Gene Baker
Eugene Walter Baker
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 15, 1925 in Davenport, IA
High School: Davenport (Davenport, IA)
School: St. Ambrose University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1953
Final Game: June 10, 1961
Died: December 1, 1999 in Davenport, IA
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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
1953 28 CHC NL 7 24 22 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .227 .261 .273 .534 38 6 1 0 1 /4
1954 29 CHC NL 135 603 541 68 149 32 5 13 61 4 5 47 55 .275 .333 .425 .758 96 230 12 2 9 4 *4
1955 30 CHC NL 154 681 609 82 163 29 7 11 52 9 7 49 57 .268 .323 .392 .715 89 239 14 2 18 3 1 *4 AS,MVP-21
1956 31 CHC NL 140 606 546 65 141 23 3 12 57 4 3 39 54 .258 .309 .377 .686 85 206 15 3 13 5 2 *4
1957 32 TOT NL 123 458 409 40 108 22 5 3 46 3 2 35 32 .264 .322 .364 .687 87 149 10 2 8 4 5 564
1957 32 CHC NL 12 51 44 4 11 3 1 1 10 0 0 6 3 .250 .353 .432 .785 111 19 2 1 0 0 0 5
1957 32 PIT NL 111 407 365 36 97 19 4 2 36 3 2 29 29 .266 .318 .356 .674 84 130 8 1 8 4 5 564
1958 33 PIT NL 29 66 56 3 14 2 1 0 7 0 0 8 6 .250 .338 .321 .660 79 18 2 0 1 1 0 5/4
1960 35 PIT NL 33 40 37 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .243 .275 .243 .518 43 9 1 0 0 1 0 /54
1961 36 PIT NL 9 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .100 .308 .100 .408 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 /5
8 Seasons 630 2491 2230 265 590 109 21 39 227 21 17 184 219 .265 .321 .385 .706 88 858 55 9 50 18 9
162 Game Avg. 162 641 573 68 152 28 5 10 58 5 4 47 56 .265 .321 .385 .706 88 221 14 2 13
CHC (5 yrs) 448 1965 1762 220 469 88 16 37 180 18 15 142 173 .266 .322 .397 .719 90 700 44 8 41 12 3
PIT (4 yrs) 182 526 468 45 121 21 5 2 47 3 2 42 46 .259 .317 .338 .655 79 158 11 1 9 6 6

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
1953 28 CHC NL 24 19 2 2.8 112 .278 .227 .276 .261 .348 .273 .431 .534 .779 38 .267 -2.0 -0.2 .444 .136 .045 .0
1954 29 CHC NL 603 422 75 4.8 110 .285 .275 .275 .333 .347 .425 .425 .758 .772 96 .497 -3.9 -0.4 .680 .235 .150 6.1
1955 30 CHC NL 681 488 76 4.2 105 .279 .268 .265 .323 .336 .392 .420 .715 .757 89 .446 -10.0 -1.0 .625 .209 .125 9.9
1956 31 CHC NL 606 441 62 3.8 102 .266 .258 .263 .309 .330 .377 .415 .686 .745 85 .422 -12.0 -1.2 .589 .192 .119 6.0
1957 32 TOT NL 458 325 48 4.0 101 .278 .264 .265 .322 .328 .364 .411 .687 .739 87 .434 -6.6 -0.6 .597 .188 .100 3.0
1957 32 CHC NL 51 35 7 5.4 102 .250 .250 .267 .353 .331 .432 .414 .785 .745 111 .572 0.8 0.1 .743 .318 .182 .0
1957 32 PIT NL 407 290 41 3.8 100 .281 .266 .265 .318 .328 .356 .410 .674 .738 84 .414 -7.5 -0.7 .579 .173 .090 2.4
1958 33 PIT NL 66 46 6 3.5 103 .275 .250 .266 .338 .334 .321 .416 .660 .749 79 .372 -1.4 -0.1 .591 .214 .071
1960 35 PIT NL 40 30 3 2.7 100 .310 .243 .264 .275 .330 .243 .406 .518 .736 43 .292 -2.9 -0.3 .379 .054 .000
1961 36 PIT NL 13 9 0 0.0 106 .125 .100 .271 .308 .338 .100 .422 .408 .760 15 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .444 .300 .000
8 Seasons 2491 1780 272 4.1 105 .277 .265 .267 .321 .336 .385 .418 .706 .754 88 .443 -39.9 -3.9 .616 .204 .120 27.3
162 Game Avg. 641 458 70 4.1 105 .277 .265 .267 .321 .336 .385 .418 .706 .754 88 .443 -39.9 -3.9 .616 .204 .120 7
