seasons 125 386 355 41 83 17 4 4 40 3 26 68 .234 .288 .338 .626 35 125
162 Game Avg. 162 500 460 53 108 22 5 5 52 4 34 88 .234 .288 .338 .626 45 125

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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