Scott Baker
Timothy Scott Baker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 221 lb.

Born: September 19, 1981 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Captain Shreve (Shreveport, LA)
School: Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 23 MIN AL 3 3 .500 3.35 10 9 0 0 0 0 53.2 48 21 20 5 14 0 32 0 0 0 217 133 1.155 8.0 0.8 2.3 5.4 2.29
2006 24 MIN AL 5 8 .385 6.37 16 16 0 0 0 0 83.1 114 63 59 17 16 1 62 3 0 0 377 70 1.560 12.3 1.8 1.7 6.7 3.88
2007 25 MIN AL 9 9 .500 4.26 24 23 0 2 1 0 143.2 162 70 68 15 29 4 102 5 0 0 606 101 1.329 10.1 0.9 1.8 6.4 3.52
2008 26 MIN AL 11 4 .733 3.45 28 28 0 0 0 0 172.1 161 66 66 20 42 2 141 3 0 6 703 121 1.178 8.4 1.0 2.2 7.4 3.36
2009 27 MIN AL 15 9 .625 4.36 33 33 0 1 1 0 200.0 190 99 97 28 48 1 162 4 0 4 828 100 1.190 8.6 1.3 2.2 7.3 3.38
5 Seasons 43 33 .566 4.27 111 109 0 3 2 0 653.0 675 319 310 85 149 8 499 15 0 10 2731 101 1.262 9.3 1.2 2.1 6.9 3.35
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .566 4.27 34 34 0 1 1 0 202 209 99 96 26 46 2 154 5 0 3 844 101 1.262 9.3 1.2 2.1 6.9 3.35

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 23 MIN AL 10 217 199 21 48 9 0 5 0 3 14 32 .241 .288 .362 .650 .262 72 4 0 2 2 0
2006 24 MIN AL 16 377 352 63 114 24 3 17 5 3 16 62 .324 .355 .554 .909 .350 195 4 3 2 4 1
2007 25 MIN AL 24 606 564 70 162 33 3 15 11 4 29 102 .287 .327 .436 .763 .327 246 17 5 6 2 4
2008 26 MIN AL 28 703 653 66 161 26 1 20 8 5 42 141 .247 .294 .381 .675 .285 249 12 3 2 3 2
2009 27 MIN AL 33 828 769 99 190 40 3 28 10 3 48 162 .247 .293 .416 .709 .277 320 10 4 1 6 1
5 Seasons 111 2731 2537 319 675 132 10 85 34 18 149 499 .266 .309 .426 .735 .299 1082 47 15 13 17 8
162 Game Avg. 34 844 784 99 209 41 3 26 11 6 46 154 .266 .309 .426 .735 .299 334 15 5 4 5 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 23 MIN AL 10 9 3 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 0 0 0 4 44% 54 69 35 6 3 0 6 3.9 3.4 5.9 89 1 7 1 0 103
2006 24 MIN AL 16 16 5 8 3 2 1 7 9 .438 0 1 0 0 4 25% 41 70 16 6 3 0 11 4.4 4.8 5.2 90 3 10 3 0 107
2007 25 MIN AL 24 23 9 9 5 3 3 13 10 .565 1 2 2 1 12 52% 50 93 17 14 2 0 12 4.4 3.9 6.1 90 3 16 4 0 111
2008 26 MIN AL 28 28 11 4 13 3 4 17 11 .607 4 5 0 0 18 64% 55 81 28 14 5 1 13 5.6 5.3 6.2 96 2 11 15 0 112
2009 27 MIN AL 33 33 15 9 9 5 1 20 13 .606 3 5 1 1 16 48% 52 88 21 23 10 0 12 5.6 5.8 6.1 99 2 14 17 0 116
5 Seasons 111 109 43 33 33 14 9 62 47 .569 8 13 3 2 54 50% 51 93 16 63 23 1 54 5.0 5.0 6.0 94 11 58 40 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 23 MIN AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.980 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 17
2007 25 MIN AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.991 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 36
2 Seasons 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.988 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 27

