Frank Baker
1969–1971 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians
125G
.232AVG
.286OBP
.337SLG
More career statistics
82H
4HR
38RBI
3SB
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 · Strikeouts | 68 | 67 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 384 | 353 | 39 | 82 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 119 | .232 | .286 | .337 | .623 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1971-08-01 to 1971-08-10
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1969-09-06 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1969-07-30 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | 1969-09-09 | 1 in 65 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 71 | 209 | 54 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 37 | .287 | .354 | .436 |
| Away | 54 | 175 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 30 | .170 | .194 | .224 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | 20 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | .192 | .271 | .385 |
| July | 27 | 72 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | .250 | .292 | .338 |
| August | 43 | 141 | 36 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 19 | .271 | .305 | .421 |
| September | 34 | 108 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 23 | .196 | .250 | .206 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 15 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | .184 | .216 | .286 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 15 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .271 | .315 | .312 |
| detroit-tigers | 13 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .143 | .265 | .250 |
| chicago-white-sox | 12 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .345 | .355 | .448 |
| kansas-city-royals | 12 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .273 | .294 | .424 |
| boston-red-sox | 12 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .188 | .235 | .312 |
| minnesota-twins | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .185 | .214 | .259 |
| new-york-yankees | 11 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | .290 | .378 | .323 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  Cleveland Guardians | 52 | 172 | 44 | 3 | 15 | 2 | .256 | – | – |
| 1971 | Cleveland Guardians | 73 | 181 | 38 | 1 | 23 | 1 | .210 | – | – |