CHC (5 yrs) 1965 1405 222 4.2 106 .276 .266 .268 .322 .338 .397 .420 .719 .758 90 .456 -27.1 -2.7 .631 .213 .131 24.2
PIT (4 yrs) 526 375 50 3.6 101 .279 .259 .265 .317 .329 .338 .411 .655 .740 79 .389 -12.9 -1.2 .561 .171 .079 2.4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 35 PIT NL WS NYY W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 CHC NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1953 28 CHC NL 24 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 4.2% 20% 4.00 5.5 75%
1954 29 CHC NL 603 2.2% 9.1% 7.8% 8.3% 34% 1.17 9.8 41.6 8.9 1.13 79%
1955 30 CHC NL 681 1.6% 8.4% 7.2% 6.9% 29% 1.16 10.7 55.4 11.7 0.81 80%
1956 31 CHC NL 606 2.0% 8.9% 6.4% 6.3% 27% 1.38 10.1 45.5 9.6 0.97 80%
1957 32 TOT NL 458 0.7% 7.0% 7.6% 6.6% 28% 0.91 12.8 136.3 8.9 1.01 83%
1957 32 CHC NL 51 2.0% 5.9% 11.8% 9.8% 46% 0.50 14.7 44.0 4.4 0.78 78%
1957 32 PIT NL 407 0.5% 7.1% 7.1% 6.1% 26% 1.00 12.6 182.5 10.1 1.05 83%
1958 33 PIT NL 66 0.0% 9.1% 12.1% 4.6% 21% 0.75 9.3 8.0 0.48 77%
1960 35 PIT NL 40 0.0% 22.5% 5.0% 0.0% 0% 4.50 4.1 9.3 2.50 73%
1961 36 PIT NL 13 0.0% 15.4% 23.1% 0.0% 0% 0.67 5.0 1.33 62%
8 Seasons 2491 1.6% 8.8% 7.4% 6.8% 29% 1.19 10.2 57.2 9.8 0.97 80%
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
1954 29 CHC NL 6 0 30% 163 4 5 44% 2 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 13 42% 22 16 6 5 3 2 11 2 8
1955 30 CHC NL 5 0 35% 196 9 7 56% 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 41% 27 22 4 5 1 4 14 2 11
1956 31 CHC NL 5 0 31% 178 4 3 57% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 48% 17 12 4 6 1 5 8 2 6
1957 32 TOT NL 4 0 26% 172 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 46% 15 12 2 2 0 2 20 6 13
1957 32 CHC NL 0 0 18% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 32 PIT NL 4 0 27% 152 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 46% 14 11 2 2 0 2 19 6 12
1958 33 PIT NL 1 0 14% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 35 PIT NL 0 0 46% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1961 36 PIT NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 21 0 30% 757 21 17 55% 12 14 1 0 2 1 3 0 20 32 43% 89 67 18 19 6 13 56 13 40
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
1954 29 CHC NL 434 22% 149 0 0 0 0 13 0 7 10 1 5 6 0 8 9 113% 87 12 14% 33 11 33% 231 32 14% 19 11 58% 19 8 42% 169
1955 30 CHC NL 437 16% 163 0 0 0 0 11 1 5 8 2 6 4 0 16 18 113% 91 14 15% 46 17 37% 211 24 11% 9 6 67% 15 6 40% 244
1956 31 CHC NL 389 19% 141 0 0 0 0 12 2 6 7 1 6 2 0 6 13 217% 66 15 23% 36 12 33% 181 34 19% 17 8 47% 15 7 47% 216
1957 32 TOT NL 382 30% 108 15 3 0 2 1.31 3 0 7 3 0 0 3 0 7 8 114% 80 10 13% 40 21 53% 236 39 17% 24 11 46% 26 9 35% 76
1957 32 CHC NL 51 20% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 20% 5 1 20% 30 9 30% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
1957 32 PIT NL 331 31% 97 15 3 0 2 1.31 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 7 8 114% 70 8 11% 35 20 57% 206 30 15% 21 9 43% 23 7 30% 76
1958 33 PIT NL 56 34% 14 12 5 0 1 1.37 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 2 22% 6 3 50% 35 6 17% 5 4 80% 3 0 0% 10
1960 35 PIT NL 39 56% 9 17 3 0 3 1.19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 22 4 18% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 1
1961 36 PIT NL 13 46% 1 3 0 0 0 0.74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 1750 23% 590 47 11 0 6 1.25 39 3 28 28 4 17 15 0 38 50 132% 341 55 16% 163 65 40% 921 139 15% 76 42 55% 82 31 38% 716
