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Gene Baker

Eugene Walter Baker

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 15, 1925 in Davenport, IA
High School: Davenport HS (Davenport, IA)
School: Saint Ambrose University (Davenport, IA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1953
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates 1953-1961

Final Game: June 10, 1961
Died: December 1, 1999 in Davenport, IA
Buried: Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
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All-Star

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
1950	25	CHC-min	A,AAA	152	614	568	64	165	33	11	2	16	12		35	46	.290	.335	.396	.731		225		3	8				LOS,DMO,SPF · PCL,WL,IL
1951	26	CHC-min	AAA	168	737	666	101	185	20	9	11	62	10		60	62	.278	.338	.384	.723		256		1	10				LOS · PCL
1952	27	CHC-min	Opn	174	765	696	93	181	32	4	15	73	11		55	84	.260	.317	.382	.699		266		3	11				LOS · PCL
1953	28	CHC-min	Opn	162	690	595	89	169	26	5	20	99	20		78	51	.284	.367	.445	.812		265	10	0	17				LOS · PCL
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	605	546	65	141	23	3	12	57	4	3	39	54	.258	.309	.377	.686	84	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	78	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-min	D	53	155	155		60	12	0	8						.387	.387	.619	1.006		96							BAT · NYPL
1961	36	PIT	NL	9	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.100	.308	.100	.408	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	/5
1962	37	PIT-min	AAA	22	59	52	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	6	.115	.203	.154	.357		8		0	0	1			CLB · IL
8 Yrs				630	2490	2230	265	590	109	21	39	227	21	17	184	219	.265	.321	.385	.706	87	858	55	9	50	18	9
162 Game Avg.				162	640	573	68	152	28	5	10	58	5	4	47	56	.265	.321	.385	.706	87	221	14	2	13

CHC (5 yrs)				448	1964	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

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	Awards
1953	28	CHC	NL	7	24	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.3	1	-3	-0.3	.451	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/4
1954	29	CHC	NL	135	603	-4	-2	-0	1	5	0	-0.1	20	20	1.9	.500	.500	1.9	0.6	19	$	*4
1955	30	CHC	NL	154	681	-10	0	-1	10	6	5	0.2	23	28	2.4	.503	.503	1.8	1.4	18	$	*4	AS,MVP-21
1956	31	CHC	NL	140	605	-11	0	-0	8	5	2	-0.1	20	23	1.9	.502	.502	1.3	1.2	14	$	*4
1957	32	CHC	NL	12	51	0	-0	-0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.482	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$	5
1957	32	PIT	NL	111	407	-9	-1	0	-4	3	-11	-1.3	14	2	0.0	.489	.492	0.6	-0.2	6	$	564
1958	33	PIT	NL	29	66	-1	1	-0	1	0	0	0.0	2	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$	5/4

1960	35	PIT	NL	33	40	-3	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.486	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/54
1961	36	PIT	NL	9	13	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.491	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/5
8 Seasons				630	2490	-42	-2	-1	11	19	-15	-2.5	84	69	5.8	.498	.499	5.6	2.7	58	$

CHC (5 yrs)				448	1964	-27	-1	-2	15	16	1	-0.6	66	68	5.8	.500	.500	5.1	2.8	53	$
PIT (4 yrs)				182	526	-15	-0	0	-4	3	-16	-1.9	18	1	0.0	.491	.497	0.5	-0.1	5	$

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
1953	28	CHC	NL	24	19	2	2.8	112	.278	.227	.277	.261	.348	.273	.431	.534	.779	38	.268	-2.0	-0.2	.444	.136	.045	.0
1954	29	CHC	NL	603	422	75	4.8	110	.285	.275	.275	.333	.347	.425	.426	.758	.773	96	.497	-3.9	-0.4	.680	.235	.150	6.1
1955	30	CHC	NL	681	*488*	76	4.2	106	.279	.268	.266	.323	.337	.392	.420	.715	.757	89	.447	-10.1	-1.0	.625	.209	.125	9.9
1956	31	CHC	NL	605	441	62	3.8	102	.266	.258	.263	.309	.330	.377	.415	.686	.745	84	.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	-6.7	-0.7	.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	104	.275	.250	.267	.338	.335	.321	.418	.660	.753	78	.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	105	.125	.100	.269	.308	.335	.100	.419	.408	.754	16	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.444	.300	.000
8 Yrs				2490	1780	272	4.1	105	.277	.265	.267	.321	.336	.385	.418	.706	.754	87	.443	-40.2	-4.0	.616	.204	.120	27.3
162 Game Avg.				640	458	70	4.1	105	.277	.265	.267	.321	.336	.385	.418	.706	.754	87	.443	-40.2	-4.0	.616	.204	.120	7

