Gene Baker stats
Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 630
- AB
- 2,230
- R
- 265
- H
- 590
- HR
- 39
- RBI
- 227
- SB
- 21
- AVG
- .265
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | CHC | 7 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| 1954 | CHC | 135 | 541 | 68 | 149 | 13 | 61 | 4 | .275 |
| 1955 | CHC | 154 | 609 | 82 | 163 | 11 | 52 | 9 | .268 |
| 1956 | CHC | 140 | 546 | 65 | 141 | 12 | 57 | 4 | .258 |
| 1957 |  CHC/PIT | 123 | 409 | 40 | 108 | 3 | 46 | 3 | .264 |
| 1958 | PIT | 29 | 56 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .250 |
| 1960 | PIT | 33 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .243 |
| 1961 | PIT | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 3
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,491
- TB
- 858
- XBH
- 169
- HBP
- 9
- IBB
- 9
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | CHC | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC | 603 | 230 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHC | 681 | 239 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHC | 606 | 206 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHC/PIT | 458 | 149 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 66 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 5.8
- RC
- 292.4
- RC/27
- 4.60
- ISOP
- .120
- SECA
- .204
- BB/K
- 0.84
- AB/HR
- 57.2
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | CHC | -0.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .045 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC | 1.9 | 79.8 | 5.3 | .150 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 41.6 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHC | 2.4 | 81.2 | 4.6 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 55.4 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHC | 1.9 | 67.5 | 4.3 | .119 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 45.5 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHC/PIT | -0.1 | 51.9 | 4.4 | .100 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 136.3 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 0.3 | 7.1 | 4.4 | .071 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | -0.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | .000 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Gene Baker's career stats?
Gene Baker played 8 seasons for the Cubs and the Pirates. He was a career .265 hitter with 590 hits, 39 home runs and 227 RBI. His best season was 1954: a .275 batting average, 13 home runs and 61 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1953 to 1961
Championships
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates