Home Run Baker

John Franklin Baker
Born: March 13, 1886
Trappe, MD USA
Deceased: 1963
Trappe, MD USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 3B, PH
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 173
Career: 1908-1922
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.
Minor League Statistics

Home Run Baker compiled a career batting average of .307 with 96 home runs and 987 RBI in his 1575-game career with the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1908 season and last took the field during the 1922 campaign. Baker was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.

Philadelphia Athletics

New York Yankees

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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	HBP	SH
1908	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	9	33	31	5	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.290	.290	.387	.677	12	0	2
1909	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	148	606	541	73	165	27	19	4	85	20	0	26	48	.305	.343	.447	.790	242	5	34
1910	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	146	620	561	83	159	25	15	2	74	21	0	34	36	.283	.329	.392	.721	220	4	21
1911	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	148	659	592	96	198	42	14	11	115	38	0	40	0	.334	.379	.508	.887	301	2	25
1912	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	149	644	577	116	200	40	21	10	130	40	0	50	0	.347	.404	.541	.945	312	6	11
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	149	644	564	116	190	34	9	12	117	34	0	63	31	.337	.413	.493	.906	278	10	7
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	150	634	570	84	182	23	10	9	89	19	20	53	37	.319	.380	.442	.822	252	3	8
1916	AL	New York Yankees	100	402	360	46	97	23	2	10	52	15	0	36	30	.269	.344	.428	.772	154	5	1
1917	AL	New York Yankees	146	613	553	57	156	24	2	6	71	18	0	48	27	.282	.345	.365	.710	202	5	7
1918	AL	New York Yankees	126	556	504	65	154	24	5	6	62	8	0	38	13	.306	.357	.409	.765	206	2	12
1919	AL	New York Yankees	141	622	567	70	166	22	1	10	83	13	0	44	18	.293	.346	.388	.734	220	2	9
1921	AL	New York Yankees	94	369	330	46	97	16	2	9	71	8	5	26	12	.294	.353	.436	.789	144	4	9
1922	AL	New York Yankees	69	258	234	30	65	12	3	7	36	1	3	15	14	.278	.327	.444	.771	104	2	7
Totals			1575	6660	5984	887	1838	315	103	96	987	235	28	473	268	.307	.363	.442	.805	2647	50	153

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1908	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	9	9	72.0	12	22	0	0	1.000	4.250	3.778
1909	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	146	146	1309.0	209	277	42	16	.920	3.341	3.329
1910	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	146	145	1332.0	207	313	45	35	.920	3.514	3.562
1911	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	148	0	0.0	217	274	30	26	.942		3.318
1912	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	149	0	0.0	217	321	34	25	.941		3.611
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	149	0	0.0	233	280	44	19	.921		3.443
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	149	0	0.0	221	292	24	20	.955		3.443
1916	AL	New York Yankees	3B	96	0	0.0	133	210	22	16	.940		3.573
1917	AL	New York Yankees	3B	146	0	0.0	202	317	28	21	.949		3.555
1918	AL	New York Yankees	3B	126	0	0.0	175	282	13	30	.972		3.627
1919	AL	New York Yankees	3B	141	0	0.0	176	286	22	28	.955		3.277
1921	AL	New York Yankees	3B	83	0	0.0	84	173	11	16	.959		3.096
1922	AL	New York Yankees	3B	60	0	0.0	68	108	7	7	.962		2.933
Totals				1548	300	2713.0	2154	3155	322	259	.943	17.612	3.430

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	SF	IBB
1910	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	5	24	22	6	9	3	1	0	4	0	3	2	1	.409	.458	.636	1.095	14	0	0	0
1911	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	6	25	24	7	9	2	0	2	5	0	1	1	5	.375	.400	.708	1.108	17	0	0	1
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	5	21	20	2	9	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	2	.450	.429	.600	1.029	12	0	1	0
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	4	17	16	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.250	.294	.375	.669	6	1	0	1
1921	AL	New York Yankees	WS	4	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	0	0
1922	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals				25	97	91	15	33	7	1	3	18	1	4	5	11	.363	.392	.560	.952	51	1	1	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1910	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	3B	5	5	45.7	8	11	2	2	.905	3.745	3.800
1911	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	3B	6	6	55.7	10	11	2	1	.913	3.395	3.500
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	3B	5	5	46.0	6	5	1	0	.917	2.152	2.200
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	3B	4	4	37.0	10	15	0	2	1.000	6.081	6.250
1921	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3B	2	1	15.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	2.500
Totals					22	21	199.3	36	45	5	5	.942	3.657	3.682

Awards

1911 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1913 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1914 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1918 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B

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