Floyd Baker

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: October 10, 1916 in Luray, VA us

Died: November 16, 2004 in Youngstown, OH

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Boardman, OH

Debut: May 4, 1943 (Age 26-206d, 9,456th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 4, 1955 (Age 38-206d)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Floyd Wilton Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

2280

573

.251

285

RBI

196

OBP

.360

SLG

.297

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	37 (36)	Jun 3 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
2	50 (12)	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	52 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		DET	W,7-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
4	58 (5)	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	59	Jun 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-4	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
6	61 (1)	Jun 29	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	63 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,11-4	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	64	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	65	Jul 2 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,11-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	66	Jul 2 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
11	67	Jul 3	CHW		WSH	L,2-12	GF	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-11	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	73 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	74	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
15	76 (1)	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	79 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	83 (3)	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-12	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	84	Jul 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
19	87 (2)	Jul 28	CHW	@	DET	L,3-8	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	90 (2)	Aug 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
21	91	Aug 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-13	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
22	92	Aug 3	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	93	Aug 4	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	94	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		DET	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	95	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	96	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	97	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		DET	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	98	Aug 8	CHW		WSH	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	100 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	101	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	103 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	104	Aug 13	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
33	106 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,11-0	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	107	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	109 (1)	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,16-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	111 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	112	Aug 20	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
38	115 (2)	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	117 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
40	119 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	121	Aug 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	122	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	123	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
45	124	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	125	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-0	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	126	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
48	128 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,15-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
51	132 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
52	133	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
53	134	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	135	Sep 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-9	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	137 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	1	1	3	0
56	138	Sep 10 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
57	139	Sep 10 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	140	Sep 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
59	141	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	142	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	143	Sep 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	38	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
63	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS	0		1	8	0	9	2
64	146	Sep 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
65	147	Sep 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
66	148	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	10.1	3	3	0	6	1
67	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
							69gm		448.0	51	127	5	183	10