Scott Baker

Timothy Scott Baker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 19, 1981 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Captain Shreve HS (Shreveport, LA)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted
by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 2005 (Age 23)
Team: Twins 2005-2011
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$5.5M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.128, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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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 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 6 703 122 1.178 8.4 1.0 2.2 7.4 3.36
2009 27 MIN AL 15 9 .625 4.37 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
2010 28 MIN AL 12 9 .571 4.49 29 29 0 0 0 0 170.1 186 87 85 23 43 0 148 6 0 7 725 91 1.344 9.8 1.2 2.3 7.8 3.44
2011 29 MIN AL 8 6 .571 3.14 23 21 2 1 0 0 134.2 126 50 47 15 32 2 123 4 0 4 548 129 1.173 8.4 1.0 2.1 8.2 3.84
7 Yrs 63 48 .568 4.15 163 159 2 4 2 0 958.0 987 456 442 123 224 10 770 25 0 21 4004 102 1.264 9.3 1.2 2.1 7.2 3.44
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .568 4.15 34 34 0 1 0 0 202 208 96 93 26 47 2 163 5 0 4 846 102 1.264 9.3 1.2 2.1 7.2 3.44

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2005 23 MIN AL 53.2 10 9 21 3.52 4.66 0.19 0.16 99.9 4.63 6 0.6 1.1 -0.0 1.2 12 .564 .504
2006 24 MIN AL 83.1 16 16 63 6.80 5.10 0.08 0.20 97.6 5.09 -17 -1.5 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .405 .491 $330,000
2007 25 MIN AL 143.2 24 23 70 4.39 4.89 0.09 0.18 94.9 4.72 4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.8 21 .517 .503
2008 26 MIN AL 172.1 28 28 66 3.45 4.80 -0.17 0.19 96.1 4.95 26 2.8 -0.1 4.4 48 .598 .517 $422,500
2009 27 MIN AL 200.0 33 33 99 4.46 4.80 -0.26 0.19 98.5 5.17 14 1.4 -0.2 3.3 38 .543 .509 $750,000
2010 28 MIN AL 170.1 29 29 87 4.60 4.43 -0.10 0.16 100.3 4.71 1 0.1 -0.1 1.7 20 .503 .500 $3,000,000
2011 29 MIN AL 134.2 23 21 50 3.34 4.66 -0.37 0.16 99.5 5.16 27 3.1 .2 -0.1 4.3 41 .633 .519 $5,000,000
7 Seasons 958.0 163 159 456 4.28 4.75 -0.12 0.18 98.0 4.94 60 6.9 .7 -0.7 16.0 173 .542 .506 $9,502,500

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 28 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 1.286 11.6 3.9 0.0 7.7
1 ALDS 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 1.286 11.6 3.9 0.0 7.7

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 2
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 5
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 5
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 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 1
2010 28 MIN AL 29 725 671 87 186 49 5 23 3 6 43 148 .277 .325 .468 .793 .323 314 11 6 1 4 0 1
2011 29 MIN AL 23 548 509 50 126 22 3 15 4 5 32 123 .248 .296 .391 .687 .298 199 9 4 1 2 2 2
7 Yrs 163 4004 3717 456 987 203 18 123 41 29 224 770 .266 .310 .429 .739 .303 1595 67 25 15 23 10 18
162 Game Avg. 34 846 785 96 208 43 4 26 9 6 47 163 .266 .310 .429 .739 .303 337 14 5 3 5 2 4
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 23 MIN AL 6.9 0.7 220 1.0 4.2 -3.2 .98 0.6 0.4 7.7 0.8 0.98 6.9 0 1 0
2006 24 MIN AL -17.4 -1.6 384 -1.2 6.2 -7.4 .95 -1.5 0.3 -16.4 -1.5 0.95 -15.6 0 0 0
2007 25 MIN AL 2.4 0.2 619 0.9 11.4 -10.5 .99 0.7 0.3 5.7 0.6 0.99 7.0 0 1 0
2008 26 MIN AL 17.5 1.8 719 2.8 13.3 -10.6 .98 1.9 0.9 24.5 2.6 0.98 20.6 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 3.1 0.3 846 0.6 13.7 -13.0 .89 0.8 -0.1 9.5 0.9 0.89 12.7 0 0 0
2010 28 MIN AL -6.0 -0.6 743 0.1 13.0 -13.0 .98 -0.5 0.6 -3.0 -0.3 0.98 -5.3 0 0 0
2011 29 MIN AL 14.4 1.5 563 1.6 9.7 -8.1 .94 1.5 0.2 18.7 2.0 0.94 15.3 0 0 2
7 Yrs 20.8 2.3 4094 5.7 71.5 -65.8 .95 3.5 2.5 46.7 5.0 0.95 41.7 0 2 2

