John Baker
John David Baker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 20, 1981 in Alameda, CA
High School: De La Salle (Walnut Creek, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 2008
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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
2008 27 FLA NL 61 233 197 32 59 14 0 5 32 0 0 30 48 .299 .392 .447 .839 119 88 6 2 1 3 4 2
2009 28 FLA NL 112 423 373 59 101 25 0 9 50 0 0 41 89 .271 .349 .410 .759 99 153 10 5 2 2 5 2
2 Seasons 173 656 570 91 160 39 0 14 82 0 0 71 137 .281 .364 .423 .787 106 241 16 7 3 5 9
162 Game Avg. 162 614 534 85 150 37 0 13 77 0 0 66 128 .281 .364 .423 .787 106 226 15 7 3 5 8

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
2008 27 FLA NL 233 148 36 6.5 109 .367 .299 .268 .392 .340 .447 .428 .839 .769 119 .628 7.4 0.7 .833 .299 .147 .0
2009 28 FLA NL 423 286 54 5.0 108 .332 .271 .268 .349 .342 .410 .426 .759 .767 99 .523 -0.1 -0.0 .706 .249 .139 .0
2 Seasons 656 434 90 5.6 109 .344 .281 .268 .364 .341 .423 .427 .787 .768 106 .562 7.3 0.7 .749 .267 .142 .0
162 Game Avg. 614 406 84 5.6 109 .344 .281 .268 .364 .341 .423 .427 .787 .768 106 .562 7 1 .749 .267 .142

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
2008 27 FLA NL 233 2.2% 20.6% 12.9% 8.2% 32% 1.60 4.1 39.4 6.2 1.03 1.62 63% 25% 7.2% 7%
2009 28 FLA NL 423 2.1% 21.0% 9.7% 8.0% 34% 2.17 4.2 41.4 7.5 0.99 1.68 65% 21% 6.6% 4%
2 Seasons 656 2.1% 20.9% 10.8% 8.1% 33% 1.93 4.2 40.7 7.0 1.00 1.66 65% 22% 6.8% 5%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2008 27 FLA NL 2 0 31% 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 29% 14 11 3 5 3 2 9 6 3
2009 28 FLA NL 2 0 36% 189 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 20% 29 26 3 6 3 1 14 8 6
2 Seasons 4 0 34% 294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 22 23% 43 37 6 11 6 3 23 14 9
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2008 27 FLA NL 233 75% 59 6 2 3 1 1 1 1.11 5 0 13 4 1 3 2 0 3 1 33% 48 6 13% 16 9 56% 153 28 18% 12 8 67% 21 10 48% 0
2009 28 FLA NL 423 90% 101 7 0 9 0 0 0 2.39 9 0 11 8 1 3 6 0 3 2 67% 91 10 11% 48 18 38% 271 41 15% 27 13 48% 31 14 45% 0
2 Seasons 656 85% 160 13 2 12 1 1 1 2.07 14 0 24 12 2 6 8 0 6 3 50% 139 16 12% 64 27 42% 424 69 16% 39 21 54% 52 24 46% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 27 FLA NL 233 909 3.90 542 60% 28% 15% 29% 28% 72% 4% 43% 79% 24% 7% 16 0 17% 40 17 9% 20 11 27% 0 0 0
2009 28 FLA NL 423 1592 3.76 968 61% 31% 15% 25% 30% 69% 2% 42% 79% 29% 6% 25 0 14% 61 24 9% 37 23 40% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 656 2501 3.81 1510 60% 30% 15% 26% 29% 70% 3% 42% 79% 27% 6% 41 0 15% 101 41 9% 57 34 36% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 27 61 233 197 32 59 14 0 5 32 0 0 30 48 .299 .392 .447 .839 119 88 6 2 1 3 4
2009 28 173 656 570 91 160 39 0 14 82 0 0 71 137 .281 .364 .423 .787 106 241 16 7 3 5 9

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 27 61 230 196 31 58 14 0 5 31 0 29 48 .296 .387 .444 .831 34 61
2009 28 112 420 372 57 100 25 0 9 48 0 41 89 .269 .348 .409 .756 52 112
2 Seasons 173 650 568 88 158 39 0 14 79 0 70 137 .278 .362 .421 .782 86 173
162 Game Avg. 162 609 532 82 148 37 0 13 74 0 66 128 .278 .362 .421 .782 81 173

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Josh Bard (969)
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  7. Art Wilson (959)
  8. Harry McCurdy (956)
  9. Cliff Bolton (954)
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