Tom Baker

Thomas Calvin Baker (Rattlesnake)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 11, 1913 in Nursery, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1935
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Giants 1935-1938

Final Game: September 24, 1938
Died: January 3, 1991 in Fort Worth, TX
Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX
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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
1935	22	BRO	NL	1	0	1.000	4.29	11	1	5	1	0	0	42.0	48	25	20	2	20	10	0	0	2	194	94	1.619	10.3	0.4	4.3	2.1	0.50
1936	23	BRO	NL	1	8	.111	4.72	35	8	15	2	0	2	87.2	98	56	46	3	48	35	2	1	7	401	88	1.665	10.1	0.3	4.9	3.6	0.73
1937	24	TOT	NL	1	1	.500	5.03	20	0	15	0	0	0	39.1	44	25	22	1	21	13	1	0	4	176	79	1.653	10.1	0.2	4.8	3.0	0.62
1937	24	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	8.64	7	0	4	0	0	0	8.1	14	10	8	1	5	2	1	0	0	43	49	2.280	15.1	1.1	5.4	2.2	0.40
1937	24	NYG	NL	1	0	1.000	4.06	13	0	11	0	0	0	31.0	30	15	14	0	16	11	0	0	4	133	96	1.484	8.7	0.0	4.6	3.2	0.69
1938	25	SFG-min	AA	8	22	.267	4.27	38	35					211.0	196	123	100		131							1.550	8.4		5.6			JER · IL
1938	25	NYG	NL	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	20	62	2.000	11.3	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
1939	26	MIN-min	A	9	13	.409	4.73	30	24					192.0	198	122	101		94							1.521	9.3		4.4			SPF · EL
1940	27	SPF	A	9	5	.643	4.00	19	17					108.0	124	62	48		60							1.704	10.3		5.0			SPF · EL
4 Yrs				3	9	.250	4.73	68	9	36	3	0	2	173.0	195	109	91	6	92	58	3	1	14	791	86	1.659	10.1	0.3	4.8	3.0	0.63
162 Game Avg.				3	8	.250	4.73	60	8	32	3	0	2	153	172	96	80	5	81	51	3	1	12	699	86	1.659	10.1	0.3	4.8	3.0	0.63

BRO (3 yrs)				2	9	.182	4.83	53	9	24	3	0	2	138.0	160	91	74	6	73	47	3	1	9	638	85	1.688	10.4	0.4	4.8	3.1	0.64
NYG (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.37	15	0	12	0	0	0	35.0	35	18	17	0	19	11	0	0	5	153	90	1.543	9.0	0.0	4.9	2.8	0.58

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
1935	22	BRO	NL	42.0	11	1	25	5.36	4.83	0.03	0.00	96.9	4.65	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.468	.498	$
1936	23	BRO	NL	87.0	35	8	56	5.79	5.00	-0.15	0.00	103.1	5.31	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.2	4	.486	.497	$
1937	24	BRO	NL	8.1	7	0	10	10.80	4.47	-0.33	0.00	107.9	5.19	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.428	.497	$
1937	24	NYG	NL	31.0	13	0	15	4.35	4.58	0.34	0.00	103.4	4.38	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.501	.500	$
1938	25	NYG	NL	4.0	2	0	3	6.75	4.22	0.27	0.00	84.0	3.32	-2	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.426	.499	$
4 Seasons				172.1	68	9	109	5.69	4.84	-0.02	0.00	101.4	4.93	-15	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.478	.498	$

BRO (3 yrs)				137.1	53	9	91	5.96	4.92	-0.10	0.00	101.5	5.10	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	1	.475	.497	$
NYG (2 yrs)				35.0	15	0	18	4.63	4.54	0.33	0.00	101.2	4.26	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.491	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1935	22	BRO	NL	194	1.0%	5.2%	10.3%	1.6%	6%	83%
1936	23	BRO	NL	401	0.8%	8.7%	12.0%	1.3%	5%	75%
1937	24	TOT	NL	176	0.6%	7.4%	11.9%			77%
1937	24	BRO	NL	43	2.3%	4.7%	11.6%			79%
1937	24	NYG	NL	133	0.0%	8.3%	12.0%			76%
1938	25	NYG	NL	20	0.0%	0.0%	15.0%			80%
4 Yrs				791	0.8%	7.3%	11.6%	1.0%	4%	78%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.7%	8.6%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1935	22	1	0	1.000	4.29	11	1	5	1	0	42.0	48	25	20	2	20	10	0	0	2	194	94	1.619	10.3	0.4	4.3	2.1	0.50	94
1936	23	2	8	.200	4.58	46	9	20	3	2	129.2	146	81	66	5	68	45	2	1	9	595	90	1.650	10.1	0.3	4.7	3.1	0.66	90
1937	24	3	9	.250	4.69	66	9	35	3	2	169.0	190	106	88	6	89	58	3	1	13	771	87	1.651	10.1	0.3	4.7	3.1	0.65	87
1938	25	3	9	.250	4.73	68	9	36	3	2	173.0	195	109	91	6	92	58	3	1	14	791	86	1.659	10.1	0.3	4.8	3.0	0.63	86

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
1935	22	3	2	.600	4.00	45.0	49	22	20	2	20	11	0	1.533	9.8	4.0	2.2	0.55	0.4	11
1936	23	5	5	.500	4.40	90.0	98	49	44	3	48	36	2	1.622	9.8	4.8	3.6	0.75	0.3	35
1937	24	2	2	.500	5.08	39.0	46	24	22	1	22	13	1	1.744	10.6	5.1	3.0	0.59	0.2	20
1938	25	0	0		9.00	4.0	6	4	4	0	4	0	0	2.500	13.5	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
4 Yrs		10	9	.526	4.55	178.0	199	99	90	6	94	60	3	1.646	10.1		3.0	0.64	0.3	68

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y 1936 NL 7 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1937 NL 15 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1936 NL 7 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1937 NL 15 (8th)

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