Kirtley Baker
1898–1899 · bats R / throws R · Washington Senators (1897-99)
65G
.211AVG
.311OBP
.241SLG
More career statistics
35H
0HR
10RBI
2SB
9–38W–L
371.0IP
115K
6.28ERA
44GS
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 | 65 | 18 |
| Batting · At bats | 166 | 38 |
| Batting · Doubles | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Hits | 35 | 8 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 13 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 190 | 43 |
| Batting · Runs | 19 | 4 |
| Batting · RBI | 10 | 4 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Walks | 22 | 4 |
| Pitching · Games | 58 | 18 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,788 | 476 |
| Pitching · p cg | 34 | 7 |
| Pitching · p er | 259 | 61 |
| Pitching · p gs | 44 | 11 |
| Pitching · p h | 483 | 135 |
| Pitching · p hr | 20 | 4 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,113 | 305 |
| Pitching · p k | 115 | 13 |
| Pitching · p r | 388 | 95 |
| Pitching · p w | 186 | 40 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 190 | 166 | 19 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | .211 | .311 | .241 | .552 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371.0 | 58 | 44 | 34 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 483 | 388 | 259 | 20 | 186 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 6.28 | 1.803 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1898-09-17 to 1898-10-02
4longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1898-10-11 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1899-05-19 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 6 | 18 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .278 | 47 | 7 |
| 1899 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 12 | 20 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .150 | 54 | 6 |