Del Baker

Position: Manager

5-11, 176lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: May 3, 1892 in Sherwood, OR us

Died: September 11, 1973 in Olmos Park, TX

High School: Sherwood HS (Sherwood, OR)

Full Name: Delmer David Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

G

785

W

419

L

360

T

6

W-L%

.538

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1932

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Ejections
1	1933	41	Detroit Tigers	AL	2nd of 2	2	0	1.000	0	2	5	0	0		0

2	1936	44	Detroit Tigers	AL	2nd of 3	18	16	.529	0	34	2	0	0		0

3	1937	45	Detroit Tigers	AL	2nd of 5	34	20	.630	0	54	2	0	0		0
4	1937	45	Detroit Tigers	AL	4th of 5	7	3	.700	0	10	2	0	0		0

5	1938	46	Detroit Tigers	AL	2nd of 2	37	19	.661	1	57	4	0	0		0
6	1939	47	Detroit Tigers	AL		81	73	.526	1	155	5	0	0		0
7	1940	48	Detroit Tigers	AL		90	64	.584	1	155	1	3	4	.429	0	AL Pennant
8	1941	49	Detroit Tigers	AL		75	79	.487	1	155	4	0	0		1
9	1942	50	Detroit Tigers	AL		73	81	.474	2	156	5	0	0		1

10	1960	68	Boston Red Sox	AL	2nd of 3	2	5	.286	0	7	7	0	0		0
			Detroit Tigers		8 years	417	355	.540	6	778	3.3	3	4	.429	2	1 Pennant
			Boston Red Sox		1 year	2	5	.286	0	7	7.0	0	0		0
					9 years	419	360	.538	6	785	3.7	3	4	.429	2	1 Pennant

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
						Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Intentional Walks				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PA	IBB	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	1933	41	DET	AL	2	17	0	0.0%	0	5	0	0.0%	0	12	0	0.0%	0	65	0	0.0%	0	0.50	64	0.00	0	1.5	78

2	1936	44	DET	AL	34	360	19	5.3%	95	256	3	1.2%	98	344	10	2.9%	76	1338	4	0.3%	62	0.65	92	0.15	182	1.9	102

3	1937	45	DET	AL	111	1034	64	6.2%	110	691	17	2.5%	180	943	29	3.1%	76	4436	12	0.3%	52	0.66	97	0.11	139	1.9	102

4	1938	46	DET	AL	57	347	20	5.8%	103	225	5	2.2%	163	315	9	2.9%	72	2152	7	0.3%	76	0.25	37	0.00	0	1.8	96
5	1939	47	DET	AL	155	1256	80	6.4%	107	909	15	1.7%	124	1220	43	3.5%	107	6043	34	0.6%	131	0.83	97	0.10	101	2.0	101
6	1940	48	DET	AL	155	1278	68	5.3%	99	949	16	1.7%	136	1260	46	3.7%	103	6019	27	0.4%	85	0.82	106	0.08	102	2.1	110
7	1941	49	DET	AL	155	1231	51	4.1%	76	775	1	0.1%	15	1066	39	3.7%	102	6121	39	0.6%	94	0.74	101	0.12	147	2.0	110
8	1942	50	DET	AL	156	1203	65	5.4%	78	843	5	0.6%	52	1162	45	3.9%	87	6039	40	0.7%	118	0.79	114	0.08	78	1.8	102

9	1960	68	BOS	AL	7	54	2	3.7%	73	29	0	0.0%	0	36	0	0.0%	0	282	3	1.1%	181	1.86	117	0.43	128	3.0	120
	DET (8 years)				936	7760	431	5.6%	96	5344	79	1.5%	121	7265	250	3.4%	90	36649	175	0.5%	90	0.72	98	0.10	110	1.9	104
	BOS (1 year)				7	54	2	3.7%	73	29	0	0.0%	0	36	0	0.0%	0	282	3	1.1%	181	1.86	117	0.43	128	3.0	120
	9 years				943	7814	433	5.5%	96	5373	79	1.5%	121	7301	250	3.4%	90	36931	178	0.5%	90	0.73	99	0.10	110	1.9	104

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