RF Wayne Baker #10
New York Knickerbockers MLB
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
06/03/1974
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RF WAYNE BAKER #10 - AGE: 30 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
22 73 22 3 0 0 6 12 10 .301 .395 .342 0 0.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 55 50 50
Gap 55 55 50 55
Power 25 25 25 25
Eye 65 70 65 65
Avoid K's 50 50 45 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 60
Errors: - 35 55
Arm: 25 40 60
Turn DP: - 35 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 70
1st Base: - Center Field: 50
2nd Base: - Right Field: 65
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 45
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 40
Sacrifice Bunt: 60
Bunt for Hit: 60
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/01/1974 CLE Win, 6-2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
05/28/1974 PIT Win, 1-0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
05/27/1974 PIT Loss, 3-6 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/24/1974 @ WAS Win, 8-2 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
05/21/1974 @ CLE Loss, 4-13 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
05/20/1974 @ CLE Win, 5-0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
05/11/1974 PHI Loss, 7-13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/10/1974 PHI Win, 8-0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
05/09/1974 CHI Win, 6-5 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
05/03/1974 MIL Win, 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Less talking and more listening would do him good.
Personality Class: Outspoken
High: Adaptability, Work Ethic
Low: Baseball IQ
Birthday:11/24/1943
Born in:San Diego, CA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$170,000
Signed Through:1974 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 55 Days
Service This Yr:55 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 13th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 22 73 22 3 0 0 6 15 12 10 .301 .395 .342 .738 .346 .041 121
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 15 87 0 0 0 2 1 1 25 3 0 1 0.0 10.4 5.01 .7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   54 17 3 0 0 3 11 7 6 1 1 0 .315 .387 .370 .757
Versus Right   19 5 0 0 0 3 4 5 4 0 0 0 .263 .417 .263 .680
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   14 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 .286 .353 .286 .639
April   35 9 2 0 0 2 7 5 5 0 1 0 .257 .350 .314 .664
May   34 13 1 0 0 3 8 7 4 0 0 0 .382 .488 .412 .900
June   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Spring Training   51 8 1 1 0 3 2 10 10 0 0 0 .157 .295 .216 .511
Last Year   220 71 22 1 2 34 32 25 33 1 2 0 .323 .390 .459 .849
2 Years Ago   328 87 17 3 1 41 42 52 48 3 0 0 .265 .363 .345 .707
Career   3279 863 139 50 19 334 407 372 584 10 27 15 .263 .340 .353 .694
Home   41 13 2 0 0 4 8 6 3 1 1 0 .317 .396 .366 .762
Road   32 9 1 0 0 2 7 6 7 0 0 0 .281 .395 .312 .707
Grass   73 22 3 0 0 6 15 12 10 1 1 0 .301 .395 .342 .738
Day   48 14 2 0 0 5 9 6 5 1 0 0 .292 .364 .333 .697
Night   25 8 1 0 0 1 6 6 5 0 1 0 .320 .452 .360 .812
As Starter   64 18 3 0 0 4 13 11 9 1 1 0 .281 .382 .328 .710
As Reliever / Substitution   9 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 .444 .500 .444 .944
Pinch Hitting   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Close/Late   15 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 .200 .400 .200 .600
Inning 1-3   26 8 2 0 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 .308 .379 .385 .764
Inning 4-6   19 8 1 0 0 4 5 3 1 1 1 0 .421 .478 .474 .952
Inning 7-9   20 5 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 .250 .375 .250 .625
Extra Innings   8 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
0 Outs   26 9 2 0 0 1 6 7 6 1 1 0 .346 .471 .423 .894
1 Outs   28 4 1 0 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 .143 .226 .179 .404
2 Outs   19 9 0 0 0 3 4 2 3 0 0 0 .474 .524 .474 .997
Scoring Position   17 5 0 0 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 0 .294 .381 .294 .675
Bases Empty   43 14 2 0 0 0 8 6 8 0 0 0 .326 .408 .372 .780
Runner on 1st   13 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 .231 .375 .308 .683
Runner on 2nd   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Runner on 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   7 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .500 .429 .929
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Bases Loaded   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   37 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 10 0 0 0 .243 .349 .297 .646
First Pitch   9 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .556 .556 .556 1.111
Count 0-1   6 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 0-2   2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Count 1-0   6 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .286 .500 .786
Count 1-1   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-2   12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-1   7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-2   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 .333 .750 .333 1.083
Full Count   13 5 1 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 .385 .579 .462 1.040
Behind in Count   20 7 1 0 0 3 4 0 6 0 0 0 .350 .350 .400 .750
Ahead in Count   16 5 1 0 0 1 5 6 0 1 1 0 .312 .478 .375 .853
Batting Leadoff   62 17 3 0 0 5 14 11 9 1 1 0 .274 .378 .323 .701
Batting 4th   2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 7th   7 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Batting 9th   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Low Leverage   31 8 1 0 0 1 5 4 4 0 0 0 .258 .343 .290 .633
Medium Leverage   28 10 2 0 0 4 7 5 3 0 0 0 .357 .455 .429 .883
High Leverage   13 4 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 .308 .412 .308 .719
