Frank Watts Baker

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Full Name: Frank Watts Baker	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/178	First Game: August 9, 1970
Birthdate: October 29, 1946	Final Game: October 2, 1974
Birthplace: Meridian, Mississippi	MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

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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Frank Baker (Frank Watts Baker) was born on October 29, 1946 in Meridian, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on August 9, 1970 for the New York Yankees. Baker played for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 4 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
1970	NY	A	35	117	6	27	0	11	.231	.323	.282	4	1	14	26	2	0	1	0	1
1971	NY	A	43	79	9	11	0	2	.139	.281	.165	2	0	16	22	0	2	3	3	2
1973	BAL	A	44	63	10	12	1	11	.190	.268	.317	1	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
1974	BAL	A	24	29	3	5	0	0	.172	.250	.207	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
Total			146	288	28	55	1	24	.191	.292	.250	8	3	40	60	2	2	4	3	4

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1970	NY	A	SS	35	32	292	62	118	5	22	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1971	NY	A	SS	38	29	255	53	97	8	28	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1973	BAL	A	1B	1	0	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	BAL	A	SS	32	17	150	30	51	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1973	BAL	A	3B	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	BAL	A	2B	7	0	37	11	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1974	BAL	A	2B	3	1	19.1	9	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.824
1974	BAL	A	3B	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	BAL	A	SS	17	6	65	7	25	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.842
Total			2B	10	1	56.1	20	19	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.886
Total			3B	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1	0	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	122	84	762	152	291	22	70	0	0	0	0	0	.953

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Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
Selected by New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
Traded by New York Yankees to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Tommy Matchick (April 5, 1973).

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