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Rube
Baker		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 16, 1944 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1979    1979   
Slick Fielder Award 1975   
All-Star Selections 1973    1974    1977    1978   
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
1973 29 LOU JL $ 3,990,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 6 6 6 12 11 11 5 5 5 4 5 5
1974 30 MON FL $ 3,990,000 4 3 4 6 5 6 6 6 6 12 11 11 5 5 5 4 5 5
1975 31 MON FL $ 3,990,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 11 12 5 5 5 5 5 5
1976 32 MON FL $ 3,990,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 11 12 5 5 5 5 5 5
1977 33 SLC FL $ 10,000,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 11 11 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 34 SLC FL $ 11,100,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 11 11 11 5 5 5 5 5 5
1979 35 CAL JL $ 10,750,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9 5 5 5 4 5 5
1980 36 WAS JL $ 5,000,000 4 3 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 3,990,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 11,100,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 11 12 5 5 5 5 5 5
                                             
  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 37 CHI JL $ 880,000   5 5 5 13 12 13 12 10 11 7 6 6 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 880,000   5 5 5 13 12 13 12 10 11 7 6 6 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 880,000   5 5 5 13 12 13 12 10 11 7 6 6 8 9 9
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
1973 29 LOU JL 158 513 88 133 32 14 38 103 13 8 45 88 .259 .317 .598 .915 94.7 15.4
1974 30 LOU JL 92 253 43 63 9 1 22 48 6 5 35 43 .249 .340 .553 .893 47.8 9.5
  MON FL 44 130 21 37 6 3 6 19 3 2 22 21 .285 .387 .515 .902 25.4 5.2
  TOT   136 383 64 100 15 4 28 67 9 7 57 64 .261 .356 .540 .897 73.2 14.7
1975 31 MON FL 145 502 72 104 27 16 15 66 16 7 55 87 .207 .287 .414 .702 60.2 8.0
1976 32 MON FL 152 509 72 117 31 9 30 96 10 7 54 102 .230 .305 .503 .808 81.2 15.0
1977 33 SLC FL 149 524 85 125 24 9 35 104 0 0 48 104 .239 .304 .519 .823 81.6 18.4
1978 34 SLC FL 152 533 99 131 27 14 42 101 4 2 62 119 .246 .328 .585 .913 103.8 21.8
1979 35 CAL JL 148 553 87 127 37 6 24 80 8 10 57 128 .230 .305 .448 .754 72.7 13.9
1980 36 SLC FL 74 246 24 59 12 1 9 40 5 3 18 55 .240 .296 .407 .703 29.1 2.9
  WAS JL 46 104 12 17 2 1 5 13 2 1 6 30 .163 .214 .346 .560 7.4 0.0
  TOT   120 350 36 76 14 2 14 53 7 4 24 85 .217 .272 .389 .661 36.5 2.9
1981 37 CHI JL 78 153 18 33 4 1 7 19 1 2 13 42 .216 .278 .392 .670 17.7 1.3
9 Years Sim 1238 4020 621 946 211 75 233 689 68 47 415 819 .235 .309 .499 .808 621.6 111.4
162 Game Average 526 81 123 27 9 30 90 8 6 54 107 .235 .309 .499 .808 81.3  
Career Highs 158 553 99 133 37 16 42 104 16 10 62 128 .261 .356 .598 .915 103.8  
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   2585 378 590 130 52 141 443 44 29 251 493 .228 .298 .482 .781 376.7
vs LH   1435 243 356 81 23 92 246 24 18 164 326 .248 .327 .529 .855 245.5
Home 622 2002 293 457 105 27 105 337 36 29 196 402 .228 .298 .465 .763 280.4
Away 616 2018 328 489 106 48 128 352 32 18 219 417 .242 .319 .533 .851 341.7
RISP   980 0 230 51 18 51 419 0 0 147 186 .235 .327 .480 .806 161.9
Pinch Hitting   175 29 35 8 2 12 31 3 0 21 31 .200 .285 .474 .759 25.9
Close/Late   583 86 123 26 15 25 64 0 2 82 107 .211 .308 .436 .744 81.9
Mar/Apr 213 708 120 187 40 18 54 149 17 10 88 137 .264 .346 .600 .946 142.5
May 208 718 103 163 38 12 43 112 15 8 69 136 .227 .294 .493 .787 107.1
June 201 645 92 145 28 7 41 108 13 7 60 133 .225 .295 .481 .776 93.5
July 203 595 95 138 35 10 25 104 5 9 61 127 .232 .308 .450 .759 80.5
August 207 671 103 148 29 15 32 109 10 7 68 150 .221 .291 .452 .743 91.0
Sep/Oct 206 683 108 165 41 13 38 107 8 6 69 136 .242 .314 .507 .820 107.5
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 29 LOU JL C 137 119 1117.7 839 49 8 1 .991 7.15 103 35 .340 4 7.7
1974 30 LOU JL C 90 67 621.9 509 39 7 1 .987 7.93 64 22 .344 1 3.7
  MON FL C 43 32 326.8 268 21 4 0 .986 7.96 33 12 .364 0 1.4
  TOT   C 133 99 948.7 777 60 11 1 .987 7.94 97 34 .351 1 5.1
1975 31 MON FL C 143 132 1207.7 1077 91 13 1 .989 8.70 162 72 .444 6 8.1
