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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
2	2	Apr 15	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
6	6	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
7	7	Apr 23	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	11.0	0	6	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 30	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	0	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
12	12	May 3	PHA		BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	May 5	PHA		WSH	W,10-1	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 6	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	15	May 7	PHA		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 9	PHA		WSH	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 10	PHA		CLE	T,1-1	CG	0	12.0	0	3	0	3	1
18	18	May 12	PHA		CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	19	May 13	PHA		CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	20	May 14	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	2	1	1	4	0
21	21	May 16	PHA		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 17	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	23	May 18	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
24	24	May 19	PHA		DET	L,2-14	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	25	May 20	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
26	26	May 21	PHA		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
27	27	May 23	PHA		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	28	May 24	PHA		SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
29	29	May 25	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
30	30	May 26	PHA		SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
31	31	May 27	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	32	May 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
34	34	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.1	3	3	1	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40 (5)	Jun 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
36	41	Jun 8	PHA	@	CLE	W,13-1	GS	0		2	2	0	4	1
37	42	Jun 9	PHA	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	43	Jun 11	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	44	Jun 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	45	Jun 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	46	Jun 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	47	Jun 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	13.1	1	3	0	4	1
43	48	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	51 (2)	Jun 21 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	52	Jun 21 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
46	53	Jun 22 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	54	Jun 22 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
48	55	Jun 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
49	56	Jun 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	57	Jun 25	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	GF	0		1	0	1	2	0
51	58	Jun 27 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	59	Jun 27 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	60	Jun 28	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	61	Jun 29	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	15.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	62	Jul 1 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	63	Jul 1 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	64	Jul 2 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
58	65	Jul 2 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	66	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-7	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
60	67	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
61	68	Jul 5	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	69	Jul 6	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
63	70	Jul 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
64	71	Jul 8	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	2	6	0
65	72	Jul 9	PHA		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	73	Jul 11	PHA		DET	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	74	Jul 12	PHA		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
68	75	Jul 13	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	14.0	0	5	0	5	0
69	76	Jul 14	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
70	77	Jul 15	PHA		SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	78	Jul 16	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	79	Jul 18	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
73	80	Jul 19	PHA		CHW	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
74	81	Jul 20	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	82	Jul 21	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	83	Jul 22 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	84	Jul 22 (2)	PHA		CLE	T,1-1	CG	0	15.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	85	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	86	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	87	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	88	Jul 26 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
82	89	Jul 26 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
83	90	Jul 27	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	2
84	91	Jul 28	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
85	92	Jul 29	PHA		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
86	93	Jul 30	PHA		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	94	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
88	95	Aug 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
89	96	Aug 3	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
90	97	Aug 4	PHA	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG	0	16.0	2	4	0	6	1
91	98	Aug 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	99	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
93	100	Aug 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
94	101	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
95	102	Aug 9	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
96	103	Aug 10	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	104	Aug 11	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
98	105	Aug 12	PHA	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
99	106	Aug 13 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
100	107	Aug 13 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
101	108	Aug 15 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
102	109	Aug 15 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
103	110	Aug 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,18-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	111	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
105	112	Aug 18	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	113	Aug 19	PHA		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
107	114	Aug 20	PHA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	115	Aug 22	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	3	2	0	5	0
109	116	Aug 23	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	117	Aug 24	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	118	Aug 25	PHA		SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	119	Aug 26	PHA		SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	120	Aug 27	PHA		SLB	W,5-1	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
114	121	Aug 29	PHA		DET	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
115	122	Aug 30	PHA		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
116	123	Aug 31	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	124	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	125	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
119	126	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
120	127	Sep 5 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
121	128	Sep 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
122	129	Sep 6	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
123	130	Sep 7	PHA	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
124	131	Sep 8	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
125	132	Sep 9	PHA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	133	Sep 10	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
127	134	Sep 12	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
128	135	Sep 13	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
129	136	Sep 15	PHA	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	137	Sep 16	PHA	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
131	138	Sep 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	139	Sep 18	PHA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
133	140	Sep 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
134	141	Sep 20	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	142	Sep 21	PHA	@	CLE	T,0-0	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
136	143	Sep 24 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
137	144	Sep 24 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	10.1	2	1	0	3	0
138	145	Sep 25 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	14.0	3	4	0	7	1
139	146	Sep 25 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	5.0	0	0	2	2	0
140	147	Sep 27 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
141	148	Sep 27 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
142	149	Sep 28	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
143	152 (2)	Oct 3	PHA		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
144	153	Oct 4	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
145	154	Oct 5	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
146	155	Oct 6	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
							146gm		1332.0	207	313	45	565	35