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.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	40	10.0	2	3	2	7	0
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	13.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	T,9-9	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
11	11	Apr 28	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 2	PHA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	PHA		BOS	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	16	May 6	PHA		BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
17	17	May 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	18	May 8	PHA	@	WSH	T,9-9	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	19	May 9	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	20	May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
21	21	May 12	PHA		CLE	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
22	22	May 14	PHA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	43	13.0	2	2	1	5	0
23	23	May 15	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	24	May 16	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
25	25	May 18	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 19	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
27	27	May 20	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	GS	24	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	31 (3)	May 25	PHA		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	32	May 26	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	33	May 27	PHA		SLB	T,1-1	CG	20	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	34	May 28	PHA		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	35	May 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	36	May 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
34	37	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	38	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	50	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39	Jun 1 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	56	12.0	0	6	0	6	1
37	40	Jun 1 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	41	Jun 2 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	42	Jun 2 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
40	43	Jun 3 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	44	Jun 3 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	45	Jun 6	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.1	3	5	0	8	1
43	46	Jun 7	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
44	47	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
45	48	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
46	49	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	50	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	51	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
49	52	Jun 13	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	53	Jun 14	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	54	Jun 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
52	55	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
53	56	Jun 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
54	57	Jun 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	58	Jun 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
56	59	Jun 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	60	Jun 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	61	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	62	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	63	Jun 24 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	64	Jun 26 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
62	66 (1)	Jun 27	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
63	67	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	68	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	69	Jun 30	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	70	Jul 2 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	71	Jul 2 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	72	Jul 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
69	73	Jul 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	74	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
71	75	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	76	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
73	77	Jul 8	PHA		DET	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	78	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		DET	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	79	Jul 9 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
76	80	Jul 10	PHA		DET	T,8-8	CG	56	11.0	2	4	1	7	0
77	81	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	82	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	2
79	83	Jul 16	PHA		CHW	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
80	84	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
81	85	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
82	86	Jul 20	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	87	Jul 21 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	2	1	1	4	0
84	88	Jul 21 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
85	89	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	90	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
87	91	Jul 25	PHA	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
88	92	Jul 26	PHA	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	93	Jul 27	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
90	94	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	95	Jul 29	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	96	Jul 30	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	97	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	0	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	98	Aug 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	99	Aug 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
96	100	Aug 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
97	101	Aug 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	102	Aug 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
99	103	Aug 7	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	104	Aug 8	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	105	Aug 9	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	106	Aug 10	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	107	Aug 13	PHA		WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	108	Aug 14	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
105	109	Aug 15	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
106	110	Aug 17	PHA		CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	111	Aug 18 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	112	Aug 18 (2)	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
109	113	Aug 19	PHA		DET	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
110	114	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	115	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	1	2	0
112	116	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
113	117	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
114	118	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,6-3	CG	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	119	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,9-0	GS	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	120	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
117	121	Aug 26	PHA		CHW	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
118	122	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	123	Aug 28	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	CG	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
120	124	Aug 29	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
121	125	Aug 31	PHA		CLE	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	126	Sep 1	PHA		CLE	W,16-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
123	127	Sep 3 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	128	Sep 3 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
125	129	Sep 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	130	Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	131	Sep 7 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
128	132	Sep 7 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
129	133	Sep 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
130	134	Sep 8 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	135	Sep 9	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
132	136	Sep 10	PHA		BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
133	137	Sep 11	PHA		BOS	T,8-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
134	138	Sep 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
135	139	Sep 14	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	140	Sep 15	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
137	141	Sep 17	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
138	142	Sep 18	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
139	143	Sep 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
140	144	Sep 20	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
141	145	Sep 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
142	146	Sep 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
143	147	Sep 24	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
144	148	Sep 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	149	Sep 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
146	150	Sep 27	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
147	156 (5)	Oct 5	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
148	157	Oct 6	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
149	158	Oct 7	PHA		NYY	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							149gm		1324.0	221	292	24	537	20