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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 (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
Team: Twins 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (team option), 4 yrs/$15.25M (09-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.128, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 11:58PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #797. Hank Wyse… #798. Nick Altrock… #799. Jose Contreras… #800. SCOTT BAKER… #801. Gavin Floyd… #802. Ned Garvin… #803. Al Worthington… 

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 6 703 122 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 4 548 128 1.173 8.4 1.0 2.1 8.2 3.84
7 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 23 MIN AL 53.2 9 21 32 2 1.0 11 1.1 $
2006 24 MIN AL 83.1 16 63 54 1 .9 -9 -0.8 $330,000
2007 25 MIN AL 143.2 23 70 89 1 1.0 19 1.9 $
2008 26 MIN AL 172.1 28 66 108 -5 1.0 42 4.3 $422,500
2009 27 MIN AL 200.0 33 99 129 -5 .9 30 2.9 $750,000
2010 28 MIN AL 170.1 29 87 99 2 1.0 12 1.3 $3,000,000
2011 29 MIN AL 134.2 21 50 89 -3 .9 39 3.8 $5,000,000
7 Seasons 958.0 159 456 601 -6 1.0 145 14.5 $9,502,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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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
2005 23 MIN AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 24 MIN AL 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 25 MIN AL 24 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 26 MIN AL 28 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 172 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
2009 27 MIN AL 33 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 28 MIN AL 29 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 29 MIN AL 2 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 173 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 142 29 25 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .120 .120 .160 .280 -25 4 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 33 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .120 .120 .160 .280 -25 5 0 0 5 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 MIN AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $330,000 1
2007 25 MIN AL 6 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
2008 26 MIN AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $422,500 1
2009 27 MIN AL 6 -2 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $750,000 1
2010 28 MIN AL 4 -1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $3,000,000 1
2011 29 MIN AL 5 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $5,000,000 1
6 Seasons 29 -5 -0 -0 0 0 3 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $9,502,500

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 MIN AL 23 P 10 53.2 11 8 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.84 1.10 .954 1.69 1.68
2006 MIN AL 24 P 16 83.1 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 1.19 0.69 .958 1.56 1.54
2007 MIN AL 25 P 24 143.2 21 9 10 2 1 .905 -1 -1 1.19 0.79 .955 1.60 1.59
2008 MIN AL 26 P 28 172.1 22 10 11 1 2 .955 0 0 1.10 0.75 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 MIN AL 27 P 33 200.0 26 9 17 0 0 1.000 1 1 1.17 0.79 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 MIN AL 28 P 29 170.1 29 15 13 1 1 .966 3 4 1.48 0.97 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 MIN AL 29 P 23 21 1 134.2 17 11 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.14 0.74 .949 1.60 1.59 4 5 56% 0
7 Seasons P 163 21 1 958.0 137 67 66 4 5 .971 2 0 1.25 0.82 .953 1.59 1.58 4 5 56% 0
7 Seasons TOT 163 21 1 958.0 137 67 66 4 5 .971 2 2 1.25 0.82 .953 1.59 1.58 4 5 56% 0
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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 (239th)

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 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 1950-1973, 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 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (613), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Greg Hibbard (946)
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  8. Jarrod Washburn (961)
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  6. Aaron Harang (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
200624Minnesota Twins$330,000
200826Minnesota Twins$422,500
200927Minnesota Twins$750,000
201028Minnesota Twins$3,000,000
201129Minnesota Twins$5,000,000
201230Minnesota Twins$6,500,000
201331Minnesota Twins*$9,250,000$9.25M Team Option
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,502,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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