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Dusty
Baker		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 192
 
Born: June 15, 1949 in Usa, CA, RIVERSIDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973    1981   
Gold Glove 1969    1970    1972    1973    1974    1976   
All-Star Selections 1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 19 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1969 20 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 7 7
1970 21 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 7 7
1971 22 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1972 23 MON NL $ 1,742,857   8 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1973 24 MON NL $ 3,700,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1974 25 MON NL $ 3,700,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1975 26 MON NL $ 3,700,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1976 27 MON NL $ 3,700,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1977 28 IND AL $ 3,900,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1978 29 LAD NL $ 3,900,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1979 30 LAD NL $ 3,900,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1980 31 LAD NL $ 3,900,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1981 32 NYG NL $ 3,500,049   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1982 33 NYG NL $ 3,500,049   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1983 34 NYG NL $ 3,500,049   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1984 35 OAK AL $ 3,500,049   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6
1985 36 MIN AL $ 892,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,900,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 19 MON NL 69 162 12 40 7 1 2 17 0 0 17 25 .247 .315 .340 .654 17.8 2.4
    AAA   81 317 38 85 20 3 10 40 3 4 36 49 .268 .343 .445 .788 47.1  
1969 20 MON NL 152 557 65 162 28 4 17 62 1 1 39 82 .291 .335 .447 .782 78.5 16.6
1970 21 MON NL 135 472 62 113 19 1 16 94 1 1 44 60 .239 .304 .386 .689 55.0 8.3
1971 22 MON NL 97 322 47 79 16 1 10 49 0 0 22 57 .245 .293 .394 .687 34.5 4.5
1972 23 MON NL 144 518 74 168 25 3 14 68 1 2 36 57 .324 .367 .465 .832 78.0 16.8
1973 24 MON NL 146 528 70 140 26 1 21 101 1 0 33 61 .265 .308 .438 .745 63.8 11.3
1974 25 MON NL 139 467 78 132 24 1 18 89 0 1 54 43 .283 .356 .454 .810 74.8 14.8
1975 26 MON NL 127 445 60 114 29 0 15 74 2 1 24 31 .256 .293 .422 .716 54.1 6.4
1976 27 MON NL 149 505 60 132 24 1 10 84 1 0 42 54 .261 .317 .372 .689 57.8 7.7
1977 28 IND AL 155 603 75 176 28 3 21 84 1 1 42 64 .292 .339 .453 .792 85.6 11.6
1978 29 LAD NL 149 544 60 134 24 5 11 78 1 0 49 57 .246 .308 .369 .678 62.1 10.8
1979 30 LAD NL 155 587 90 177 37 3 23 103 0 0 43 44 .302 .349 .492 .841 90.8 25.5
1980 31 LAD NL 153 554 65 150 24 4 16 90 0 0 62 52 .271 .344 .415 .759 75.5 15.8
1981 32 NYG NL 155 562 71 167 25 2 24 89 3 1 44 52 .297 .346 .477 .823 83.2 18.4
1982 33 NYG NL 158 613 83 169 39 4 14 83 1 2 51 71 .276 .330 .421 .751 77.0 13.5
1983 34 NYG NL 139 524 76 149 23 3 17 91 3 2 38 72 .284 .329 .437 .766 73.0 14.7
1984 35 OAK AL 153 592 70 170 24 2 22 86 0 0 26 83 .287 .316 .446 .762 75.8 13.1
1985 36 AAA   57 208 19 51 4 1 7 27 0 0 14 51 .245 .293 .375 .668 23.2  
17 Years Sim 2375 8555 1118 2372 422 39 271 1342 16 12 666 965 .277 .328 .431 .759 1137.2 212.1
2 Years AAA 138 525 57 136 24 4 17 67 3 4 50 100 .259 .324 .417 .741 70.3  
162 Game Average 583 76 161 28 2 18 91 1 0 45 65 .277 .328 .431 .759 77.6  
Career Highs 158 613 90 177 39 5 24 103 3 2 62 83 .324 .367 .492 .841 90.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5616 691 1491 270 23 153 840 11 7 416 652 .265 .316 .403 .719 706.3
vs LH   2939 427 881 152 16 118 502 5 5 250 313 .300 .353 .483 .835 480.2
Home 1183 4119 532 1123 190 18 136 686 6 6 315 436 .273 .324 .427 .750 559.5
Away 1192 4436 586 1249 232 21 135 656 10 6 351 529 .282 .333 .435 .767 627.0
RISP   2347 0 693 137 14 83 1036 0 0 236 299 .295 .351 .472 .823 383.7
Pinch Hitting   149 16 42 4 0 2 35 0 0 13 16 .282 .337 .349 .686 17.9
Close/Late   976 111 277 32 5 41 149 0 0 82 125 .284 .339 .453 .792 147.6
Mar/Apr 357 1290 169 358 77 3 43 210 1 2 105 126 .278 .330 .442 .772 183.7
May 405 1476 181 415 61 8 51 242 5 2 94 189 .281 .323 .437 .760 203.5
June 383 1381 181 378 65 4 36 197 3 3 111 166 .274 .328 .405 .733 180.3
July 385 1413 215 409 73 8 48 219 3 1 112 160 .289 .341 .454 .796 211.9
August 431 1530 175 435 74 10 47 250 1 2 118 155 .284 .333 .438 .770 217.9
Sep/Oct 414 1465 197 377 72 6 46 224 3 2 126 169 .257 .316 .409 .725 189.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1968 19 MON NL RF 18 18 147.0 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 20 10 106.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 9 2 36.0 18 0 1 0 .947 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 12 0 24.3 35 2 0 4 1.000 13.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 20 MON NL LF 144 142 1233.7 293 7 0 2 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 5 0 14.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 1 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 10.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 8.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 21 MON NL LF 125 124 1057.0 243 2 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    CF 5 0 11.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 0 11.0 15 0 0 1 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 22 MON NL LF 85 81 690.0 172 2 1 1 .994 2.27 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 5 4 37.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 23 MON NL LF 138 135 1169.0 242 5 1 0 .996 1.90 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1973 24 MON NL LF 135 129 1141.0 261 2 1 2 .996 2.07 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 5 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 25 MON NL LF 126 123 1078.3 252 6 0 4 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 5 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 6.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 4.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0  
