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Frank Baker
John Franklin Baker (Home Run)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 173 lb.

Debut September 21, 1908
Final Game September 29, 1922
Born March 13, 1886 in Trappe, MD
Died June 28, 1963 in Trappe, MD

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1955.

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        One on my All-time Favorites, Frank was the American League's Premier Power Hitter from 1910-1920, winning the Homerun Crown 4 Straight Years...and he was a hometown World Series Champion Philadelphia Athletic to Boot!!

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 22 PHA AL   9   31    5    9   3  0   0    2   0      0      .290  .290  .387  113   12   2           0    
 1909 23 PHA AL 148  541   73  165  27 19   4   85  20     26      .305  .343  .447  147  242  34           5    
 1910 24 PHA AL 146  561   83  159  25 15   2   74  21     34      .283  .329  .392  126  220  21           4    
 1911 25 PHA AL 148  592   96  198  42 14  11  115  38     40      .334  .379  .508  149  301  25           2     MVP-11
 1912 26 PHA AL 149  577  116  200  40 21  10  130  40     50      .347  .404  .541  173  312  11           6     MVP-7
 1913 27 PHA AL 149  564  116  190  34  9  12  117  34     63  31  .337  .413  .493  167  278   7          10     MVP-5
 1914 28 PHA AL 150  570   84  182  23 10   9   89  19 20  53  37  .319  .380  .442  151  252   8           3     MVP-3
 1916 30 NYY AL 100  360   46   97  23  2  10   52  15     36  30  .269  .344  .428  130  154   1           5    
 1917 31 NYY AL 146  553   57  156  24  2   6   71  18     48  27  .282  .345  .365  116  202   7           5    
 1918 32 NYY AL 126  504   65  154  24  5   6   62   8     38  13  .306  .357  .409  129  206  12           2    
 1919 33 NYY AL 141  567   70  166  22  1  10   83  13     44  18  .293  .346  .388  105  220   9           2    
 1921 35 NYY AL  94  330   46   97  16  2   9   71   8  5  26  12  .294  .353  .436   99  144   9           4    
 1922 36 NYY AL  69  234   30   65  12  3   7   36   1  3  15  14  .278  .327  .444   98  104   7           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5984      1838    103      987     28     182  .307  .363  .442  135      153   0   0  50   0
               1575       887      315     96      235    473                            2647
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        615   91  189  32 11  10  102  24  3  49  19  .307  .363  .442  135  272  16   0   0   5   0
 Career High    150  592  116  200  42 21  12  130  40 20  63  37  .347  .413  .541  173  312  34   0   0  10   0
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 22 PHA AL   33   24    3   3.4    73| .290  .253| .290  .311| .387  .322| .677  .634| 113  .561   0.4   0.0     
 1909 23 PHA AL  606  410   82   5.3    75| .305  .255| .343  .316| .447  .323| .790  .639| 147  .735  25.5   3.0     
 1910 24 PHA AL  620  423   71   4.5    74| .283  .249| .329  .315| .392  .321| .721  .636| 126  .653  14.6   1.7     
 1911 25 PHA AL  659  419  113   7.2    94| .334  .279| .379  .345| .508  .366| .887  .711| 149  .734  35.6   3.6     
 1912 26 PHA AL  644  388  124   8.5    89| .347  .269| .404  .337| .541  .354| .945  .691| 173  .804  51.9   5.4     
 1913 27 PHA AL  644  381  112   7.8    86| .337  .262| .413  .333| .493  .344| .906  .678| 167  .804  48.6   5.3     
 1914 28 PHA AL  634  416   91   5.8    79| .319  .252| .380  .324| .442  .330| .822  .654| 151  .744  33.7   3.9  48%
 1916 30 NYY AL  402  264   52   5.3    84| .269  .259| .344  .333| .428  .338| .772  .671| 130  .690  12.6   1.4     
 1917 31 NYY AL  613  404   69   4.6    80| .282  .256| .345  .327| .365  .331| .710  .658| 116  .638  10.5   1.2     
 1918 32 NYY AL  556  362   73   5.5    84| .306  .263| .357  .334| .409  .335| .766  .669| 129  .695  16.1   1.8     
