Home Run Baker

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 173lb (180cm, 78kg)

Born: March 13, 1886 in Trappe, MD us

Died: June 28, 1963 in Trappe, MD

Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery of Talbot County, Easton, MD

High School: Trappe HS (Trappe, MD)

Debut: September 21, 1908 (Age 22-192d, 3,113th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1922 (Age 36-200d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1955. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Home Run Baker's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: John Franklin Baker

Nicknames: Home Run

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.8

5984

1838

.307

887

RBI

991

235

OBP

.363

SLG

.442

OPS

.805

OPS+

135

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 12	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 15	PHA		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 16	PHA		BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 19	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	2	7	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	46	13.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	11	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 2	PHA		NYY	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
16	16	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,18-15	CG	49	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	17	May 4	PHA		NYY	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
18	18	May 10	PHA		CLE	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
19	19	May 11	PHA		CHW	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
20	20	May 13	PHA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
21	21	May 14	PHA		CHW	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	22	May 15	PHA		CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
23	23	May 17	PHA		DET	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
24	24	May 18	PHA		DET	W,24-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 21	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 22	PHA		SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
27	27	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	28	May 24	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	29	May 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
30	30	May 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	31	May 28	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	32	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	33	May 30	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	34	Jun 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	35	Jun 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	36	Jun 3	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	37	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
41	41	Jun 8	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 9	PHA	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 13	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
47	47	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	1	3	1	5	0
48	48	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
49	49	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
50	50	Jun 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	0	4	1	5	1
51	51	Jun 19 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 19 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 20 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 21	PHA		WSH	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
56	56	Jun 22	PHA		WSH	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 24	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 26 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 26 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 28 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
62	62	Jun 28 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	63	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
65	65	Jul 2	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
66	66	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	69	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
71	71	Jul 6	PHA		BOS	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
72	72	Jul 8 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	73	Jul 8 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 9	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 10	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
76	76	Jul 12 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	77	Jul 12 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 13 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
79	79	Jul 13 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 15	PHA		CLE	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
82	82	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
83	83	Jul 17 (1)	PHA		DET	L,1-13	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	6	2	0	8	0
85	85	Jul 19 (1)	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
86	86	Jul 19 (2)	PHA		DET	W,14-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	88	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		DET	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	89	Jul 22	PHA		SLB	W,15-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
90	90	Jul 23	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	91	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	92	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
93	93	Jul 27	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
94	94	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	95	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	52	11.0	4	2	2	8	0
96	96	Jul 30	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	2	1	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 3 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	98	Aug 3 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	24	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
99	99	Aug 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	100	Aug 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
101	101	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 9	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	104	Aug 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
105	105	Aug 11 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	106	Aug 11 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	107	Aug 14 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
109	109	Aug 15	PHA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
110	110	Aug 16	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
111	111	Aug 17	PHA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	112	Aug 20 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
113	113	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
115	115	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
116	116	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
117	117	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	118	Aug 26	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
119	119	Aug 27	PHA		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
120	120	Aug 28	PHA		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	121	Aug 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
122	122	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	123	Aug 31	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	124	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
125	125	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	47	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
126	126	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
127	127	Sep 4	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
128	128	Sep 5 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,19-9	GS	20	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
129	129	Sep 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	130	Sep 6	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	131	Sep 7	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	52	11.0	3	5	0	8	0
132	132	Sep 10	PHA	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	133	Sep 11	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
134	134	Sep 12	PHA	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	135	Sep 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS	37	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
136	136	Sep 14 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
137	137	Sep 14 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	27	5.0	1	0	2	3	0
138	138	Sep 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
139	139	Sep 18 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 18 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-0	CG	25	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
141	145 (4)	Sep 26	PHA		WSH	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
142	146	Sep 27	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	75	19.0	6	7	1	14	2
143	147	Sep 28 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
144	148	Sep 28 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
145	149	Sep 30	PHA		NYY	W,11-10	CG	53	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
146	150	Oct 1	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
147	151	Oct 3	PHA		BOS	L,5-17	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
148	152	Oct 4	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
149	153	Oct 5	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							149gm		1320.0	217	321	34	572	25