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 (May 16)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 12	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	PHA		NYY	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHA		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 25	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 26	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
12	12	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
14	14	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	15	May 3	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	16	May 5	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
17	17	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
19	19	May 9	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
20	20	May 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	0	10.0	2	3	3	8	0
21	21	May 11	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
22	22	May 12	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	24	May 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	25	May 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	26	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
27	27	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	28	May 20	PHA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.1	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 22	PHA	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	30	May 24	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
31	31	May 26 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	32	May 26 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
33	33	May 27 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	34	May 27 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
35	35	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
38	38	May 31	PHA		NYY	W,12-2	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
41	41	Jun 3	PHA		DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
42	42	Jun 4	PHA		DET	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 5	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
44	44	Jun 6	PHA		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 9	PHA		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
48	48	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
49	49	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	46	13.0	2	4	1	7	0
51	51	Jun 14	PHA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 16	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 17	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 18	PHA		CHW	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 19	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
56	56	Jun 20	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 21	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 23	PHA		BOS	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 25	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	60	Jun 26 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
61	61	Jun 26 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
63	63	Jun 27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
64	64	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
65	65	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 1	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
67	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 3	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-13	GS	0		0	1	1	2	0
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
71	71	Jul 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
72	72	Jul 7 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
73	73	Jul 7 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 9	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
75	75	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
76	76	Jul 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 12	PHA	@	DET	W,16-9	CG	53	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 13 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	79	Jul 13 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 15	PHA	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	82	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
83	83	Jul 16 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	84	Jul 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
85	85	Jul 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
86	86	Jul 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
87	87	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	12.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
89	89	Jul 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
90	90	Jul 22	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
91	91	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
92	92	Jul 25	PHA		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
93	93	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
94	94	Jul 29	PHA		DET	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	95	Jul 30	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	96	Jul 31	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 1	PHA		SLB	L,3-5	CG	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	98	Aug 2	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	99	Aug 4	PHA		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
100	100	Aug 5	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	101	Aug 6	PHA		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
102	102	Aug 7	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	103	Aug 8	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
104	104	Aug 9	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	105	Aug 11	PHA		CHW	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
106	106	Aug 12	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
107	107	Aug 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
109	109	Aug 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	110	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 18	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	1	2	1	4	0
112	112	Aug 19	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
113	113	Aug 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
114	114	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	115	Aug 22	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
116	116	Aug 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
117	117	Aug 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
118	118	Aug 25	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	119	Aug 26	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
120	120	Aug 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
121	121	Aug 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
122	122	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	123	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	124	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	3	1	5	1
125	125	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	126	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	127	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
128	128	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
129	129	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	130	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	131	Sep 9	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
132	132	Sep 10	PHA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
133	133	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
134	134	Sep 12	PHA		CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
135	135	Sep 13	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
136	136	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
137	137	Sep 16	PHA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
138	138	Sep 17	PHA		SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	139	Sep 18	PHA		SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
140	140	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
141	141	Sep 22 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
142	142	Sep 22 (2)	PHA		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
143	143	Sep 23	PHA		DET	W,21-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
144	144	Sep 24	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
145	145	Sep 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
146	146	Sep 26	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
147	147	Sep 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
148	151 (3)	Oct 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,13-10	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
149	153 (1)	Oct 4	PHA		NYY	L,8-10	GS	29	6.1	2	2	2	6	0
							149gm		1315.0	233	280	44	557	19