Frank Baker
Frank Watts Baker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 29, 1946 in Meridian, MS
School: University of Southern Mississippi
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1970
Final Game: October 2, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 NYY AL 23 SS 35 32 292.0 185 62 118 5 22 .973 4.0 16.4 4.0 -0.8 4.8 0 5.55 5.14 .967 4.94 4.39
1971 NYY AL 24 SS 38 29 255.0 158 53 97 8 28 .949 -3.5 -16.5 -3.5 -0.4 -3.2 0 5.29 3.95 .966 4.90 4.32
1973 BAL AL 26 SS 32 17 150.0 84 30 51 3 16 .964 -1.2 -9.6 -1.2 -1.0 -0.2 0 4.86 2.53 .963 5.10 4.43
1973 BAL AL 26 2B 7 0 37.0 27 11 14 2 1 .926 -0.5 -16.2 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 6.08 3.57 .981 5.45 4.67
1973 BAL AL 26 1B 1 0 1.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.20 3.00 1.000 10.26 8.30
1973 BAL AL 26 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.70
1974 BAL AL 27 SS 17 6 65.0 38 7 25 6 4 .842 -2.4 -44.3 -2.4 -0.2 -2.2 0 4.43 1.88 .968 4.98 4.24
1974 BAL AL 27 2B 3 1 19.1 17 9 5 3 1 .824 -1.7 -105.5 -1.7 -0.5 -1.2 0 6.52 4.67 .976 5.35 4.57
1974 BAL AL 27 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 3.00 2.80
4 Seasons SS 122 84 762.0 465 152 291 22 70 .953 -3.1 -4.9 -3.1 -2.4 -0.8 0 5.23 3.63 .966 4.96 4.36
2 Seasons 2B 10 1 56.1 44 20 19 5 2 .886 -2.2 -46.9 -2.2 -0.9 -1.3 0 6.23 3.90 .980 5.42 4.64
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 3.00 2.75
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.20 3.00 1.000 10.26 8.30
4 Seasons TOT 135 85 826.0 513 175 311 27 72 .947 -5.3 -7.7 -5.3 -3.3 -2.1 0 5.30 3.60 .915 4.99 4.38

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 NYY AL 23 35 32 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 3
1971 NYY AL 24 43 29 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 1 7
1973 BAL AL 26 44 17 44 40 0 0 1 7 1 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
1974 BAL AL 27 24 7 24 21 0 0 0 3 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
4 Seasons 146 85 146 139 0 0 1 10 2 122 0 0 0 0 0 3 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 NYY AL 23 1215 67% 81% 33% 156 94% 0 62 35 24 3 117 83 31 0 1 5 0 4 1 4 22 9 4 5 2 0 22 13 7 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 24 1062 65% 82% 32% 124 85% 0 55 25 26 4 97 74 21 0 1 8 1 5 2 5 28 10 4 5 9 0 28 14 14 0 0 0
1973 BAL AL 26 666 63% 77% 26% 60 92% 0 31 8 19 4 52 39 12 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 15 6 3 5 0 0 14 9 5 1 1 0
1974 BAL AL 27 301 58% 79% 24% 26 88% 2 8 3 4 1 24 11 8 1 1 6 1 5 0 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3244 65% 80% 30% 366 90% 2 156 71 73 12 290 207 72 1 4 22 2 16 4 15 69 28 11 16 11 0 68 39 27 1 1 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 BAL AL 26 169 73% 79% 27% 14 86% 0 11 1 10 0 14 10 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1974 BAL AL 27 89 65% 83% 27% 9 78% 0 9 3 3 3 5 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 258 71% 80% 27% 23 83% 0 20 4 13 3 19 14 3 0 1 5 0 5 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 BAL AL 26 12 67% 92% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 BAL AL 27 9 56% 100% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 21 62% 95% 29% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 BAL AL 26 9 67% 67% 33% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 67% 67% 33% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 89%

* 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.

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