Gene Baker
1947–1961 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Monarchs, NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
677G
.263AVG
.320OBP
.388SLG
More career statistics
635H
42HR
255RBI
26SB
3Rare feats
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 · Games | 677 | 740 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,411 | 2,638 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 17 | 21 |
| Batting · Doubles | 118 | 131 |
| Batting · Hits | 635 | 699 |
| Batting · Home runs | 42 | 45 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 219 | 221 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,691 | 2,946 |
| Batting · Runs | 304 | 336 |
| Batting · RBI | 255 | 269 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 26 | 33 |
| Batting · Triples | 28 | 32 |
| Batting · Walks | 199 | 225 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 677 | 2,691 | 2,411 | 304 | 635 | 118 | 28 | 42 | 255 | 199 | 219 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 935 | .263 | .320 | .388 | .708 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1955-08-05 to 1955-08-18
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1955-06-19 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1954-07-20 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1949-05-19 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 395 | 1584 | 411 | 25 | 156 | 126 | 111 | .292 | .339 | .436 |
| Away | 345 | 1362 | 288 | 20 | 113 | 99 | 110 | .234 | .284 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 225 | 44 | 6 | 26 | 35 | 17 | .243 | .351 | .409 |
| May | 161 | 614 | 144 | 7 | 49 | 41 | 50 | .257 | .301 | .376 |
| June | 139 | 554 | 131 | 7 | 39 | 51 | 38 | .273 | .329 | .388 |
| July | 163 | 695 | 175 | 16 | 84 | 50 | 54 | .279 | .324 | .438 |
| August | 117 | 438 | 105 | 7 | 39 | 21 | 27 | .259 | .288 | .389 |
| September | 106 | 420 | 100 | 2 | 32 | 27 | 35 | .262 | .302 | .327 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-braves | 99 | 402 | 84 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 36 | .235 | .276 | .303 |
| cincinnati-reds | 95 | 367 | 88 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 30 | .267 | .322 | .385 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 92 | 384 | 97 | 6 | 56 | 33 | 39 | .285 | .339 | .435 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 79 | 319 | 78 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 20 | .269 | .317 | .431 |
| new-york-giants | 75 | 314 | 77 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 27 | .269 | .296 | .388 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 74 | 305 | 78 | 11 | 32 | 20 | 26 | .284 | .321 | .458 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 64 | 280 | 69 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 27 | .276 | .314 | .364 |
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 5 | .200 | .311 | .253 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 48 | 175 | 48 | 4 | 29 | 5 | .274 | – | – |
| 1949 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 62 | 234 | 61 | 2 | 13 | 7 | .261 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Chicago Cubs | 7 | 22 | 5 | – | – | 1 | .227 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago Cubs | 135 | 541 | 149 | 13 | 61 | 4 | .275 | – | – |
| 1955 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 609 | 163 | 11 | 52 | 9 | .268 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago Cubs | 140 | 545 | 141 | 12 | 57 | 4 | .259 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 123 | 409 | 108 | 3 | 46 | 3 | .264 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 56 | 14 | – | 7 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 37 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .243 | – | – |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | – | – |