Doug Baker

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: April 3, 1961 in Fullerton, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Granada Hills HS (Granada Hills, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: July 2, 1984 (Age 23-090d, 14,914th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 12, 1990 (Age 29-009d)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Douglas Lee Baker

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Relatives: Brother of Dave Baker

1984 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

246

.207

RBI

OBP

.269

SLG

.268

OPS

.537

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-16 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 118 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	86 (41-28-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 118 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (36-23-12)

Most Driven In
H Johnson	2
M Castillo	2
D Bergman	2
T Brookens	1
C Lemon	1
B Garbey	1
J Grubb	1
D Evans	1

Most Driven In By
K Gibson	4
A Trammell	3
L Whitaker	2
L Herndon	1
R Kuntz	1
R Jones	1
S Earl	1
D Evans	1

1984 Batting Game Log

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1984 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	78 (77)	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.81	-0.058	.98	-0.04%	-0.82	SS
2	2	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.53	-0.045	.62	-0.03%	-0.71	SS
3	3	80	Jul 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.16	-0.083	1.62	-0.07%	-0.71	SS
4	4	82 (1)	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3						PR
5	5	84 (1)	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	L,7-9	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.92	-0.023	1.35	-0.02%	-0.16	SS
6	6	85	Jul 12	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.21	-0.098	1.80	-0.09%	-0.78	SS
7	7	86	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.85	0.041	1.37	0.04%	0.28	SS
8	8	87	Jul 14	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	7						SS
9	9	88	Jul 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9	.55	-0.059	.84	-0.05%	-0.90	SS
10	10	89	Jul 16	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.091	.048	.139	9	.88	-0.062	1.33	-0.06%	-0.93	SS
11	11	90	Jul 17	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.042	.080	.042	.122	9	.38	-0.029	.50	-0.02%	-0.49	SS
12	12	91	Jul 18	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.103	.071	.175	9	1.21	0.045	1.41	0.03%	0.24	SS
13	13	92	Jul 19	DET		TEX	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.121	.065	.186	9	.43	-0.043	.57	-0.03%	-2.02	SS
14	14	95 (2)	Jul 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	9	.58	-0.045	.58	-0.03%	-0.69	SS
15	15	96	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.057	.108	.057	.165	9	.46	-0.021	.45	-0.01%	-0.57	SS
16	16	97	Jul 24	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	9	.29	0.057	.20	0.02%	0.12	SS
17	17	98	Jul 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	1.45	-0.074	.72	-0.02%	-0.68	SS
18	18	100 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.170	.133	.304	9	.64	-0.049	.30	-0.01%	-0.57	SS
19	19	101	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.170	.133	.304	7						PR SS
20	20	102	Jul 29	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.180	.146	.326	9	.78	0.076	.45	0.03%	0.68	SS
21	21	103	Jul 31 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.189	.196	.385	9	.78	0.152	.29	0.03%	1.63	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	22	117 (13)	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.175	.182	.357	9	.86	-0.044	.89	-0.03%	-1.19	SS
23	23	118	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.164	.169	.333	9	.66	-0.054	.69	-0.03%	-1.17	SS
24	24	119	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CAL	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.156	.161	.318	9	1.20	-0.090	.73	-0.03%	-0.62	SS
25	25	120	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CAL	L,1-12	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.149	.154	.303	9	.06	-0.005	.04	0.00%	-0.76	SS
26	26	121	Aug 15	DET		CAL	W,8-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.123	.149	.154	.303	9						SS
27	27	122	Aug 16	DET		CAL	W,8-7	8-12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.147	.152	.299	9	1.78	-0.044	1.27	-0.02%	-0.16	PR SS
28	28	124 (1)	Aug 18	DET		SEA	W,4-3	3-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.118	.155	.147	.302	1	.66	-0.042	.31	-0.01%	0.08	2B
29	29	125	Aug 19	DET		SEA	L,1-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.162	.143	.305	9	1.71	-0.087	.51	-0.02%	-0.66	2B
30	30	126	Aug 20	DET		OAK	W,14-1	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.203	.189	.392	9	.39	0.130	.19	0.04%	3.06	2B SS
31	31	127	Aug 21	DET		OAK	W,12-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.202	.179	.382	9	.41	-0.060	.16	-0.01%	-1.38	2B SS
32	32	128	Aug 22	DET		OAK	W,11-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.216	.207	.423	9	.41	-0.033	.09	-0.01%	0.52	2B
33	33	131 (2)	Aug 26	DET	@	CAL	W,12-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.216	.207	.423	2						SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	34	149 (17)	Sep 16	DET		TOR	W,8-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.216	.207	.423	2						SS
35	35	150	Sep 17	DET		MIL	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.216	.207	.423	8						SS
36	36	152 (1)	Sep 19	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.153	.217	.200	.417	8	.94	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.18	SS
37	37	156 (3)	Sep 24	DET	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.169	.229	.225	.454	9	.71	0.137	.00	0.00%	1.61	SS
38	38	157	Sep 25	DET	@	MIL	W,9-1	8-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.237	.244	.482	2	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH SS
39	39	158	Sep 26	DET	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.238	.245	.482	9	.95	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.85	SS
40	40	159	Sep 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.233	.240	.473	2	1.16	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.38	SS
41	41	160	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.234	.232	.466	9	1.19	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.91	SS
42	42	161	Sep 29	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.232	.231	.463	9	.98	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-1.20	SS
43	43	162	Sep 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.241	.482	9	.47	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.99	SS
							27-16		118	108	15	20	4	1	0	12	7	0	22	1	2	0	1	1	3	0	.185	.241	.241	.482		.74	-0.692	.48	-0.46%	-8.93

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