#4 Tom "Rattlesnake" Baker, Closer, 36 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox

#4 Tom "Rattlesnake" Baker, Closer, 36 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox
Friday, 10/20/1949

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Tom Baker
Rattlesnake
6/11/1913
36
USA,TX,NURSERY
5"10
185

Closer
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R

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2.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 4,250,000
1949
12 Year(s), 53 Days (2117 total Days)
172 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 86 Days (2150 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	4	6	10	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	3	5	10
Versus RHB	4	6	10
Talent	4	5	10

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

5
50
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	4	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	5	3	1	1	2
Talent	1	1	1	1	6

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
3
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 3 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
7/28	@NYY	W 3-1		1	0	0	0	1	0	SV
7/30	@CLE	W 4-3		1	0	0	0	2	2	SV
8/2	CHA	W 6-5		1	3	1	1	0	1	W
8/4	CHA	L 9-12		2	2	0	0	1	2
8/19	@WAS	W 9-8		1	1	2	0	1	0
8/20	@NYY	W 7-6		1	1	0	0	0	0	SV
8/22	@NYY	L 5-6		0.2	2	2	2	2	0
9/1	@DET	L 8-9		3	2	0	0	0	2
9/2	@DET	L 2-3		1.2	4	2	1	3	1	L
9/26	DET	W 2-1		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV

Pitching Stats 1949

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	27	0	5	3	10	3.97	34.0	37	18	15	21	18	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	27	0	5	3	10	3.97	34.0	37	18	15	21	18

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	15	5	66.7	27	21	15.4	9.8	4.8	5.6	3	0	.0	7	5	71.4	4.97

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	45	14	1	2	0	8	9	6	7	0	0	0	.311	.377	.422	.800
vs. RHB	86	23	4	2	2	13	9	15	11	0	0	0	.267	.369	.430	.799

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	12	0	4	1	2	5.74	15.2	21	10	10	8	10
Road	15	0	1	2	8	2.45	18.1	16	8	5	13	8
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	5	0	1	0	2	1.13	8.0	5	1	1	2	3
May	3	0	1	0	1	0.00	3.1	2	0	0	2	2
June	6	0	0	2	2	13.50	5.1	8	8	8	5	2
July	5	0	2	0	3	3.00	6.0	6	2	2	5	4
August	5	0	1	0	1	4.77	5.2	9	5	3	4	3
Sept./Oct.	3	0	0	1	1	1.59	5.2	7	2	1	3	4

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1935	4	4	3	0	0	2.97	33.1	26	11	11	2	14	16	1	0	1.20	.226	CLE
1936	3	3	2	1	0	4.50	22.0	26	11	11	0	9	12	0	0	1.59	.351	CLE
1937	6	6	2	3	0	5.31	42.1	40	27	25	7	23	12	0	0	1.49	.236	CLE
1939	47	0	6	2	6	3.69	61.0	62	27	25	3	33	26	0	0	1.56	.292	CLE
1940	38	0	4	5	11	2.92	49.1	40	20	16	4	26	28	0	0	1.34	.242	CLE
1941	35	1	6	3	12	2.51	57.1	51	19	16	1	28	24	1	0	1.38	.265	CLE,AL
1942	62	3	5	4	19	4.26	93.0	99	47	44	3	48	43	0	0	1.58	.306	CLE,AL
1943	36	0	3	4	9	3.15	40.0	43	16	14	1	15	18	0	0	1.45	.311	CLE
1944	31	0	3	3	1	6.55	34.1	37	28	25	0	23	23	0	0	1.75	.333	BOS,AL
1945	15	1	1	2	5	3.98	20.1	15	9	9	0	11	12	1	0	1.28	.263	BOS
1946	15	0	3	1	8	1.80	15.0	8	3	3	0	7	6	0	0	1.00	.178	BOS
1947	31	0	6	6	7	5.70	36.1	46	24	23	3	23	19	0	0	1.90	.333	BOS
1948	23	0	6	3	7	4.55	27.2	35	15	14	1	7	7	0	0	1.52	.304	BOS
1949	27	0	5	3	10	3.97	34.0	37	18	15	2	21	18	0	0	1.71	.315	BOS
Total	373	18	55	40	95	3.99	566.0	565	275	251	27	288	264	3	0	1.51	.287

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1935, A	17	17	7	6	0	2.12	144.2	90	35	34	5	54	138	9	2	1.00	.232
1935, AA	4	4	3	1	0	2.97	33.1	32	14	11	0	14	42	1	0	1.38	.376
1935, AAA	8	8	5	3	0	3.72	58.0	68	29	24	2	22	38	4	1	1.55	.337
1937, AAA	49	2	5	5	14	6.79	58.1	74	46	44	6	26	37	0	0	1.71	.345
1938, AAA	26	21	12	4	0	3.09	175.0	155	63	60	13	70	83	11	0	1.29	.258
1939, AAA	5	5	2	2	0	4.06	37.2	43	21	17	3	14	23	1	0	1.51	.317

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1935	3	3	2	0	0	4.30	23.0	28	15	11	6	7	1	0
1939	6	0	1	0	0	1.50	12.0	4	2	2	6	5	0	0
1940	6	0	0	0	2	4.50	8.0	9	4	4	8	5	0	0
1941	4	0	0	0	2	0.00	3.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0
1942	3	0	0	0	1	2.25	4.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	0
1946	3	0	0	1	2	4.15	4.1	4	2	2	3	3	0	0
1947	1	0	0	0	1	4.50	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0
Total	26	3	3	1	8	3.34	56.2	57	25	21	30	28	1	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1935	4	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	CLE
1936	3	9	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	.556	.600	.556	1.156	CLE
1937	6	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	CLE
1939	47	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	CLE
1940	38	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1941	35	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	CLE,AL
1942	62	11	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	CLE,AL
1943	36	78	14	2	0	0	2	7	2	27	0	0	.179	.200	.205	.405	CLE
1944	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS,AL
1945	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
1946	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
1947	31	10	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	BOS
1948	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
1949	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
Total	373	152	26	3	0	0	5	14	7	53	0	0	.171	.208	.191	.398

Fielding Stats 1949

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

34.0

1.32

Player History

Drafted in 4th round, 59th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1935...
Earned first career win on 9/15/1935...
Had first career hit on 9/20/1935, off Milt Shoffner (PHA)...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1935...
Injured on 4/13/1936 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1939...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1940...
1/31/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,280,000 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game...
1/31/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,491,429 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1942...
1/31/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,491,429 through salary arbitration...
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/1/1944 to a 3-year deal worth $2,800,000 per year...
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/1/1947 to a 3-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1939 - 6 - 8th
1940 - 11 - 3rd
1941 - 12 - 1st
1942 - 19 - 1st
1943 - 9 - 6th
1945 - 5 - 9th
1946 - 8 - 7th
1947 - 7 - 7th
1948 - 7 - 8th

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