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	24-38 / in Starts: 20-30
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	1 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 199 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	136 (63-50-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 199 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	127 (66-41-19)

Most Driven In
B Elliott	6
V DiMaggio	4
E Fletcher	3
T O'Brien	2
J Russell	2
F Gustine	2
J Barrett	1
A Rubeling	1

Most Driven In By
H Geary	3
J Russell	2
W Hebert	1
M Butcher	1
P Coscarart	1
F Colman	1
J Barrett	1
A Rubeling	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 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	83	2 (1)	Apr 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.01	-0.052	2.63	-0.08%	-0.43	C
2	84	5 (2)	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2						C
3	85	6	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	6.76	-0.166	18.82	-0.28%	-0.74	PH
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
4	86	9 (2)	May 2 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	.71	0.002	1.71	0.00%	-0.57	C
5	87	11 (1)	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.600	1.055	6	1.59	0.427	4.61	0.74%	2.85	C
6	88	14 (2)	May 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	7	.61	-0.021	1.71	-0.04%	-1.03	C
7	89	15	May 9 (2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.467	.842	9	2.87	-0.068	6.86	-0.10%	-0.27	PH
8	90	19 (3)	May 16 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.389	.421	.556	.977	7	1.24	0.126	2.65	0.16%	0.77	C
9	91	22 (2)	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.455	.802	8	1.55	-0.156	3.21	-0.19%	-0.88	C
10	92	26 (3)	May 23 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.370	.462	.832	5	1.52	0.038	2.35	0.04%	0.55	C
11	93	29 (2)	May 28	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.387	.517	.904	6	.44	0.009	.86	0.01%	0.13	C
12	94	31 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.371	.515	.887	6	.81	-0.031	1.22	-0.03%	-0.44	C
13	95	34 (2)	May 31 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.359	.486	.845	6	.61	0.064	.95	0.06%	0.21	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
14	96	35	Jun 1	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.316	.350	.474	.824	9						PH
15	97	37 (1)	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,9-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.317	.349	.463	.812	6	.29	-0.022	.60	-0.03%	-0.06	C
16	98	39 (1)	Jun 5	PIT		NYG	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.326	.432	.758	6	.60	-0.043	1.43	-0.06%	-0.58	C
17	99	41 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.417	.737	6	.47	0.097	1.08	0.13%	0.30	C
18	100	44 (2)	Jun 10	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.314	.408	.722	9	3.58	-0.089	9.46	-0.14%	-0.74	PH
19	101	46 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-3	GS-3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.321	.412	.733	6	.92	0.033	1.81	0.04%	0.73	C
20	102	48 (1)	Jun 15	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.316	.389	.705	6						C
21	103	50 (1)	Jun 17	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG(7)	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.333	.404	.737	6	.89	0.034	1.91	0.04%	0.34	C
22	104	54 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.344	.426	.770	6	1.52	0.244	4.03	0.39%	0.65	C
23	105	56 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.422	.775	6	1.34	-0.050	3.13	-0.07%	-0.44	C
24	106	61 (4)	Jun 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.361	.418	.779	6	1.37	0.118	3.95	0.21%	0.80	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
25	107	64 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.360	.429	.789	8	1.00	-0.058	2.39	-0.08%	0.12	C
26	108	67 (2)	Jul 3	PIT	@	BSN	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.307	.350	.413	.763	8	.26	-0.047	.72	-0.08%	-1.66	C
27	109	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-13	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.354	.416	.769	8	.93	0.004	2.51	0.01%	-0.05	C
28	110	74 (4)	Jul 10	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-23	5-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.369	.430	.799	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.52	C
29	111	76 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.317	.364	.415	.778	7	.67	-0.005	1.64	-0.01%	-0.65	C
30	112	80 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.329	.374	.424	.797	8	1.06	0.125	4.12	0.29%	1.06	C
31	113	81	Jul 18 (1)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.374	.424	.797	8						C
32	114	82	Jul 18 susp	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GS-6	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.394	.437	.830	8	1.21	0.087	4.37	0.19%	0.60	C
33	115	86 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,6-9	CG	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.408	.478	.886	8	1.34	-0.020	2.29	-0.02%	1.37	C
34	116	90 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.392	.457	.850	8	.50	-0.062	.91	-0.07%	-1.47	C
35	117	94 (3)	Jul 30	PIT		NYG	L,7-13	4-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.400	.490	.890	8	.13	0.025	.15	0.02%	3.42	C
36	118	95	Jul 31	PIT		BSN	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0			1	0	0	.333	.394	.475	.869	8						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
37	119	97 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,7-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.384	.461	.845	8	1.80	0.013	1.20	0.01%	-0.10	C
38	120	98	Aug 2	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.397	.462	.858	8	.85	0.065	.46	0.02%	0.46	C
39	121	99	Aug 3	PIT		BSN	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.387	.449	.835	8	.91	-0.065	.60	-0.03%	-0.63	C
40	122	104 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.306	.374	.432	.806	8						C
41	123	105	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.365	.421	.786	8	.63	-0.046	.12	-0.01%	-0.37	C
42	124	107 (1)	Aug 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.362	.410	.772	8	1.24	-0.095	.19	-0.01%	-0.41	C
43	125	109 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.353	.400	.753	8	.83	-0.059	.09	0.00%	-0.46	C
44	126	111 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,11-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.282	.355	.395	.750	8	.25	-0.018	.02	0.00%	0.16	C
45	127	114 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS-0	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	1	0	.283	.364	.402	.765	8						C
46	128	115	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	5-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.368	.406	.774	9	1.82	0.084	.30	0.01%	1.00	PH
47	129	116	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.290	.372	.405	.776	8	2.61	-0.162	.70	-0.03%	-0.63	C
48	130	118 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.368	.400	.768	8	1.88	-0.178	.51	-0.03%	-1.00	C
49	131	119	Aug 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.366	.397	.763	9	.35	-0.010	.08	0.00%	-0.21	PH
50	132	122 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.357	.386	.742	8	.90	-0.086	.11	-0.01%	-0.78	C
51	133	124 (1)	Aug 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	4-GF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.363	.383	.745	8	1.33	0.035	.04	0.00%	0.06	C
52	134	127 (2)	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.276	.360	.379	.739	7						C
53	135	128	Aug 29 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-11	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.365	.385	.750	7	1.25	0.086	.01	0.00%	0.40	C
54	136	130 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.282	.363	.383	.746	9	5.43	-0.319	.03	0.00%	-1.14	PH
55	137	131	Aug 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.281	.360	.379	.740	8	1.04	0.042	.02	0.00%	-0.38	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
56	138	133 (1)	Sep 1	PIT		STL	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.358	.372	.730	8	.84	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-1.01	C
57	139	138 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.352	.365	.717	8	1.08	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.65	C
58	140	141 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.355	.364	.719	8	1.60	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
59	141	144 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.364	.373	.737	8	1.07	0.146	.00	0.00%	2.07	C
60	142	147 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.358	.367	.725	8	1.86	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
61	143	149 (1)	Sep 23	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.358	.367	.725	8						C
62	144	152 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.273	.356	.360	.716	8	1.40	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.41	C
63	145	154 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	GS-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.369	.360	.729	8	.97	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.71	C
							24-38		199	172	12	47	6	3	1	24	22	8	6	4	1		1	7	3	0	.273	.369	.360	.729		1.11	-0.432	1.47	0.98%	1.22

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