Floyd Baker

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: October 10, 1916 in Luray, VA us

Died: November 16, 2004 in Youngstown, OH

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Boardman, OH

Debut: May 4, 1943 (Age 26-206d, 9,456th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 4, 1955 (Age 38-206d)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Floyd Wilton Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

2280

573

.251

285

RBI

196

OBP

.360

SLG

.297

OPS

.658

OPS+

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
2	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	CHW		SLB	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 24 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
7	7	Apr 24 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 26 (2)	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	11	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	May 1 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-11	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,12-14	GS	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	16	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	May 6	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
18	18	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 8 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
20	20	May 8 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	21	May 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	22	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	23	May 12	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
24	24	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	25	May 15 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
26	26	May 15 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
28	28	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	29	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	30	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
31	31	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	32	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	May 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
34	34	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	1	2	0	3	0
36	36	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	37	May 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	2	2	0	4	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,7-12	CG	53	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 4	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
46	46	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	48 (1)	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	43	12.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	49	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	50	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-15	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	51	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	52	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-15	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	53	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	54	Jun 16 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	55	Jun 16 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	56	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	2	0	3	1
56	57	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	58	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	63 (4)	Jun 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
60	65	Jun 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
61	67 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	68	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
63	69	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
65	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	2	4	0	6	0
66	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	GF	0	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
68	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	76 (1)	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	77	Jul 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
71	81 (3)	Jul 14	CHW		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	3
72	83 (1)	Jul 16	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
73	84	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
74	85	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
75	86	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
76	87	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
77	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	89	Jul 22	CHW		PHA	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
79	90	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	91	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
81	94 (2)	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	96 (1)	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
83	98 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	99	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	100	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	101	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
87	102	Aug 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	103	Aug 7 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
89	104	Aug 7 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
90	105	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,5-11	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	107 (1)	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	53	11.2	2	4	0	6	0
92	108	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
93	109	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
94	110	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
95	111	Aug 15	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	112	Aug 16	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
97	113	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	114	Aug 18	CHW		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	115	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	GS	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
100	116	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
101	117	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
102	118	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
103	119	Aug 24	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
104	120	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
105	121	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
106	122	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	123	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
108	124	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
109	125	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
110	126	Aug 30	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
111	127	Aug 31	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	128	Sep 1	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
113	129	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
114	130	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	GS	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	133	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	134	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
118	135	Sep 8	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	2	4	1
119	136	Sep 10	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
120	137	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
121	141 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
122	144 (2)	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
123	152 (7)	Oct 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-8	GF	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
124	153	Oct 2 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
125	154	Oct 2 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							126gm		1042.0	111	280	9	400	32