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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
4	4	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 27 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	May 3 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	13	May 3 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	14	May 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 4 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	16	May 6	CHW		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	May 8	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	GS	25	7.1	1	3	0	4	0
18	31 (13)	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	32	May 23	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	33	May 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	1	2	0	3	0
21	34	May 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
22	35	May 25 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
23	36	May 27 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	37	May 27 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
25	38	May 29	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
26	39	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	40	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	41	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
29	42	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
30	43	Jun 3	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	44	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	L,3-10	CG	54	11.0	1	5	0	6	1
32	45	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
33	46	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
34	47	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	48	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	18.0	1	9	1	11	0
36	49	Jun 8 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
37	50	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	51	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
39	52	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
40	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	54	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	55	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	0	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
43	56	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	2	2	0	4	2
44	57	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
45	58	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	42	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
46	59	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	60	Jun 22 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
48	61	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	62	Jun 24	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	63	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	64	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	65	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
53	66	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	67	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	68	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	69	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	72	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	73	Jul 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
61	74	Jul 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	75	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	76	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
64	77	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
65	78	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	0
66	79	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	80	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	GS	0		3	2	0	5	1
68	81	Jul 15	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	82	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	83	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	84	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	85	Jul 18	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
73	86	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	87	Jul 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	88	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	1	3	0	4	0
76	89	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	63	13.1	0	1	0	1	0
77	90	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	91	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	92	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
80	93	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	94	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	95	Jul 28	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.1	1	2	0	3	1
83	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
84	97	Jul 30	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	98	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	99	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	130 (30)	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
88	131	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
89	132	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	133	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
91	134	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	135	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
93	136	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
94	137	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
96	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	51	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	140	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	141	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
99	142	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	143	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
101	152 (8)	Sep 24	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
							103gm		895.0	88	258	7	353	29