Bill Baker

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: February 22, 1911 in Paw Creek, NC us

Died: April 13, 2006 in Myrtle Beach, SC

Buried: Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodleaf, NC

High School: Boyden HS (Salisbury, NC)

Debut: May 4, 1940 (Age 29-072d, 8,893rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1949 (Age 38-160d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: William Presley Baker

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1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

588

145

.247

RBI

OBP

.328

SLG

.316

OPS

.644

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-25 / in Starts: 17-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	42 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 134 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	71 (35-23-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 134 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (46-29-14)

Most Driven In
E Slaughter	4
N Jones	3
W Kurowski	2
E Dusak	2
R Northey	1
H Pollet	1

Most Driven In By
M Marion	5
S Musial	1
M Dickson	1
R Schoendienst	1
R Northey	1
T Wilks	1
R LaPointe	0

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	199	67 (66)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.67	-0.069	2.54	-0.16%	-0.99	C
2	200	70 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG(6)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.61	0.007	2.48	0.02%	0.03	C
3	201	71	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,10-12	CG(8)	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	8	1.48	0.395	6.46	1.04%	2.76	C
4	202	72	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8						C
5	203	73	Jul 8	STL		PIT	L,4-6	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.389	.722	8	1.00	0.045	4.84	0.13%	-0.32	C
6	204	74	Jul 9	STL		CIN	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.368	.684	8	.25	-0.007	.87	-0.02%	-0.24	C
7	205	75	Jul 10	STL		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.318	.318	.364	.682	8	1.29	-0.088	4.93	-0.20%	-1.06	C
8	206	76	Jul 11	STL		CIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.320	.600	8	1.77	-0.128	5.86	-0.26%	-0.65	C
9	207	78 (1)	Jul 16	STL		PHI	W,8-2	GS-0	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.321	.345	.429	.773	8						C
10	208	79	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,10-11	GS-7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.333	.438	.771	8	1.31	0.139	3.10	0.20%	0.98	C
11	209	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,6-3	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.333	.438	.771	8						C
12	210	81	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-13	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.314	.351	.429	.780	8	.07	-0.002	.18	0.00%	-0.47	C
13	211	84 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG(11)	5	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.359	.405	.513	.918	8	1.45	0.150	2.76	0.17%	1.66	C
14	212	87 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.395	.500	.895	8	1.17	-0.029	4.80	-0.07%	-0.31	C
15	213	90 (2)	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	8-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.409	.500	.909	9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.39	PH
16	214	91	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.349	.417	.488	.905	8	1.01	0.102	2.18	0.13%	1.26	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	215	94 (2)	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.362	.423	.489	.912	8	1.17	0.106	2.40	0.13%	0.58	C
18	216	96 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.411	.471	.881	8	.91	0.020	2.73	0.04%	-0.31	C
19	217	98 (1)	Aug 6	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	8	1.18	-0.075	4.36	-0.17%	-1.31	C
20	218	99	Aug 7	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.406	.456	.862	8	1.14	0.172	4.71	0.43%	1.53	C
21	219	101 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.450	.862	8	.68	0.061	2.89	0.16%	0.31	C
22	220	103 (1)	Aug 11	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.403	.438	.840	8	.53	-0.058	2.65	-0.17%	-0.31	C
23	221	104	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.405	.431	.836	8	3.04	-0.045	16.57	-0.15%	-0.25	PH C
24	222	105	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.385	.406	.790	8	.90	-0.102	4.26	-0.29%	-1.31	C
25	223	108 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.306	.390	.417	.807	8						C
26	224	120 (11)	Aug 28 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.386	.411	.797	9	.53	-0.013	3.44	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
27	225	121	Aug 28 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.321	.398	.436	.834	8	1.82	0.489	12.69	2.04%	1.45	C
28	226	122	Aug 29 (1)	STL		BRO	L,7-12	6-6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.404	.456	.860	9	.43	0.025	3.83	0.13%	0.74	PH
29	227	123	Aug 29 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.457	.863	8	1.09	0.098	8.82	0.48%	0.89	C
30	228	124	Aug 30 (1)	STL		BRO	L,5-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.407	.457	.863	5						PH
31	229	125	Aug 30 (2)	STL		BRO	L,1-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.402	.451	.853	9	1.11	-0.029	7.28	-0.11%	-0.25	PH
32	230	126	Aug 31	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.329	.400	.447	.847	8	.60	0.088	2.25	0.20%	0.96	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	231	129 (2)	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.326	.394	.438	.832	6	.48	0.020	2.56	0.06%	0.30	C
34	232	130	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	9	.45	0.024	2.85	0.09%	0.13	PH
35	233	131	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.337	.408	.457	.864	6						C
36	234	132	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.404	.452	.855	9						PH
37	235	135 (2)	Sep 10	STL		CIN	W,6-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.330	.398	.443	.841	8	1.54	-0.079	3.01	-0.09%	-0.86	C
38	236	139 (3)	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.330	.402	.450	.852	8	.73	0.096	1.04	0.08%	0.90	C
39	237	140	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.397	.442	.839	6	.85	-0.014	1.41	-0.01%	-0.19	C
40	238	141	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.393	.438	.831	9	1.73	-0.044	2.96	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
41	239	144 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.312	.380	.422	.802	8	.38	-0.038	.45	-0.03%	-1.15	C
42	240	148 (3)	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.368	.407	.775	8	1.24	-0.139	.08	-0.01%	-1.50	C
43	241	150 (1)	Sep 29	STL		PIT	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.298	.365	.404	.769	9						PH
44	242	151	Sep 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0			0	0	0	.293	.369	.397	.766	8						C
45	243	153 (1)	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.294	.373	.395	.768	8						C
							20-25		134	119	13	35	10	1	0	15	15	3	7	0	0		4	4	1	0	.294	.373	.395	.768		1.03	1.078	3.78	3.69%	2.93

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