1975 26 MON NL LF 125 122 1069.7 265 5 1 1 .996 2.27 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 27 MON NL LF 144 140 1185.7 271 4 1 0 .996 2.09 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1977 28 IND AL LF 147 146 1279.0 286 9 0 1 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    CF 3 0 13.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 LAD NL 1B 70 69 622.3 775 51 6 68 .993 11.95 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 70 66 598.0 155 2 4 1 .975 2.36 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 6 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
1979 30 LAD NL CF 142 142 1248.7 356 5 10 0 .973 2.60 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 7 0 14.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.64 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 31 LAD NL CF 142 142 1235.7 330 2 13 2 .962 2.42 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 2 0 9.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1981 32 NYG NL 1B 150 146 1318.0 1535 104 9 141 .995 11.19 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    C 1 1 8.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.32 3 0 .000 2 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 33 NYG NL 1B 141 140 1274.7 1499 103 7 121 .996 11.31 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 8 7 65.0 15 1 0 1 1.000 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 4 4 40.0 27 1 0 0 1.000 6.30 2 0 .000 1 0.1
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 34 NYG NL 1B 117 116 1028.0 1220 77 9 90 .993 11.36 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    LF 17 15 138.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 35 OAK AL CF 37 36 298.0 81 0 1 0 .988 2.45 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1233 1174 10248.6 2348 43 6 12 .997 2.10 0 0 .000 0 33.2
  1B 512 471 4315.7 5116 339 31 429 .994 11.38 0 0 .000 0 11.0
  CF 430 389 3481.3 965 9 29 3 .971 2.52 0 0 .000 0 6.5
  RF 58 23 271.0 58 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  C 5 5 48.3 31 1 0 0 1.000 5.96 5 0 .000 3 0.1
  SS 2 0 4.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2240 2062 18369.2 8520 394 66 444 .993 4.37 5 0 .000 3 51.6
Career Highs   156 151 1386.7 1543 105 13 141 1.000 11.11 3 0 .000 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 21 MON NL 7 25 4 8 2 0 1 7 0 0 7 7 .320 .485 .520 1.005
1971 22 MON NL 16 52 10 15 2 2 2 8 0 0 6 10 .288 .350 .519 .869
1972 23 MON NL 11 41 4 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .293 .341 .390 .731
1973 24 MON NL 16 61 13 22 4 0 5 18 1 0 7 3 .361 .420 .672 1.092
1974 25 MON NL 13 52 7 14 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 .269 .283 .385 .668
1975 26 MON NL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 27 MON NL 6 23 6 6 1 0 3 7 0 0 1 1 .261 .292 .696 .987
1979 30 LAD NL 16 63 12 15 2 0 3 13 0 0 8 6 .238 .315 .413 .728
1981 32 NYG NL 16 63 10 22 5 2 3 12 0 1 6 7 .349 .406 .635 1.041
1982 33 NYG NL 7 26 3 7 0 1 1 6 0 0 1 4 .269 .286 .462 .747
1983 34 NYG NL 5 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .105 .190 .105 .296
1984 35 OAK AL 20 75 10 23 4 0 5 8 0 0 2 10 .307 .333 .560 .893
Career Post-Season Batting 138 505 81 146 30 5 23 89 1 2 43 63 .289 .345 .505 .850
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1972-2-.324
 Slugging Pct
1979-7-.492
1981-10-.477
 OPS
1972-10-.832
1974-10-.810
1979-9-.841
 Games
1979-8-155
1981-6-155
1982-1-158
CAR-36-2375
 At-Bats
1977-6-603
1982-6-613
CAR-42-8555
 Hits
1972-9-168
1977-8-176
1979-9-177
CAR-50-2372
Total Bases
1977-4-273
1979-6-289
1984-10-264
 Singles
1972-5-126
CAR-45-1640
 Doubles
1979-3-37
1982-8-39
 Homeruns
1981-10-24
1984-8-22
 RBIs
1973-7-101
1979-8-103
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Montreal in 1968
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/8/1968, off Don Nottebart (SDP)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1969
Injured on 6/25/1970 with a Bruised Ulna, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1970
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,742,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1972, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1972
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1973
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 4/11/1974
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1974
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles on 7/25/1976
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1976
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1977, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on 3/4/1978 (Going to IND: P Ron Bryant. Going to LAD: LF Dusty Baker)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1979, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1979, hitting .324 with 5 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Injured on 3/21/1980 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/7/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $3,500,049 per year
Hit for the cycle against Philadelphia on 10/10/1981
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Philadelphia on 10/10/1981
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Had 2000th career hit on 8/9/1982, off Dave Laroche (PHN)
Injured on 3/23/1983 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 4/3/1984 (Going to NYG: 2B Ken Reitz. Going to OAK: P Rick Sutcliffe, LF Dusty Baker)
Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia, driving in 5 runs on 9/5/1984
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 7/1/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $892,000 per year
 
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