Steve Baker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 30, 1956 in Eugene, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA).

High Schools: Monte Vista HS (Danville, CA), Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA)

Schools: Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA), University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

Debut: May 25, 1978 (Age 21-268d, 14,033rd in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.1 IP, 8 H, 6 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1983 (Age 27-028d)
vs. MON 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Steven Byrne Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.6

ERA

5.13

237.0

131

WHIP

1.641

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-8 / in Starts: 5-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 3

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	39	May 25	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7		99	6.1	8	1	1	3	6	1	0	1.42	4.16	28	4	8	0	0	7	56			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.136	2.09	0.17%	1.63	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
2	2	45	May 30	DET		BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.0	3	2	1	4	7	0	0	1.35	3.19	28	4	10	0	1	3	68			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.19	0.162	1.21	0.10%	0.48	1t start tie	8t --3 0 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	50	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	3	3	3	4	2	2	0	2.60	5.01	17	6	2	0	0	3	42			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.155	.93	-0.09%	-1.06	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
4	4	55	Jun 11	DET		KCR	W,5-2	GS-9		6	8.1	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.45	4.30	32	10	9	3	2	4	68			2	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.123	1.70	0.08%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
5	5	60	Jun 16	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	5-GF(8)		4	4.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.73	3.97	20	7	2	0	1	7		0	0	1	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.014	.21	0.00%	-0.08	5b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
6	6	63	Jun 20	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.1	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.84	4.30	33	16	5	1	0	5	58			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.278	.26	0.03%	1.78	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out a1
7	7	68	Jun 25	DET		NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.1	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.12	4.20	25	8	5	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.18	-0.149	.29	-0.02%	-0.76	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d1
8	8	74	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.0	6	6	5	2	1	1	0	3.97	4.50	15	3	3	0	1	6	21			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	-0.408	.22	-0.03%	-5.09	1b start a 1	3b --- 0 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	84	Jul 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-4		8	3.1	3	3	2	4	0	0	0	4.07	4.62	16	4	5	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.257	.13	-0.02%	-1.62	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d1
10	10	89	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-5		7	4.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.27	4.60	21	10	1	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	1	2	.90	-0.160	.08	-0.01%	-2.01	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	137	Sep 4(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	5-7		48	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.12	4.54	8	3	1	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.173	.06	0.00%	1.11	5b 12- 2 out tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
12	12	139	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	5-6		1	1.0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	4.04	4.53	6	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.46	5b -23 1 out d5	6b -23 1 out d5
13	13	149	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	6-11	L(1-3)	11	4.1	1	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.90	4.42	18	4	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.82	6t 1-- 2 out d1	11t 1-3 0 out tie
14	14	155	Sep 23(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-2	L(1-4)	4	1.1	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.40	4.48	12	2	2	0	0	6	24			1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.330	.00	0.00%	-4.62	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d4
15	15	161	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,5-4	6-8	BW(2-4)	6	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.55	4.57	10	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.408	.00	0.00%	-2.02	6t --- 0 out a1	8t 12- 0 out a1
							7-8		W-L:2-4,BSv:1	4.6	63.1	66	37	32	42	39	6	0	4.55	4.57	289	1.42		3%	3%	65	45	5	0%	8	2	0	239	7	1	0	9	4	4	1.18	-0.914	.67	0.21%	-9.11

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