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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-33 / in Starts: 35-22
Longest Hitting Streak	12 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	11

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 258 PAs	37
Actual Runners on Base	178 (91-60-27)
Avg. MLBer w/ 258 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	172 (85-54-32)

Most Driven In
W Witt	9
Self	7
A Ward	6
C Fewster	4
E Miller	4
B Ruth	2
W Schang	2
B Shawkey	2

Most Driven In By
W Pipp	9
Self	7
A Ward	5
B Meusel	4
E Miller	1
E Scott	1
N McMillan	0

1922 Batting Game Log

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1922 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	1507	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1.34	-0.185	3.31	-0.27%	-1.60	3B
2	1508	2	Apr 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	3	1.19	-0.110	2.91	-0.16%	-0.86	3B
3	1509	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	3	.96	-0.103	2.40	-0.15%	-0.96	3B
4	1510	4	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.111	.111	.167	.278	3	1.07	-0.133	2.91	-0.22%	-1.71	3B
5	1511	5	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.227	.409	3	.90	0.025	2.81	0.05%	0.52	3B
6	1512	6	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.231	.240	.471	3	.41	0.012	1.13	0.02%	0.61	3B
7	1513	7	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	W,10-3	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.258	.214	.472	3	.60	-0.052	1.74	-0.09%	-0.24	3B
8	1514	8	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.161	.235	.194	.429	3	1.07	-0.042	3.44	-0.08%	-0.42	3B
9	1515	9	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.263	.206	.469	3	.91	0.004	3.17	0.01%	-0.05	3B
10	1516	10	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	3	.67	0.072	2.39	0.16%	1.00	3B
11	1517	11	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.283	.262	.545	3	.92	0.003	3.76	0.01%	0.00	3B
12	1518	12	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.286	.333	.619	3	1.08	0.043	4.49	0.11%	2.07	3B
13	1519	13	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.302	.354	.656	3	1.03	0.067	4.51	0.18%	0.77	3B
14	1520	14	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,10-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.328	.415	.743	3	.54	0.136	2.10	0.32%	2.61	3B
15	1521	15	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG(14)	6	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.482	.857	3	2.08	0.252	8.55	0.62%	1.81	3B
16	1522	16	Apr 30	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.382	.533	.916	3	.91	0.039	3.63	0.09%	-0.10	3B
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
17	1523	17	May 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.375	.516	.891	3	1.11	-0.052	4.27	-0.12%	-0.39	3B
18	1524	18	May 2	NYY		BOS	W,12-6	CG	5	5	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.348	.416	.565	.981	3	.35	0.124	1.28	0.27%	4.39	3B
19	1525	19	May 3	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.407	.562	.969	3	1.99	0.187	7.80	0.44%	0.35	3B
20	1526	20	May 5	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.400	.545	.945	3	.59	-0.017	2.21	-0.04%	-0.21	3B
21	1527	21	May 6	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.382	.519	.901	3	.72	-0.088	2.76	-0.20%	-1.29	3B
22	1528	22	May 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	GS-9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.362	.488	.850	3	.27	-0.035	1.11	-0.09%	-1.14	3B
23	1529	23	May 8	NYY		CHW	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.388	.539	.927	3	.83	0.151	3.71	0.41%	1.81	3B
24	1530	24	May 9	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.388	.564	.952	3	1.69	0.345	7.51	0.92%	1.88	3B
25	1531	25	May 10	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	GS-11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.370	.535	.906	3	2.20	-0.218	9.83	-0.59%	-1.06	3B
26	1532	26	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.357	.515	.872	3	.96	-0.100	4.38	-0.27%	-1.22	3B
27	1533	27	May 12	NYY		DET	W,10-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.350	.500	.850	3	.72	-0.048	3.17	-0.13%	-0.53	3B
28	1534	28	May 13	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG(13)	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.350	.500	.850	3	1.80	-0.101	8.32	-0.28%	-1.24	3B
29	1535	29	May 14	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.286	.336	.479	.815	3	.99	-0.069	4.45	-0.19%	-0.99	3B
30	1536	30	May 15	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.326	.463	.789	3	.98	-0.177	4.33	-0.47%	-2.16	3B
31	1537	31	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.331	.460	.791	3	.45	0.015	2.02	0.04%	0.55	3B
32	1538	32	May 17	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.336	.485	.820	3	1.11	0.160	4.88	0.42%	1.27	3B
33	1539	33	May 19	NYY		CLE	W,12-4	CG	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.293	.347	.511	.859	3	.49	0.176	2.26	0.49%	3.08	3B
