Gene Baker

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: June 15, 1925 in Davenport, IA us

Died: December 1, 1999 in Davenport, IA

Buried: Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL

High School: Davenport HS (Davenport, IA)

School: St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA)

Debut: 1948 (10,376th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: September 20, 1953 (Age 28-097d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 10, 1961 (Age 35-360d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1954 season)

Full Name: Eugene Walter Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.2

2411

635

.263

304

RBI

255

OBP

.320

SLG

.388

OPS

.708

OPS+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
3	3	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
4	4	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	T,1-1	CG	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	6	6	0	12	2	2B
8	8	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
13	13	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	78	17.0	3	3	0	6	0
14	14	May 4	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
15	15	May 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
16	16	May 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,6-6	CG	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
17	17	May 8	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
18	18	May 12	CHC		STL	W,14-10	CG	43	9.0	3	10	0	13	2	2B
19	19	May 13 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
20	20	May 13 (2)	CHC		STL	L,7-14	CG	40	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
21	21	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
22	22	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	7	1	9	2
23	23	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
24	24	May 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
26	26	May 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
27	27	May 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	3	2B
28	28	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
29	29	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
30	30	May 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,9-11	CG	46	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
31	31	May 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
32	32	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
33	33	May 29	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
34	34	May 30 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,10-9	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	35	May 30 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
36	36	May 31	CHC		MLN	L,8-15	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	61	15.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
38	38	Jun 2 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
39	39	Jun 2 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
40	40	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
41	41	Jun 5	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
42	42	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
43	43	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
45	45	Jun 9	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	2B
46	46	Jun 10 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
47	47	Jun 10 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
48	48	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
49	49	Jun 13	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
50	50	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
51	51	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
52	52	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
53	53	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
54	54	Jun 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
55	55	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
56	56	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	10.0	4	3	0	7	1
57	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
58	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
60	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
61	61	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
62	62	Jun 29	CHC		MLN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
63	63	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
65	65	Jul 1 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
66	66	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
67	67	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
70	70	Jul 5	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
71	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
72	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
73	73	Jul 8	CHC	@	MLN	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
75	75	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
76	76	Jul 13	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
78	78	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	6	0	7	2
79	79	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	7	3	1	11	0	2B
80	80	Jul 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	GS	24	5.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
81	81	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	63	16.0	8	5	1	14	2	2B
82	82	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	2	7	2	2B
83	83	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
84	84	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
85	85	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
86	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
87	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
88	88	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
89	89	Jul 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
90	90	Jul 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
91	91	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	5	4	1	10	2	2B
92	92	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
93	93	Jul 29 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	98 (4)	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-10	GF	34	7.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
95	99	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
96	100	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
97	101	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	1	2	1	4	0
98	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
99	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
100	104	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS	19	3.0	2	0	2	4	0	2B
101	118 (13)	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
102	119	Aug 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
103	120	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	3	2B
104	121	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	CG	41	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
105	122	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	11.0	4	8	0	12	3	2B
106	123	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
107	124	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
108	125	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	126	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
110	127	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
111	128	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
112	129	Aug 30	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
113	130	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	131	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
115	132	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
116	133	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
117	134	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
118	135	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	38	10.1	4	6	0	10	1	2B
119	136	Sep 7	CHC		MLN	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
120	137	Sep 8	CHC		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	2B
121	138	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
122	139	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
123	140	Sep 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
124	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
125	142	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
126	143	Sep 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
127	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
128	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
129	146	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
130	147	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
131	148	Sep 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
132	149	Sep 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
133	150	Sep 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
134	151	Sep 22	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
135	152	Sep 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
136	153	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	2	9	0	2B
137	154	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
138	155	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
139	156	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
140	157	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
							140gm		1232.0	362	426	25	813	99