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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2008 FLA NL 27 C 59 54 496.0 428 402 22 4 0 .991 -4.0 -9.7 -4 7.69 7.19 .993 7.65 6.72 3 15 40 8 17%
2009 FLA NL 28 C 105 99 864.0 796 748 42 6 2 .992 -9.0 -12.5 -9 8.23 7.52 .993 7.77 6.93 5 79 20 20%
2 Seasons C 164 153 1360.0 1224 1150 64 10 2 .992 -13.0 -11.5 -13 8.03 7.40 .993 7.73 6.85 8 15 119 28 19%
2 Seasons TOT 164 153 1360.0 1224 1150 64 10 2 .992 -13.0 -11.5 -13 8.03 7.40 .985 7.73 6.85 8 15 119 28 19%

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
2008 FLA NL 27 61 54 61 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009 FLA NL 28 112 99 112 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2 Seasons 173 153 173 164 0 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2008 FLA NL 27 2188 4.23 4.41 15 87% 0 0 402 9 3 4 386 22 3 0 0 12 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 83%
2009 FLA NL 28 3919 4.39 4.92 34 91% 0 0 748 21 1 4 722 42 9 1 0 12 6 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 10 80%
2 Seasons 6107 4.33 4.73 49 90% 0 0 1150 30 4 8 1108 64 12 1 0 24 10 0 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 16 81%
MLB Averages 4.31 4.68 92% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2008 FLA NL 27 3 15 798 40 8 6 17% 31 5 9 2 0 1 0 0 72 10 1.26 1.00
2009 FLA NL 28 5 35 1466 79 20 18 20% 70 15 9 5 0 0 0 0 140 22 1.25 1.28
2 Seasons 8 50 2264 119 28 24 19% 101 20 18 7 0 1 0 0 212 32 1.25 1.20
MLB Averages 27% 1.28 1.23

* 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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