Bill Baker

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: February 22, 1911 in Paw Creek, NC us

Died: April 13, 2006 in Myrtle Beach, SC

Buried: Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodleaf, NC

High School: Boyden HS (Salisbury, NC)

Debut: May 4, 1940 (Age 29-072d, 8,893rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1949 (Age 38-160d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: William Presley Baker

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1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

588

145

.247

RBI

OBP

.328

SLG

.316

OPS

.644

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-22 / in Starts: 12-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 82 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	52 (24-17-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 82 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
V DiMaggio	2
S Martin	2
M Van Robays	1
B Stewart	1
B Cox	0
M McCormick	0

Most Driven In By
A Vaughan	2
F Gustine	1
L Handley	1

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 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	28	3 (2)	Apr 17	CIN		STL	L,6-7	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1.000			6	3.39	0.133	7.98	0.19%	0.38	C
May		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
2	29	22 (18)	May 11	CIN		CHC	L,1-9	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.32	-0.007	.64	-0.01%	-0.35	PH
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates
3	30	22	May 13	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	GS-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	8						C
4	31	23	May 14	PIT		PHI	W,12-7	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	8	1.44	-0.021	1.12	-0.01%	-0.04	C
5	32	24	May 16	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.375	.000	.375	8	1.81	-0.082	1.95	-0.05%	-0.81	C
6	33	28 (3)	May 21	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.333	.111	.444	8	.87	-0.033	1.07	-0.02%	-0.65	C
7	34	30 (1)	May 24	PIT	@	STL	L,7-10	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	8	.04	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.39	C
8	35	32 (1)	May 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.412	.231	.643	8	2.38	-0.010	2.57	-0.01%	0.38	C
9	36	33	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.389	.214	.603	8	.32	-0.008	.20	0.00%	-0.22	C
Jun		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
10	37	53 (19)	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.235	.381	.235	.616	8	.74	0.079	.20	0.01%	0.79	C
11	38	54	Jun 22 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	.72	0.030	.25	0.01%	0.07	C
12	39	57 (2)	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.174	.296	.174	.470	8	.42	-0.046	.14	-0.01%	-1.28	C
13	40	62 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	8						C
Jul		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
14	41	64 (1)	Jul 1	PIT		STL	L,7-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.265	.167	.431	8	.78	-0.008	.13	0.00%	-0.74	C
15	42	66 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.265	.167	.431	8						C
16	43	78 (11)	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-5	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.289	.182	.471	8	1.24	0.052	.23	0.01%	-0.21	C
17	44	80 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.317	.250	.567	8						C
18	45	91 (10)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,8-0	8-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.310	.243	.553	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH
19	46	93 (1)	Jul 30	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.302	.237	.539	9	5.20	-0.125	4.06	-0.06%	-0.57	C
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
20	47	101 (7)	Aug 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.302	.237	.539	8						PR C
21	48	110 (8)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.295	.231	.526	8	.18	-0.005	.09	0.00%	-0.31	PH C
22	49	112 (1)	Aug 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.295	.231	.526	8						C
23	50	120 (7)	Aug 24 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.190	.277	.214	.491	8						C
24	51	124 (3)	Aug 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.186	.271	.209	.480	8						C
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
25	52	129 (4)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG(8)	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.182	.280	.205	.485	8	1.55	0.015	.01	0.00%	0.18	C
26	53	130	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.302	.217	.519	8	1.29	0.116	.00	0.00%	1.58	C
27	54	131	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-0	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.309	.250	.559	8	.68	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.78	C
28	55	132	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.298	.240	.538	8	1.18	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.76	PH C
29	56	133	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG(7)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.305	.269	.574	8	1.28	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.33	C
30	57	134	Sep 6	PIT		CHC	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.317	.273	.590	8	.40	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.49	C
31	58	135	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.318	.263	.581	8						C
32	59	136	Sep 9	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.319	.267	.586	8	1.57	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.28	C
33	60	139 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.329	.281	.610	8						C
34	61	141 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,0-5	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.342	.277	.619	8	1.58	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
35	62	149 (7)	Sep 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.342	.269	.610	8	1.29	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
36	63	152 (2)	Sep 24	PIT		STL	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.342	.269	.610	8						C
37	64	154 (1)	Sep 26	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.338	.265	.602	2	3.63	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.58	PH
							15-22		82	68	5	15	3	0	0	6	12	3	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	.221	.338	.265	.602		1.23	0.037	.59	0.04%	-2.58

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