1976 32 MON FL C 149 139 1250.3 1034 79 9 2 .992 8.01 139 48 .345 0 7.5
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 33 SLC FL C 147 128 1206.0 919 82 12 1 .988 7.47 169 53 .314 4 5.5
1978 34 SLC FL C 148 137 1255.0 840 74 9 2 .990 6.55 169 50 .296 2 6.2
1979 35 CAL JL C 147 142 1303.7 1167 65 10 3 .992 8.51 142 41 .289 0 8.7
1980 36 SLC FL C 62 49 524.9 410 38 2 1 .996 7.68 72 27 .375 0 3.2
    CF 1 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WAS JL C 38 30 217.7 170 16 1 0 .995 7.69 30 11 .367 0 1.8
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 100 79 742.6 580 54 3 1 .995 7.68 102 38 .373 0 5.0
      CF 2 1 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1981 37 CHI JL C 36 32 282.0 207 19 5 0 .978 7.21 41 12 .293 2 1.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1140 1007 9313.6 7440 573 80 12 .990 7.74 1124 383 .341 19 54.8
  CF 3 1 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1145 1009 9341.6 7453 573 80 14 .990 7.73 1124 383 .341 19 54.8
Career Highs   150 142 1303.7 1167 91 13 4 .995 8.70 169 72 .444 6  
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
1974 30 MON FL 4 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 .133 .133 .133 .267
1975 31 MON FL 5 16 3 6 0 0 3 9 0 0 2 2 .375 .444 .938 1.382
1977 33 SLC FL 3 14 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .857 1.071
1979 35 CAL JL 18 68 12 16 3 1 3 11 1 1 8 14 .235 .316 .441 .758
Career Post-Season Batting 30 113 18 27 3 1 9 23 2 1 10 29 .239 .302 .522 .824
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.
Slugging Pct
1973-2-.598
1976-7-.503
1977-7-.519
1978-1-.585
CAR-43-.499
 OPS
1973-7-.915
1978-4-.913
 XR
1978-4-103.8
 Runs
1978-4-99
 Total Bases
1977-8-272
1978-2-312
 Doubles
1979-10-37
Triples
1973-2-14
1975-2-16
1976-10-9
1977-10-9
1978-3-14
 Homeruns
1973-7-38
1976-6-30
1977-2-35
1978-2-42
1979-10-24
 RBIs
1976-6-96
1977-3-104
1978-6-101
 Walks
1978-7-62
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Willie McShane (900)
  2. Darius Rucker (878)
  3. Robin Larker (869)
  4. Mike Luthardt (867)
  5. Doug Gwosdz (867)
  6. Bryn Stuhntkowski (859)
  7. Sang Lim (851)
  8. Stan Binks (844)
  9. Bill Schroeder (840)
  10. Larry Jenkins (840)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 100th overall pick, by Washington in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/1/1973, off Larry Gorton (JAX)
Hit for the cycle against Omaha on 4/19/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Traded from Washington to Louisville on 7/21/1973 (Going to WAS: P J. Riles, 2B L. Gullo, C E. Sykes. Going to LOU: C R. Baker, P A. Buckland, P M. Hick)
Hit for the cycle against California on 8/25/1973
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against California on 8/25/1973
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Traded from Louisville to Montreal on 7/31/1974 (Going to MON: C R. Baker. Going to LOU: C C. McAleavey, P C. Hornberg)
Drove in 6 runs against Salt Lake City on 10/5/1975
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 1975.Drove in 6 runs against Calgary on 5/3/1976
Won Player of the Week award on 5/7/1976, hitting .353 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/1/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $10,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1977, hitting .409 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1977, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/14/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $11,100,000 per year
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/2/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $10,750,000 per year
Won Landis Memorial Series with California in 1979
Won Landis Memorial Series with California in 1979
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/8/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Traded from Salt Lake City to Washington on 7/11/1980 (Going to SLC: CF E. Gaedel, P E. Williams, LF L. Brock. Going to WAS: C R. Baker, 2B P. Maneri, P T. Martos)
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 2/8/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $880,000 per year
Injured on 4/21/1981 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
 
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