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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	W,17-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
3	3	Apr 20	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,6-7	GS	17	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
5	8 (3)	Apr 25 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (4)	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	14	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	GF	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	15	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,7-0	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	16	May 6 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
10	17	May 6 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
11	19 (1)	May 11	CHW		CLE	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
12	20	May 12	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
13	21	May 13 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
14	22	May 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
15	23	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
16	24	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	25	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	26	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	28 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	31 (2)	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	48 (16)	Jun 10 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,11-7	GF	19	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 3B
22	50 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
23	54 (3)	Jun 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
24	55	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	60 (4)	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
26	62 (1)	Jun 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 3B
27	63	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	65 (1)	Jun 26	CHW		DET	W,11-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	71 (5)	Jul 2	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
30	73 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-6	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	GS	0	6.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
33	76	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	1	2	0	3	1
34	77	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	83 (3)	Jul 14	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	95 (11)	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	101 (5)	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
41	107 (4)	Aug 7	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
42	108	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	126 (17)	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	134 (7)	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	43	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
45	135	Sep 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	137 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	55	14.0	2	1	2	5	0	3B
47	139 (1)	Sep 9	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GF	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
48	152 (12)	Sep 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
49	153	Sep 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
50	154	Sep 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	155	Sep 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
							52gm		259.2	40	58	6	104	8