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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 28)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYY		BOS	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 12	NYY		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	3	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	GS	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
4	4	Apr 17	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYY		WSH	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
8	8	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	11	Apr 28	NYY		PHA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	12	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	14	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	15	May 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	16	May 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	17	May 8	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
17	18	May 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	19	May 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	20	May 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	21	May 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	22	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	23	May 15	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
23	24	May 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	41	11.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	25	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	26	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
26	27	May 19	NYY	@	DET	T,9-9	CG	60	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	28	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	29	May 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
29	30	May 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
30	31	May 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	32	May 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	33	May 29 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
33	34	May 29 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
34	35	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
35	36	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	GS	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	39	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	40	Jun 4	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	41	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
40	42	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	43	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	44	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	45	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	46	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	6	2	0	8	1
45	47	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	50	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
46	48	Jun 15	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	49	Jun 16	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	50	Jun 17	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
49	51	Jun 18	NYY		SLB	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
50	52	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	53	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	54	Jun 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	55	Jun 22	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
54	56	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
55	57	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	58	Jun 25 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	59	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	60	Jun 26	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	61	Jun 27	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	62	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
61	63	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
62	64	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	1	4	0	5	1
63	65	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	66	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	T,4-4	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	69	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	70	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	51	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	71	Jul 7	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
70	72	Jul 8	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	73	Jul 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	74	Jul 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	69	17.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	75	Jul 12 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	0	5	1	6	0
74	76	Jul 12 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	77	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	1	0	3	1
76	78	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	79	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	80	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
79	81	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
80	82	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
81	83	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-7	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	84	Jul 19	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	85	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
84	86	Jul 21 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.1	1	2	0	3	0
85	87	Jul 21 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	88	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	53	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	89	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	90	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	91	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	52	14.0	1	3	1	5	1
90	92	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
91	93	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
92	94	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
93	95	Jul 30	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	96	Jul 31	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	97	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
96	98	Aug 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	99	Aug 3	NYY		DET	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	100	Aug 4	NYY		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	101	Aug 6	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	102	Aug 7	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	103	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
102	104	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
103	105	Aug 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	GS	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
104	106	Aug 10	NYY		CLE	L,7-8	CG	60	14.0	3	4	0	7	0
105	107	Aug 11	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
106	108	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
107	109	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	111	Aug 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	112	Aug 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
111	113	Aug 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
112	114	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
113	115	Aug 21	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	35	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
114	116	Aug 22	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
115	117	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	118	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
117	119	Aug 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
118	120	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
119	121	Aug 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
120	122	Aug 31 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
121	123	Aug 31 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	124	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
123	125	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	126	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
125	127	Sep 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	128	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	129	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	130	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	131	Sep 8 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	132	Sep 8 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
131	133	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
132	134	Sep 10 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	135	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
134	136	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
135	137	Sep 12	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
136	138	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
137	139	Sep 14	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
138	140	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	148 (7)	Sep 25	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
140	149	Sep 26	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
141	150	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	151	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
143	152	Oct 1	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
144	153	Oct 2	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
145	154	Oct 3 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
146	155	Oct 3 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
							146gm		1312.0	202	317	28	547	21