34	1540	34	May 20	NYY		SLB	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.292	.345	.504	.848	4	.60	0.028	3.57	0.10%	0.10	3B
35	1541	35	May 21	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.338	.493	.831	4	1.50	-0.141	8.33	-0.47%	-1.35	3B
36	1542	36	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.344	.486	.830	4	1.40	-0.081	8.06	-0.28%	-0.52	3B
37	1543	37	May 23	NYY		SLB	L,3-11	CG	4	4	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.354	.527	.881	4	.82	0.222	4.80	0.78%	2.58	3B
38	1544	38	May 24	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.296	.352	.520	.871	4	1.13	-0.110	5.14	-0.30%	-0.94	3B
39	1545	39	May 25	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.355	.519	.874	4	.90	0.039	4.13	0.11%	0.09	3B
40	1546	40	May 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.296	.353	.509	.862	4	1.54	-0.159	7.13	-0.44%	-1.10	3B
41	1547	41	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.350	.509	.859	4	.94	0.051	4.53	0.15%	0.38	3B
42	1548	42	May 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.343	.497	.840	4	.67	-0.068	3.27	-0.20%	-0.75	3B
43	1549	43	May 29	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.346	.497	.843	4	1.47	0.133	7.36	0.40%	0.91	3B
44	1550	44	May 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.346	.491	.837	4	1.26	-0.045	6.56	-0.14%	-0.91	3B
45	1551	45	May 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.344	.486	.830	4	.96	-0.044	4.88	-0.13%	-0.27	3B
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
46	1552	46	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.342	.481	.822	4	1.56	-0.006	7.24	-0.02%	0.13	3B
47	1553	47	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.337	.473	.810	4	1.91	-0.149	8.87	-0.42%	-1.31	3B
48	1554	48	Jun 4	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.286	.338	.471	.809	4	.99	0.186	5.04	0.57%	1.52	3B
49	1555	49	Jun 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.332	.461	.793	4	.63	-0.065	3.08	-0.19%	-0.77	3B
50	1556	50	Jun 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.329	.460	.788	4	1.60	0.079	7.85	0.23%	0.64	3B
51	1557	51	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.287	.336	.465	.802	4	.84	0.135	4.32	0.42%	1.01	3B
52	1558	52	Jun 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.333	.459	.792	4	1.46	-0.130	7.69	-0.41%	-1.07	3B
53	1559	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-5	GS-4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.287	.338	.459	.797	4	.52	0.009	3.72	0.04%	1.02	3B
54	1560	54	Jun 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS-5	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.338	.462	.800	4	1.24	-0.024	9.05	-0.11%	-0.38	3B
55	1561	57 (2)	Jun 14	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.288	.341	.460	.801	4	1.56	0.074	9.00	0.26%	0.55	3B
56	1562	58	Jun 15	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.339	.461	.800	4	1.68	0.102	9.43	0.35%	-0.28	3B
57	1563	59	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.336	.460	.796	4	.71	-0.058	4.01	-0.20%	-1.18	3B
58	1564	60	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,8-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.335	.458	.792	7	2.82	-0.080	15.54	-0.27%	-0.24	PH
59	1565	62 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.333	.456	.789	9	1.35	-0.040	6.50	-0.12%	-0.34	PH
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
60	1566	88 (25)	Jul 17	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.333	.456	.789	8						PH
61	1567	90 (1)	Jul 19	NYY		DET	L,1-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.332	.454	.786	8	1.39	-0.040	7.68	-0.13%	-0.53	PH
62	1568	93 (2)	Jul 22	NYY		DET	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.331	.452	.782	8	1.78	-0.047	9.62	-0.15%	-0.25	PH
63	1569	100 (6)	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.329	.450	.779	9	2.17	-0.055	16.22	-0.25%	-0.17	PH
64	1570	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.328	.448	.776	9	6.87	-0.176	48.90	-0.75%	-0.79	PH
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
65	1571	131 (29)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.331	.450	.781	9	1.94	0.095	17.51	0.52%	0.39	PH
66	1572	138 (6)	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.329	.448	.778	8	1.81	-0.044	19.66	-0.29%	-0.31	PH
67	1573	147 (8)	Sep 21	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.329	.448	.778	9	3.13	0.060	18.57	0.21%	-0.05	PH
68	1574	151 (3)	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.328	.446	.774	9	.99	-0.025	1.07	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
69	1575	152	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.327	.444	.771	9	2.84	-0.081	5.54	-0.10%	-0.24	PH
							36-33		258	234	30	65	12	3	7	37	15	3	14	2	3		5		1	3	.278	.327	.444	.771		1.13	-0.174	5.23	-0.06%	1.96

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