Frank Baker

Frank Watts Baker

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 29, 1946 in Meridian, MS
School: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1970
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Orioles 1970-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
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Standard Batting

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
1967	20	NYY-min	A	58	229	203	26	53	4	3	0	20	2	2	26	20	.261	.345	.310	.655		63							FTL · FLOR
1968	21	NYY-min	A	128	487	487		121	7	9	6						.248	.248	.337	.585		164							KIN · CARL
1969	22	NYY-min	AAA	132	446	394	59	96	18	4	2	40	5	4	40	62	.244	.319	.325	.644		128		4	7	1			SYR · IL
1970	23	NYY-min	AAA	104	391	332	47	86	11	3	3	40	3	5	49	54	.259	.358	.337	.696		112		4	3	3			SYR · IL
1970	23	NYY	AL	35	133	117	6	27	4	1	0	11	1	2	14	26	.231	.323	.282	.605	73	33	1	2	0	0	0	6
1971	24	NYY-min	AAA	17	60	52	5	12	1	1	0	9	0	0	8	10	.231	.333	.288	.622		15		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1971	24	NYY	AL	43	98	79	9	11	2	0	0	2	3	0	16	22	.139	.281	.165	.446	33	13	2	0	2	1	3	6

1972	25	NYY-min	AAA	137	506	441	56	112	15	4	0	33	2	2	59	44	.254	.341	.306	.647		135		0	4	2			SYR · IL
1973	26	BAL	AL	44	71	63	10	12	1	2	1	11	0	0	7	7	.190	.268	.317	.585	65	20	0	0	0	1	0	6/435
1974	27	BAL	AL	24	32	29	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.172	.250	.207	.457	35	6	1	0	0	0	0	6/45
4 Yrs				146	334	288	28	55	8	3	1	24	4	2	40	60	.191	.292	.250	.542	57	72	4	2	2	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	371	320	31	61	9	3	1	27	4	2	44	67	.191	.292	.250	.542	57	80	4	2	2	2	3

NYY (2 yrs)				78	231	196	15	38	6	1	0	13	4	2	30	48	.194	.306	.235	.540	57	46	3	2	2	1	3
BAL (2 yrs)				68	103	92	13	17	2	2	1	11	0	0	10	12	.185	.262	.283	.545	56	26	1	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	23	NYY	AL	35	133	-3	-0	1	4	2	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.511	.502	0.4	0.6	4	$	6
1971	24	NYY	AL	43	98	-6	1	0	-4	2	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.484	.496	0.0	-0.2	1	$	6

1973	26	BAL	AL	44	71	-3	1	1	-2	1	-2	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.496	.499	0.3	0.0	2	$17,000	6/435
1974	27	BAL	AL	24	32	-2	0	0	-4	1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.476	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-0	$19,000	6/45
4 Seasons				146	334	-14	2	2	-5	6	-10	-1.1	11	1	0.0	.493	.498	0.6	0.1	7	$36,000

NYY (2 yrs)				78	231	-9	1	1	0	4	-2	-0.4	8	5	0.4	.496	.499	0.4	0.4	5	$
BAL (2 yrs)				68	103	-5	1	1	-6	2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.489	.498	0.2	-0.3	2	$36,000

Advanced Batting

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
1970	23	NYY	AL	133	93	11	3.2	93	.297	.231	.252	.323	.325	.282	.385	.605	.710	73	.365	-3.9	-0.4	.516	.162	.051	.0
1971	24	NYY	AL	98	73	5	1.8	87	.190	.139	.248	.281	.319	.165	.368	.446	.687	33	.193	-6.1	-0.6	.457	.266	.025	.0

1973	26	BAL	AL	71	52	6	3.1	93	.196	.190	.258	.268	.327	.317	.380	.585	.707	65	.351	-3.1	-0.3	.529	.238	.127	.0
1974	27	BAL	AL	32	25	1	1.1	87	.208	.172	.255	.250	.319	.207	.366	.457	.685	35	.079	-2.4	-0.2	.360	.138	.034
4 Yrs				334	243	23	2.5	91	.236	.191	.253	.292	.323	.250	.377	.542	.701	57	.284	-15.5	-1.6	.485	.205	.059	1.6
162 Game Avg.				371	270	26	2.5	91	.236	.191	.253	.292	.323	.250	.377	.542	.701	57	.284	-15.5	-1.6	.485	.205	.059	2