Starting Pitching*

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% 53.6 69 35 6 3 0 6 3.9 3.4 5.9 90 1 6 2 0 103
2006 24 MIN AL 16 16 5 8 3 2 1 7 9 .438 0 1 0 0 4 25% 41.2 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% 49.8 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% 55.2 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% 52.1 88 21 23 10 0 12 5.6 5.8 6.1 99 2 14 17 0 116
2010 28 MIN AL 29 29 12 9 8 2 1 17 12 .586 2 4 0 0 12 41% 50.1 84 18 15 5 0 17 4.8 5.0 5.9 92 2 19 8 0 108
2011 29 MIN AL 23 21 8 6 7 2 1 9 12 .429 5 2 1 0 10 48% 56.3 83 32 10 6 0 11 4.4 4.6 6.3 100 2 8 11 0 119
7 Yrs 163 159 63 48 48 18 11 88 71 .553 15 19 4 2 76 48% 51 93 16 88 34 1 82 4.9 4.9 6.0 95 15 84 60 0 119
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .978 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 .989 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 36
2011 29 MIN AL 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .942 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 18
3 Yrs 57 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .968 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 5.3 22

Ratio Pitching*

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 56% 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 49% 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 53% 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 49% 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 51% 3.4% 19.6% 5.8% 8.6% 37% 0.53 0.63 71% 16% 8.9% 22% 122 10 8%
2010 28 MIN AL 725 50% 3.2% 20.4% 5.9% 10.6% 41% 0.57 0.78 70% 20% 8.3% 16% 114 11 10%
2011 29 MIN AL 548 37% 2.7% 22.5% 5.8% 7.3% 32% 0.53 0.67 68% 18% 7.1% 17% 84 9 11%
7 Yrs 4004 49% 3.1% 19.2% 5.6% 8.6% 35% 0.53 0.66 71% 19% 7.7% 17% 659 67 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 219 824 3.76 543 66% 22% 15% 31% 31% 78% 0% 51% 81% 57% 3% 7 3 22% 48 32 3 16% 7 4 -2 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 607 2097 3.45 1437 69% 21% 15% 31% 33% 79% 2% 54% 81% 59% 4% 22 10 29% 173 122 9 14% 19 8 -1 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 829 3258 3.93 2207 68% 21% 16% 35% 28% 79% 0% 54% 79% 63% 2% 17 10 31% 255 156 16 16% 25 6 -1 0 0
2010 28 MIN AL 727 2674 3.68 1823 68% 24% 16% 31% 29% 76% 0% 52% 79% 63% 3% 20 10 29% 211 135 16 15% 26 10 -2 0 0
2011 29 MIN AL 548 2132 3.89 1462 69% 24% 17% 32% 27% 76% 1% 52% 78% 59% 3% 14 9 32% 173 111 13 15% 21 3 0 0 0
7 Yrs 4010 15118 3.77 10296 68% 22% 16% 33% 29% 78% 1% 53% 80% 60% 3% 122 71 30% 1186 787 85 17% 135 41 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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
2010 28 MIN AL 725 186 14 2 23 0 11 11 12 8 15 33 17 9 52% 1 7 0 254 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2011 29 MIN AL 548 126 5 2 15 0 1 4 11 5 10 17 6 5 35% 2 4 0 184 4 5 44% 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Yrs 4004 987 77 8 123 3 38 67 56 50 73 173 93 33 54% 18 21 1 1388 41 29 59% 36 27 5 2 0 0 3 0 54 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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
2010 28 55 42 .567 4.32 140 138 0 3 2 0 823.1 861 406 395 108 192 8 647 21 0 17 3456 99 1.279 9.4 1.2 2.1 7.1 3.37 99
2011 29 63 48 .568 4.15 163 159 2 4 2 0 958.0 987 456 442 123 224 10 770 25 0 21 4004 102 1.264 9.3 1.2 2.1 7.2 3.44 102

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 82.0 112 63 57 17 16 61 3 1.561 12.3 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 3.71 165.0 163 76 68 20 43 135 3 1.248 8.9 2.3 7.4 3.14 1.1 28
2009 27 9 12 .429 4.48 195.0 190 108 97 28 48 158 4 1.221 8.8 2.2 7.3 3.29 1.3 33
2010 28 6 11 .353 5.18 160.0 194 102 92 24 45 139 6 1.494 10.9 2.5 7.8 3.09 1.4 29
2011 29 8 6 .571 3.54 127.0 130 56 50 15 33 116 4 1.283 9.2 2.3 8.2 3.52 1.1 23
7 Yrs 45 54 .455 4.44 917.0 999 503 452 124 228 737 25 1.338 9.8 7.2 3.23 1.2 163

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
Active  16.0 (49th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.45 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Active  .568 (24th)
Career  .568 (240th)

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)
2010 AL  3.442 (6th)

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

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2008 AL  24.48 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2008 AL  2.6 (10th)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1258), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1430), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (626), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (618th), 16.1 career WAR/16.1 7yr-peak WAR/16.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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