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Gene Baker
Eugene Walter Baker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.
School St. Ambrose

MLB Debut September 20, 1953
Final Game June 10, 1961
Born June 15, 1925 in Davenport, IA
Died December 1, 1999 (age 74)

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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 29 CHN NL  119  449   67  121  30   0   7   32   3   4   44   60  .269  .335  .383  .718    98   172   5   1   1   1   4  
 1955 30 CHN NL  154  578   62  144  22   6  10   50  10   6   57   56  .249  .319  .360  .679    93   208  18   2   0   3  10  
 1956 31 CHN NL  141  577   69  142  20   8  16   65   1   1   32   57  .246  .289  .392  .681    93   226  24   2   0   4  12  
 1957 32 CHN NL  117  423   55  111  22   6   0   41  11   2   39   50  .262  .327  .343  .670    92   145  14   1   0   2  10  
 1958 33 PIN NL   19   39    7    9   1   1   0    1   0   1   10    7  .231  .388  .308  .695    96    12   1   0   1   0   1  
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 35 PIN NL   13   37    7   12   2   0   0    0   0   0    6    4  .324  .419  .378  .797   111    14   1   0   1   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  6 Seasons      563 2103  267  539  97  21  33  189  25  14  188  234  .256  .319  .369  .689         777  63   6   3  10  37
 Per 600 PA           532   68  136  25   5   8   48   6   4   48   59                                 197  16   2   1   3   9
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN      531 2027  253  518  94  20  33  188  25  13  172  223  .256  .316  .370  .687         751  61   6   1  10  36
   With PIN       32   76   14   21   3   1   0    1   0   1   16   11  .276  .402  .342  .744          26   2   0   2   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      630 2230  265  590 109  21  39  227  21  17  184  219  .265  .321  .385  .706         858  50  18   9   9  55
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1954 29 CHN NL   7   59   4.7   4   0   0  .000  23  120   74  .617    0    0  .000  2B   3e30      -40   
 1955 30 CHN NL  31   68   3.9   0   0   0  .000  25  138   98  .710    0    0  .000  2B   2e30      -37   
 1956 31 CHN NL  27   64   3.7   0   0   0  .000  21  142   97  .683    0    0  .000  2B   3e30       -5   
 1957 32 CHN NL   7   49   3.9   7   3   0  .429  13   96   69  .719    0    0  .000  2B   3e23      -17   
 1958 33 PIN NL  84    5   4.1   2   0   0  .000   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e24       36   
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 35 PIN NL  81    6   6.7   0   0   0  .000   1    9    5  .556    0    0  .000  3B   4e24      279   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  6 Seasons          253   4.1  13   3   0  .231  84  507  344  .679    0    0  .000                 -17   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1954 29 CHN NL  2B   115   285   323   23   79   .964   106   935.2   5.85
 1955 30 CHN NL  2B   154   355   455   25  117   .970   154  1382.0   5.27
 1956 31 CHN NL  2B   141   426   343   21   94   .973   141  1266.2   5.46
 1957 32 CHN NL  2B   110   223   277   13   55   .975   103   932.2   4.82
                 3B     5     2     2    0    0  1.000     1    11.1   3.18
 1958 33 PIN NL  3B    12    13    26    1    1   .975    11    90.0   3.90
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 35 PIN NL  3B     9     8    20    0    0  1.000     8    67.2   3.72
                 2B     3     7     9    1    2   .941     3    23.0   6.26
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   523  1296  1407   83  347   .970   507  4540.0   5.36
                 3B    26    23    48    1    1   .986    20   169.0   3.78
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1954  CHN   64-90   Alan Boodman
 1955  CHN   81-73   Alan Boodman
 1956  CHN   78-76   Alan Boodman
 1957  CHN   83-71   Alan Boodman
 1958  PIN   79-75   Dennis Van Langen
 1960  PIN   72-82   Dennis Van Langen

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