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Blama
Baker		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 270
 
Born: January 1, 1960 in North Carolina
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1994   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 18 VAL JL     0 1 3 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 2 3 2 6 7 6 4 5 4
1979 19 VAL JL     0 2 4 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 6 6
1980 20 VAL JL     1 2 4 3 7 8 7 8 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 7 8 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 1 3 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 2 3 2 6 7 6 4 5 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     1 2 4 3 7 8 7 8 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 7 8 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 21 VAL JL   50 10 12 11 9 10 10 6 9 8
1982 22 VAL JL   50 12 13 13 9 11 10 8 10 9
1983 23 VAL JL $ 300,000 49 15 16 16 13 14 14 9 11 10
1984 24 VAL JL $ 300,000 49 16 17 17 16 18 17 12 14 13
1985 25 VAL JL $ 300,000 49 16 17 17 17 19 18 13 15 14
1986 26 VAL JL $ 300,000 49 16 17 17 17 19 18 11 14 13
1987 27 VAL JL $ 300,000 49 16 18 17 17 19 18 12 14 13
1988 28 VAL JL $ 920,000 49 16 17 17 17 18 18 14 17 16
1989 29 VAL JL $ 2,445,714 49 16 17 17 16 18 17 14 17 16
1990 30 BRK FL $ 2,445,714 49 16 17 17 15 17 16 14 16 15
1991 31 BRK FL $ 2,950,000 49 16 17 17 16 17 16 14 16 15
1992 32 BRK FL $ 2,950,000 54 16 17 17 16 17 16 14 16 15
1993 33 VAN JL $ 2,950,000 54 16 17 16 14 16 15 14 16 15
1994 34 VAN JL $ 2,210,000 54 16 17 16 14 16 15 14 16 15
OOTP6 Min Ratings   49 10 12 11 9 10 10 6 9 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,950,000 54 16 18 17 17 19 18 14 17 16
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 18 VAL JL   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1979 19 VAL JL   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1980 20 VAL JL   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
                                             
  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
1981 21 VAL JL     1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1982 22 VAL JL     1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1983 23 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1984 24 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1985 25 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1986 26 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1987 27 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1988 28 VAL JL $ 920,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1989 29 VAL JL $ 2,445,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1990 30 BRK FL $ 2,445,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1991 31 BRK FL $ 2,950,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1992 32 BRK FL $ 2,950,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1993 33 VAN JL $ 2,950,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1994 34 VAN JL $ 2,210,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,950,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 18 AA   0 3 .000 18 0 0 0 0 23.7 21 9 2 5 16 3.42 .233 .274 .322 .596  
    A   3 4 .429 40 9 0 0 1 59.0 51 17 5 16 59 2.59 .237 .290 .335 .625  
1979 19 AA   3 5 .375 48 6 0 0 3 66.3 77 33 11 18 53 4.48 .300 .345 .459 .805  
1980 20 AA   4 5 .444 16 13 0 0 0 84.3 81 26 7 16 99 2.77 .249 .284 .351 .635  
1981 21 AAA   1 3 .250 8 8 0 0 0 47.7 66 27 10 16 36 5.10 .328 .378 .532 .910  
    AA   6 6 .500 15 15 1 0 0 97.3 84 46 11 29 91 4.25 .231 .288 .398 .686  
1982 22 AAA   7 4 .636 21 21 0 0 0 107.7 134 63 15 43 95 5.27 .296 .357 .475 .831  
1983 23 VAL JL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.5
    AAA   3 3 .500 34 3 0 0 3 84.3 65 31 10 29 76 3.31 .217 .287 .355 .641  
1984 24 VAL JL 3 0 1.000 41 0 0 0 0 61.3 70 31 11 14 43 4.55 .287 .326 .496 .822 3.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 21 0 0 0 1 19.3 26 12 2 5 23 5.59 .310 .348 .440 .789  
