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Jeff Baker

Jeffrey Glen Baker

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 21, 1981 in Bad Kissingen, W.Germany
High School: Gar-Field (Woodbridge, VA)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed September 27, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2005
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Cubs 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.18M (11), 1 yr/$1.38M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.049, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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
2003	22	COL-min	A	70	305	263	44	76	17	0	11	44	4	2	30	79	.289	.377	.479	.856		126	2	9	0	3	2	AVL · SALL
2004	23	COL-min	A+,AA	97	424	362	70	115	28	2	15	84	2	0	54	95	.318	.413	.530	.943		192	8	6	0	2	1	VIS,TUL · CALL,TL
2005	24	COL-min	AAA	61	248	228	40	69	16	1	10	41	3	1	16	44	.303	.348	.513	.861		117	7	1	1	2	0	CSP · PCL
2005	24	COL	NL	12	43	38	6	8	4	0	1	4	0	0	5	12	.211	.302	.395	.697	73	15	1	0	0	0	0	5
2006	25	COL-min	AAA	128	538	482	71	147	30	4	20	108	7	1	46	110	.305	.369	.508	.877		245	14	5	1	4	2	CSP · PCL
2006	25	COL	NL	18	58	57	13	21	7	2	5	21	2	0	1	14	.368	.379	.825	1.204	186	47	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2007	26	COL-min	AAA	7	27	26	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	.231	.259	.385	.644		10	1	0	0	0	0	CSP · PCL
2007	26	COL	NL	85	159	144	17	32	2	2	4	12	0	0	13	40	.222	.296	.347	.643	61	50	7	2	0	0	1	3/5
2008	27	COL	NL	104	333	299	55	80	22	1	12	48	4	0	26	85	.268	.322	.468	.791	98	140	5	1	1	6	2	43/5
2009	28	COL-min	AAA,A+	9	33	28	4	7	3	0	1	2	0	0	5	4	.250	.364	.464	.828		13	1	0	0	0	0	CSP,MOD · PCL,CALL
2009	28	TOT	NL	81	248	226	27	65	15	2	4	24	1	0	18	53	.288	.343	.425	.768	96	96	8	2	0	2	0	45/3
2009	28	COL	NL	12	24	23	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	7	.130	.167	.217	.384	-4	5	3	0	0	0	0	/453
2009	28	CHC	NL	69	224	203	27	62	15	1	4	21	0	0	17	46	.305	.362	.448	.810	107	91	5	2	0	2	0	45/3
2010	29	CHC	NL	79	224	206	29	56	13	2	4	21	1	0	16	50	.272	.326	.413	.739	95	85	6	1	0	1	0	54/3
2011	30	CHC-min	AAA	3	10	10	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.600	.900		6	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
2011	30	CHC	NL	81	212	201	20	54	12	1	3	23	0	0	10	46	.269	.302	.383	.685	87	77	8	0	0	1	0	3459/D7
7 Seasons				460	1277	1171	167	316	75	10	33	153	8	0	89	300	.270	.322	.436	.758	94	510	35	6	1	10	3
162 Game Avg.				162	450	412	59	111	26	4	12	54	3	0	31	106	.270	.322	.436	.758	94	180	12	2	0	4	1

COL (5 yrs)				231	617	561	91	144	35	6	22	88	7	0	46	158	.257	.313	.458	.771	92	257	16	3	1	6	3
CHC (3 yrs)				229	660	610	76	172	40	4	11	65	1	0	43	142	.282	.330	.415	.745	96	253	19	3	0	4	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
2005	24	COL	NL	43	-1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$316,000	5
2006	25	COL	NL	58	7	0	0	0	-2	-1	2	6	0.6	8	0.8	-0.2	$	/3
2007	26	COL	NL	159	-8	0	0	-1	-1	-2	5	-7	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$400,000	3/5
2008	27	COL	NL	333	-2	1	-1	0	-1	0	9	5	0.5	7	0.7	-0.2	$403,000	43/5
2009	28	COL	NL	24	-3	0	-0	-0	-0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$415,000	/453
2009	28	CHC	NL	224	2	0	1	-0	6	1	6	16	1.5	10	0.9	0.6	$	45/3
2010	29	CHC	NL	224	-3	-1	0	-0	4	0	6	7	0.7	3	0.3	0.4	$975,000	54/3
2011	30	CHC	NL	212	-4	-0	2	-2	-5	-1	6	-4	-0.4	1	0.1	-0.5	$1,175,000	3459/D7
7 Seasons				1277	-12	1	2	-3	1	-3	36	22	2.0	21	2.1	-0.1	$3,684,000

