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Del Baker

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 176lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: May 3, 1892 in Sherwood, OR us

Died: September 11, 1973 in Olmos Park, TX

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, TX

High School: Sherwood HS (Sherwood, OR)

Debut: April 16, 1914 (Age 21-348d, 4,068th in major league history)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1916 (Age 24-150d)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Delmer David Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

302

.209

RBI

OBP

.289

SLG

.265

OPS

.554

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-29 / in Starts: 8-7
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 79 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	23 (8-8-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 79 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (22-16-9)

Most Driven In
B Veach	1
H Heilmann	1
G Burns	0
G Moriarty	0

Most Driven In By
J Dubuc	1

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	2 (1)	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,5-8	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						8						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	2	17 (14)	May 3	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9						PR
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	3	43 (25)	Jun 3	DET		SLB	L,1-7	0-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						8						PR
4	4	44	Jun 5 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9						PR
5	5	53 (8)	Jun 13	DET		BOS	L,6-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
6	6	59 (5)	Jun 19	DET		WSH	W,3-2	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
7	7	62 (2)	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
8	8	63	Jun 23	DET		CLE	L,4-5	0-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.400	.400	.400	.800	8						C
9	9	70 (6)	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.375	.444	.625	1.069	8	.59	-0.036	2.22	-0.08%	0.50	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	10	73 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,8-10	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.333	.400	.556	.956	9						PH
11	11	76 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	DET		SLB	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.333	.385	.500	.885	8						C
12	12	79 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.313	.353	.438	.790	8	.73	-0.072	3.70	-0.22%	-0.89	C
13	13	80	Jul 10	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.278	.350	.389	.739	8	.84	-0.060	4.56	-0.20%	-1.23	C
14	14	81	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.263	.333	.368	.702	8						C
15	15	86 (4)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.318	.350	.668	8						C
16	16	87	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	0-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.227	.292	.318	.610	8						C
17	17	91 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.261	.320	.348	.668	8	.45	0.022	1.15	0.03%	0.59	C
18	18	95 (3)	Jul 27	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.296	.345	.407	.752	8						C
19	19	97 (1)	Jul 29	DET		WSH	L,7-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.286	.333	.393	.726	9						PH
20	20	98	Jul 30	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.294	.344	.638	8						C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	21	100 (1)	Aug 1	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.229	.289	.314	.604	8						C
22	22	101	Aug 2	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.237	.293	.316	.608	8						C
23	23	102	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.311	.317	.628	8	1.08	0.076	.28	0.01%	0.17	C
24	24	103	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.286	.289	.575	8	.20	-0.022	.07	-0.01%	-1.05	C
25	25	104	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,4-14	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.213	.275	.277	.551	8						C
26	26	105	Aug 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.224	.283	.286	.569	8						C
27	27	107 (1)	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,6-8	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.224	.296	.286	.582	8						C
28	28	110 (2)	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.220	.291	.280	.571	8						C
29	29	113 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.281	.269	.550	8	1.44	-0.076	.08	0.00%	-0.66	C
30	30	114	Aug 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.276	.264	.540	8	1.35	-0.034	.05	0.00%	-0.31	C
31	31	121 (6)	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.283	.273	.556	8						C
32	32	125 (3)	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	0-GF(7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.218	.283	.273	.556	8						C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	33	127 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.232	.295	.286	.581	8	.53	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.36	C
34	34	129 (1)	Sep 5	DET		SLB	L,0-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.232	.295	.286	.581	8						C
35	35	130	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,13-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.232	.295	.286	.581	8						C
36	36	131	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	L,7-8	7-GF(12)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.297	.276	.573	8	1.36	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.08	C
37	37	136 (4)	Sep 13	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.292	.271	.563	8						C
38	38	138 (1)	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.206	.275	.254	.529	8	1.05	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-1.64	C
39	39	140 (1)	Sep 17	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.200	.268	.246	.514	8						C
40	40	143 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-10	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.200	.268	.246	.514	8						C
41	41	146 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.217	.280	.275	.555	8						C
42	42	147	Sep 22 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-5	0-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.214	.276	.271	.548	8						C
43	43	150 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.214	.276	.271	.548	8						C
44	44	153 (2)	Sep 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.211	.273	.268	.540	8						C
45	45	156 (2)	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.211	.273	.268	.540	8						C
							15-29		79	71	4	15	2	1	0	2	6	0	9	0	2		0		0		.211	.273	.268	.540		.85	-0.330	1.29	-0.46%	-4.08

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