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Frank
Baker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 188
 
Born: October 29, 1946 in Usa, MS, MERIDIAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 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
1970 23 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 5 5
1971 24 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 5 5
1972 25 SEM AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 5 5
1973 26 SEM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1974 27 SEM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1975 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1976 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1977 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
1978 31 SEM AL $ 1,041,429   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
1979 32 SEM AL $ 1,041,429   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
1980 33 SEM AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6
1981 34 SEM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,041,429   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
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
1970 23 A   85 334 56 74 8 2 3 25 20 5 73 51 .222 .361 .284 .646 44.5  
1971 24 A   125 409 69 106 22 2 2 78 27 9 114 73 .259 .421 .337 .758 72.5  
1972 25 A   137 443 77 131 23 6 10 73 32 12 149 71 .296 .473 .442 .915 105.8  
1973 26 A   136 435 66 105 17 2 11 57 32 10 129 69 .241 .415 .366 .780 82.4  
1974 27 AAA   2 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 1.9  
    AA   108 370 60 100 13 1 10 55 28 5 83 44 .270 .404 .392 .796 68.5  
    A   26 96 15 32 5 0 0 4 5 1 21 10 .333 .453 .385 .838 18.7  
1975 28 SEM AL 93 274 44 67 6 5 5 29 26 6 32 33 .245 .321 .358 .679 35.2 4.7
1976 29 SEM AL 119 315 45 88 12 4 1 34 22 14 44 57 .279 .366 .352 .718 42.1 7.4
1977 30 SEM AL 116 314 46 70 11 3 4 27 30 6 48 58 .223 .325 .315 .640 36.9 4.5
1978 31 SEM AL 124 325 36 76 11 4 1 10 16 6 27 68 .234 .295 .302 .596 27.9 1.9
1979 32 SEM AL 124 303 49 63 7 1 2 32 33 6 36 58 .208 .290 .257 .548 28.9 2.1
1980 33 SEM AL 107 249 24 52 6 3 1 32 19 6 32 46 .209 .298 .269 .567 22.8 1.8
1981 34 SEM AL 16 21 1 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 5 .190 .190 .190 .381 0.5 0.0
7 Years Sim 699 1801 245 420 53 20 14 167 148 45 219 325 .233 .315 .308 .624 194.2 22.5
1 Years AAA 2 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 1.9  
1 Years AA 108 370 60 100 13 1 10 55 28 5 83 44 .270 .403 .392 .795 68.5  
5 Years A 509 1717 283 448 75 12 26 237 116 37 486 274 .261 .423 .364 .787 323.9  
7 Years Minors 619 2095 345 550 88 13 37 294 145 42 570 319 .263 .420 .370 .790 394.3  
162 Game Average 417 56 97 12 4 3 38 34 10 50 75 .233 .315 .308 .624 45.0  
Career Highs 124 325 49 88 12 5 5 34 33 14 48 68 .279 .366 .358 .718 42.1  
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   1633 214 381 45 17 13 148 128 39 198 290 .233 .315 .306 .621 179.5
vs LH   168 31 39 8 3 1 19 20 6 21 35 .232 .317 .333 .651 20.3
Home 359 911 121 209 24 10 7 94 78 17 106 164 .229 .309 .301 .610 99.0
Away 340 890 124 211 29 10 7 73 70 28 113 161 .237 .322 .316 .638 100.7
RISP   453 0 111 12 1 4 146 0 0 66 81 .245 .336 .302 .638 52.0
Pinch Hitting   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Close/Late   169 25 34 7 3 2 10 0 0 18 31 .201 .278 .314 .592 15.2
Mar/Apr 132 355 35 73 5 1 1 32 31 6 30 52 .206 .267 .234 .501 25.9
May 138 355 40 72 9 3 1 30 22 13 46 72 .203 .294 .254 .547 28.8
June 118 316 55 75 13 6 5 32 31 2 49 63 .237 .338 .364 .702 46.8
July 100 256 33 59 8 3 2 19 19 10 29 46 .230 .310 .309 .619 25.9
August 108 266 34 65 10 4 2 19 28 3 34 48 .244 .328 .335 .662 35.1
Sep/Oct 103 253 48 76 8 3 3 35 17 11 31 44 .300 .375 .391 .767 37.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 28 SEM AL 2B 89 89 750.0 162 371 8 85 .985 6.40   5.5
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 29 SEM AL 2B 106 104 883.3 217 398 13 89 .979 6.27   4.3
    SS 9 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    3B 5 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1977 30 SEM AL SS 91 86 733.0 120 305 20 63 .955 5.22   4.6
    2B 22 20 158.0 44 67 3 16 .974 6.32   1.1
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 31 SEM AL SS 114 107 879.0 156 365 25 74 .954 5.33   7.7
    2B 3 2 20.3 7 10 0 1 1.000 7.53   0.1
    3B 7 0 10.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87   0.0
1979 32 SEM AL 2B 89 89 711.0 162 286 5 57 .989 5.67   2.9
    3B 26 10 111.0 8 26 0 0 1.000 2.76   0.5
    SS 21 1 47.7 9 24 1 5 .971 6.23   0.5
1980 33 SEM AL SS 74 61 536.7 81 205 14 31 .953 4.80   2.4
    3B 26 7 106.0 8 18 0 2 1.000 2.21   0.3
    2B 7 7 58.0 14 22 1 4 .973 5.59   0.2
1981 34 SEM AL 3B 11 1 27.3 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.63   0.1
    2B 3 2 20.7 4 13 0 0 1.000 7.41   0.2
    1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 319 313 2601.3 610 1167 30 252 .983 6.15   14.4
  SS 311 255 2211.3 367 899 60 173 .955 5.15   15.3
  3B 78 18 267.7 18 52 0 3 1.000 2.35   1.0
  1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   709 586 5080.6 995 2118 90 428 .972 5.51   30.6
Career Highs   136 109 909.7 218 399 25 89 1.000 6.35    
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
1976 29 SEM AL 8 21 5 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 6 .286 .400 .286 .686
1977 30 SEM AL 13 45 6 13 1 0 0 4 1 1 3 13 .289 .333 .311 .644
1978 31 SEM AL 17 50 6 14 1 0 0 3 4 1 4 9 .280 .333 .300 .633
1979 32 SEM AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 33 SEM AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 48 119 17 34 2 0 0 8 9 3 11 29 .286 .346 .303 .649
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.
Caught Stealing
1976-7-14
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Tim Johnson (960)
  5. Dick Culler (954)
  6. Jimmy Jordan (948)
  7. Rennie Stennett (947)
  8. Fernando Gonzalez (947)
  9. Sergio Ferrer (946)
  10. Dario Lodigiani (945)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Seattle in 1970
Injured on 7/7/1970 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Injured on 4/3/1971 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/24/1971 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/5/1975, off Bill Parsons (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1975, off Dennis Leonard (CLN)
Injured on 9/7/1975 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/29/1978 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
9/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $400,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Released by Seattle on 6/1/1981
 
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