COL (5 yrs)				617	-7	1	-1	-0	-4	-3	18	3	0.2	8	0.8	-0.6	$1,534,000
CHC (3 yrs)				660	-5	-1	3	-2	5	0	18	19	1.8	14	1.3	0.5	$2,150,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2007	26	COL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
2007	26	COL	NL	NLCS	ARI	W	2	2	2	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
2007	26	COL	NL	WS	BOS	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 Season (3 Series)							4	4	4	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
1 NLDS							1	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1 NLCS							2	2	2	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2005	COL	NL	24	3B	10				24	3	20	1	1	.958	1	-2				2.30	.958		2.74
2006	COL	NL	25	OF	12				12	11	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-3				1.00	.984		2.20
2006	COL	NL	25	1B	1				4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0				4.00	.995		9.40
2006	COL	NL	25	RF	10	9	3	77.1	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-3	-34	-47	1.28	1.10	.980	2.09	2.09
2006	COL	NL	25	LF	2	1	0	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	12	0	0.90	0.50	.980	1.98	1.95
2007	COL	NL	26	1B	20				125	120	2	3	12	.976	-1	-1				6.10	.993		9.17
2007	COL	NL	26	OF	18				28	27	1	0	0	1.000	0	-1				1.56	.984		2.29
2007	COL	NL	26	3B	2				3	0	3	0	0	1.000	-0	0				1.50	.953		2.65
2007	COL	NL	26	RF	13	12	5	92.0	23	22	1	0	0	1.000	2	1	26	13	2.25	1.77	.981	2.18	2.17
2007	COL	NL	26	LF	6	1	1	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-2	-113	-133	2.50	0.83	.984	2.00	1.98
2007	COL	NL	26	DH	2	2
2008	COL	NL	27	2B	49				206	71	131	4	31	.981	-1	-2				4.12	.982		4.80
2008	COL	NL	27	1B	22				148	143	5	0	14	1.000	0	-1				6.73	.992		9.28
2008	COL	NL	27	3B	9				22	5	17	0	4	1.000	-0	-1				2.44	.956		2.58
2008	COL	NL	27	OF	3				3	2	0	1	0	.667	-0	1				0.67	.987		2.20
2008	COL	NL	27	DH	3	3
2008	COL	NL	27	RF	3	3	1	21.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-0	1	-29	57	0.86	0.67	.983	2.10	2.10
2009	TOT	NL	28	2B	52	45	32	386.2	230	107	121	2	34	.991	4	4	12	12	5.31	4.38	.984	31.66	4.82
2009	TOT	NL	28	3B	20	10	8	98.1	27	6	20	1	0	.963	2	2	28	24	2.38	1.30	.957	0.00	2.54
2009	TOT	NL	28	1B	3	0	0	10.0	11	11	0	0	4	1.000	-0	-1	-36	-120	9.90	3.67	.993	85.68	9.20
2009	COL	NL	28	2B	3	2	1	18.0	10	4	5	1	1	.900	-0	1	-27	67	4.50	3.00	.984	31.65	4.83
2009	COL	NL	28	3B	3	2	0	14.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	25	0	1.26	0.67	.955	0.00	2.53
2009	COL	NL	28	1B	1	0	0	3.0	3	3	0	0	2	1.000	-0	-1	-120	-400	9.00	3.00	.993	85.80	9.20
2009	CHC	NL	28	2B	49	43	31	368.2	220	103	116	1	33	.995	4	3	14	10	5.35	4.47	.984	31.66	4.82
2009	CHC	NL	28	3B	17	8	8	84.0	25	6	18	1	0	.960	2	2	29	29	2.57	1.41	.957	0.00	2.55
2009	CHC	NL	28	1B	2	0	0	7.0	8	8	0	0	2	1.000	0		0		10.29	4.00	.992	85.63	9.20
2010	CHC	NL	29	3B	33				72	9	56	7	2	.903	3	4				1.97	.951		2.52
2010	CHC	NL	29	2B	26				106	52	54	0	13	1.000	0	-1				4.08	.984		4.73
2010	CHC	NL	29	1B	4				20	19	1	0	0	1.000	0	0				5.00	.993		9.12
2010	CHC	NL	29	OF	4				5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	1				1.25	.988		2.15
2010	CHC	NL	29	RF	4	4	1	27.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	1	49	44	1.67	1.25	.986	2.10	2.08
2011	CHC	NL	30	1B	19	15	5	126.0	121	114	7	0	4	1.000	-1	1	-5	10	8.64	6.37	.994	9.33	9.31
2011	CHC	NL	30	2B	18	15	6	119.2	64	26	37	1	9	.984	0	-1	0	-10	4.74	3.50	.985	4.76	4.75
2011	CHC	NL	30	3B	11	5	4	54.0	10	4	6	0	0	1.000	-2	-3	-47	-67	1.67	0.91	.954	2.53	2.53
2011	CHC	NL	30	OF	11	7	1	52.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-3	2	-61	46	1.90	1.00	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	CHC	NL	30	RF	10	6	1	46.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-2	2	-64	52	1.76	0.90	.983	2.05	2.04
2011	CHC	NL	30	DH	3	3
2011	CHC	NL	30	LF	1	1	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-42	0	3.00	2.00	.985	1.80	1.90
	4 Seasons			2B	145	60	38	506.1	606	256	343	7	87	.988	3	0	8	0	5.17	4.13	.983	25.30	4.79
	6 Seasons			3B	85	15	12	152.1	158	27	122	9	7	.943	3	0	25	0	2.13	1.75	.954	0.90	2.56
	6 Seasons			1B	69	15	5	136.0	429	411	15	3	34	.993	-1	-2	-12	-17	8.74	6.17	.993	14.94	9.25
	5 Seasons			OF	48	7	1	52.0	59	56	2	1	0	.983	-4	0	-89	0	1.90	1.21	.985	2.16	2.22
	5 Seasons			RF	40	34	11	263.1	51	48	2	1	0	.980	-2	2	-9	9	1.71	1.25	.982	2.12	2.10
	3 Seasons			LF	9	3	1	34.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-2	-64	-70	2.12	0.89	.984	1.96	1.97
	7 Seasons			TOT	347	97	56	846.2	1252	750	482	20	128	.984	1	-2	2	-2	5.00	3.55	.983	17.83	4.77
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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.
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed September 27, 2002.
July 2, 2009: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago Cubs for Al Alburquerque.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2005	24	Colorado Rockies	$316,000

2007	26	Colorado Rockies	$400,000
2008	27	Colorado Rockies	$403,000
2009	28	Colorado Rockies	$415,000
2010	29	Chicago Cubs	$975,000
2011	30	Chicago Cubs	$1,175,000

2012	31	Chicago Cubs	$1,375,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,684,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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