Home Run Baker
1908–1922 · bats L / throws R · New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
1,575G
.307AVG
.363OBP
.442SLG
More career statistics
1,838H
96HR
987RBI
235SB
11Rare 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 · At bats | 5,984 | 5,986 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 28 | 206 |
| Batting · Doubles | 315 | 317 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,838 | 1,837 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 182 | 340 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,660 | 6,676 |
| Batting · RBI | 987 | 1,013 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 235 | 240 |
| Batting · Walks | 473 | 483 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,575 | 6,660 | 5,984 | 887 | 1,838 | 315 | 103 | 96 | 987 | 473 | 182 | 235 | 28 | 50 | 0 | 2,647 | .307 | .363 | .442 | .805 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1909-09-20 to 1910-04-20
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1912-09-27 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1917-05-17 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1911-07-03 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 781 | 3217 | 923 | 70 | 522 | 244 | 176 | .321 | .363 | .482 |
| Away | 794 | 3459 | 914 | 26 | 491 | 239 | 164 | .294 | .333 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 125 | 517 | 118 | 6 | 71 | 39 | 39 | .255 | .304 | .356 |
| May | 280 | 1212 | 341 | 19 | 176 | 81 | 61 | .313 | .348 | .444 |
| June | 304 | 1290 | 357 | 29 | 219 | 92 | 79 | .309 | .348 | .481 |
| July | 328 | 1420 | 419 | 19 | 216 | 98 | 65 | .326 | .364 | .464 |
| August | 264 | 1132 | 289 | 12 | 169 | 90 | 44 | .288 | .335 | .411 |
| September | 247 | 1004 | 292 | 9 | 146 | 73 | 45 | .324 | .364 | .448 |
| October | 27 | 101 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | .239 | .307 | .352 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 237 | 994 | 267 | 15 | 117 | 71 | 50 | .300 | .340 | .434 |
| detroit-tigers | 232 | 992 | 247 | 12 | 157 | 57 | 43 | .273 | .306 | .390 |
| boston-red-sox | 231 | 936 | 250 | 9 | 131 | 57 | 46 | .292 | .328 | .400 |
| cleveland-guardians | 226 | 983 | 280 | 12 | 147 | 83 | 46 | .321 | .369 | .447 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 220 | 940 | 283 | 20 | 161 | 76 | 59 | .339 | .382 | .507 |
| st-louis-browns | 212 | 920 | 253 | 16 | 145 | 84 | 42 | .316 | .366 | .483 |
| new-york-yankees | 127 | 545 | 163 | 5 | 93 | 35 | 44 | .334 | .363 | .471 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 90 | 366 | 94 | 7 | 62 | 20 | 10 | .279 | .311 | .404 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 30 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics | 148 | 542 | 165 | 4 | 84 | 21 | .304 | – | – |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | 146 | 561 | 159 | 2 | 74 | 21 | .283 | – | – |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | 148 | 593 | 197 | 11 | 119 | 39 | .332 | – | – |
| 1912 | Philadelphia Athletics | 149 | 577 | 200 | 10 | 134 | 40 | .347 | – | – |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | 149 | 565 | 190 | 12 | 119 | 34 | .336 | – | – |
| 1914 | Philadelphia Athletics | 150 | 570 | 182 | 9 | 98 | 20 | .319 | – | – |
| 1916 |  New York Yankees | 100 | 360 | 97 | 10 | 56 | 15 | .269 | – | – |
| 1917 | New York Yankees | 146 | 553 | 156 | 6 | 72 | 18 | .282 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Yankees | 126 | 504 | 154 | 6 | 66 | 10 | .306 | – | – |
| 1919 | New York Yankees | 141 | 567 | 166 | 10 | 81 | 13 | .293 | – | – |
| 1921 | New York Yankees | 94 | 330 | 97 | 9 | 72 | 8 | .294 | – | – |
| 1922 | New York Yankees | 69 | 234 | 65 | 7 | 37 | 1 | .278 | – | – |