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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

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

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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 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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  5. Bill Rigney (967)
  6. Luis Rivas (964)
  7. Keith Lockhart (963)
  8. Kazuo Matsui (963)
  9. Yuniesky Betancourt (963)
  10. Toby Hall (961)
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  1. Brook Fordyce (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  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

Transactions

April 1, 1950: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

May 1, 1957: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dee Fondy to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dale Long and Lee Walls.

May 29, 1959: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Before 1960 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 20, 1961: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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