 1919 33 NYY AL  622  410   76   5.0    96| .293  .277| .346  .344| .388  .373| .734  .716| 105  .592   3.0   0.3     
 1921 35 NYY AL  369  247   49   5.3   116| .294  .302| .353  .368| .436  .424| .789  .792|  99  .520  -1.5  -0.1  61%
 1922 36 NYY AL  258  179   32   4.8   111| .278  .295| .327  .361| .444  .415| .771  .776|  98  .504  -2.0  -0.2  25%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6660 4327  947   5.9    87| .307  .266| .363  .334| .442  .349| .805  .683| 135  .699 249.0  27.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1908 22 PHA AL  3B    9     12   22    0    0 1.000  .932  3.78  3.20            
 1909 23 PHA AL  3B  146    209  277   42   16  .920  .931  3.33  3.33            
 1910 24 PHA AL  3B  146    207  313   45   35  .920  .931  3.56  3.38            
 1911 25 PHA AL  3B  148    217  274   30   26  .942  .929  3.32  3.26            
 1912 26 PHA AL  3B  149    217  321   34   25  .941  .920  3.61  3.27            
 1913 27 PHA AL  3B  149    233  280   44   19  .921  .934  3.44  3.08            
 1914 28 PHA AL  3B  149    221  292   24   20  .955  .936  3.44  3.14            
 1916 30 NYY AL  3B   96    133  210   22   16  .940  .939  3.57  3.23            
 1917 31 NYY AL  3B  146    202  317   28   21  .949  .941  3.55  3.23            
 1918 32 NYY AL  3B  126    175  282   13   30  .972  .948  3.63  3.25            
 1919 33 NYY AL  3B  141    176  286   22   28  .955  .950  3.28  3.24            
 1921 35 NYY AL  3B   83     84  173   11   16  .959  .952  3.10  3.26            
 1922 36 NYY AL  3B   60     68  108    7    7  .962  .950  2.93  3.24            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1908 22 PHA AL  3B    9     12   22    0    0 1.000  .932  3.78  3.20            
 1909 23 PHA AL  3B  146    209  277   42   16  .920  .931  3.33  3.33            
 1910 24 PHA AL  3B  146    207  313   45   35  .920  .931  3.56  3.38            
 1911 25 PHA AL  3B  148    217  274   30   26  .942  .929  3.32  3.26            
 1912 26 PHA AL  3B  149    217  321   34   25  .941  .920  3.61  3.27            
 1913 27 PHA AL  3B  149    233  280   44   19  .921  .934  3.44  3.08            
 1914 28 PHA AL  3B  149    221  292   24   20  .955  .936  3.44  3.14            
 1916 30 NYY AL  3B   96    133  210   22   16  .940  .939  3.57  3.23            
 1917 31 NYY AL  3B  146    202  317   28   21  .949  .941  3.55  3.23            
 1918 32 NYY AL  3B  126    175  282   13   30  .972  .948  3.63  3.25            
 1919 33 NYY AL  3B  141    176  286   22   28  .955  .950  3.28  3.24            
 1921 35 NYY AL  3B   83     84  173   11   16  .959  .952  3.10  3.26            
 1922 36 NYY AL  3B   60     68  108    7    7  .962  .950  2.93  3.24            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  3B 1548   2154 3155  322  259  .943  .937  3.43  3.24            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1548   2154 3155  322  259  .943  .937  3.43  3.24
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1910   WS    PHA CHC     W   5  22   6   9  3  1  0   4   2   1  .409  .458  .636   0  3   0   0   0 
 1911   WS    PHA NYG     W   6  24   7   9  2  0  2   5   1   5  .375  .400  .708   0  1   0   0   0 
 1913   WS    PHA NYG     W   5  20   2   9  0  0  1   7   0   2  .450  .429  .600   1  0   0   1   0 
 1914   WS    PHA BSN     L   4  16   0   4  2  0  0   2   1   3  .250  .294  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
 1921   WS    NYY NYG     L   4   8   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   0  .250  .333  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        3-3  25  91  15  33  7  1  3  18   5  11  .363  .392  .560   1  4   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-11-0.12
1912-AL-7-0.27
1913-AL-5-0.33
1914-AL-3-0.27
Car-236-0.99 shares

