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George Baker

George F. Baker

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 162 lb.

Born: August 20, 1857 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1883
Teams (by GP): Maroons/Orioles/Cowboys 1883-1886

Final Game: May 1, 1886
Died: January 29, 1915 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Old St. Marcus Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:15AM
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… 

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
1883 25 BAL AA 7 22 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .227 .227 .455 44 5 0 /62O
1884 26 SLM UA 80 322 317 39 52 6 0 0 0 5 .164 .177 .183 .360 22 58 0 2/4O56
1885 27 SLM NL 38 140 131 5 16 0 0 0 5 9 28 .122 .179 .122 .301 -0 16 0 2/5O4
1886 28 KCN NL 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 1 0 /2
4 Seasons 126 488 474 45 74 6 0 0 5 0 14 29 .156 .180 .169 .349 17 80 0
162 Game Avg. 162 627 609 58 95 8 0 0 6 18 .156 .180 .169 .349 17 103 0
SLM (2 yrs) 118 462 448 44 68 6 0 0 5 14 28 .152 .177 .165 .343 15 74 0
BAL (1 yr) 7 22 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .227 .227 .455 44 5 0
KCN (1 yr) 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 39 144 135 6 17 0 0 0 5 0 9 29 .126 .181 .126 .306 1 17 0
AA (1 yr) 7 22 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .227 .227 .455 44 5 0
UA (1 yr) 80 322 317 39 52 6 0 0 0 5 .164 .177 .183 .360 22 58 0

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 Awards
1883 25 BAL AA 22 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -4 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /62O
1884 26 SLM UA 322 -23 1 0 0 18 4 0 0 0.3 -18 -1.6 1.9 $ 2/4O56
1885 27 SLM NL 140 -17 -1 0 0 -1 2 4 -13 -1.2 -12 -1.2 0.0 $ 2/5O4
1886 28 KCN NL 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ /2
4 Seasons 488 -42 0 0 0 13 6 4 -19 -1.4 -32 -3.0 1.6 $
SLM (2 yrs) 462 -40 0 0 0 17 6 4 -13 -0.9 -30 -2.8 1.9 $
BAL (1 yr) 22 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -4 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
KCN (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1883 BAL AA 25 SS 4 9 2 4 3 1 .667 1.50 .836 3.95
1883 BAL AA 25 C 3 15 10 2 3 1 .800 4.00 .890 6.67 4
1883 BAL AA 25 OF 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .850 1.80 0-0-1
1884 SLM UA 26 C 68 611 435 113 63 11 .897 8.06 .895 8.35 53
1884 SLM UA 26 2B 4 30 11 14 5 1 .833 6.25 .869 5.48
1884 SLM UA 26 OF 4 6 2 2 2 0 .667 1.00 .817 1.52 2-1-2
1884 SLM UA 26 3B 3 6 1 3 2 1 .667 1.33 .777 3.03
1884 SLM UA 26 SS 2 9 2 6 1 1 .889 4.00 .816 3.95
1885 SLM NL 27 C 32 207 148 31 28 1 .865 5.59 .893 6.63 30
1885 SLM NL 27 3B 3 6 1 3 2 1 .667 1.33 .867 3.27
1885 SLM NL 27 OF 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .880 1.85 1-1-0
1885 SLM NL 27 2B 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 .900 5.80
1886 KCN NL 28 C 1 9 5 3 1 0 .889 8.00 .918 7.20 7
4 Seasons C 104 842 598 149 95 13 .887 7.18 .895 7.76 94
3 Seasons OF 7 10 4 2 4 0 .600 0.86 .836 1.66 3-2-3
2 Seasons SS 6 18 4 10 4 2 .778 2.33 .826 3.95
2 Seasons 3B 6 12 2 6 4 2 .667 1.33 .822 3.15
2 Seasons 2B 5 34 14 14 6 1 .824 5.60 .873 5.54
4 Seasons TOT 128 916 622 181 113 18 .877 6.27 .891 6.95 3-2-3 94
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1884 UA  1.9 (1st)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1884 UA  68 (1st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1884 UA  435 (1st)

Assists as C s c a p y
1884 UA  113 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1884 UA  63 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1884 UA  8.06 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1884 UA  .897 (3rd)

             

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