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 New York - MLB 22 147 558 144 11 12 2 50 55 43 5 0 118 16 12 .258 .317 .332 .648 91 90 1.1
1967 New York - MLB 23 148 566 151 17 15 2 54 68 46 3 1 107 9 10 .267 .325 .360 .685 108 106 2.2
1968 New York - MLB 24 99 359 93 13 6 4 40 43 33 1 1 71 7 14 .259 .322 .362 .684 111 113 1.6
1969 New York - MLB 25 142 486 134 20 10 2 48 70 72 2 0 84 4 5 .276 .371 .370 .742 115 118 2.9
1970 New York - MLB 26 151 517 128 24 3 5 50 65 70 3 3 74 6 2 .248 .339 .335 .674 86 87 2.1
1971 New York - MLB 27 76 172 33 12 0 1 11 17 19 1 0 39 1 0 .192 .276 .279 .555 61 55 -0.5
1972 New York - MLB 28 92 328 87 17 3 1 41 42 52 0 3 48 0 3 .265 .363 .345 .707 108 110 -0.1
1973 New York - MLB 29 83 220 71 22 1 2 34 32 25 0 1 33 0 0 .323 .390 .459 .849 136 137 2.9
1974 New York - MLB 30 22 73 22 3 0 0 6 15 12 0 1 10 0 1 .301 .395 .342 .738 109 121 0.7
Total MLB 960 3279 863 139 50 19 334 407 372 15 10 584 43 47 .263 .340 .353 .694 102 103 13.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Total - 21 51 223 69 10 10 4 48 45 32 2 2 13 32 10 .309 .398 .498 .895 100 100 2.2
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 New York - MLB 24 19 60 13 1 1 0 3 4 5 0 1 14 2 4 .217 .273 .267 .539 67 63 -0.3
1969 New York - MLB 25 6 17 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 .235 .316 .353 .669 93 94 0.1
1973 New York - MLB 29 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .333 .091 .424 25 51 0.8
Total MLB 29 88 18 1 2 0 3 8 11 0 1 19 2 5 .205 .290 .261 .551 66 67
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 New York - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 New York - MLB CF 71 68 213 7 4 224 4 .982 587.0 3.37 -7.0 .958
1966 New York - MLB RF 78 70 153 8 0 167 6 .964 647.1 2.24 +3.4 1.018
1967 New York - MLB LF 29 28 63 0 0 65 2 .969 233.1 2.43 +1.3 1.024
1967 New York - MLB CF 23 19 52 2 1 55 1 .982 162.0 3.00 -1.7 .954
1967 New York - MLB RF 102 91 216 7 2 226 3 .987 821.2 2.44 +5.3 1.022
1968 New York - MLB LF 49 47 93 1 0 95 1 .989 399.2 2.12 +0.0 1.032
1968 New York - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 New York - MLB RF 48 40 88 4 0 92 0 1.000 363.1 2.28 +1.1 1.026
1969 New York - MLB LF 16 14 31 2 1 34 1 .971 120.1 2.47 +2.5 1.031
1969 New York - MLB CF 4 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 6.1 8.53 -0.1 .979
1969 New York - MLB RF 123 118 181 9 0 196 6 .969 1029.1 1.66 +3.4 1.038
1970 New York - MLB LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 New York - MLB CF 10 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 23.0 2.35 -1.1 .835
1970 New York - MLB RF 144 142 270 14 2 288 4 .986 1219.2 2.10 +16.2 1.104
1971 New York - MLB LF 25 24 37 2 1 39 0 1.000 206.0 1.70 +2.4 1.066
1971 New York - MLB RF 26 15 35 1 0 37 1 .973 158.0 2.05 -0.6 .987
1972 New York - MLB LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.2 0.00 -0.0 .000
1972 New York - MLB CF 89 89 177 14 1 197 6 .970 779.0 2.21 -16.0 .911
1972 New York - MLB RF 4 2 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 22.1 4.03 +1.1 1.079
1973 New York - MLB LF 22 13 31 1 0 32 0 1.000 149.2 1.92 +1.6 1.065
1973 New York - MLB RF 40 38 81 6 0 90 3 .967 320.0 2.45 +6.7 1.104
1974 New York - MLB LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.1 2.08 +0.0 1.046
1974 New York - MLB CF 2 0 4 0 0 5 1 .800 6.1 5.68 +0.1 1.004
1974 New York - MLB RF 17 15 33 1 1 36 2 .944 150.1 2.04 +3.2 1.066
TOTAL LF 148 126 256 6 2 266 4 .985 1126.1 2.09 +7.8 1.039
TOTAL CF 200 176 458 23 6 493 12 .976 1564.1 2.77 -25.9 .938
TOTAL RF 582 531 1067 50 5 1142 25 .978 4732.0 2.12 +40.0 1.051
PLAYER HISTORY
12/13/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 13, 13th overall pick) by the New York Knickerbockers, out of college UCLA
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 20 (25); Eye: 50 (60).
04/12/1966 Named the #16 prospect in the MLB
04/26/1966 Injured (sore wrist),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/30/1966 Injured (fever),out for 4 days.
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,800.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 20 (25); Eye: 60 (60).
07/07/1967 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 20 (25); Eye: 60 (65).
05/19/1968 Injured (sore knee),day-to-day for 1 day.
07/23/1968 Injured (strained hamstring),out for 4 weeks.
10/21/1968 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for one week.
11/08/1968 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $53,000 with the New York Knickerbockers organization.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (75); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 60 (65).
03/08/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the New York Knickerbockers development complex.
04/11/1969 Goes 5-6 against the Pittsburgh Industrials, with 1 RBI and 2 R.
09/30/1969 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 3 days.
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $95,000.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (75); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 60 (65).
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $140,000.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (70); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 60 (65).
02/07/1971 Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $500,000 with the New York Knickerbockers organization.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 60 (65).
07/08/1972 Injured (strained calf),day-to-day for 1 day.
07/26/1972 Injured (torn meniscus (knee)),out for 5 months.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 60 (65).
07/20/1973 Injured (strained Achilles tendon),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 25 (25); Eye: 65 (65).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year K Rank
1966 118 8
Year 3B Rank
1966 12 2
1967 15 3
1969 10 9
Year HP Rank
1966 5 8
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