NYY (2 yrs)				231	166	16	2.6	91	.255	.194	.251	.306	.323	.235	.378	.540	.701	57	.294	-10.0	-1.0	.491	.204	.041	.0
BAL (2 yrs)				103	77	7	2.4	91	.200	.185	.257	.262	.324	.283	.376	.545	.700	56	.264	-5.5	-0.6	.474	.207	.098	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1973	26	BAL	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	2
1974	27	BAL	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	2
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4
2 ALCS							4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	23	NYY	AL	133	0.0%	19.6%	10.5%	3.8%	19%	1.86	4.5		10.6	1.10	68%
1971	24	NYY	AL	98	0.0%	22.5%	16.3%	2.0%	18%	1.38	3.6		39.5	1.82	59%

1973	26	BAL	AL	71	1.4%	9.9%	9.9%	5.6%	33%	1.00	9.0	63.0	5.7	1.37	79%
1974	27	BAL	AL	32	0.0%	15.6%	9.4%	3.1%	20%	1.67	5.8			0.82	75%
4 Yrs				334	0.3%	18.0%	12.0%	3.6%	22%	1.50	4.8	288.0	12.0	1.29	69%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.2%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.62	6.3	44.7	9.0	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	23	NYY	AL	-3.9	-0.4	138	0.5	2.5	-1.9	1.01	-0.2	0.7	-0.5	-0.0	0.90	-2.5		0
1971	24	NYY	AL	-6.1	-0.6	101	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.80	-0.6	-0.2	-5.1	-0.6	0.86	-4.9	2.21	1

1973	26	BAL	AL	-3.1	-0.3	72	0.2	1.3	-1.2	1.00	-0.4	0.6	-1.6	-0.2	1.00	-3.6	0.46	2
1974	27	BAL	AL	-2.4	-0.2	32	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.92	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.93	-2.8		0
4 Yrs				-15.5	-1.6	343	-0.3	4.8	-5.1	.94	-1.4	1.1	-10.7	-1.2	0.91	-13.8	1.04	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	23	NYY	AL	2	0	14%	53	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33%	6	4	2	2	2	0	4	2	2
1971	24	NYY	AL	3	0	33%	50	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	86%	3	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	3

1973	26	BAL	AL	1	0	50%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	54%	6	3	3	2	2	0	5	1	4
1974	27	BAL	AL	0	0	38%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4 Yrs				6	0	28%	151	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	54%	16	9	7	6	4	2	13	3	10

Situational Hitting*

						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
1970	23	NYY	AL	133	77%	27			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21	1	5%	7	3	43%	60	11	18%	9	6	67%	4	2	50%	0
1971	24	NYY	AL	98	84%	11			1	0	0	0	2.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	12	2	17%	9	5	56%	47	2	4%	1	1	100%	5	3	60%	0

1973	26	BAL	AL	71	93%	12			2	1	0	0	0.46	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	16	0	0%	11	3	27%	52	10	19%	6	4	67%	5	1	20%	0
1974	27	BAL	AL	32	75%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	0	0%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				334	82%	55			3	1	0	0	1.04	1	1	7	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	50%	56	4	7%	29	11	38%	175	23	13%	17	11	65%	14	6	43%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1970	23	35	133	117	6	27	4	1	0	11	1	2	14	26	.231	.323	.282	.605	73	33	1	2	0	0	0
1971	24	78	231	196	15	38	6	1	0	13	4	2	30	48	.194	.306	.235	.540	57	46	3	2	2	1	3
1972	25	78	231	196	15	38	6	1	0	13	4	2	30	48	.194	.306	.235	.540	57	46	3	2	2	1	3
1973	26	122	302	259	25	50	7	3	1	24	4	2	37	55	.193	.297	.255	.551	59	66	3	2	2	2	3
1974	27	146	334	288	28	55	8	3	1	24	4	2	40	60	.191	.292	.250	.542	57	72	4	2	2	2	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
1970	23	35	138	120	7	30	4	1	0	13	1	16	26	.250	.348	.300	.648	12	35
1971	24	43	100	80	10	12	2	0	0	2	3	17	22	.150	.296	.175	.471	4	43

1973	26	44	73	64	11	13	1	2	1	12	0	8	7	.203	.288	.328	.616	6	44
1974	27	24	34	30	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	4	5	.200	.294	.233	.527	2	24
4 Yrs		146	345	294	32	61	8	3	1	27	4	45	60	.207	.315	.265	.580	24	146
162 Game Avg.		162	383	326	36	68	9	3	1	30	4	50	67	.207	.315	.265	.580	27	146

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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