Harold Baines

Positions: Designated Hitter and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: March 15, 1959 in Easton, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (1st) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Michaels HS (St. Michaels, MD).

High School: St. Michaels HS (St. Michaels, MD)

Debut: April 10, 1980 (Age 21-026d, 14,267th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 2001 (Age 42-196d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2019. (Voted by Today's Game Era Committee)
View Harold Baines's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Jack Sands, Steve Freyer

Full Name: Harold Douglas Baines

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.8

9908

2866

384

.289

1299

RBI

1628

OBP

.356

SLG

.465

OPS

.820

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 22)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 11	CHW		BAL	W,8-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
3	3	Apr 12	CHW		BAL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 13	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 15	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 16	CHW		NYY	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 17	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	8	Apr 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
9	9	Apr 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
10	10	Apr 20	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	11	Apr 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	GF	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
12	12	Apr 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
13	13	Apr 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	14	Apr 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	17 (2)	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	L,1-11	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	RF
16	18	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19	May 1	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
18	20	May 2	CHW		MIL	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	21	May 3	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	22	May 4	CHW		MIL	L,1-11	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	23	May 5	CHW		MIL	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	24	May 6	CHW		KCR	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	RF
23	25	May 7	CHW		KCR	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	26	May 8	CHW		KCR	W,8-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
25	27	May 9	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS	32	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	28	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,10-6	GS	35	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
27	30 (1)	May 13	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	31	May 14	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
29	32	May 15	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	33	May 16	CHW		SEA	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
31	34	May 17	CHW		SEA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	35	May 18	CHW		SEA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	36	May 19	CHW		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
34	37	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
35	38	May 21	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	40 (1)	May 24	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	42 (1)	May 26	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
38	43	May 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	44	May 28	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	46 (1)	May 30	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
41	47	May 31	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	48	Jun 1	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	50 (1)	Jun 3	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	51	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	52	Jun 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH RF
46	53	Jun 6	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	GF	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
47	54	Jun 8	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	55	Jun 10	CHW		TOR	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	56	Jun 11	CHW		TOR	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	57	Jun 13	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
51	58	Jun 14	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	59	Jun 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
53	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
54	61	Jun 18 (1)	CHW	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	62	Jun 18 (2)	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	63	Jun 20	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	46	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
57	64	Jun 21	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	65	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
59	66	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	67	Jun 24	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
61	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	70	Jun 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
64	71	Jun 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
65	72	Jun 29	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
66	73	Jun 30	CHW		CAL	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	74	Jul 1	CHW		CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	75	Jul 2	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	76	Jul 3	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	77	Jul 4	CHW		OAK	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	78	Jul 5	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	79	Jul 6 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
73	80	Jul 6 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	81	Jul 10	CHW		BAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	82	Jul 11	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	83	Jul 12	CHW		NYY	L,0-8	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
77	85 (1)	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	86	Jul 15	CHW	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	88 (1)	Jul 17	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	RF
80	89	Jul 18	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	90	Jul 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
82	91	Jul 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
83	92	Jul 21	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	96 (3)	Jul 25	CHW		TEX	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	97	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	98	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		TEX	T,1-1	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
87	99	Jul 27 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	100	Jul 27 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
89	101	Jul 29	CHW		MIL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	102	Jul 30	CHW		MIL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	104 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		KCR	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
92	106 (1)	Aug 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	108 (1)	Aug 7	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
94	109	Aug 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
95	110	Aug 9	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	116 (5)	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	120 (3)	Aug 21	CHW		TOR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	121	Aug 22	CHW		TOR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	122	Aug 23	CHW		TOR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
100	123	Aug 24	CHW		TOR	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	124	Aug 26	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	125	Aug 27	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	55	14.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
103	126	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
104	127	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
105	128	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-8	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	130 (1)	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
108	132	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
109	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
110	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
111	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	136	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
113	137	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	138	Sep 8	CHW		SEA	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	139	Sep 9	CHW		SEA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
116	140	Sep 10	CHW		SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
117	141	Sep 12	CHW		MIN	W,5-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
118	142	Sep 13	CHW		MIN	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
119	143	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
120	144	Sep 15	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-12	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
121	145	Sep 16	CHW	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
122	146	Sep 17	CHW	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
123	147	Sep 18	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
124	148	Sep 19	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
125	149	Sep 21 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
126	150	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
127	151	Sep 23	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
128	152	Sep 24	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
129	153	Sep 25	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
130	154	Sep 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
131	156 (1)	Sep 28	CHW	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
132	157	Sep 30	CHW		OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
133	158	Oct 1	CHW		OAK	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
134	159	Oct 2	CHW		OAK	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
135	160	Oct 3	CHW		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
136	161	Oct 4	CHW		CAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
137	162	Oct 5	CHW		CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							137gm		1119.2	230	6	9	245	1