Frank Baker

Frank Baker Jr.

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
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
Team: Indians 1969-1971

Final Game: September 29, 1971
Died: January 28, 2010 in Raleigh, NC
Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1964	20	CLE-min	A	116	483	399	84	114	16	13	5	50	23	9	84	117	.286	.410	.429	.839		171						DBQ · MIDW
1965	21	CLE-min	A	130	471	471		126	19	13	13						.268	.268	.446	.713		210						SLS · CALL
1966	22	CLE-min	AA,AAA	113	394	362	32	85	12	11	5	41	7	2	31	84	.235	.295	.370	.665		134		0	1	0		PAW,POR · EL,PCL
1969	25	CLE-min	AA	84	325	295	32	92	9	2	6	32	12	4	26	55	.312	.368	.417	.785		123		1	2	1		WBY · EL
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-min	AAA	52	211	187	32	61	12	2	8	32	2	2	24	25	.326	.403	.540	.943		101		0	0	0		WCH · AA
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
1972	28	ANA-min	AAA	100	334	300	50	93	19	2	2	34	1	3	29	51	.310	.375	.407	.782		122		3	1	1		SLC · PCL
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1969	25	CLE	AL	189	-3	0	-2	0	-7	-2	5	-9	-0.9	-2	-0.2	-0.7	$	7/8

1971	27	CLE	AL	196	-12	-2	1	1	-4	-2	7	-11	-1.3	-7	-0.8	-0.5	$	97/8
2 Seasons				385	-15	-2	-1	1	-11	-4	12	-20	-2.2	-9	-1.0	-1.2	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1969	CLE	AL	25	LF	46	44	36	374.1	83	74	5	4	0	.952	-7	-23	1.90	1.72	.978	1.99	1.99
1969	CLE	AL	25	OF	46	44	36	376.1	80	71	5	4	0	.950	-7	-24	1.82	1.65	.978	2.13	2.13
1969	CLE	AL	25	CF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.50
1971	CLE	AL	27	OF	51	42	34	385.0	68	65	2	1	1	.985	-4	-12	1.57	1.31	.982	2.24	2.22
1971	CLE	AL	27	RF	30	27	20	225.0	35	34	1	0	1	1.000	-5	-27	1.40	1.17	.980	2.05	2.04
1971	CLE	AL	27	LF	16	12	11	119.0	24	23	1	0	0	1.000	0	4	1.82	1.50	.981	1.93	1.92
1971	CLE	AL	27	CF	6	3	3	41.0	13	12	0	1	0	.923	1	20	2.63	2.00	.983	2.72	2.72
	2 Seasons			OF	97	86	70	761.1	148	136	7	5	1	.966	-11	-18	1.69	1.47	.980	2.19	2.18
	2 Seasons			LF	62	56	47	493.1	107	97	6	4	0	.963	-7	-17	1.88	1.66	.979	1.98	1.97
	1 Season			RF	30	27	20	225.0	35	34	1	0	1	1.000	-5	-27	1.40	1.17	.980	2.05	2.04
	2 Seasons			CF	7	3	3	43.0	13	12	0	1	0	.923	1	17	2.51	1.71	.983	2.72	2.69
	2 Seasons			TOT	97	86	70	761.1	148	136	7	5	1	.966	-11	-18	1.69	1.47	.980	2.19	2.18

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.
October 5, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Alan Foster and Vada Pinson to the California Angels for Alex Johnson and Jerry Moses.

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