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 23 MIN AL 217 44% 2.3% 14.8% 6.5% 6.5% 29% 0.53 0.60 76% 20% 5.3% 15% 37 4 11%
2006 24 MIN AL 377 51% 4.5% 16.5% 4.2% 11.7% 39% 0.51 0.62 73% 18% 9.8% 10% 67 4 6%
2007 25 MIN AL 606 47% 2.5% 16.8% 4.8% 8.4% 32% 0.56 0.73 74% 20% 6.1% 17% 107 17 16%
2008 26 MIN AL 703 51% 2.8% 20.1% 6.0% 6.7% 29% 0.48 0.56 70% 19% 6.9% 16% 128 12 9%
2009 27 MIN AL 828 49% 3.4% 19.6% 5.8% 8.6% 37% 0.53 0.63 71% 16% 8.9% 22% 122 10 8%
5 Seasons 2731 49% 3.1% 18.3% 5.5% 8.3% 34% 0.52 0.63 72% 18% 7.6% 17% 461 47 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 23 MIN AL 217 818 3.77 541 66% 22% 15% 31% 32% 78% 0% 51% 81% 57% 3% 7 3 22% 48 32 3 16% 7 4 0 0 0
2006 24 MIN AL 377 1440 3.82 975 68% 22% 14% 34% 30% 78% 0% 53% 83% 58% 3% 13 11 27% 100 73 14 29% 12 1 0 0 0
2007 25 MIN AL 606 2096 3.46 1437 69% 21% 15% 31% 33% 79% 2% 54% 81% 59% 4% 22 10 29% 173 122 9 14% 19 8 0 0 0
2008 26 MIN AL 703 2693 3.83 1849 69% 23% 16% 33% 28% 77% 1% 53% 79% 60% 4% 29 18 32% 226 158 14 21% 25 9 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 828 3255 3.93 2205 68% 21% 16% 35% 28% 79% 0% 54% 79% 63% 2% 17 10 31% 255 156 16 16% 25 6 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2731 10302 3.77 7007 68% 22% 15% 33% 30% 78% 1% 53% 80% 60% 3% 88 52 29% 802 541 56 18% 88 28 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 23 MIN AL 217 48 8 0 5 0 0 3 2 2 3 8 5 1 63% 2 0 0 73 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2006 24 MIN AL 377 114 10 1 17 1 3 8 9 12 5 24 17 4 71% 5 0 0 146 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 25 MIN AL 606 162 9 0 15 2 8 8 7 6 9 34 19 6 56% 5 0 0 216 11 4 73% 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
2008 26 MIN AL 703 161 17 1 20 0 8 11 9 5 15 30 16 4 53% 2 6 0 241 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2009 27 MIN AL 828 190 14 2 28 0 7 22 6 12 16 27 13 4 48% 1 4 1 274 10 3 77% 8 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
5 Seasons 2731 675 58 4 85 3 26 52 33 37 48 123 70 19 57% 15 10 1 950 34 18 65% 31 16 3 2 0 0 3 0 34 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 23 3 3 .500 3.35 10 9 0 0 0 0 53.2 48 21 20 5 14 0 32 0 0 0 217 133 1.155 8.0 0.8 2.3 5.4 2.29 133
2006 24 8 11 .421 5.19 26 25 0 0 0 0 137.0 162 84 79 22 30 1 94 3 0 0 594 86 1.401 10.6 1.4 2.0 6.2 3.13 86
2007 25 17 20 .459 4.71 50 48 0 2 1 0 280.2 324 154 147 37 59 5 196 8 0 0 1200 93 1.365 10.4 1.2 1.9 6.3 3.32 93
2008 26 28 24 .538 4.23 78 76 0 2 1 0 453.0 485 220 213 57 101 7 337 11 0 6 1903 102 1.294 9.6 1.1 2.0 6.7 3.34 102
2009 27 43 33 .566 4.27 111 109 0 3 2 0 653.0 675 319 310 85 149 8 499 15 0 10 2731 101 1.262 9.3 1.2 2.1 6.9 3.35 101

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
2005 23 3 2 .600 3.29 52.0 47 21 19 5 14 31 0 1.173 8.1 2.4 5.4 2.21 0.9 10
2006 24 3 6 .333 6.26 82.0 113 63 57 17 16 61 3 1.573 12.4 1.8 6.7 3.81 1.9 16
2007 25 6 9 .400 4.57 136.0 163 77 69 15 29 97 5 1.412 10.8 1.9 6.4 3.34 1.0 24
2008 26 10 8 .556 3.73 164.0 165 76 68 20 43 134 3 1.268 9.1 2.4 7.4 3.12 1.1 28
2009 27 9 12 .429 4.62 193.0 195 110 99 29 49 156 4 1.264 9.1 2.3 7.3 3.18 1.4 33
5 Seasons 31 37 .456 4.48 627.0 683 347 312 86 151 479 15 1.330 9.8 6.9 3.17 1.2 111

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL--3.447--8th

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL--15--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.178--5th
2009 AL--1.190--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--2.160--7th

Games Started s c a p y
2009 AL--33--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 AL--2--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL--1--5th
2009 AL--1--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--28--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--3.357--7th
2009 AL--3.375--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--97--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Jimmy Jones (961)
  5. Mike Sirotka (960)
  6. Chuck Rainey (959)
  7. Slick Castleman (958)
  8. Johnny Broaca (958)
  9. Tommy Greene (957)
  10. Noah Lowry (957)
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  2. Kirk McCaskill (975)
  3. James Shields (972)
  4. Rich Gale (966)
  5. Aaron Sele (966)
  6. Jake Westbrook (962)
  7. Pete Schourek (961)
  8. Brett Tomko (960)
  9. Rip Collins (960)
  10. Dave Giusti (959)
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  4. Scott Bankhead (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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