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 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
1953 CHC NL 28 2B 6 24 11 11 2 3 .917 3.67 .975 4.83
1954 CHC NL 29 2B 134 134 1187.2 765 355 385 25 102 .967 0.9 0.9 1.9 -1.9 3.7 -1 5.61 5.52 .976 5.57 5.31
1955 CHC NL 30 2B 154 154 1378.1 906 432 444 30 114 .967 9.5 8.3 9.5 6.3 3.2 0 5.72 5.69 .974 5.48 5.00 AS,MVP-21
1956 CHC NL 31 2B 140 139 1232.0 813 362 426 25 99 .969 8.5 8.3 8.5 3.3 5.2 0 5.76 5.63 .980 5.33 4.66
1957 TOT NL 32 3B 72 69 619.1 207 72 123 12 13 .942 -5.5 -10.7 -6.5 -1.0 -5.6 1 2.83 2.71 .953 2.96 2.71
1957 CHC NL 32 3B 12 12 106.1 30 11 15 4 1 .867 -2.1 -23.7 -2.1 -1.5 -0.7 0 2.20 2.17 .957 2.96 2.71
1957 PIT NL 32 3B 60 57 513.0 177 61 108 8 12 .955 -3.4 -8.0 -4.4 0.5 -4.9 1 2.96 2.82 .952 2.96 2.71
1957 PIT NL 32 SS 28 24 227.0 133 38 85 10 17 .925 -1.4 -7.4 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 0 4.88 4.39 .959 4.82 4.34
1957 PIT NL 32 2B 13 10 93.2 58 30 26 2 6 .966 0.9 11.5 0.9 0.9 0.1 0 5.38 4.31 .978 5.37 4.97
1958 PIT NL 33 3B 11 9 81.1 28 11 17 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -5.9 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 0 3.10 2.55 .950 3.18 2.86
1958 PIT NL 33 2B 3 2 23.0 19 8 11 0 2 1.000 1.7 88.7 1.7 1.7 0.0 0 7.43 6.33 .974 5.32 4.77
1960 PIT NL 35 3B 7 3 50.0 15 6 9 0 2 1.000 -1.5 -36.0 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 0 2.70 2.14 .947 2.97 2.61
1960 PIT NL 35 2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1961 PIT NL 36 3B 3 2 19.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.6 37.9 0.6 -0.3 0.9 0 2.84 2.00 .950 2.94 2.60
7 Seasons 2B 451 439 3915.2 2586 1199 1303 84 326 .968 21.5 6.6 22.5 10.3 12.2 -1 5.75 5.55 .977 5.46 4.98
4 Seasons 3B 93 83 769.2 256 89 155 12 15 .953 -6.8 -10.6 -7.8 -2.2 -5.8 1 2.85 2.62 .952 2.98 2.72
1 Season SS 28 24 227.0 133 38 85 10 17 .925 -1.4 -7.4 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 0 4.88 4.39 .959 4.82 4.34
8 Seasons TOT 572 546 4912.1 2975 1326 1543 106 358 .964 13.3 3.2 13.3 7.7 5.4 0 5.26 5.02 .938 5.04 4.58

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
1953 CHC NL 28 7 7 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 29 135 134 135 135 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 CHC NL 30 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 31 140 139 140 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 32 111 91 111 111 0 0 0 13 60 28 0 0 0 0 16 0
1957 CHC NL 32 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 33 29 11 29 29 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1960 PIT NL 35 33 3 33 33 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 19 6
1961 PIT NL 36 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
8 Seasons 630 546 630 630 0 0 0 451 93 28 0 0 0 0 53 9
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 -- 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
1954 CHC NL 29 3849 62% 79% 26% 342 94% 0 258 95 104 59 278 228 39 3 5 15 0 13 2 13 73 25 9 21 0 62 22 38 10 6 3
1955 CHC NL 30 3950 62% 76% 24% 350 94% 1 255 110 105 40 269 219 39 1 4 17 1 13 3 11 75 33 8 23 2 68 26 41 6 4 1
1956 CHC NL 31 3546 60% 77% 23% 338 93% 1 229 86 94 51 280 235 36 0 2 17 3 13 1 11 72 29 7 18 4 67 24 41 3 2 0
1957 PIT NL 32 347 67% 78% 26% 28 96% 0 21 7 9 5 21 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 33 91 54% 88% 31% 13 100% 0 7 2 3 2 12 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 35 5 60% 60% 0% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 11788 61% 78% 25% 1071 94% 2 771 300 315 158 860 713 116 4 12 49 4 39 6 35 225 89 25 64 6 202 74 123 19 12 4
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 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%
1957 PIT NL 32 1714 53% 82% 27% 109 84% 0 35 25 4 6 69 57 8 2 3 6 0 6 0 6 8 5 2 7 0 0 0 3 67%
1957 CHC NL 32 481 62% 76% 26% 32 81% 0 10 9 0 1 17 16 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 PIT NL 33 288 52% 85% 27% 27 89% 0 12 12 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1960 PIT NL 35 212 63% 77% 26% 15 87% 0 6 4 1 1 10 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1961 PIT NL 36 77 62% 81% 32% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2772 55% 81% 27% 188 85% 0 63 50 5 8 113 95 12 3 5 10 0 10 0 9 10 6 3 9 0 0 0 9 78%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

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
1957 PIT NL 32 929 63% 82% 29% 97 86% 0 36 15 17 4 81 65 13 0 4 10 0 7 3 8 17 4 0 6 1 1 13 4 8 4 0 1
1 Season 929 63% 82% 29% 97 86% 0 36 15 17 4 81 65 13 0 4 10 0 7 3 8 17 4 0 6 1 1 13 4 8 4 0 1
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

* 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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