Bio
- Debut
- 1940
Bio
- Debut
- 1940
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 263
- AB
- 588
- R
- 45
- H
- 145
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 68
- SB
- 6
- AVG
- .247
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | CIN | 27 | 69 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .217 |
| 1941 |  CIN/PIT | 37 | 68 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .221 |
| 1942 | PIT | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .118 |
| 1943 | PIT | 63 | 172 | 12 | 47 | 1 | 26 | 3 | .273 |
| 1946 | PIT | 53 | 113 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .239 |
| 1948 | STL | 45 | 119 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 1 | .294 |
| 1949 | STL | 20 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .133 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 4
- R
- 1
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .250
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 664
- TB
- 186
- XBH
- 32
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | CIN | 73 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CIN/PIT | 82 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | PIT | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | PIT | 198 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | PIT | 127 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 134 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.2
- RC
- 69.2
- RC/27
- 4.20
- ISOP
- .070
- SECA
- .196
- BB/K
- 2.27
- AB/HR
- 294.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | CIN | -0.2 | 5 | 2.5 | .043 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CIN/PIT | 0.2 | 7.5 | 3.7 | .044 | 0.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | PIT | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | .000 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | PIT | 1.0 | 25.9 | 5.6 | .087 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 172 | 0 |
| 1946 | PIT | 0.0 | 11.7 | 3.6 | .062 | 0.2 | 2 | 113 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 0.7 | 19.1 | 6.1 | .101 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | -0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | .033 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Bill Baker's career stats?
Bill Baker played 7 seasons for the Reds, the Pirates and the Cardinals. He was a career .247 hitter with 145 hits, 2 home runs and 68 RBI. His best season was 1948: a .294 batting average, 0 home runs and 15 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 1 postseason, 1940 to 1949
Championships
- 1940 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds