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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 25 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	0	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	13 (6)	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
3	14	May 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-16	CG	49	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	15	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
5	16	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
6	17	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
7	18	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	6	8	0	14	3
8	19	May 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	20	May 16 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	2
10	21	May 16 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
11	22	May 18	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	23	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
13	24	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	25	May 21	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
15	26	May 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
16	27	May 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
17	28	May 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	29	May 25	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	30	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
20	31	May 28	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	32	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
22	33	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
23	34	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-13	CG	49	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
24	35	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	36	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	37	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
27	38	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	39	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	40	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	41	Jun 6 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	42	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	31	6.1	1	3	0	4	0
32	43	Jun 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	0	3	0	3	1
33	44	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	GS	22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	45	Jun 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	46	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	64 (17)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	66 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
38	72 (5)	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
39	73	Jul 11	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
40	78 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	80 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
42	82 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	83	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
44	84	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
45	85	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	86	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	87	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	88	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
49	89	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	90	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
51	91	Jul 27	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
52	92	Jul 28	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	93	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	94	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	95	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
56	96	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	97	Aug 3	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
58	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	100	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	101	Aug 7	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
62	102	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
63	103	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	104	Aug 9	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	114 (9)	Aug 22 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	116 (1)	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
67	117	Aug 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	GF	32	7.0	1	3	1	5	1
68	118	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	119	Aug 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
71	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	122	Aug 29 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
73	123	Aug 29 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	124	Aug 30	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
75	125	Aug 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	126	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	127	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
78	128	Sep 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
79	129	Sep 5	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	130	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	131	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	132	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
83	133	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
84	134	Sep 10	CHW		SLB	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
85	141 (6)	Sep 18	CHW		PHA	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
86	142	Sep 19 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	150 (7)	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	151	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
89	153 (1)	Oct 3 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
90	154	Oct 3 (2)	CHW		SLB	T,2-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
							90gm		747.0	131	227	13	371	34