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.

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 28	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 29	NYY		PHA	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 30	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	5	May 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
6	6	May 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	May 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
8	8	May 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	May 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	May 8	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	May 11	NYY		WSH	T,0-0	CG	49	12.0	0	1	0	1	1
12	12	May 12	NYY		WSH	T,4-4	CG	53	15.0	3	2	0	5	0
13	13	May 14	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	14	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	16	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
17	17	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	20	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
21	21	May 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
22	22	May 26	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	23	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	24	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
25	25	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	27	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	28	Jun 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
29	29	Jun 2 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	30	Jun 2 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
31	31	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
32	32	Jun 4	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
34	34	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	Jun 8	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	36	Jun 10	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	37	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
38	38	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	Jun 13	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
41	41	Jun 15	NYY		SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 16	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 17	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 18	NYY		CLE	L,3-13	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
46	46	Jun 21	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
47	47	Jun 22	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 23	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-0	GS	19	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 25	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
51	51	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	52	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
53	53	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	56	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	57	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
58	58	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	59	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
60	60	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
61	61	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jul 6	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jul 7	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
65	65	Jul 9	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
66	66	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	67	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	68	Jul 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	69	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	72	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-13	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	20	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
74	74	Jul 16	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	16.1	4	5	0	9	1
76	76	Jul 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
78	78	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	0	0	0	0	0
79	79	Jul 21 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 21 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
82	82	Jul 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
83	83	Jul 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
85	85	Jul 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	86	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	88	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	89	Jul 31	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	90	Aug 1	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
91	91	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,8-14	CG	49	10.0	3	2	1	6	0
92	92	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	93	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
94	94	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	95	Aug 8	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	96	Aug 9	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	97	Aug 10	NYY		CLE	W,11-4	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
98	98	Aug 11	NYY		CLE	L,9-15	CG	51	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	99	Aug 12	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	100	Aug 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	61	15.0	2	2	0	4	1
101	101	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	104	Aug 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
105	105	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
107	107	Aug 21 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	56	13.1	2	0	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 22	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	109	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
110	110	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
112	112	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	58	14.0	1	2	0	3	1
113	113	Aug 28 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	114	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
115	115	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	116	Aug 30	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
117	117	Aug 31	NYY		PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	118	Sep 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
119	119	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
120	120	Sep 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	121	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	122	Sep 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
123	123	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
124	124	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
125	125	Sep 11	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	126	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
127	127	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	128	Sep 14	NYY		SLB	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	129	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
130	130	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-11	GS	39	7.0	4	3	0	7	1
131	131	Sep 18	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
132	132	Sep 19	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
133	133	Sep 20	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
134	134	Sep 21	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	135	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
136	136	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	52	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	137	Sep 25	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
138	138	Sep 26	NYY		PHA	W,8-2	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
139	139	Sep 27 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
140	140	Sep 27 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-2	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
141	141	Sep 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							141gm		1277.0	176	286	22	484	27