Bill Baker

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Full Name: William Presley Baker	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/200	First Game: May 4, 1940
Birthdate: February 22, 1911	Final Game: August 1, 1949
Birthplace: Paw Creek, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: April 13, 2006
Deathplace: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Bill Baker (William Presley Baker) was born on February 22, 1911 in Paw Creek, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1940 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 1 home run and 26 RBI. Baker played for the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 7 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1940	CIN	N	27	69	5	15	0	7	.217	.260	.261	1	1	4	8	0	0	2	0	4
1941	PIT	N	35	67	5	15	0	6	.224	.333	.269	3	0	11	0	0	2	0	0	2
1941	CIN	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1941	TOT	N	37	68	5	15	0	6	.221	.338	.265	3	0	12	1	0	2	0	0	2
1942	PIT	N	18	17	1	2	0	2	.118	.167	.118	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	PIT	N	63	172	12	47	1	26	.273	.365	.360	6	3	22	6	3	1	3	0	6
1946	PIT	N	53	113	7	27	1	8	.239	.312	.301	4	0	12	6	0	2	0	0	3
1948	STL	N	45	119	13	35	0	15	.294	.373	.395	10	1	15	7	0	0	1	0	4
1949	STL	N	20	30	2	4	0	4	.133	.188	.167	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			263	588	45	145	2	68	.247	.328	.316	25	5	68	30	3	5	6	0	19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1940	CIN	N	C	24	0	0	87	9	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1941	PIT	N	C	33	0	0	73	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1941	CIN	N	C	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	TOT	N	C	34	0	0	75	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1942	PIT	N	C	11	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	PIT	N	C	56	0	0	157	29	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	.979
1946	PIT	N	C	41	0	0	95	14	4	2	0	4	0	0	0	.965
1946	PIT	N	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	STL	N	C	36	0	0	152	15	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	.994
1949	STL	N	C	10	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	212	0	0	601	83	12	10	0	11	0	0	0	.983

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates (May 12, 1941).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 19, 1949).

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