Steve Baker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 30, 1956 in Eugene, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA).

High Schools: Monte Vista HS (Danville, CA), Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA)

Schools: Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA), University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

Debut: May 25, 1978 (Age 21-268d, 14,033rd in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.1 IP, 8 H, 6 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1983 (Age 27-028d)
vs. MON 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Steven Byrne Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.6

ERA

5.13

237.0

131

WHIP

1.641

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-15 / in Starts: 4-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 6

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	16	5	Apr 14	DET	@	TEX	L,5-7	5-8	L(0-1)	99	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	3.38	5.36	12	5	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.094	1.64	0.06%	0.52	5b 1-3 2 out d1	8b 1-- 1 out tie
2	17	7	Apr 16	DET		KCR	W,10-4	6-GF	S(1)	1	4.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.35	3.03	15	2	6	1	2	2		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.232	1.17	0.14%	2.79	6t -2- 0 out a2	9t end a 6
3	18	10	Apr 21	DET		TOR	L,4-5	5-7		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.08	3.08	9	2	3	3	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.47	-0.034	.69	-0.03%	-0.13	5t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 12- 2 out d3
4	19	13	Apr 26(2)	DET	@	MIL	L,5-7	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	5.2	7	4	4	5	6	1	0	3.77	4.06	28	2	8	0	0	7	40			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.315	2.00	-0.26%	-1.23	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	20	17	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	6.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	1	3.10	3.86	23	5	6	0	0	4	61			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.238	1.33	0.14%	2.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
6	21	21	May 6	DET	@	MIN	L,6-9	GS-4		4	3.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.63	3.63	16	5	3	1	0	7	26			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.224	1.14	-0.12%	-2.38	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out d2
7	22	23	May 8	DET		CHW	W,10-8	2-5		1	3.1	3	2	2	5	2	1	0	4.73	4.42	16	3	3	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.85	-0.035	1.56	-0.02%	0.05	2t 1-3 1 out tie	5t 123 2 out tie
8	23	25	May 11	DET		MIL	L,1-5	7-GF		2	3.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.55	4.62	10	3	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.000	.18	0.00%	0.62	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
9	24	29	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-3	L(1-3)	3	2.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	5.12	4.88	13	1	3	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.211	.72	-0.10%	-2.36	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d3
10	25	33	May 20	DET	@	CLE	L,7-9	5-8		4	2.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.03	4.70	9	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.159	1.27	0.06%	1.28	5b -23 2 out d1	8b 1-- 0 out a1
11	26	41	May 29	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS-5		8	4.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	5.45	4.57	20	5	3	0	0	6	34			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.127	.81	-0.05%	-0.91	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	27	57	Jun 15	DET		CAL	L,7-8	6-8	BS(1)	16	2.0	2	2	2	2	4	1	0	5.63	4.76	10	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.271	.96	-0.11%	-1.31	6t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 0 out tie
13	28	62	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS-4	L(1-4)	4	4.0	5	5	5	4	2	2	0	6.14	5.35	20	5	4	2	1	5	30			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	-0.330	.62	-0.12%	-2.78	1b start a 3	4b 3 out d2
14	29	67	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-6		3	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	1	1	6.12	5.35	28	4	9	2	1	9	39			1	1	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.30	-0.233	.18	-0.02%	-0.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	30	71	Jun 29	DET		CLE	W,8-6	GS-3		4	2.1	3	4	4	5	3	0	1	6.54	5.46	15	1	2	1	0	3	33			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.109	.14	-0.01%	-1.00	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	31	76	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.2	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	6.15	5.38	31	11	9	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.156	.03	0.01%	1.21	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a1
17	32	83	Jul 9	DET		MIN	L,3-5	GS-9	L(1-5)	4	8.0	8	5	5	0	3	2	1	6.09	5.41	32	8	12	0	0	8	49			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.100	.04	0.00%	-0.31	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d1
18	33	89	Jul 14	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	GS-5	L(1-6)	4	4.2	5	3	3	5	5	1	0	6.07	5.48	24	3	6	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.134	.07	-0.01%	-0.89	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d1
19	34	95	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,3-11	GS-6	L(1-7)	8	5.2	7	5	5	3	3	0	1	6.20	5.36	28	4	10	1	0	7	35			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.069	.03	0.00%	-0.56	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
20	35	103	Jul 31	DET	@	TEX	L,3-11	5-6		7	1.2	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	6.53	5.39	13	2	2	1	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-3.53	5b --3 1 out d6	6b 3 out d11
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	36	111	Aug 8(1)	DET		TEX	L,9-16	1-5		7	4.0	6	5	4	2	0	1	0	6.64	5.49	20	7	5	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	1	.59	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-3.18	1t --- 2 out d4	5t 12- 2 out d7
							6-15		W-L:1-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.2	84.0	97	63	62	51	54	13	6	6.64	5.49	392	0.81		9%	2%	95	40	9	22%	5	3	0	328	14	0	2	11	4	2	1.09	-1.481	.62	-0.44%	-12.90

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