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Tom Baker
Thomas Calvin Baker (Rattlesnake)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 11, 1913 in Nursery, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1935
Final Game: September 24, 1938
Died: January 3, 1991 in Fort Worth, TX
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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
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 93 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 0 176 78 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 47 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 0 133 95 1.484 8.7 0.0 4.6 3.2 0.69
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 56 2.000 11.3 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 3 9 .250 4.73 68 9 36 3 0 2 173.0 195 109 91 6 92 58 3 1 10 791 85 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 9 699 85 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 1 153 88 1.543 9.0 0.0 4.9 2.8 0.58

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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
1935 22 BRO NL 11 20 19 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .474 .500 .526 1.026 178 10 0 0 0 1
1936 23 BRO NL 37 31 30 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 .233 .258 .333 .591 57 10 1 0 0 1/O
1937 24 TOT NL 20 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1937 24 BRO NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1937 24 NYG NL 13 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 21 2 0 0 0 1
1938 25 NYG NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 70 61 58 5 18 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 6 .310 .344 .379 .724 95 22 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 141 134 12 42 9 0 0 12 0 7 14 .310 .344 .379 .724 95 51 2 0 0
BRO (3 yrs) 55 51 49 5 16 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 .327 .353 .408 .761 104 20 1 0 0 0 0
NYG (2 yrs) 15 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 43 2 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1935 BRO NL 22 P 11 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.45 .960 1.18
1936 BRO NL 23 P 35 25 2 21 2 2 .920 0.66 .952 1.16
1936 BRO NL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1937 TOT NL 24 P 20 10 2 7 1 0 .900 0.45 .960 1.20
1937 BRO NL 24 P 7 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.43 .975 1.20
1937 NYG NL 24 P 13 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.46 .950 1.20
1938 NYG NL 25 P 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.15
4 Seasons P 68 42 5 34 3 2 .929 0.57 .955 1.17
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
4 Seasons TOT 69 42 5 34 3 2 .929 0.57 .883 1.19 0-0-1

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

                           

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Transactions

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the New York Giants for Freddie Fitzsimmons.

December 11, 1938: Traded by the New York Giants with Jim Carlin and $20,000 to the Washington Senators for Zeke Bonura.

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Calvin Rattlesnake tim Tom tommy Baker

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