Floyd Baker
Floyd Wilton Baker
Born: October 10, 1916
Luray, VA USA
Deceased: 2004
Youngstown, OH USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 160
Career: 1943-1955
Minor League Statistics
Floyd Baker compiled a career batting average of .251 with 1 home runs and 196 RBI in his 874-game career with the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies. He began playing during the 1943 season and last took the field during the 1955 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 22 | 53 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .174 | .269 | .217 | .487 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 44 | 110 | 97 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | .175 | .259 | .206 | .465 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 234 | 208 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | .250 | .325 | .288 | .613 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 9 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .308 | .292 | .599 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 105 | 439 | 371 | 61 | 98 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 28 | .264 | .375 | .313 | .688 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 104 | 412 | 335 | 47 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 26 | .215 | .359 | .257 | .615 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 474 | 388 | 38 | 101 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 32 | .260 | .392 | .327 | .719 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 83 | 223 | 186 | 26 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | .317 | .417 | .355 | .772 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 159 | 133 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | .263 | .380 | .323 | .703 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | Washington Senators | 79 | 298 | 263 | 27 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 17 | .262 | .342 | .293 | .635 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | AL | Washington Senators | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 199 | 172 | 22 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | .273 | .365 | .320 | .685 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 21 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .227 | .370 | .227 | .598 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 874 | 2694 | 2280 | 285 | 573 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 196 | 23 | 25 | 382 | 165 | .251 | .360 | .297 | .658 | 678 | 33 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1943 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 7 | .961 | 4.900 | |
| 1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 2B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 2.706 | |
| 1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 46 | 4 | 6 | .940 | 3.938 | |
| 1945 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 3.909 | |
| 1945 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 99 | 4 | 6 | .971 | 2.328 | |
| 1946 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 4.167 | |
| 1947 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |
| 1947 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 253 | 7 | 28 | .980 | 3.337 | |
| 1947 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
| 1948 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 55 | 3 | 17 | .972 | 5.889 | |
| 1948 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 171 | 10 | 17 | .961 | 3.507 | |
| 1948 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | |
| 1949 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1949 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 122 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 | 269 | 9 | 31 | .977 | 3.074 | |
| 1949 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | |
| 1950 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | |
| 1950 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 102 | 2 | 7 | .987 | 2.868 | |
| 1950 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
| 1951 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
| 1951 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 46 | 6 | 4 | .924 | 1.659 | |
| 1951 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | |
| 1952 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 68 | 0 | 0.0 | 151 | 176 | 2 | 36 | .994 | 4.809 | |
| 1952 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1952 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 6 | .895 | 4.857 | |
| 1953 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 36 | 1 | 12 | .988 | 5.063 | |
| 1953 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 6 | .963 | 2.135 | |
| 1953 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 7 | 3 | 31.0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.935 | 2.429 |
| 1954 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 7 | 0 | 16.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.320 | 1.143 |
| 1954 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.160 | 2.000 |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 2 | 0 | 7.7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.043 | 3.000 |
| 1955 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 8.000 |
| Totals | 696 | 4 | 72.7 | 802 | 1475 | 62 | 201 | .973 | 282.014 | 3.272 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | WS | 2B | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 |
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 |
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