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Dusty Baker

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Full Name: Johnnie B Baker Primary Position: OF,LF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/183 First Game: September 7, 1968
Birthdate: June 15, 1949 Final Game: October 4, 1986
Birthplace: Riverside, California MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Dusty, who guided the Cubs to the National League Central Division championship in 2003 (his first season with the club), signed a four-year contract with the team in November 2002. Led the Cubs to back-to-back winning seasons (2003-2004) for the first time since 1971-1972. Has gone to the postseason nine times during his big league career (four times as a manager, four times as a player and once as a coach).

Has gone to five World Series including the 2002 Fall Classic with the San Francisco Giants. Won a championship ring as an outfielder with Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981. Enters the 2006 campaign with 1,096 big league managerial victories. In 2004, he became the 50th manager in Major League history to record 1,000 victories...the milestone win came August 30 in a 5-2 win over Montreal.

Is a three-time Baseball Writers Association of America National League Manager of the Year selection and a two-time The Sporting News Manager of the Year. Has received All-Star recognition six times as a player in 1981 and 1982, three times as a member of the NL's coaching staff (1994, 1997, 2001) and as the NL manager for the 2003 Midsummer Classic at U.S. Cellular Field.

Also served as manager of the 1996 postseason Major League all-star tour to Japan. His numerous honors have included: being voted to the all-time Dodgers team by Los Angeles fans during that club's 100th anniversary celebration in 1990, receiving the 1998 Silver Plumes "City Ambassador" Award from Where-San Francisco magazine, which is presented annually to an individual who largely represents and epitomizes that city's reputation for greatness, being inducted into the Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame in 1990, being inducted into the California Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

Among his many charitable endeavors, he has: assisted the Sacramento Children's Home for Abused Youths, the American Sports Institute, the California Campaign for Libraries, Special Olympics, Swords to Plowshares and the National Muscular Dystrophy Association. Served with his wife, Melissa, as the honorary chairpersons for the fourth annual ALS Say It With Flowers caregivers recognition event in November 2001. Has co-written "You Can Teach Hitting," produced a variety of video tapes on the art of hitting and conducts numerous baseball clinics. Also serves as president of the Dusty Baker School of Baseball. Underwent successful surgery for prostate cancer December 17, 2001.

Graduated from Del Campo High School in Carmichael, CA, in 1967, where he was a four-sport athlete (baseball, football, basketball, track). Attended American River College in Sacramento, CA.

Dusty joined the Cubs after guiding San Francisco to an 840-715 record from 1993-2002 (.540 winning percentage). The Giants finished in first or second place in the NL West Division standings eight times and won at least 90 games five times. San Francisco advanced to the postseason three times including a trip to the 2002 World Series. The 2002 club beat the Atlanta Braves in the Division Series and St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Championship Series before falling to Anaheim in the Fall Classic. In addition, his 1993 club didn't qualify for the postseason despite winning 103 games while his 1998 squad lost to the Cubs in the Wild Card tiebreaker to get to that point, the Giants made up a 5.0-game deficit with 10 games remaining in the regular season.

Under his guidance, the Giants recorded three of their top five victory seasons since moving to San Francisco in 1958 (103 in 1993, 97 in 2000 and 95 in 2002). San Francisco finished above the .500 mark every year from 1997-2002, placing first or second in the division every season. The club's overall 547-425 record over the six-season span (.563 winning percentage) ranked 2nd in the NL behind Atlanta (594-376 .612 winning percentage). The six consecutive first- or second-place finishes marked the first time that happened in franchise history since the New York Giants accomplished the feat over a nine-year span from 1917-1925.

The 1997 squad won the West Division after finishing in last place the year before... it was just the fourth time in big league history that a team went from last-to-first in the standings. Won the Baseball Writers' Association of America National League Manager of the Year Award after the 1993, 1997 and 2000 seasons... was second in the balloting in 2003... since the inception of the BBWAA award, only one manager (Tony LaRussa) has been honored more times.

Also won The Sporting News' NL Manager of the Year honors in 1997 and 2000. Recorded the second-highest totals in Giants history for victories and games (1,555), trailing only John McGraw who led the club to a 2,604-1,801 mark from 1902-1932...the only other manager to spend 10 years at the Giants' helm was Bill Terry (1932-1941).

The Giants won 103 games in 1993 during his first year as a skipper. The victory total was the highest for a rookie manager in N.L. history and just the fifth instance in major league history in which a freshman manager reached the triple digit victory total...came within 1.0 game of winning the NL West crown, as Atlanta went 104-58.