Batting Average
1909 AL-.305-7
1911 AL-.334-7
1912 AL-.347-6
1913 AL-.337-5
1914 AL-.319-5
1918 AL-.306-5

On-base %
1912 AL-.404-6
1913 AL-.413-5
1914 AL-.380-6

Slugging %
1909 AL-.447-4
1911 AL-.508-5
1912 AL-.541-4
1913 AL-.493-4
1914 AL-.442-7
1916 AL-.428-5
1918 AL-.409-9

OPS
1909 AL-.790-7
1911 AL-.887-7
1912 AL-.945-4
1913 AL-.906-4
1914 AL-.822-6
1916 AL-.772-8
1918 AL-.765-10

Games
1909 AL-148-10
1911 AL-148-4
1913 AL-149-9
1918 AL-126-10
1919 AL-141-1

At Bats
1909 AL-541-9
1910 AL-561-7
1911 AL-592-2
1912 AL-577-10
1913 AL-564-7
1918 AL-504-4
1919 AL-567-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1909 AL-606-8
1910 AL-620-8
1911 AL-659-3
1913 AL-644-9
1918 AL-556-7
1919 AL-622-2

Runs
1909 AL-73-6
1910 AL-83-7
1911 AL-96-9
1912 AL-116-5
1913 AL-116-2
1914 AL-84-7
1918 AL-65-9

Hits
1909 AL-165-6
1910 AL-159-8
1911 AL-198-4
1912 AL-200-4
1913 AL-190-3
1914 AL-182-3
1918 AL-154-3
1919 AL-166-8

Total Bases
1909 AL-242-4
1910 AL-220-9
1911 AL-301-4
1912 AL-312-4
1913 AL-278-3
1914 AL-252-3
1918 AL-206-3
1919 AL-220-9

Doubles
1909 AL-27-6
1910 AL-25-8
1911 AL-42-3
1912 AL-40-3
1913 AL-34-3
1914 AL-23-8
1918 AL-24-4

Triples
1909 AL-19-1
1910 AL-15-6
1911 AL-14-6
1912 AL-21-3

Home Runs
1909 AL-4-6
1911 AL-11-1
1912 AL-10-1
1913 AL-12-1
1914 AL-9-1
1916 AL-10-2
1917 AL-6-4
1918 AL-6-3
1919 AL-10-2

RBI
1909 AL-85-3
1910 AL-74-6
1911 AL-115-2
1912 AL-130-1
1913 AL-117-1
1914 AL-89-4
1917 AL-71-8
1918 AL-62-6
1919 AL-83-7

Stolen Bases
1911 AL-38-9
1912 AL-40-7

Singles
1909 AL-115-9
1911 AL-131-10
1913 AL-135-5
1914 AL-140-4
1918 AL-119-6
1919 AL-133-4

Adjusted OPS+
1909 AL-147-7
1911 AL-149-7
1912 AL-173-4
1913 AL-167-4
1914 AL-151-6
1916 AL-130-9

Runs Created
1909 AL-82-5
1910 AL-71-9
1911 AL-113-4
1912 AL-124-4
1913 AL-112-3
1914 AL-91-4
1918 AL-73-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1909 AL-26-7
1911 AL-36-7
1912 AL-52-4
1913 AL-49-4
1914 AL-34-5
1918 AL-16-8

Batting Wins
1909 AL-3.0-7
1911 AL-3.6-7
1912 AL-5.4-4
1913 AL-5.3-4
1914 AL-3.9-5
1918 AL-1.8-8

Extra-Base Hits
1909 AL-50-3
1910 AL-42-8
1911 AL-67-3
1912 AL-71-3
1913 AL-55-4
1914 AL-42-8
1918 AL-35-7

Times on Base
1909 AL-196-9
1911 AL-240-8
1912 AL-256-7
1913 AL-263-3
1914 AL-238-6
1918 AL-194-9

Offensive Win%
1909 AL-.735-7
1911 AL-.734-7
1912 AL-.804-4
1913 AL-.804-4
1914 AL-.744-6
1916 AL-.690-8
1918 AL-.695-9
Car-.699-74

Hit By Pitch
1913 AL-10-3

Sac. Hits
1909 AL-34-3
1911 AL-25-10

Power/Speed Number
1909 AL-6.7-7
1911 AL-17.1-1
1912 AL-16.0-2
1913 AL-17.7-1
1914 AL-12.2-1
1916 AL-12.0-2
1917 AL-9.0-6
1918 AL-6.9-4
1919 AL-11.3-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1913 AL-18.2-8
1918 AL-38.8-4
1919 AL-31.5-5

At Bats per Home Run
1909 AL-135.3-9
1911 AL-53.8-1
1912 AL-57.7-1
1913 AL-47.0-1
1914 AL-63.3-2
1916 AL-36.0-1
1917 AL-92.2-5
1918 AL-84.0-4
1919 AL-56.7-5

Outs
1909 AL-410-10
1910 AL-423-7
1911 AL-419-7
1919 AL-410-3

Oldest Player
1921 AL-35-5
1922 AL-36-6

          

Black Ink: Batting - 26 (69) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 196 (43) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 33.0 (213) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 81.0 (216) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  7. George Grantham (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lyons (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Jimmy Collins (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September, 1908: Sent from the Reading (Tri-State) to the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.

February 15, 1916: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics for $37,500.

January 9, 1924: Released by the New York Yankees.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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