Gene Baker

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: June 15, 1925 in Davenport, IA us

Died: December 1, 1999 in Davenport, IA

Buried: Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL

High School: Davenport HS (Davenport, IA)

School: St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA)

Debut: 1948 (10,376th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: September 20, 1953 (Age 28-097d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 10, 1961 (Age 35-360d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1954 season)

Full Name: Eugene Walter Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.2

2411

635

.263

304

RBI

255

OBP

.320

SLG

.388

OPS

.708

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHC		MLN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 21 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
6	6	Apr 23	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 28 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
10	10	Apr 28 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	11	Apr 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,9-10	CG	53	9.1	1	5	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates
13	14	May 2	PIT		MLN	L,5-8	CG	50	10.0	1	6	2	9	1	SS
14	15	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	GS	52	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS 2B
15	16	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	17	May 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GS	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 2B
17	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
18	19	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	GS	59	14.0	4	4	0	8	1	3B 2B
19	20	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	2	8	2
20	21	May 10	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
21	22	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	23	May 12 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
23	25 (1)	May 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
24	26	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B 3B
25	27	May 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
26	28	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
27	29	May 19 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
28	30	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
29	31	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
30	32	May 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-5	GS	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
31	33	May 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
32	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
33	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
34	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
35	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	38	May 31	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39	Jun 1	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	43 (3)	Jun 4	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
39	44	Jun 5	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
40	45	Jun 6	PIT		STL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
41	46	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
42	47	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
43	48	Jun 9 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
44	49	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
45	50	Jun 11	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
46	51	Jun 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
47	52	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
48	53	Jun 14	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	GS	27	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	57 (3)	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
50	58	Jun 18	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
51	59	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
52	60	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
53	61	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	GS	34	7.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
54	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
55	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
56	64	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	65	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
58	66	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	67	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
60	68	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,5-5	CG	47	11.0	3	4	1	8	2
61	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	70	Jun 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
63	71	Jun 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-13	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
64	72	Jun 30 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	73	Jun 30 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	GS	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	74	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	75	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	76	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
69	77	Jul 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
70	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	2	2	0	4	0
71	79	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
72	80	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	81	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	82	Jul 11	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
75	83	Jul 12	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	84	Jul 13	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
77	85	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	86	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-12	CG	51	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
79	87	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	88	Jul 17	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
81	89	Jul 18	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	90	Jul 19	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
83	91	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
84	92	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
85	94 (1)	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	56	15.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
86	95	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	97 (1)	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	98	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	99	Jul 28 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	100	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	51	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
91	101	Jul 29	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	118 (16)	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	134 (15)	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	135	Sep 5	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	136	Sep 6	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	137	Sep 7	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
97	138	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
98	139	Sep 8 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	140	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	144 (3)	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
101	145	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
102	149 (3)	Sep 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	151	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	152	Sep 22	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	153	Sep 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	154	Sep 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	GF	24	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
							113gm		940.0	140	234	24	398	36