Steve Baker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 30, 1956 in Eugene, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA).

High Schools: Monte Vista HS (Danville, CA), Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA)

Schools: Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA), University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

Debut: May 25, 1978 (Age 21-268d, 14,033rd in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.1 IP, 8 H, 6 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1983 (Age 27-028d)
vs. MON 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Steven Byrne Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.6

ERA

5.13

237.0

131

WHIP

1.641

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-30 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 23

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	42	1	Apr 4	OAK		CLE	L,5-8	7-8		99	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	27.00	11.76	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.051	.79	-0.04%	-0.90	7t 1-3 2 out d3	8t 1-- 0 out d2
2	43	3	Apr 7	OAK		CLE	L,1-9	2-7		2	5.0	4	3	3	6	0	1	1	6.75	9.69	23	7	5	0	1	4		2	1	0	1	0	16	1	1	0	2	0	0	.14	-0.032	.17	-0.02%	-1.67	2t 12- 1 out d5	7t 12- 1 out d8
3	44	5	Apr 9	OAK		CAL	L,2-10	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.68	9.07	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
4	45	6	Apr 10	OAK		CAL	W,11-4	8-GF		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32	7.32	8	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.93	8t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
5	46	8	Apr 13	OAK		MIN	W,5-4	6-GF	W(1-0)	2	3.1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	3.09	5.76	14	3	5	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	0.233	2.19	0.19%	0.82	6t 12- 2 out d2	9t end a 1
6	47	13	Apr 18	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.07	5.76	10	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.145	1.60	0.17%	0.49	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
7	48	15	Apr 21(2)	OAK	@	CAL	L,5-6	6-8		2	2.1	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.65	5.34	11	4	0	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.80	0.061	1.53	0.07%	1.81	6b 123 0 out d3	8b 1-- 1 out d1
8	49	17	Apr 24	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	8-8	BS(1)	2	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.18	6.11	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.343	2.97	-0.29%	-2.03	8t 1-3 0 out a1	8t 1-- 0 out d2
9	50	19	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	L,0-6	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.12	6.22	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.002	.08	0.00%	-0.26	9t 123 2 out d5	9t end d 6
10	51	20	Apr 29	OAK		DET	W,5-4	7-7	BW(2-0)	1	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	6.09	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.65	-0.193	2.19	-0.15%	-1.08	7t --3 1 out a2	7t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	52	37	May 20	OAK		NYY	W,8-4	7-7		20	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.89	6.13	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.025	2.01	-0.03%	-0.84	7t --- 0 out a4	7t -2- 2 out a3
12	53	40	May 23	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	14-GF(17)	W(3-0)	2	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.38	5.71	16	5	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.85	0.522	4.62	0.51%	1.87	14t --- 0 out tie	17t end tie
13	54	41	May 24	OAK		MIL	W,8-7	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.28	5.50	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	0.269	6.63	0.29%	0.84	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
14	55	44	May 28	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.22	5.67	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.39	-0.004	.61	0.00%	0.38	8b -23 1 out d2	8b end d 3
15	56	45	May 29	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.16	5.52	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.25	8b --- 1 out d5	8b end d 5
16	57	47	May 31	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-5	4-GF(8)		1	5.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.10	4.99	20	6	8	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	1	.24	0.014	.31	0.01%	1.33	4b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	58	50	Jun 4	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	8-8		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	4.94	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	0.079	2.58	0.06%	0.54	8b 1-- 0 out tie	8b --3 2 out tie
18	59	52	Jun 5(2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-2	8-GF		0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	4.83	5	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.009	.20	0.01%	1.46	8b 12- 1 out a7	9b end a 7
19	60	53	Jun 7	OAK		TOR	W,5-3	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	4.73	5	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.103	1.78	0.10%	0.71	8t --- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
20	61	55	Jun 9	OAK		TOR	W,3-1	8-GF	S(4)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	4.58	7	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.131	2.61	0.12%	0.71	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 2
