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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 1)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	55	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
6	6	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
7	7	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	1	4	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
11	11	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
12	12	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
13	13	Apr 30	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	NYY		PHA	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
16	16	May 4	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	17	May 6	NYY		BOS	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	18	May 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	19	May 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	1	8	1
20	20	May 9	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
21	21	May 10	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	22	May 11	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
23	23	May 13	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	24	May 15	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	CG	53	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 16	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	27	May 18	NYY		SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 20	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
29	29	May 22	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	51	14.0	1	5	1	7	1
30	30	May 24	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	72	19.0	1	10	0	11	0
31	31	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	32	May 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	33	May 27	NYY		CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 28	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	35	May 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	36	May 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,12-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	37	May 30	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	39	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
41	41	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
42	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 6	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
44	44	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 8	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	53	11.2	0	3	0	3	2
47	47	Jun 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	2	3	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 14	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
51	51	Jun 15	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
54	54	Jun 19	NYY		WSH	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
55	55	Jun 20	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 21	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 22	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
58	58	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
59	59	Jun 25	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
63	63	Jun 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
65	65	Jul 2	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	66	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	69	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 6 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 6 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	72	Jul 8	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
73	73	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 10	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
76	76	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
78	78	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	82	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Jul 20 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 20 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
87	87	Jul 22	NYY		SLB	T,4-4	CG	59	15.0	2	1	0	3	1
88	88	Jul 23	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	89	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	90	Jul 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 28	NYY	@	CLE	T,2-2	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	93	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
94	94	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	95	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	96	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
97	97	Aug 2	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	98	Aug 3	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
99	99	Aug 4 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
100	100	Aug 4 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	101	Aug 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	59	14.1	1	1	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
103	103	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	104	Aug 10 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	105	Aug 10 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	106	Aug 12	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
107	107	Aug 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	108	Aug 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	109	Aug 16	NYY		CLE	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
110	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
111	111	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
113	113	Aug 21	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
114	114	Aug 22	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
115	115	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	116	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
117	117	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	118	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
119	119	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,7-6	CG	54	12.0	1	1	0	2	1
120	120	Aug 28	NYY		SLB	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
121	121	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	122	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
123	123	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	124	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	125	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
126	126	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
							126gm		1155.0	175	282	13	470	33