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John Baker

John David Baker (twitter: @manbearwolf)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 20, 1981 in Alameda, CA
High School: De La Salle HS (Concord, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, 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 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Padres 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$930k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.083, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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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
2010 29 FLA NL 23 88 78 7 17 3 1 0 6 0 0 9 18 .218 .307 .282 .589 59 22 5 1 0 0 1 2
2011 30 FLA NL 16 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .154 .267 .154 .421 19 2 0 0 1 0 0 /2
2012 31 SDP NL 63 214 193 17 46 8 0 0 14 2 1 20 41 .238 .310 .280 .590 68 54 4 0 1 0 2 2
2013 32 SDP NL 11 30 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .115 .233 .115 .349 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 /2
6 Yrs 286 1004 880 115 228 50 1 14 103 2 1 106 204 .259 .342 .366 .708 90 322 28 8 5 5 12
162 Game Avg. 162 569 498 65 129 28 1 8 58 1 1 60 116 .259 .342 .366 .708 90 182 16 5 3 3 7
FLA (4 yrs) 212 760 661 98 179 42 1 14 89 0 0 82 158 .271 .356 .401 .757 99 265 21 8 4 5 10
SDP (2 yrs) 74 244 219 17 49 8 0 0 14 2 1 24 46 .224 .300 .260 .561 61 57 7 0 1 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 27 FLA NL 61 233 6 1 -0 -2 4 8 0.8 7 15 1.5 .513 .505 1.7 0.1 17 2
2009 28 FLA NL 112 423 -1 -1 1 -11 6 -6 -0.6 13 7 0.6 .495 .496 1.7 -0.5 18 $400,000 2
2010 29 FLA NL 23 88 -4 -0 -0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.3 .477 .497 -0.2 0.0 -1 $415,000 2
2011 30 FLA NL 16 16 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $417,000 /2
2012 31 SDP NL 63 214 -4 -0 -0 -1 3 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.3 .495 .498 0.4 0.3 5 $750,000 2
2013 32 SDP NL 11 30 -3 0 -1 1 1 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .477 .498 -0.3 0.2 -2 $930,000 /2
6 Seasons 286 1004 -9 -1 -0 -14 15 -9 -1.1 31 22 1.9 .496 .499 3.3 0.1 36 $2,912,000
FLA (4 yrs) 212 760 -1 -0 1 -14 11 -4 -0.6 24 20 1.7 .498 .499 3.1 -0.4 34 $1,232,000
SDP (2 yrs) 74 244 -8 -0 -1 0 4 -5 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .492 .498 0.1 0.4 3 $1,680,000

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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2008 FLA NL 27 C 59 54 53 496.0 428 402 22 4 0 .991 -4 -2 -10 -5 7.69 7.19 .993 7.65 7.60 3 15 40 8 17% 27% 0
2009 FLA NL 28 C 105 99 85 864.0 796 748 42 6 2 .992 -9 -11 -12 -15 8.23 7.52 .993 7.77 7.70 5 35 79 20 20% 29% 0
2010 FLA NL 29 C 21 20 19 178.0 163 152 9 2 1 .988 -1 -1 -7 -5 8.14 7.67 .992 8.05 7.97 1 5 22 6 21% 29% 1
2011 FLA NL 30 C 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 6.00 2.00 .990 8.10 8.00 0 0 0 0 0
2012 SDP NL 31 C 56 52 49 460.1 395 368 23 4 0 .990 -9 -1 -23 -2 7.64 6.98 .992 8.36 8.26 7 21 49 9 16% 27% 0
2013 SDP NL 32 C 9 8 7 68.0 58 56 2 0 1 1.000 -1 1 -23 19 7.68 6.44 .992 8.11 8.04 0 6 8 1 11% 28% 0
6 Seasons C 251 233 213 2069.1 1842 1728 98 16 4 .991 -24 -13 -14 -7 7.94 7.27 .993 7.91 7.84 16 82 198 44 18% 28% 1
6 Seasons TOT 251 233 213 2069.1 1842 1728 98 16 4 .991 -24 -13 -14 -7 7.94 7.27 .993 7.91 7.84 16 82 198 44 18% 28% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2009 NL  6 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2009 NL  5 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2009 NL  79 (2nd)

             

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
200928Florida Marlins$400,000
201029Florida Marlins$415,000
201130Florida Marlins$417,000
201231San Diego Padres$750,000contracts
201332San Diego Padres$930,000
2013 Status2nd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,912,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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