Home Run Baker

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 173lb (180cm, 78kg)

Born: March 13, 1886 in Trappe, MD us

Died: June 28, 1963 in Trappe, MD

Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery of Talbot County, Easton, MD

High School: Trappe HS (Trappe, MD)

Debut: September 21, 1908 (Age 22-192d, 3,113th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1922 (Age 36-200d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1955. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Home Run Baker's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: John Franklin Baker

Nicknames: Home Run

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.8

5984

1838

.307

887

RBI

991

235

OBP

.363

SLG

.442

OPS

.805

OPS+

135

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 30(2))

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
2	7	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	8	Apr 24	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	10	Apr 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	11	May 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	3	3	3	9	0
7	12	May 4	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
8	13	May 5	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	14	May 6	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	15	May 7	PHA		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
11	16	May 8	PHA		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	17	May 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	18	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
14	19	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	20	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
16	21	May 16	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	5	2	0	7	1
17	22	May 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	23	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
19	24	May 19	PHA	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	2	6	0
20	25	May 20	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
21	26	May 21	PHA	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	27	May 22	PHA	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
23	28	May 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
24	29	May 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	30	May 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
26	31	May 28	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	32	May 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	33	May 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
29	34	May 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
30	35	May 31 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	36	Jun 1 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
32	37	Jun 1 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
33	38	Jun 2	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	39	Jun 3	PHA		CHW	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
35	40	Jun 7	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
36	41	Jun 8	PHA		CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
37	42	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	43	Jun 12	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
39	44	Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
40	45	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	46	Jun 16	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
42	47	Jun 17	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	48	Jun 18	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	49	Jun 19	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
45	50	Jun 21 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	51	Jun 21 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	52	Jun 22	PHA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
48	53	Jun 23	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
49	54	Jun 24	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	55	Jun 25	PHA		NYY	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
51	56	Jun 26 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	57	Jun 26 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	58	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
54	59	Jun 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	60	Jun 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	61	Jun 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	62	Jul 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
58	63	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	64	Jul 3 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
60	65	Jul 3 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	66	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	67	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
63	68	Jul 6	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	69	Jul 8	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
65	70	Jul 9	PHA	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
66	71	Jul 10	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	72	Jul 11	PHA	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	73	Jul 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
69	74	Jul 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	11.1	1	4	0	5	0
70	75	Jul 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	76	Jul 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	77	Jul 17 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
73	78	Jul 17 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	79	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
75	80	Jul 19	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	81	Jul 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	82	Jul 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
78	83	Jul 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	84	Jul 24	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
80	85	Jul 25	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
81	86	Jul 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
82	87	Jul 27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	88	Jul 28 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
84	89	Jul 28 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	90	Jul 29 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
86	91	Jul 29 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	92	Jul 30	PHA		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
88	93	Jul 31 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	94	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	95	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	96	Aug 3 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
92	97	Aug 5 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	98	Aug 5 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
94	99	Aug 6	PHA		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	100	Aug 7	PHA		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
96	101	Aug 9	PHA		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	102	Aug 10	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	103	Aug 11	PHA		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
99	104	Aug 12	PHA		SLB	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	105	Aug 13	PHA		SLB	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
101	106	Aug 14	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	107	Aug 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-1	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
103	108	Aug 17	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	11.2	2	2	2	6	1
104	109	Aug 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
105	110	Aug 19	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	111	Aug 20	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	112	Aug 21	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	113	Aug 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	3	6	0
109	114	Aug 24	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
110	115	Aug 25	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
111	116	Aug 26	PHA	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	117	Aug 27	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
113	118	Aug 28	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	119	Aug 29	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	120	Aug 30	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
116	121	Aug 31	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	122	Sep 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	123	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
119	124	Sep 4	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	125	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
121	126	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
122	127	Sep 7	PHA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
123	128	Sep 8	PHA		NYY	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	129	Sep 9	PHA		NYY	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
125	130	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	131	Sep 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
127	132	Sep 13	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	133	Sep 14 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	134	Sep 14 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	135	Sep 15	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	2	3	0	5	0
131	136	Sep 16	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
132	137	Sep 17	PHA		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
133	138	Sep 18	PHA		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	139	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	140	Sep 21	PHA		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
136	141	Sep 22	PHA		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
137	142	Sep 23	PHA		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
138	143	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
139	144	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
140	145	Sep 27	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
141	146	Sep 28	PHA		CLE	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
142	147	Sep 29 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	148	Sep 29 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
144	149	Sep 30 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	150	Sep 30 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	151	Oct 1	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
							146gm		1309.0	209	277	42	528	16