1985 25 VAL JL 7 5 .583 68 0 0 0 0 84.7 87 44 16 28 65 4.68 .256 .311 .447 .758 3.9
1986 26 VAL JL 4 2 .667 50 0 0 0 3 54.0 60 28 10 22 36 4.67 .282 .351 .479 .830 3.7
1987 27 VAL JL 3 3 .500 62 6 0 0 0 88.3 103 67 21 23 65 6.83 .285 .343 .512 .856 0.8
    AAA   0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 3 8.7 7 4 1 6 12 4.16 .219 .342 .344 .686  
1988 28 VAL JL 6 4 .600 74 0 0 0 6 110.3 104 37 7 21 92 3.02 .246 .283 .371 .655 11.2
1989 29 VAL JL 7 10 .412 85 0 0 0 23 101.0 113 49 10 37 90 4.37 .285 .345 .462 .807 8.8
1990 30 VAL JL 4 4 .500 43 0 0 0 2 53.3 57 31 9 13 55 5.23 .275 .320 .473 .793 3.1
  BRK FL 2 1 .667 35 0 0 0 1 39.7 50 26 7 10 23 5.90 .311 .351 .522 .872 0.6
  TOT   6 5 .545 78 0 0 0 3 93.0 107 57 16 23 78 5.52 .291 .333 .495 .828 3.7
1991 31 BRK FL 10 9 .526 77 1 0 0 33 88.3 107 44 14 24 63 4.48 .302 .343 .500 .843 9.8
1992 32 BRK FL 5 6 .455 103 1 0 0 12 138.7 132 66 19 47 118 4.28 .245 .308 .411 .719 12.4
1993 33 BRK FL 6 6 .500 27 8 0 0 0 84.7 92 48 13 21 69 5.10 .276 .324 .465 .790 4.4
  VAN JL 1 2 .333 24 7 0 0 16 33.7 32 10 4 8 36 2.67 .250 .297 .406 .703 7.0
  TOT   7 8 .467 51 15 0 0 16 118.3 124 58 17 29 105 4.41 .269 .317 .449 .766 11.4
1994 34 VAN JL 4 10 .286 84 0 0 0 29 90.0 107 56 8 39 59 5.60 .298 .365 .451 .817 8.5
12 Years Sim 62 62 .500 776 23 0 0 125 1031.0 1116 537 149 307 816 4.69 .274 .327 .455 .782 77.7
5 Years AAA 11 10 .524 96 32 0 0 7 267.6 298 137 38 99 242 4.61 .279 .340 .445 .785  
4 Years AA 13 19 .406 97 34 1 0 3 271.7 263 114 31 68 259 3.78 .254 .300 .392 .692  
1 Years A 3 4 .429 40 9 0 0 1 59.0 51 17 5 16 59 2.59 .237 .290 .335 .625  
10 Years Minors 27 33 .450 233 75 1 0 11 598.3 612 268 74 183 560 4.03 .264 .318 .411 .729  
Season Average 5 5 .500 64 1 0 0 10 85.9 93 44 12 25 68 4.69 .274 .327 .455 .782  
Career Highs 10 10 1.000 103 15 0 0 33 138.7 132 67 21 47 118 6.83 .302 .365 .512 .856  
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   518 235 52 134 400   .263 .310 .414 .724
vs LH   598 302 97 173 416   .285 .339 .494 .833
Home 36 27 .571 408 10 0 0 68 524.0 559 263 71 154 412 4.52 .273 .324 .439 .763
Away 26 35 .426 368 13 0 0 57 507.0 557 274 78 153 404 4.86 .275 .326 .472 .798
Mar/Apr 16 8 .667 112 6 0 0 18 164.3 173 86 27 43 129 4.71 .269 .315 .466 .781
May 8 12 .400 132 7 0 0 26 179.0 206 105 31 49 146 5.28 .287 .332 .476 .809
June 12 12 .500 112 6 0 0 15 155.6 166 72 19 46 117 4.16 .274 .325 .450 .776
July 10 7 .588 119 2 0 0 20 153.3 163 77 26 50 127 4.52 .268 .323 .453 .776
August 6 11 .353 153 0 0 0 28 188.0 221 93 21 58 169 4.45 .292 .342 .441 .784
Sep/Oct 10 12 .455 148 2 0 0 18 190.6 187 104 25 61 128 4.91 .254 .312 .445 .756
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 24 VAL JL 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1985 25 VAL JL 68 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
1987 27 VAL JL 62 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1988 28 VAL JL 74 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1989 29 VAL JL 85 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
1990 30 VAL JL 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  BRK FL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   78 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1991 31 BRK FL 77 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
1992 32 BRK FL 103 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1 0.0
1993 33 BRK FL 27 20 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .100 .182 .200 .382 0.6 0.0
  VAN JL 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   51 22 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .182 .348 0.4 0.0
1994 34 VAN JL 84 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 0.2 0.0
10 Years Sim 723 76 5 6 5 0 0 6 1 0 5 29 .079 .136 .145 .281 -0.3 0.4
162 Game Average 17 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .079 .136 .145 .281 -0.1  
