Jeff Baker

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: June 21, 1981 in Bad Kissingen, Germany de

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gar-Field HS (Woodbridge, VA) and the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: Gar-Field HS (Woodbridge, VA)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: April 4, 2005 (Age 23-287d, 18,601st in major league history)
vs. SDP 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 7, 2015 (Age 34-016d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (College,18U,16U)

Full Name: Jeffrey Glen Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

1793

474

.264

244

RBI

235

OBP

.318

SLG

.432

OPS

.750

OPS+

Summary of 54 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 20 go ahead

4 Tms
COL	22
CHC	15
TEX	11
MIA	6

Platoon
vs LHP	40
vs RHP	14

Home/Road
Home	34
Away	20

Outs
1	21
2	17
0	16

21 Opps
CIN	6
SFG	5
CLE	4
MIL	4
CHW	4
ARI	3
NYM	3
PIT	3
ATL	3
MIA/FLA	3
SDP	2
CHC	2
SEA	2
BOS	2
LAD	2
COL	1
STL	1
OAK	1
WSN	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

47 Pitchers
Doug Davis	2
Joe Saunders	2
Noah Lowry	2
Chris Sale	2
Dontrelle Willis	2
Jon Lester	2
Zach Duke	2
Jose Quintana	1
Chuck James	1
Ryan Dempster	1
Clayton Kershaw	1
Saúl Rivera	1
Andrew Miller	1
Kevin Correia	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Johan Santana	1
Paul Byrd	1
Arthur Rhodes	1
Aaron Laffey	1
Brian Wilson	1
Paul Maholm	1
Jonny Venters	1
Edinson Vólquez	1
Tim Hudson	1
Alex Torres	1
Wesley Wright	1
Chris Narveson	1
Kevin Siegrist	1
Brandon Medders	1
Barry Zito	1
Woody Williams	1
Danny Herrera	1
Ted Lilly	1
Dallas Braden	1
John Maine	1
Travis Wood	1
Aníbal Sánchez	1
Shawn Estes	1
Greg Aquino	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Stolmy Pimentel	1
Randy Wolf	1
Chris Rusin	1
Jeremy Sowers	1
John Danks	1
Juan Pérez	1
Josh Fogg	1

16 Parks
Coors Fld (DEN)	17
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
loanDepot pk (MIA)	5
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	4
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	4
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1

Where Hit
78	17
7	16
9	13
8	4
89	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	11
3	9
5	9
4	8
2	7
7+	6
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	14
-2-	6
12-	3
--3	1
1-3	1

83 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	29
1 on	21
2 on	4
Any on	25

Inning
1	5
2	11
3	5
4	9
5	6
6	5
7	4
8	3
9	6

1-3	21
4-6	20
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	6
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	16
-1	7
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	8

Ahead	18
Tied	16
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
3-2	8
1-0	6
2-2	6
1-2	5
2-1	5
1-1	4
0-2	3
2-0	3
3-1	2
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	14
1B	12
RF	8
LF	7
PH	6
3B	6
DH	1

OrderPos
7th	17
6th	12
2nd	8
5th	5
9th	5
4th	4
3rd	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-04-04	COL		SDP	Woody Williams	ahead 4-3	b 3	2	-2-	7,(3-2) CBBBCFX	2	7	5	0.160	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Holliday Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2006-09-17	COL	@	ARI	Greg Aquino	ahead 3-1	t 8	1	1--	3,(2-0) BB1X	2	5	7	0.103	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Atkins Scores
3	3	2	1	2006-09-18	COL		SFG	Noah Lowry	tied 3-3	b 1	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	9	0.156	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Holliday Scores; T. Helton Scores
4	4	3	2	2006-09-18	COL		SFG	Noah Lowry	ahead 6-3	b 2	1	1-3	2,(1-0) 1BX	3	6	9	0.090	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Holliday Scores; T. Helton Scores
5	5	4	1	2006-09-22	COL		ATL	Tim Hudson	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	0.173	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Helton Scores
6	6	5	1	2006-09-24	COL		ATL	Chuck James	behind 0-7	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	9	0.027	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2007-04-02	COL		ARI	Brandon Medders	tied 5-5	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BFX	1	9	PH	0.155	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	2	1	2007-05-12	COL		SFG	Barry Zito	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	6	9	0.063	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	2007-08-09	COL		CHC	Ted Lilly	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	7	3	0.068	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	4	1	2007-09-14	COL		FLA	Dontrelle Willis	behind 2-3	b 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	7	9	0.240	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Atkins Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2008-06-04	COL	@	LAD	Clayton Kershaw	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	10,(3-2) CBB1SFBFFFX	2	7	9	0.163	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Iannetta Scores
12	12	2	1	2008-06-17	COL		CLE	Paul Byrd	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	0.202	73%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Taveras Scores
13	13	3	1	2008-06-18	COL		CLE	Aaron Laffey	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BSFBX	1	6	4	0.097	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
14	14	4	1	2008-06-19	COL		CLE	Jeremy Sowers	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	3	0.156	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	5	1	2008-06-20	COL		NYM	John Maine	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	5,(3-1) 1B11B>B.CX	2	2	4	0.120	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); W. Taveras Scores
16	16	6	1	2008-07-03	COL		FLA	Andrew Miller	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	3	0.162	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Atkins Scores
17	17	7	1	2008-07-20	COL		PIT	Zach Duke	tied 3-3	b 5	2	--3	6,(2-2) CBFBFX	2	2	4	0.224	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); I. Stewart Scores
18	18	8	1	2008-07-25	COL	@	CIN	Edinson Vólquez	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	---	4,(1-2) FSBX	1	2	4	0.104	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	9	1	2008-07-27	COL	@	CIN	Josh Fogg	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	1--	5,(1-2) P1FFF>X	2	2	4	0.100	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Podsednik Scores
20	20	10	1	2008-09-16	COL		SDP	Shawn Estes	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	5	0.219	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Iannetta Scores; B. Hawpe Scores
21	21	11	1	2008-09-20	COL		ARI	Doug Davis	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	9	0.181	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	12	1	2008-09-24	COL	@	SFG	Kevin Correia	ahead 14-3	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2009-07-24	CHC		CIN	Danny Herrera	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	7	PH	0.073	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	2	1	2009-08-15	CHC		PIT	Zach Duke	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	4	0.104	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	3	1	2009-08-25	CHC		WSN	Saúl Rivera	behind 5-15	b 9	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	9	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	4	1	2009-09-24	CHC	@	SFG	Brian Wilson	behind 1-2	t 9	2	-2-	5,(2-2) 1>C.SBBX	2	6	5	0.694	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Lee Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2010-04-10	CHC	@	CIN	Arthur Rhodes	tied 3-3	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BCX	1	7	PH	0.249	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	2	1	2010-04-12	CHC		MIL	Doug Davis	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	1--	8,(3-2) BBFB1F>F>F>X	2	7	4	0.097	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Soriano Scores
29	29	3	1	2010-06-17	CHC		OAK	Dallas Braden	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	8,(3-2) CBSBBFFX	1	2	5	0.101	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	4	1	2010-08-08	CHC		CIN	Travis Wood	behind 0-8	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2011-04-08	CHC	@	MIL	Randy Wolf	tied 2-2	t 4	2	12-	3,(1-1) *BFX	3	1	4	0.313	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Soriano Scores/unER; C. Zambrano Scores/unER; J. Baker Scores/unER
32	32	2	1	2011-06-15	CHC		MIL	Chris Narveson	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	5,(1-2) SFFBX	1	3	3	0.110	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	3	1	2011-09-12	CHC	@	CIN	Dontrelle Willis	tied 3-3	t 3	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	4	3	0.122	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2012-06-05	CHC	@	MIL	Juan Pérez	ahead 8-0	t 9	1	1--	6,(2-2) .BCSFBX	2	4	PH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. DeJesus Scores
35	35	2	1	2012-07-04	CHC	@	ATL	Jonny Venters	ahead 3-1	t 7	1	---	2,(1-0) .B.X	1	9	PH	0.083	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
36	36	3	1	2012-07-06	CHC	@	NYM	Johan Santana	ahead 5-2	t 5	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	5	4	0.061	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	2012-07-17	CHC		MIA	Aníbal Sánchez	behind 0-8	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	4	0.008	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2013-04-19	TEX		SEA	Joe Saunders	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	3	0.113	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
39	39	2	1	2013-04-30	TEX		CHW	Jose Quintana	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.140	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
40	40	3	1	2013-05-01	TEX		CHW	Chris Sale	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	6	7	0.103	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	4	1	2013-05-10	TEX	@	HOU	Wesley Wright	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	7	0.201	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
42	42	5	1	2013-05-24	TEX	@	SEA	Joe Saunders	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	7	7	0.220	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Cruz Scores
43	43	6	1	2013-06-04	TEX	@	BOS	Ryan Dempster	behind 0-9	t 4	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	5	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Pierzynski Scores
44	44	7	1	2013-06-06	TEX	@	BOS	Jon Lester	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-2-	7,(3-2) BBBCFFX	2	7	DH	0.138	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Pierzynski Scores
45	45	8	1	2013-06-08	TEX	@	TOR	Mark Buehrle	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.067	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	9	1	2013-06-10	TEX		CLE	Scott Kazmir	behind 1-3	b 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	7	3	0.206	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Pierzynski Scores
47	47	10	1	2013-08-23	TEX	@	CHW	Chris Sale	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	3	0.198	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Ríos Scores
48	48	11	1	2013-08-25	TEX	@	CHW	John Danks	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	7,(3-2) FC*BBB>FX	2	6	7	0.202	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Beltré Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2014-05-03	MIA		LAD	Paul Maholm	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFFBX	1	7	4	0.122	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
50	50	2	1	2014-06-14	MIA		PIT	Stolmy Pimentel	behind 4-8	b 9	2	-2-	5,(1-2) S>S.>FBX	2	9	3	0.008	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Hechavarría Scores
51	51	3	1	2014-08-13	MIA		STL	Kevin Siegrist	behind 0-5	b 9	1	1--	5,(2-2) .CCBBX	2	2	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Yelich Scores
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	2015-05-30	MIA	@	NYM	Alex Torres	ahead 8-5	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0.018	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
53	53	2	1	2015-06-03	MIA		CHC	Jon Lester	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	4	3	0.016	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	3	1	2015-06-11	MIA		COL	Chris Rusin	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	6	3	0.016	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)