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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	47	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
3	3	Apr 18	NYY		PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
4	4	Apr 19	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 24	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	3	3	1	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	15	May 3	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	16	May 4	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
17	17	May 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	48	13.0	2	4	0	6	1
18	18	May 6	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
19	19	May 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	20	May 9	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	21	May 10	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
22	22	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
23	23	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	24	May 13	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	25	May 15	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	26	May 19	NYY		DET	T,2-2	GS	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
27	27	May 20	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	28	May 22	NYY		SLB	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
29	37 (8)	May 31 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	40 (2)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	41	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
32	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
33	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	0	4	1	5	0
34	44	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	12.1	1	1	1	3	0
35	45	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
36	46	Jun 12	NYY	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
37	47	Jun 13	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
38	48	Jun 14	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
39	49	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	0	1	3	1
40	50	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	51	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,19-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
42	52	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	53	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
44	54	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	55	Jun 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
46	56	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
47	57	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	58	Jun 24 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	59	Jun 24 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	60	Jun 26	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	CG	0	11.0	4	0	1	5	0
51	61	Jun 27	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	62	Jun 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
53	64 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-0	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	66	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	69	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	70	Jul 6	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
60	71	Jul 7	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	3	3	0	6	1
61	72	Jul 8	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
62	73	Jul 10	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	74	Jul 11 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	75	Jul 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
65	76	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	77	Jul 12 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
67	78	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
68	79	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	47	12.0	0	5	1	6	0
69	80	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	131 (50)	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	132	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	133	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
73	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
74	135	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
75	136	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
76	137	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	138	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
78	139	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	140	Sep 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
80	141	Sep 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	142	Sep 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	15.0	3	9	0	12	0
82	143	Sep 20	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	144	Sep 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	145	Sep 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
85	146	Sep 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
86	147	Sep 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
87	148	Sep 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	149	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
89	150	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	10.0	0	2	0	2	1
90	151	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	152	Sep 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	37	9.1	0	3	0	3	0
92	153	Oct 2	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	154	Oct 3	NYY		WSH	T,9-9	CG	51	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
94	155	Oct 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
95	156	Oct 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							96gm		851.0	133	210	22	365	16