21	62	56	Jun 10	OAK		CHW	W,2-1	11-13		0	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	4.41	10	4	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.201	4.47	0.21%	0.75	11t --- 0 out tie	13t -2- 1 out tie
22	63	58	Jun 12(1)	OAK		CHW	L,10-12	8-10	BS(3)	1	2.1	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.45	4.44	12	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	-0.242	4.82	-0.26%	-1.13	8t --- 0 out a1	10t 123 1 out tie
23	64	62	Jun 16	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	4.40	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
24	65	63	Jun 17	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-6	6-7	BS(4)	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.76	4.31	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.325	2.80	-0.34%	-1.70	6b --- 2 out a2	7b -2- 2 out tie
25	66	65	Jun 19	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	4.29	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.045	1.35	0.05%	0.70	8b -2- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
26	67	67	Jun 21	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	8-8		1	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	4.29	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.085	.96	-0.09%	-1.96	8b 1-- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 0 out d2
27	68	68	Jun 22	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	7-7		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	4.29	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	-0.294	5.65	-0.31%	-1.82	7b 1-3 2 out tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
28	69	69	Jun 24(1)	OAK	@	TEX	L,5-6	7-9	BL(3-1)	1	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.00	4.36	11	5	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.47	-0.316	5.29	-0.29%	-0.57	7b 1-- 0 out a1	9b --3 0 out tie
29	70	71	Jun 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-8	2-4		0	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.45	4.31	11	3	2	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	.37	-0.088	.48	-0.07%	-2.75	2b 1-3 1 out d4	4b 12- 1 out d6
30	71	74	Jun 28	OAK		KCR	W,4-3	7-GF	S(5)	2	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.42	4.18	12	6	2	0	0	3		2	1	2	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.71	0.242	2.31	0.12%	0.38	7t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
31	72	76	Jun 30	OAK		KCR	L,4-7	6-7	H(1)	1	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	3.73	4.27	5	1	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	-0.054	3.58	-0.04%	-0.45	6t 123 1 out a3	7t 12- 0 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	73	77	Jul 1	OAK		TEX	L,5-8	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.71	4.23	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.42	9t 12- 2 out d5	9t end d 5
33	74	79	Jul 3	OAK		TEX	L,4-16	7-9		1	1.2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.59	4.14	8	2	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.091	.68	-0.04%	-0.50	7t -2- 1 out d2	9t -2- 0 out d1
34	75	81	Jul 8	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	BL(3-2)	4	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.86	4.32	5	0	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.605	1.39	-0.20%	-2.13	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b end d 1
35	76	84	Jul 11	OAK	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-1	L(3-3)	2	0.1	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.33	4.42	7	2	0	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	-0.354	.85	-0.12%	-4.90	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals
36	77	137	Sep 6	STL		PIT	L,0-5	8-GF		56	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.34	4.36	7	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	.12	0.000	.57	0.00%	-0.08	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
37	78	140	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	4.32	6	1	4	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.022	.54	0.05%	1.14	7b -2- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
38	79	142	Sep 12	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.29	4	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.021	1.61	0.06%	0.47	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
39	80	146	Sep 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	13-GF(13)	L(3-4)	3	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.25	4.37	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.64	-0.372	10.93	-0.67%	-0.76	13b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
40	81	151	Sep 20	STL	@	MON	L,1-10	5-5		3	0.1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	4.36	4	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.33	-0.092	.03	0.00%	-3.53	5b 1-3 2 out d3	5b 3 out d7
41	82	155	Sep 24	STL		PHI	L,6-9	8-8		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.36	2	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.03	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
42	83	156	Sep 25	STL		PHI	L,5-6	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.06	4.32	8	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
43	84	158	Sep 27	STL		MON	L,4-10	3-4		1	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.94	4.36	8	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.92	3t --- 0 out d6	4t 3 out d4
							13-30		W-L:3-4,Sv:5,BSv:6,Hld:1	1.5	64.0	69	36	28	30	24	4	3	3.94	4.36	287	1.37		1%	2%	69	29	40	43%	5	4	0	244	13	3	5	9	4	8	1.30	-1.378	1.94	-0.96%	-10.26

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