Thomas Calvin Baker
[edit] Biography
Born on June 11, 1913 in Nursery, Texas, Tom Baker (Thomas Calvin Baker) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants over the course of his 4 year career. Baker broke into the bigs on August 15, 1935 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 4.72 ERA in 87.2 innings pitched in 1936, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1935
| BRO
| N
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4.29
| 10
| 25
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 48
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| 35
| 8
| 1
| 8
| 4.72
| 35
| 56
| 46
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 87.2
| 98
| 3
| 48
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4.06
| 11
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 30
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| BRO
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8.64
| 2
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1937
| TOT
| N
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 5.03
| 13
| 25
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.1
| 44
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.75
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 68
| 9
| 3
| 9
| 4.73
| 58
| 109
| 91
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 173
| 195
| 6
| 92
| 0
| 10
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| BRO
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 21
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| BRO
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1937
| TOT
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 34
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| BRO
| N
| 11
| 19
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .474
| .500
| .526
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| 37
| 30
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 5
| .233
| .258
| .333
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| BRO
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| TOT
| N
| 20
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 70
| 58
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 5
| .310
| .344
| .379
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to New York Giants in exchange for Freddie Fitzsimmons (June 11, 1937).
- Traded by New York Giants with Jim Carlin and $20000 to Washington Senators in exchange for Zeke Bonura (December 11, 1938).
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