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
1953 28 7 24 22 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .227 .261 .273 .534 38 6 1 0 1
1954 29 142 627 563 69 154 33 5 13 61 5 5 48 59 .274 .331 .419 .750 94 236 13 2 10 4
1955 30 296 1308 1172 151 317 62 12 24 113 14 12 97 116 .270 .327 .405 .732 91 475 27 4 28 7 1
1956 31 436 1914 1718 216 458 85 15 36 170 18 15 136 170 .267 .321 .396 .717 89 681 42 7 41 12 3
1957 32 559 2372 2127 256 566 107 20 39 216 21 17 171 202 .266 .321 .390 .711 89 830 52 9 49 16 8
1958 33 588 2438 2183 259 580 109 21 39 223 21 17 179 208 .266 .322 .388 .710 89 848 54 9 50 17 8
1959 34 588 2438 2183 259 580 109 21 39 223 21 17 179 208 .266 .322 .388 .710 89 848 54 9 50 17 8
1960 35 621 2478 2220 264 589 109 21 39 227 21 17 181 217 .265 .321 .386 .707 88 857 55 9 50 18 8
1961 36 630 2491 2230 265 590 109 21 39 227 21 17 184 219 .265 .321 .385 .706 88 858 55 9 50 18 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 28 7 25 24 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 .250 .280 .292 .572 2 7
1954 29 142 617 563 68 151 32 5 13 61 4 48 58 .268 .326 .412 .738 76 135
1955 30 162 691 636 84 167 30 7 11 53 9 50 60 .263 .317 .384 .701 78 154
1956 31 146 622 573 71 150 24 3 13 62 4 41 56 .262 .312 .382 .694 68 140
1957 32 129 475 431 44 116 24 5 3 50 3 38 33 .269 .328 .369 .697 52 123
1958 33 31 70 60 3 16 2 1 0 8 0 9 6 .267 .357 .333 .690 7 29
1960 35 34 42 39 6 10 0 0 0 5 0 2 9 .256 .286 .256 .542 3 33
1961 36 9 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .231 .000 .231 0 9
8 Seasons 660 2555 2336 277 616 113 21 40 239 21 192 228 .264 .320 .381 .701 286 630
162 Game Avg. 162 627 573 68 151 28 5 10 59 5 47 56 .264 .320 .381 .701 70 630

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1955 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-NL-21-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL--154--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1955 NL--609--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 NL--681--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1955 NL--29--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 NL--9--10th

Singles s c a p y
1955 NL--116--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 NL--18--1st
1956 NL--13--7th
1957 NL--8--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL--14--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 NL--7--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 NL--9.9--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 NL--488--1st
1956 NL--441--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1961 NL--born 1925-06-15--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 6 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Keith Lockhart (963)
  8. Kazuo Matsui (963)
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  10. Toby Hall (961)
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  4. Marco Scutaro (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Graffanino (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Rigney (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pep Young (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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