Floyd Baker
1943–1955 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
874G
.251AVG
.360OBP
.297SLG
More career statistics
573H
1HR
196RBI
23SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Doubles | 76 | 77 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 165 | 167 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,694 | 2,692 |
| Batting · RBI | 196 | 195 |
| Batting · Walks | 382 | 380 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 874 | 2,694 | 2,280 | 285 | 573 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 196 | 382 | 165 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 678 | .251 | .360 | .297 | .657 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1952-08-13 to 1952-09-11
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1950-07-19 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1947-07-20 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1947-07-15 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 416 | 1281 | 275 | 1 | 101 | 181 | 91 | .253 | .356 | .299 |
| Away | 458 | 1411 | 298 | 0 | 94 | 199 | 76 | .249 | .352 | .297 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 58 | 167 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 12 | .236 | .323 | .278 |
| May | 160 | 490 | 96 | 1 | 34 | 69 | 33 | .231 | .337 | .298 |
| June | 162 | 497 | 111 | 0 | 39 | 70 | 31 | .262 | .364 | .307 |
| July | 186 | 539 | 106 | 0 | 29 | 80 | 29 | .234 | .345 | .269 |
| August | 160 | 515 | 111 | 0 | 34 | 81 | 28 | .261 | .373 | .305 |
| September | 141 | 463 | 108 | 0 | 45 | 60 | 34 | .272 | .363 | .307 |
| October | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .524 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 135 | 433 | 81 | 0 | 34 | 50 | 27 | .215 | .303 | .250 |
| new-york-yankees | 128 | 386 | 79 | 0 | 23 | 65 | 30 | .248 | .373 | .292 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 115 | 365 | 79 | 0 | 29 | 60 | 13 | .261 | .381 | .314 |
| detroit-tigers | 112 | 338 | 75 | 0 | 21 | 45 | 30 | .260 | .355 | .304 |
| boston-red-sox | 108 | 349 | 86 | 0 | 16 | 51 | 20 | .293 | .393 | .344 |
| st-louis-browns | 105 | 364 | 85 | 0 | 44 | 45 | 16 | .272 | .357 | .332 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 102 | 323 | 63 | 1 | 20 | 47 | 18 | .232 | .341 | .284 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 91 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 7 | .244 | .341 | .269 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  St. Louis Browns | 22 | 46 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .174 | – | – |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 44 | 97 | 17 | – | 5 | 2 | .175 | – | – |
| 1945 |  Chicago White Sox | 82 | 208 | 52 | – | 18 | 3 | .250 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 9 | 24 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 105 | 371 | 98 | – | 22 | 9 | .264 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago White Sox | 104 | 335 | 72 | – | 18 | 4 | .215 | – | – |
| 1949 | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 388 | 101 | 1 | 40 | 3 | .260 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox | 83 | 186 | 59 | – | 11 | 1 | .317 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 133 | 35 | – | 14 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 79 | 263 | 69 | – | 33 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 90 | 179 | 47 | – | 24 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies | 44 | 42 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |