Home Run Baker

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 173lb (180cm, 78kg)

Born: March 13, 1886 in Trappe, MD us

Died: June 28, 1963 in Trappe, MD

Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery of Talbot County, Easton, MD

High School: Trappe HS (Trappe, MD)

Debut: September 21, 1908 (Age 22-192d, 3,113th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1922 (Age 36-200d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1955. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Home Run Baker's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: John Franklin Baker

Nicknames: Home Run

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.8

5984

1838

.307

887

RBI

991

235

OBP

.363

SLG

.442

OPS

.805

OPS+

135

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

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 13	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 15	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,5-13	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 24	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 25	PHA		WSH	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 26	PHA		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 27	PHA		WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
12	12	Apr 28	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 3	PHA	@	NYY	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	16	May 4	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	17	May 5	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
18	18	May 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
19	19	May 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	W,17-13	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	22	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
23	23	May 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
24	24	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
26	26	May 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	27	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
28	28	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	29	May 20	PHA	@	DET	W,14-12	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 21	PHA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
31	31	May 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
33	33	May 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	34	May 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 27 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	May 27 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	PHA		CLE	W,14-8	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
41	41	Jun 2	PHA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 3	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	0	4	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 7	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
44	44	Jun 8	PHA		DET	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 9	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	46	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	W,14-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
47	47	Jun 12	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
48	48	Jun 13	PHA		SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 14	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 16	PHA		CHW	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 17	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
52	52	Jun 19	PHA		WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 21 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 21 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 22	PHA		WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 23 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
57	57	Jun 23 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 24	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
59	59	Jun 26	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
60	60	Jun 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 28 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
62	62	Jun 28 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,16-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
63	63	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	64	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,13-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	2	7	0
66	66	Jul 3 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	0	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
67	67	Jul 3 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,11-9	CG	0	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
70	70	Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	0	8.2	1	6	0	7	0
71	71	Jul 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 7	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 8	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
74	74	Jul 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 11	PHA	@	DET	L,8-14	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
76	76	Jul 12	PHA	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
77	77	Jul 13	PHA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 16	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
81	81	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	0	14.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	82	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
83	83	Jul 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
84	84	Jul 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
85	85	Jul 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	86	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	87	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 26	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
89	89	Jul 27	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	90	Jul 28 (1)	PHA		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 28 (2)	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
92	92	Jul 29	PHA		DET	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	93	Jul 31	PHA		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	94	Aug 1	PHA		DET	L,6-13	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
95	95	Aug 2	PHA		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
96	96	Aug 4 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	97	Aug 4 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	98	Aug 5	PHA		SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
99	99	Aug 7 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	14.0	3	3	0	6	0
100	100	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
101	101	Aug 8	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	102	Aug 9	PHA		CHW	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 10	PHA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
105	105	Aug 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	106	Aug 12	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
107	107	Aug 14	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
108	108	Aug 17 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
109	109	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	110	Aug 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	111	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	13.0	4	5	0	9	0
112	112	Aug 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
113	113	Aug 22 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	114	Aug 22 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	115	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	116	Aug 26 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
117	117	Aug 27	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
118	118	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	119	Aug 29	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	0	10.2	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	120	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
121	121	Sep 1 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
122	122	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
123	123	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	124	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	11.0	1	4	1	6	0
125	125	Sep 5	PHA		WSH	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
126	126	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
127	127	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	128	Sep 7	PHA		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
129	129	Sep 8	PHA		BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
130	130	Sep 9	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
131	131	Sep 11	PHA	@	NYY	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
132	132	Sep 12	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
133	133	Sep 13	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
134	134	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
135	135	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
136	136	Sep 19	PHA		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
137	137	Sep 20	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
138	138	Sep 21	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	139	Sep 22	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 23	PHA		DET	W,14-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
141	141	Sep 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
142	142	Sep 25	PHA		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
143	143	Sep 26	PHA		DET	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
144	144	Sep 27	PHA		CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	145	Sep 28	PHA		CLE	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
146	146	Sep 30 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
147	147	Sep 30 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
148	151 (3)	Oct 5	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							148gm		1345.0	217	274	30	521	26