CHC (5 yrs)				1964	1405	222	4.2	106	.276	.266	.268	.322	.338	.397	.420	.719	.758	90	.457	-27.2	-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	-1.3	.561	.171	.079	2.4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	28	CHC	NL	24	0.0%	16.7%	4.2%	4.2%	20%	4.00	5.5			0.43	75%
1954	29	CHC	NL	603	2.2%	9.1%	7.8%	8.3%	34%	1.17	9.8	41.6	8.9	1.20	79%
1955	30	CHC	NL	681	1.6%	8.4%	7.2%	6.9%	29%	1.16	10.7	55.4	11.7	0.84	80%
1956	31	CHC	NL	605	2.0%	8.9%	6.5%	6.3%	27%	1.38	10.1	45.5	9.6	1.04	80%
1957	32	TOT	NL	458	0.7%	7.0%	7.6%	6.6%	28%	0.91	12.8	136.3	8.9	1.00	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	1.04	83%
1958	33	PIT	NL	66	0.0%	9.1%	12.1%	4.6%	21%	0.75	9.3		8.0	0.50	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 Yrs				2490	1.6%	8.8%	7.4%	6.8%	29%	1.19	10.2	57.2	9.8	0.99	80%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.3%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.37	7.2	38.4	8.2	1.00	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1953	28	CHC	NL	-2.0	-0.2	21	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.05	-0.0	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	0.90	-0.7		0
1954	29	CHC	NL	-3.9	-0.4	514	0.5	9.1	-8.7	.97	-0.0	0.5	-0.0	-0.0	0.92	-0.1		0
1955	30	CHC	NL	-10.1	-1.0	573	-0.2	9.1	-9.3	.97	-0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.90	-7.5		0
1956	31	CHC	NL	-12.0	-1.2	515	-0.3	8.5	-8.9	1.00	-0.2	-0.1	4.4	0.4	0.88	-1.8		0
1957	32	TOT	NL	-6.7	-0.7	395	-1.2	6.1	-7.4	1.04	-0.3	-0.9	-3.6	-0.4	0.95	-3.6	1.25	15
1957	32	CHC	NL	0.8	0.1	52	0.0	0.8	-0.8	.85	0.1	-0.0	3.0	0.3	0.90	1.0		0
1957	32	PIT	NL	-7.5	-0.7	343	-1.2	5.3	-6.6	1.07	-0.4	-0.8	-6.5	-0.7	0.96	-4.6	1.25	15
1958	33	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	67	-0.1	1.1	-1.3	1.13	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.90	-1.4	1.53	14

1960	35	PIT	NL	-2.9	-0.3	41	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.04	-0.2	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.90	-2.9	1.12	18
1961	36	PIT	NL	-1.2	-0.1	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.92	-0.1	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.90	-1.2	0.71	3
8 Yrs				-40.1	-4.0	2139	-2.1	34.8	-36.9	1.00	-1.5	-0.6	-2.7	-0.3	0.91	-19.2	1.25	50

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
1953	28	CHC	NL	0	0	17%	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	CHC	NL	7	0	30%	188	4	5	44%	2	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	7	14	50%	25	16	9	6	3	3	13	2	10
1955	30	CHC	NL	5	0	35%	237	9	7	56%	6	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	8	41%	33	26	6	8	3	5	15	2	12
1956	31	CHC	NL	6	0	31%	221	4	3	57%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	6	49%	22	15	6	10	2	7	9	2	7
1957	32	TOT	NL	4	0	26%	173	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	45%	16	13	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%	153	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	44%	15	12	2	2	0	2	19	6	12
1958	33	PIT	NL	1	0	14%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	4	3	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 Yrs				23	0	30%	876	21	17	55%	15	14	2	1	2	1	5	0	24	38	45%	106	77	25	27	9	17	60	13	44

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
1953	28	CHC	NL	24	84%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	29	CHC	NL	603	21%	149			0	0	0	0		13	0	10	10	2	6	7	0	11	9	82%	103	12	12%	46	18	39%	278	41	15%	25	14	56%	14	9	64%	0
1955	30	CHC	NL	681	14%	163			0	0	0	0		11	1	10	9	2	6	5	0	19	18	95%	115	14	12%	55	22	40%	276	34	12%	12	9	75%	18	12	67%	0
1956	31	CHC	NL	605	22%	141			0	0	0	0		12	2	8	9	1	9	3	0	11	13	118%	87	15	17%	49	20	41%	246	44	18%	22	12	55%	17	13	76%	0
1957	32	TOT	NL	458	29%	108			15	3	0	2	1.25	3	0	7	3	0	0	3	0	7	8	114%	82	10	12%	41	21	51%	243	39	16%	24	11	46%	21	16	76%	0
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	407	30%	97			15	3	0	2	1.25	2	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	7	8	114%	72	8	11%	36	20	56%	213	30	14%	21	9	43%	18	14	78%	0
1958	33	PIT	NL	66	36%	14			14	6	0	2	1.53	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	11	2	18%	8	2	25%	41	6	15%	5	3	60%	2	1	50%	0

1960	35	PIT	NL	40	55%	9			18	4	0	3	1.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	1	1	100%	23	4	17%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1961	36	PIT	NL	13	46%	1			3	0	0	0	0.71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				2490	23%	590			50	13	0	7	1.25	39	3	38	31	5	21	18	0	50	50	100%	410	55	13%	204	85	42%	1121	168	15%	90	51	57%	73	52	71%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			79%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
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	1913	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	2371	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	2437	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	2437	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	2477	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	2490	2230	265	590	109	21	39	227	21	17	184	219	.265	.321	.385	.706	87	858	55	9	50	18	9

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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	24	22	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	.182	.217	.227	.445	1	7
1954	29	142	627	564	68	152	33	5	13	61	4	48	58	.270	.327	.415	.742	77	135
1955	30	162	713	638	84	169	30	7	11	53	9	51	60	.265	.320	.386	.705	79	154
1956	31	146	639	575	72	152	25	3	13	63	4	42	56	.264	.315	.386	.701	70	140
1957	32	129	483	431	44	116	24	5	3	50	3	38	33	.269	.328	.369	.697	52	123
1958	33	31	68	58	3	14	2	1	0	7	0	8	6	.241	.328	.310	.639	6	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 Yrs		660	2609	2337	278	617	115	21	40	239	21	193	228	.264	.320	.383	.703	288	630
162 Game Avg.		162	640	574	68	151	28	5	10	59	5	47	56	.264	.320	.383	.703	71	630

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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 (1497th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1955 NL 1.4 (6th) 1956 NL 1.2 (9th)	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)
SB % s c a p y 1955 NL 56.25 (5th)	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 Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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Bill Rigney (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marco Scutaro (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Graffanino (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Rigney (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pep Young (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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