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Tom
Baker		  
Nickname: Rattlesnake
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 11, 1913 in Usa, TX, NURSERY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 22 MIN AL   6 4 4 4 2 3 3 6 6 6
1936 23 MIN AL   6 4 4 4 2 3 2 7 7 7
1937 24 MIN AL   6 4 4 4 2 3 3 7 7 7
1938 25 MIN AL   6 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1939 26 MIN AL   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1940 27 MIN AL   7 4 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1941 28 MIN AL   8 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1942 29 MIN AL   8 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1943 30 MIN AL   8 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1944 31 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1945 32 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1946 33 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 7 7
1947 34 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1948 35 MIN AL   5 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
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
1935 22 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1936 23 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1937 24 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1938 25 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1939 26 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1940 27 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1941 28 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1942 29 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1943 30 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1944 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1945 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1946 33 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1947 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1948 35 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1935 22 AA   3 2 .600 76 0 0 0 8 70.0 58 29 4 35 49 3.73 .227 .320 .316 .636  
1936 23 AA   2 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 2 14.7 7 0 0 6 19 0.00 .143 .236 .184 .420  
1937 24 AA   4 3 .571 46 0 0 0 3 43.3 40 21 3 28 36 4.36 .252 .364 .365 .728  
1938 25 AA   7 2 .778 56 0 0 0 5 53.0 50 16 0 18 49 2.72 .254 .316 .320 .636  
1939 26 AA   3 3 .500 32 4 0 0 1 68.7 67 31 5 39 72 4.06 .252 .348 .350 .697  
1940 27 AA   2 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 5 22.3 8 0 0 8 20 0.00 .114 .205 .114 .319  
1941 28 AA   6 2 .750 31 1 0 0 2 32.0 24 12 2 14 28 3.38 .216 .304 .288 .592  
1942 29 AAA   4 1 .800 35 0 0 0 1 56.3 61 24 0 36 43 3.83 .279 .380 .333 .714  
    AA   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 10.3 7 1 0 4 7 0.87 .194 .275 .222 .497  
1943 30 AAA   1 2 .333 18 0 0 0 1 16.0 10 5 1 16 10 2.81 .192 .382 .269 .652  
1944 31 NYG NL 3 2 .600 38 1 0 0 7 46.3 39 19 2 29 12 3.69 .229 .345 .294 .639 5.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 .273 .333 .273 .606  
1945 32 NYG NL 1 5 .167 25 2 0 0 1 35.0 38 21 4 19 9 5.40 .273 .369 .410 .779 0.4
1946 33 NYG NL 1 1 .500 11 1 0 0 0 20.3 21 13 4 13 7 5.76 .266 .366 .468 .834 0.2
    AAA   3 2 .600 64 0 0 0 10 56.3 36 17 2 40 36 2.72 .195 .338 .259 .597  
1947 34 NYG NL 3 5 .375 20 4 0 0 0 41.3 49 41 11 34 20 8.93 .301 .418 .577 .995 0.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 50 0 0 0 6 44.0 36 14 4 22 37 2.86 .229 .324 .344 .668  
1948 35 AA   3 3 .500 78 0 0 0 7 50.0 42 26 6 32 65 4.68 .231 .346 .357 .703  
4 Years Sim 8 13 .381 94 8 0 0 8 143.0 147 94 21 95 48 5.92 .267 .376 .432 .808 5.6
5 Years AAA 11 6 .647 170 0 0 0 18 175.0 146 60 7 115 126 3.09 .234 .353 .308 .661  
9 Years AA 30 15 .667 363 5 0 0 33 364.3 303 136 20 184 345 3.36 .229 .323 .314 .637  
14 Years Minors 41 21 .661 533 5 0 0 51 539.3 449 196 27 299 471 3.27 .230 .333 .312 .645  
Season Average 2 3 .400 23 2 0 0 2 35.7 36 23 5 23 12 5.92 .267 .376 .432 .808  
Career Highs 3 5 .600 38 4 0 0 7 46.3 49 41 11 34 20 8.93 .301 .418 .577 .995  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   73 35 8 38 27   .264 .354 .377 .730
vs LH   74 59 13 57 21   .269 .395 .487 .882
Home 6 8 .429 52 7 0 0 4 101.3 94 57 16 56 31 5.06 .245 .342 .415 .757
Away 2 5 .286 42 1 0 0 4 41.7 53 37 5 39 17 8.00 .315 .444 .470 .915
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 2 0 2.25 .250 .333 .625 .958
May 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 11.3 12 2 0 4 6 1.59 .279 .340 .302 .643
June 2 1 .667 10 1 0 0 0 15.0 18 9 3 7 3 5.40 .290 .362 .468 .830
July 1 2 .333 15 0 0 0 1 14.3 14 7 1 13 3 4.40 .264 .409 .321 .730
August 2 4 .333 27 1 0 0 3 31.3 38 33 7 32 14 9.48 .297 .438 .531 .969
Sep/Oct 2 5 .286 29 6 0 0 4 67.0 61 42 9 37 22 5.64 .245 .343 .406 .748
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
1944 31 NYG NL 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1945 32 NYG NL 25 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2 0.0
1946 33 NYG NL 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
1947 34 NYG NL 20 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0
4 Years Sim 94 21 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .238 .238 .238 .476 0.7 0.2
162 Game Average 36 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .238 .238 .238 .476 1.2  
Career Highs 38 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   16 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .188 .375 0.3
vs LH   5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
Home 52 19 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .263 .263 .263 .526 1.2
Away 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
June 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8
Sep/Oct 10 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 31 NYG NL P 38 1 46.3 2 14 0 1 1.000 3.11    
1945 32 NYG NL P 25 2 35.0 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.83    
1946 33 NYG NL P 11 1 20.3 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.98    
1947 34 NYG NL P 20 4 41.3 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.96    
Career Totals   94 8 143.0 16 29 0 1 1.000 2.83    
Career Highs   38 4 46.3 7 14 0 1 1.000 3.98    
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 67th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1935
Injured on 4/26/1939 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/5/1942 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 5/1/1944 (Going to NYG: CF Joe Dimaggio, P Tom Baker. Going to MIN: SS Creepy Crespi, P Hal Gregg, CF Al Gionfriddo, P Oscar Judd)
Earned first career win on 5/7/1944
Had first career hit on 9/20/1945, off Bud Byerly (BOS)
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 4/2/1948 (Going to NYG: P Jess Dobernic. Going to MIN: C Ken Sears, P Tom Baker)
 
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