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Floyd Baker
Floyd Wilson Baker

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

MLB Debut May 4, 1943
Final Game May 4, 1955
Born October 10, 1916 in Luray, VA
Died November 17, 2004 (age 88)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 26 WAA AL   65   28    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .179  .258  .179  .437    67     5   4   0   0   0   2  
 1944 27 BOA AL   29  101    8   21   2   0   0    8   0   1    8    6  .208  .264  .228  .491    69    23   1   1   0   0   4  
 1945 28 NYA AL   73  195   19   41   6   0   0   19   3   1   21   12  .210  .294  .241  .535    78    47   2   0   0   2   3  
         BRN NL    7   28    2    7   1   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .250  .300  .286  .586    83     8   1   0   0   0   1  
         TOT      80  223   21   48   7   0   0   19   3   2   23   16  .215  .294  .247  .541          55   3   0   0   2   4 
 1946           [Did not play]
 1947 30 BRN NL  108  261   32   65  13   1   1   23   9   4   39   21  .249  .347  .318  .665    89    83  12   2   0   1   5  
 1948 31 BRN NL  121  355   64   80  11   7   0   47   3   5   76   24  .225  .361  .296  .657    91   105  16   3   0   1   5  
 1949 32 BRN NL  129  387   58   94  14   4   2   39   9   4   83   40  .243  .377  .315  .692    88   122  12   1   0   1  13  
 1950 33 BRN NL   67   84   11   29   7   0   0    8   0   0   18    3  .345  .461  .429  .889   115    36   2   0   0   0   2  
 1951 34 BRN NL   52   55    7   18   3   0   0    1   0   1   13    7  .327  .456  .382  .838   110    21   0   0   0   0   2  
 1952 35 WAA AL  122  283   21   75   7   0   0   24   3   6   34   20  .265  .348  .290  .638    97    82   3   0   5   2   5  
 1953 36 WAA AL   46  152   17   34   4   0   0    9   0   0   14   11  .224  .290  .250  .540    78    38   1   2   2   1   5  
         BOA AL    1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000   250     1   0   0   0   0   0  
         TOT      47  153   18   35   4   0   0    9   0   0   14   11  .229  .294  .255  .549          39   1   2   2   1   5 
 1954 37 PIN NL    6   13    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .231  .333  .231  .564    77     3   1   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      826 1943  241  473  68  12   3  180  27  23  313  155  .243  .349  .295  .645         574  55   9   7   8  47
 Per 600 PA           501   62  122  18   3   1   46   7   6   81   40                                 148  14   2   2   2  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BRN      484 1170  174  293  49  12   3  118  21  15  231   99  .250  .374  .321  .694         375  43   6   0   3  28
   With WAA      233  463   39  114  11   0   0   34   3   6   51   34  .246  .324  .270  .594         125   8   2   7   3  12
   With NYA       73  195   19   41   6   0   0   19   3   1   21   12  .210  .294  .241  .535          47   2   0   0   2   3
   With BOA       30  102    9   22   2   0   0    8   0   1    8    6  .216  .270  .235  .506          24   1   1   0   0   4
   With PIN        6   13    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .231  .333  .231  .564           3   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      874 2280  285  573  76  13   1  196  23  25  382  165  .251  .360  .297  .658         678  26   0   0   6  33
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1943 26 WAA AL  29    1   1.3   2   1   0  .500   5   13    7  .538    0    0  .000  3B   2e25      -50   
 1944 27 BOA AL  11    5   1.8   2   0   0  .000   3   24   15  .625    0    0  .000  2B   3e29       26   
 1945 28 NYA AL   9   15   2.6  22   5   0  .227   6   23   13  .565    0    0  .000  3B   2e26      -79   
         BRN NL   0    2   2.3   0   0   0  .000   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  3B   2e26      -27   
         TOT                    22   5   0  .227   7   25   14  .560    0    0  .000
 1946           [Did not play]
 1947 30 BRN NL  37   32   4.0   9   4   0  .444   4   52   38  .731    0    0  .000  3B   2e10      -23   
 1948 31 BRN NL  12   44   4.0   7   0   0  .000  17   78   50  .641    0    0  .000  UT              41   