Prior to managing the Giants, he spent five years on that club's coaching staff (under Roger Craig)... was San Francisco's first base coach in 1988 and the club's hitting coach from 1989-1992...his first managerial stint was with the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League in 1992.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1968 ATL N 6 5 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .400 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 ATL N 3 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 ATL N 13 24 3 7 0 4 .292 .333 .292 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1
1971 ATL N 29 62 2 14 0 4 .226 .238 .258 2 0 1 14 0 1 0 1 1
1972 ATL N 127 446 62 143 17 76 .321 .383 .504 27 2 45 68 4 2 4 2 9
1973 ATL N 159 604 101 174 21 99 .288 .359 .454 29 4 67 72 5 1 24 8 14
1974 ATL N 149 574 80 147 20 69 .256 .335 .422 35 0 71 87 1 3 18 9 12
1975 ATL N 142 494 63 129 19 72 .261 .346 .421 18 2 67 57 0 1 12 7 10
1976 LA N 112 384 36 93 4 39 .242 .298 .307 13 0 31 54 1 1 2 3 15
1977 LA N 153 533 86 155 30 86 .291 .364 .512 26 1 58 89 6 2 2 6 9
1978 LA N 149 522 62 137 11 66 .262 .325 .375 24 1 47 66 3 4 12 2 10
1979 LA N 151 554 86 152 23 88 .274 .340 .455 29 1 56 70 1 2 11 0 16
1980 LA N 153 579 80 170 29 97 .294 .339 .503 26 4 43 66 3 1 12 4 11
1981 LA N 103 400 48 128 9 49 .320 .363 .445 17 3 29 43 1 3 10 1 9
1982 LA N 147 570 80 171 23 88 .300 .361 .458 19 1 56 62 3 2 17 5 7
1983 LA N 149 531 71 138 15 73 .260 .346 .395 25 1 72 59 2 4 7 2 9
1984 SF N 100 243 31 71 3 32 .292 .387 .374 7 2 40 27 0 0 4 1 5
1985 OAK A 111 343 48 92 14 52 .268 .359 .440 15 1 50 47 0 0 2 0 12
1986 OAK A 83 242 25 58 4 19 .240 .314 .322 8 0 27 37 0 0 0 1 8
Total NL 1845 6532 891 1831 224 942 .280 .347 .435 297 22 685 842 30 27 135 51 138
Total AL 194 585 73 150 18 71 .256 .340 .391 23 1 77 84 0 0 2 1 20
Total 2039 7117 964 1981 242 1013 .278 .347 .432 320 23 762 926 30 27 137 52 158

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 ATL N OF 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1968 ATL N CF 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 ATL N OF 3 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 ATL N CF 2 2 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 ATL N LF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 ATL N OF 11 5 60 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1970 ATL N RF 3 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 ATL N LF 5 2 29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 ATL N CF 3 1 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1971 ATL N CF 4 4 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 ATL N OF 19 12 120.1 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 ATL N LF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1971 ATL N RF 17 8 90.1 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 ATL N CF 120 113 1022.1 342 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1972 ATL N RF 4 2 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 ATL N OF 123 115 1044.1 344 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1972 ATL N LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 ATL N OF 156 155 1392 390 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1973 ATL N CF 156 155 1392 391 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1974 ATL N RF 114 48 601.2 130 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1974 ATL N CF 101 99 737 235 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1974 ATL N OF 148 147 1338.2 359 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1975 ATL N OF 136 134 1170 287 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1975 ATL N RF 126 120 1061.1 258 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1975 ATL N CF 14 14 108.2 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 LA N OF 106 97 891 254 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1976 LA N CF 83 81 729 209 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1976 LA N RF 24 16 162 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 LA N OF 152 151 1273 227 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1977 LA N LF 152 150 1269 221 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1977 LA N RF 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 LA N OF 145 142 1191.2 250 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1978 LA N LF 145 142 1191.2 253 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1979 LA N LF 150 147 1290.2 286 15 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1979 LA N OF 150 147 1290.2 289 14 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1980 LA N CF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 LA N OF 151 149 1336.2 308 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1980 LA N RF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 LA N LF 151 149 1334.2 308 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1981 LA N LF 101 101 881 175 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1981 LA N OF 101 101 881 181 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1982 LA N RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 LA N OF 144 142 1264.1 226 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1982 LA N LF 144 142 1263.1 223 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1983 LA N OF 143 142 1201.1 249 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1983 LA N LF 143 142 1201.1 246 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1984 SF N OF 62 59 493.2 112 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1984 SF N RF 33 31 268 66 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1984 SF N LF 29 28 225.2 43 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1985 OAK A 1B 58 53 419.1 400 26 3 33 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1985 OAK A DH 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 OAK A OF 36 25 233 65 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1985 OAK A RF 5 3 31 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1985 OAK A LF 32 22 202 55 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1986 OAK A OF 55 52 395 80 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 OAK A DH 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 OAK A LF 36 33 243 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 OAK A 1B 3 1 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 OAK A RF 20 19 152 31 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 487 469 4056.1 1217 29 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total OF 1844 1777 15603.2 3663 110 56 21 0 0 0 0 0 .985
Total DH 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 349 250 2411 567 17 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .980
Total 1B 61 54 426.1 410 26 3 33 0 0 0 0 0 .993
Total LF 1091 1058 9136.1 1861 64 30 13 0 0 0 0 0 .985

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 26th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves with Ed Goodson to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jim Wynn, Tom Paciorek, Lee Lacy and Jerry Royster (November 17, 1975).
  • Granted free agency (February 21, 1984).
  • Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 1, 1984).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Ed Puikunas and Dan Winters (March 24, 1985).
  • Granted free agency (November 10, 1986).

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