Career Highs 103 22 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 7 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4  
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   60 2 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 23 .067 .125 .117 .242 -1.4
vs LH   16 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 .125 .176 .250 .426 0.6
Home 386 33 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 15 .030 .086 .061 .146 -1.5
Away 337 43 3 5 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 14 .116 .174 .209 .383 0.8
RISP   27 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 10 .074 .167 .148 .315 0.1
Close/Late   14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .071 .133 .143 .276 -0.2
Mar/Apr 74 19 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 11 .105 .150 .211 .361 0.3
May 81 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .000 .053 .000 .053 -1.4
June 42 10 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.7
July 84 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .000 .214 .000 .214 0.0
August 93 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Sep/Oct 74 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1983 23 VAL JL P 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1984 24 VAL JL P 41 0 61.3 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.61    
1985 25 VAL JL P 68 0 84.7 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1986 26 VAL JL P 50 0 54.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1987 27 VAL JL P 62 6 88.3 8 12 0 1 1.000 2.04    
1988 28 VAL JL P 74 0 110.3 5 14 1 1 .950 1.55    
1989 29 VAL JL P 85 0 101.0 6 9 0 2 1.000 1.34    
1990 30 VAL JL P 43 0 53.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.35    
  BRK FL P 35 0 39.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.59    
  TOT   P 78 0 93.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.45    
1991 31 BRK FL P 77 1 88.3 5 15 1 1 .952 2.04    
1992 32 BRK FL P 103 1 138.7 5 20 1 0 .962 1.62    
1993 33 BRK FL P 27 8 84.7 4 9 1 1 .929 1.38    
  VAN JL P 24 7 33.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.34    
  TOT   P 51 15 118.3 5 13 1 2 .947 1.37    
1994 34 VAN JL P 84 0 90.0 3 9 2 0 .857 1.20    
Career Totals   776 23 1031.0 52 130 6 7 .968 1.59    
Career Highs   103 15 138.7 8 20 2 2 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1985 25 VAL JL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 0 1 4 6.00 .250 .308 .417 .724
1986 26 VAL JL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 13 6 0 1 5 9.54 .448 .467 .586 1.053
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 8.7 16 8 0 2 9 8.31 .390 .419 .537 .955
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1989-6-23
1991-5-33
1993-10-16
1994-6-29
CAR-44-125
 Games Pitched
1989-9-85
1992-3-103
1994-10-84
CAR-43-776
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Valencia in 1978
Earned first career win on 4/9/1984
Had first career hit (double) on 4/15/1985, off Bill Microsoft (MAD)
1/31/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/26/1988 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
1/31/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,445,714 through salary arbitration
1/31/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,445,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Valencia to Brooklyn on 7/31/1990 (Going to BRK: C Clint Hurdle, P Blama Baker. Going to VAL: P Ja Ahn Kim, 1B Alberto Culpepper)
8/21/1990: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,950,000 per year, for 3 years
6/21/1993: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,210,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Brooklyn to Vancouver on 7/11/1993 (Going to BRK: C Bobby Bushnell. Going to VAN: P Blama Baker)
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game
 
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