Del Baker

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 176lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: May 3, 1892 in Sherwood, OR us

Died: September 11, 1973 in Olmos Park, TX

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, TX

High School: Sherwood HS (Sherwood, OR)

Debut: April 16, 1914 (Age 21-348d, 4,068th in major league history)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1916 (Age 24-150d)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Delmer David Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

302

.209

RBI

OBP

.289

SLG

.265

OPS

.554

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-34 / in Starts: 13-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 114 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	27 (15-7-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 114 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (31-22-12)

Most Driven In
B Veach	1
H Heilmann	1
R Young	0
G Burns	0

Most Driven In By
O Vitt	2
W Mitchell	1
B James	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	114	4 (3)	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						8						C
2	115	13 (8)	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						8						C
3	116	14	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,5-4	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
4	117	15	Apr 30	DET		CLE	L,6-12	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						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
5	118	17 (1)	May 2	DET		CLE	L,1-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
6	119	18	May 4	DET		SLB	L,6-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
7	120	22 (3)	May 9	DET	@	PHA	W,16-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
8	121	24 (1)	May 11	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.14	-0.050	5.24	-0.07%	-0.19	C
9	122	28 (3)	May 16	DET	@	WSH	L,3-15	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	8	.01	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.22	C
10	123	29	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,4-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	8						PR
11	124	30	May 19	DET	@	NYY	T,2-2	0-GF(16)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.111	.111	.111	.222	8						C
12	125	33 (2)	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	8						C
13	126	39 (5)	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9						PR
14	127	40	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	W,9-8	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	8						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
15	128	42 (1)	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,3-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	8	.43	-0.012	.53	-0.01%	-0.20	C
16	129	47 (4)	Jun 9	DET		BOS	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	8						C
17	130	58 (10)	Jun 22	DET		CLE	L,3-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	8						C
18	131	59	Jun 24	DET		CLE	L,8-10	0-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.091	.167	.091	.258	8						C
19	132	61 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.313	.400	.713	8						C
20	133	62	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.278	.316	.444	.760	8						C
21	134	63	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS-0	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.333	.391	.476	.867	8						C
22	135	64	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.360	.407	.520	.927	8						C
23	136	65	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.321	.367	.464	.831	8						C
24	137	66	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.300	.344	.433	.777	8	.94	-0.042	2.99	-0.08%	-0.50	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	138	68 (1)	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.303	.343	.424	.767	8	1.01	-0.103	2.49	-0.15%	-0.93	C
26	139	69	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.270	.308	.378	.686	8						C
27	140	76 (6)	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	1-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.244	.279	.341	.621	8	1.00	-0.107	1.91	-0.12%	-1.46	C
28	141	77	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.227	.261	.318	.579	8						C
29	142	78	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	0				0		.217	.280	.304	.584	8						C
30	143	79	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.240	.296	.320	.616	8						C
31	144	80	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG(12)	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.271	.291	.562	8	1.44	-0.067	4.39	-0.12%	0.52	C
32	145	82 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.203	.254	.271	.525	8	1.15	-0.107	3.57	-0.20%	-1.12	C
33	146	84 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.246	.262	.508	8	.81	-0.040	2.70	-0.08%	-0.33	C
34	147	85	Jul 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.188	.246	.250	.496	8	.72	0.000	1.95	0.00%	-0.49	C
35	148	87 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.176	.233	.235	.468	8	.74	0.021	1.91	0.03%	-0.10	C
36	149	88	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	0-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.171	.227	.229	.455	8						C
37	150	90 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0		1		.169	.244	.225	.469	8	1.82	0.019	4.83	0.03%	0.30	C
38	151	91	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,9-12	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.178	.250	.233	.483	8						C
39	152	92	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.178	.250	.233	.483	8						C
40	153	93	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.171	.241	.224	.465	8						C
41	154	95 (1)	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.163	.230	.213	.442	8						C
42	155	97 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	DET		BOS	W,10-8	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	1				0		.160	.244	.210	.454	8						C
43	156	99 (1)	Jul 30	DET		BOS	L,3-9	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.160	.244	.210	.454	8						C
44	157	100	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,0-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.160	.244	.210	.454	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
45	158	103 (2)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.160	.244	.210	.454	8						C
46	159	105 (1)	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,3-2	8-GF(14)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.247	.214	.462	8	3.18	0.307	5.08	0.30%	0.50	C
47	160	106	Aug 6	DET		NYY	L,2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.167	.247	.214	.462	8						C
48	161	107	Aug 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.161	.240	.207	.446	8						C
49	162	108	Aug 8	DET		PHA	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.156	.232	.200	.432	8						C
50	163	109	Aug 9	DET		PHA	L,1-7	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.154	.230	.198	.428	8						C
51	164	113 (3)	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,9-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.154	.238	.198	.435	8						C
52	165	115 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-6	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.154	.238	.198	.435	8						C
53	166	117 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.154	.238	.198	.435	8						C
54	167	122 (4)	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.152	.235	.196	.431	8						C
55	168	123	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.151	.233	.194	.427	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
56	169	133 (9)	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,4-3	0-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.151	.240	.194	.434	8						C
57	170	134	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,5-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.151	.240	.194	.434	8						C
58	171	141 (6)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.151	.240	.194	.434	8						C
59	172	146 (4)	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.151	.240	.194	.434	8						C
60	173	147	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.149	.238	.191	.430	8	3.25	-0.079	68.63	-1.00%	-0.20	C
61	174	154 (6)	Sep 30	DET	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.153	.239	.194	.432	8						C
							26-34		114	98	7	15	4	0	0	6	10	1	8	1	5		1		2		.153	.239	.194	.432		4.53	-1.48%

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