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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
2	3	Apr 17	WSH		BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
3	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
4	5	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
5	6	Apr 20	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
6	7	Apr 21	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
7	9 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	3	10	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	28 (18)	May 18 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
9	29	May 18 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
10	31 (1)	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	46	9.2	3	1	0	4	0	2B
11	34 (2)	May 25 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
12	36 (1)	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
13	38 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
14	39	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	40	Jun 1 (1)	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
16	42 (1)	Jun 2	WSH		DET	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B 3B
17	43	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	64	17.0	3	11	0	14	1	2B
18	44	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
19	45	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
20	46	Jun 8	WSH		CHW	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	2B
21	47	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
22	48	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
23	49	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
24	58 (8)	Jun 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
25	60 (1)	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
26	61	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
27	62	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	49	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
28	63	Jun 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
29	64	Jun 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
30	65	Jun 29 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
31	67 (1)	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	68	Jul 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
33	70 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
34	74 (3)	Jul 5	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
35	77 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
36	78	Jul 11	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
37	80 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
38	81	Jul 13 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
39	82	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	W,15-4	GS	32	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
40	87 (4)	Jul 18	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	GF	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
41	89 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
42	91 (1)	Jul 22	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
43	94 (2)	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
44	95	Jul 26	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-10	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
45	96	Jul 27 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
46	97	Jul 27 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
47	98	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
48	99	Jul 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	105 (5)	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
50	108 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
51	111 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
52	114 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
53	120 (5)	Aug 17 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
54	121	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
55	126 (4)	Aug 24	WSH		CLE	W,9-8	CG	68	16.0	1	8	0	9	2	2B
56	127	Aug 25	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
57	129 (1)	Aug 27	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
58	130	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
59	131	Aug 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	8	0	11	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	134 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
61	135	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
62	136	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
63	137	Sep 3	WSH		BOS	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
64	139 (1)	Sep 5	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
65	142 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	4	2	0	6	1	2B
66	144 (1)	Sep 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	GF	31	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	PR 2B
67	145	Sep 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
68	146	Sep 12	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	8	2	0	10	0
69	148 (1)	Sep 15	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
70	149	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	2	3	0	5	1	2B
71	150	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
72	151	Sep 19	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
73	153 (1)	Sep 21	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
74	155 (1)	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
75	156	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
							76gm		638.1	166	196	6	368	42