 1949 32 BRN NL  44   51   4.3   3   1   0  .333   4   53   45  .849    0    0  .000  3B   2e11      -27   
 1950 33 BRN NL  11   18   8.3  23   9   0  .391   0   13    9  .692    0    0  .000  UT             117   
 1951 34 BRN NL  13   10   6.8  38  14   0  .368   1    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  UT             135   
 1952 35 WAA AL  25   28   3.5  19   6   0  .316  14   45   29  .644    0    0  .000  3B   2e25        3   
 1953 36 WAA AL  22   11   2.4   4   1   0  .250   5   17   12  .706    0    0  .000  3B   3e23     -127   
         BOA AL   0    1     ?   1   1   0 1.000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            1334   
         TOT                     5   2   0  .400   5   17   12  .706    0    0  .000
 1954 37 PIN NL  13    1   3.1   1   0   0  .000   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  3B   3e18        4   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          222   3.8 131  42   0  .321  61  328  223  .680    0    0  .000                  -7   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1943 26 WAA AL  3B    62    21    32    4    3   .930     0   128.1   3.72
                 SS     1     0     0    1    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1944 27 BOA AL  2B    26    74    76    3   24   .980    26   224.0   6.03
                 SS     1     6     6    0    2  1.000     1    13.0   8.31
 1945 28 NYA AL  3B    48    62   106    6   11   .966    45   411.1   3.68
                 2B     5     2     2    0    0  1.000     0     6.2   5.40
         BRN NL  3B     7     6    16    1    1   .957     7    60.0   3.30
 1946           [Did not play]
 1947 30 BRN NL  3B    81    67   134    1   26   .995    48   508.0   3.56
                 SS    16    25    56    3   12   .964    15   137.2   5.30
                 2B     6     3     3    0    3  1.000     0     7.0   7.71
 1948 31 BRN NL  3B    79    42   152   11   11   .946    58   561.0   3.11
                 2B    43   100   118    6   27   .973    43   350.0   5.61
                 SS     1     2     3    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   9.00
 1949 32 BRN NL  3B   126   123   252    4   28   .989   118  1062.1   3.18  GG
 1950 33 BRN NL  2B    19    43    36    0   20  1.000    12   127.0   5.60
                 3B    22     6     9    0    2  1.000     0    41.1   3.27
                 LF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1951 34 BRN NL  2B     8     9    10    1    2   .950     5    45.0   3.80
                 3B     5     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
                 SS     3     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   6.75
 1952 35 WAA AL  3B   107    86   194   14   20   .952    74   721.0   3.50
                 SS     1     1     2    0    0  1.000     0     2.0  13.50
                 2B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1953 36 WAA AL  3B    41    41    83    5    6   .961    40   346.2   3.22
                 2B     5     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.2   0.00
 1954 37 PIN NL  3B     4     2    11    1    0   .929     3    30.0   3.90
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   582   456   989   47  108   .968   393  3875.0   3.36
                 2B   113   232   246   10   76   .980    86   767.1   5.61
                 SS    23    36    68    4   14   .963    16   162.2   5.75
                 LF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1949 WS    BRN BOA   W    7  30  4  7  1  0  0   3  3  3  .233  .303  .267  0
 1950 WS    BRN NYA   L    3   3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0
 1951 WS    BRN WAA   L    2   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1943  WAA   85-69   Larry Cupp
 1944  BOA   84-70   Steve Bivens
 1945  NYA   54-100  Billy Vanson
 1945  BRN   87-67   Robert Rescigno
 1947  BRN   88-66   Robert Rescigno
 1948  BRN   85-69   Robert Rescigno
 1949  BRN   99-55   Robert Rescigno
 1950  BRN   96-58   Robert Rescigno
 1951  BRN   95-59   Robert Rescigno
 1952  WAA   84-70   Larry Cupp
 1953  WAA   72-82   Larry Cupp
 1953  BOA   69-85   Stan Berger
 1954  PIN   55-99   Dennis Van Langen

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