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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1911-02-22 · Played 1940–1949 · Career WAR 0.1 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=bakerbi01, LAHMAN=bakerbi01, MLBAM=110491, RETROSHEET=bakeb101

Photo: Cincinnati Reds - 1940 Team Issue, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1940	CIN	NL	27	69	5	15	1	1	0	7	2	4	8	.217	.260	.261	.521	-0.5
1941	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	-0.2
1941	PIT	NL	35	67	5	15	3	0	0	6	0	11	0	.224	.333	.269	.602
1942	PIT	NL	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.118	.167	.118	.285	-0.3
1943	PIT	NL	63	172	12	47	6	3	1	26	3	22	6	.273	.365	.360	.725	0.7
1946	PIT	NL	53	113	7	27	4	0	1	8	0	12	6	.239	.312	.301	.613	-0.2
1948	SLN	NL	45	119	13	35	10	1	0	15	1	15	7	.294	.373	.395	.768	0.8
1949	SLN	NL	20	30	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	2	.133	.188	.167	.355	-0.2
Total			263	588	45	145	25	5	2	68	6	68	30	.247	.325	.316	.641	0.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1940	CIN	NL	C	24	87	9	0	1
1941	CIN	NL	C	1	2	0	0	0
1941	PIT	NL	C	33	73	14	3	1
1942	PIT	NL	C	11	19	1	0	0
1943	PIT	NL	C	56	157	29	4	3
1946	PIT	NL	1B	1	2	0	0	1
1946	PIT	NL	C	41	95	14	4	2
1948	SLN	NL	C	36	152	15	1	2
1949	SLN	NL	C	10	16	1	0	1
Total				213	603	83	12	11

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1943-06-13	Player	Balls and strikes
1950-06-10	Coach	Fair/foul call

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Ejections (2)