Norm Baker

Norman Leslie Baker

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown

Born: October 14, 1862 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1883
Teams (by GP): Colonels/PittsburghAlleghenys/Orioles 1883-1890

Final Game: August 30, 1890
Died: February 20, 1949 in Hurffville, NJ
Buried: Wenonah Cemetery, Wenonah, NJ
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1883	20	PIT	AA	0	2	.000	3.32	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.0	24	16	7	0	11	5			1	94	99	1.842	11.4	0.0	5.2	2.4	0.45

1885	22	NVL	N/A	10	4	.714	0.58	14	14		14	2		124.0	89	52	8		8	108			9			0.782	6.5		0.6	7.8	13.50	NVL · SOUL
1885	22	LOU	AA	13	12	.520	3.40	25	24	1	24	1	0	217.0	210	142	82	3	69	79	10	1	21	952	96	1.286	8.7	0.1	2.9	3.3	1.14

1886	23	NVL,ROC	B,N/A	18	11	.621	1.36	30	29		27	3		265.2	180	92	40		53	190	12		13			0.877	6.1		1.8	6.4	3.58	NVL,ROC · SOUA,IL
1890	27	BLT	N/A	29	10	.744		40	39		38	6			297	165	50		147	161	16		8								1.10	BLT · ATLA
1890	27	BAL	AA	1	1	.500	3.71	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	16	9	7	0	6	10	0	0	0	72	118	1.294	8.5	0.0	3.2	5.3	1.67
1891	28	OMA	N/A	7	10	.412	3.25	19	14		11			141.1	176	128	51		59	61	16		5			1.663	11.2		3.8	3.9	1.03	OMA · WA
1894	31	MNE	N/A	11	6	.647	3.87	24	18		12	0		155.2	207	185	67		99	60	27		7			1.966	12.0		5.7	3.5	0.61	MNE · WL
1895	32	MNE	A	1	1	.500		4	2		1	0		21.0																		MNE · WL
3 Yrs				14	15	.483	3.42	30	29	1	28	1	0	253.0	250	167	96	3	86	94	10	1	22	1118	97	1.328	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.3	1.09
162 Game Avg.				16	17	.483	3.42	35	33	1	32	1	0	292	288	192	111	3	99	108		1	25	1289	97	1.328	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.3	1.09

LOU (1 yr)				13	12	.520	3.40	25	24	1	24	1	0	217.0	210	142	82	3	69	79	10	1	21	952	96	1.286	8.7	0.1	2.9	3.3	1.14
PIT (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.32	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.0	24	16	7	0	11	5			1	94	99	1.842	11.4	0.0	5.2	2.4	0.45
BAL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.71	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	16	9	7	0	6	10	0	0	0	72	118	1.294	8.5	0.0	3.2	5.3	1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1883	20	PIT	AA	19.0	3	3	16	7.58	5.78	-0.55	0.00	97.0	6.14	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.420	.499	$

1885	22	LOU	AA	217.0	25	24	142	5.89	5.55	-0.13	0.00	100.0	5.68	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.3	0.3	6	.484	.498	$

1890	27	BAL	AA	17.0	2	2	9	4.76	5.62	0.16	0.00	111.0	6.07	3	0.3		-0.0	0.4	4	.644	.502	$
3 Seasons				253.0	30	29	167	5.94	5.58	-0.14	0.00	100.5	5.74	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.3	0.5	7	.489	.499	$

LOU (1 yr)				217.0	25	24	142	5.89	5.55	-0.13	0.00	100.0	5.68	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.3	0.3	6	.484	.498	$
PIT (1 yr)				19.0	3	3	16	7.58	5.78	-0.55	0.00	97.0	6.14	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.420	.499	$
BAL (1 yr)				17.0	2	2	9	4.76	5.62	0.16	0.00	111.0	6.07	3	0.3		-0.0	0.4	4	.644	.502	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1883	20	0	2	.000	3.32	3	3	0	2	0	19.0	24	16	7	0	11	5			1	94	99	1.842	11.4	0.0	5.2	2.4	0.45	99
1884	21	0	2	.000	3.32	3	3	0	2	0	19.0	24	16	7	0	11	5			1	94	99	1.842	11.4	0.0	5.2	2.4	0.45	99
1885	22	13	14	.481	3.39	28	27	1	26	1	236.0	234	158	89	3	80	84	10	1	22	1046	96	1.331	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.2	1.05	96
1886	23	13	14	.481	3.39	28	27	1	26	1	236.0	234	158	89	3	80	84	10	1	22	1046	96	1.331	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.2	1.05	96
1887	24	13	14	.481	3.39	28	27	1	26	1	236.0	234	158	89	3	80	84	10	1	22	1046	96	1.331	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.2	1.05	96
1888	25	13	14	.481	3.39	28	27	1	26	1	236.0	234	158	89	3	80	84	10	1	22	1046	96	1.331	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.2	1.05	96
1889	26	13	14	.481	3.39	28	27	1	26	1	236.0	234	158	89	3	80	84	10	1	22	1046	96	1.331	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.2	1.05	96
1890	27	14	15	.483	3.42	30	29	1	28	1	253.0	250	167	96	3	86	94	10	1	22	1118	97	1.328	8.9	0.1	3.1	3.3	1.09	97

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1883	20	2	1	.667	2.38	34.0	36	10	9	0	16	9	0	1.529	9.5	4.2	2.4	0.56	0.0	3

1885	22	26	11	.703	2.56	337.0	274	107	96	4	90	123	13	1.080	7.3	2.4	3.3	1.37	0.1	25

1890	27	1	1	.500	2.16	25.0	17	7	6	0	6	15	0	0.920	6.1	2.2	5.4	2.50	0.0	2
3 Yrs		29	13	.690	2.52	396.0	327	124	111	4	112	147	13	1.109	7.4		3.3	1.31	0.1	30

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y 1885 AA 69 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 AA 0.124 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1885 AA 21 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1883 AA born 1862-10-14 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1885 AA 69 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1885 AA 0.124 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1885 AA 21 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1883 AA born 1862-10-14 (8th)

Similarity Scores

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